1975–76 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1975–76 season
Manager	Dave Elliott; (until February 1976); Jimmy Scoular; (from February 1976)
Stadium	Somerton Park
Fourth Division	22nd (re-elected)
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Parsons (15); All: Parsons (16)
Highest home attendance	5,182 vs Swindon Town (FA Cup, 22 Nov 1975)
Lowest home attendance	1,092 vs Watford (31 Mar 1976)
Average home league attendance	2,083
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 season was Newport County's 14th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 48th overall in the Football League.

Season review

Newport continued to play in shirts with broad shoulder stripes from the end of the previous season (shown as third kit here) until late September 1975,^[1] when they switched to kits with three adidas stripes down the sleeves but no other branding.^[2] The broad shoulder stripe kit was also used on occasions throughout the rest of the season, including against Swindon in the FA Cup on 22 November 1975^[3]^[4] and against Watford at home on 31 March 1976.^[5]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
46	13	9	24	57	90	0.633	35	8	7	8	35	33	23	5	2	16	22	57	12

Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L
Position	7	3	3	7	1	8	7	7	6	4	6	6	6	9	5	5	7	9	7	9	9	10	13	10	7	9	9	14	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	21	22	22	22

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1976. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 Aug 1975	Lincoln City	H	3–1	Jones 2, Woods	2,797
23 Aug 1975	Workington	A	2–1	Woods, Jones	1,425
30 Aug 1975	Scunthorpe United	H	0–0		2,735
6 Sep 1975	Rochdale	A	3–4	Woods 2, Jones	1,119
13 Sep 1975	Southport	H	2–0	Godfrey, White	2,342
20 Sep 1975	Bournemouth	A	0–2		3,993
23 Sep 1975	Swansea City	A	2–2	S.Aizlewood 2	4,456
27 Sep 1975	Cambridge United	H	2–0	Parsons 2	2,244
4 Oct 1975	Brentford	A	3–1	Jones, Bell, Hooper	5,680
11 Oct 1975	Barnsley	H	1–0	Woods	3,043
18 Oct 1975	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	Parsons	5,477
20 Oct 1975	Reading	H	0–0		3,955
25 Oct 1975	Exeter City	H	3–3	Parsons 2, Jones	2,871
1 Nov 1975	Torquay United	A	1–1	Parsons	2,163
3 Nov 1975	Stockport County	A	1–0	OG	2,208
8 Nov 1975	Bradford City	H	3–1	Hooper, Love, White	2,747
15 Nov 1975	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–5	Parsons	7,793
29 Nov 1975	Hartlepool United	A	1–4	Godfrey	2,780
6 Dec 1975	Darlington	H	4–1	Jones, Parsons, White, OG	1,878
20 Dec 1975	Watford	A	1–3	Parsons	3,261
26 Dec 1975	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	Woodruff, Parsons	3,788
27 Dec 1975	Northampton Town	A	0–3		8,448
3 Jan 1976	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–5	Parsons	2,074
10 Jan 1976	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1	Woods 2	1,879
17 Jan 1976	Bournemouth	H	3–1	Parsons, White, OG	1,496
24 Jan 1976	Southport	A	0–3		1,268
7 Feb 1976	Stockport County	H	2–2	White, S.Aizlewood	1,652
21 Feb 1976	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–3	Parsons, Woods	1,543
23 Feb 1976	Swansea City	H	1–2	S.Aizlewood	2,040
28 Feb 1976	Exeter City	A	0–3		3,447
2 Mar 1976	Reading	A	0–1		6,211
5 Mar 1976	Torquay United	H	0–2		1,588
8 Mar 1976	Brentford	H	1–0	Parsons	1,150
13 Mar 1976	Barnsley	A	1–3	Woods	2,587
17 Mar 1976	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2	Parsons	1,374
20 Mar 1976	Hartlepool United	H	0–1		1,230
27 Mar 1976	Darlington	A	0–4		1,312
31 Mar 1976	Watford	H	0–2		1,092
3 Apr 1976	Lincoln City	A	1–4	M.Aizlewood	8,178
6 Apr 1976	Cambridge United	A	1–0	Love	1,361
10 Apr 1976	Rochdale	H	1–1	Jones	1,331
14 Apr 1976	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3	Jones	2,629
17 Apr 1976	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–4		1,971
20 Apr 1976	Northampton Town	H	1–1	Jones	1,728
24 Apr 1976	Workington	H	2–3	Woods, Jones	1,226
3 May 1976	Bradford City	A	0–3		1,676

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	22 Nov 1975	Swindon Town	H	2–2	Godfrey, Parsons	5,182
1r	25 Nov 1975	Swindon Town	A	0–3		7,574

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	19 Aug 1975	Exeter City	H	1–1	Love	2,268
1–2	26 Aug 1975	Exeter City	A	0–2			1–3 agg

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Lincoln City	46	32	10	4	111	39	2.846	74
2	Northampton Town	46	29	10	7	87	40	2.175	68
3	Reading	46	24	12	10	70	51	1.373	60
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	24	10	12	89	55	1.618	58
5	Huddersfield Town	46	21	14	11	56	41	1.366	56
6	Bournemouth	46	20	12	14	57	48	1.188	52
7	Exeter City	46	18	14	14	56	47	1.191	50
8	Watford	46	22	6	18	62	62	1.000	50
9	Torquay United	46	18	14	14	55	63	0.873	50
10	Doncaster Rovers	46	19	11	16	75	69	1.087	49
11	Swansea City	46	16	15	15	66	57	1.158	47
12	Barnsley	46	14	16	16	52	48	1.083	44
13	Cambridge United	46	14	15	17	58	62	0.935	43
14	Hartlepool	46	16	10	20	62	78	0.795	42
15	Rochdale	46	12	18	16	40	54	0.741	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	15	18	58	57	1.018	41
17	Bradford City	46	12	17	17	63	65	0.969	41
18	Brentford	46	14	13	19	56	60	0.933	41
19	Scunthorpe United	46	14	10	22	50	59	0.847	38
20	Darlington	46	14	10	22	48	57	0.842	38
21	Stockport County	46	13	12	21	43	76	0.566	38
22	Newport County	46	13	9	24	57	90	0.633	35
23	Southport	46	8	10	28	41	77	0.532	26
24	Workington	46	7	7	32	30	87	0.345	21

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Election

Votes	Club	Fate
42	Stockport County	Re-elected to the League
41	Newport County	Re-elected to the League
38	Southport	Re-elected to the League
21	Workington	Re-elected to the League
18	Yeovil Town	Not elected to the League
14	Kettering Town	Not elected to the League
6	Wigan Athletic	Not elected to the League
3	Chelmsford City	Not elected to the League
3	Wimbledon	Not elected to the League
2	Nuneaton Borough	Not elected to the League
2	Telford United	Not elected to the League
1	Gainsborough Trinity	Not elected to the League
1	Scarborough	Not elected to the League

External links

References

^ "Eddie Woods v Southport 13/9/75". 14 June 2008 – via Flickr.
^ "Eddie Woods v Torquay, 5/3/76". 14 June 2008 – via Flickr.
^ "Newport County vs Darlington - 1975 - Page 6". 3 August 2019 – via Flickr.
^ "Newport County vs Darlington - 1975 - Page 7". 3 August 2019 – via Flickr.
^ "Pressure from Parsons & Woods, 31/3/76". 14 June 2008 – via Flickr.

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7

[1] "Eddie Woods v Southport 13/9/75". 14 June 2008 – via Flickr.

[2] "Eddie Woods v Torquay, 5/3/76". 14 June 2008 – via Flickr.

[3] "Newport County vs Darlington - 1975 - Page 6". 3 August 2019 – via Flickr.

[4] "Newport County vs Darlington - 1975 - Page 7". 3 August 2019 – via Flickr.

[5] "Pressure from Parsons & Woods, 31/3/76". 14 June 2008 – via Flickr.

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