1983–84 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1983–84 season
Chairman	Richard Ford
Manager	Colin Addison
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division	13th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Aldridge (20); All: Aldridge (27)
Highest home attendance	5,459 vs Plymouth Argyle (FA Cup, 10 Jan 1984)
Lowest home attendance	1,849 vs Gillingham (27 March 1984)
Average home league attendance	3,125
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 season was Newport County's fourth consecutive season in the Third Division and their 56th season overall in the Football League.

Season review

Results summary

Note: Three points for a win


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	14	16	58	75	−17	62	11	9	3	35	27	+8	5	5	13	23	48	−25

Last updated: 12 May 1984.
Source: [1]

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L
Position	6	14	15	12	15	15	15	11	12	9	9	6	5	6	6	8	10	9	11	12	9	10	13	10	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	10	10	11	11	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 1984. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 Aug 1983	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	Vaughan, Aldridge	5,015
3 Sep 1983	Wimbledon	A	0–6		2,007
6 Sep 1983	Burnley	A	0–2		6,719
10 Sep 1983	Bradford City	H	4–3	Vaughan 2, Martinez, Aldridge	2,462
17 Sep 1983	Walsall	A	2–3	Vaughan, Elsey	2,818
24 Sep 1983	Scunthorpe United	H	1–1	Vaughan	2,679
27 Sep 1983	Preston North End	H	1–1	Aldridge	2,542
1 Oct 1983	Rotherham United	A	1–0	Aldridge	4,099
8 Oct 1983	Orient	H	0–0		3,213
15 Oct 1983	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	OG, Reid, Carter	4,928
18 Oct 1983	Lincoln City	H	1–0	Aldridge	3,450
22 Oct 1983	Exeter City	A	2–1	Aldridge 2	3,970
29 Oct 1983	Port Vale	H	2–1	Aldridge, Reid	3,829
1 Nov 1983	Millwall	A	1–1	Aldridge	4,352
5 Nov 1983	Southend United	H	1–1	Aldridge	3,769
12 Nov 1983	Hull City	A	0–0		7,853
26 Nov 1983	Oxford United	A	0–2		6,330
3 Dec 1983	Wigan Athletic	H	5–3	Aldridge 3, Reid, Lewis	3,169
17 Dec 1983	Sheffield United	H	0–2		4,295
26 Dec 1983	Bournemouth	A	1–1	Chamberlain	7,220
27 Dec 1983	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–0	Aldridge 2	5,154
31 Dec 1983	Brentford	A	0–2		4,631
14 Jan 1984	Bristol Rovers	A	0–4		6,041
22 Jan 1984	Walsall	H	3–1	Aldridge 2, Chamberlain	4,374
4 Feb 1984	Rotherham United	H	1–4	Aldridge	2,391
10 Feb 1984	Scunthorpe United	A	3–3	Lilygreen, V.Jones, Williams	2,879
14 Feb 1984	Millwall	H	1–1	Aldridge	2,070
18 Feb 1984	Port Vale	A	2–4	V.Jones, Lilygreen	3,437
25 Feb 1984	Exeter City	H	1–0	Aldridge	2,465
3 Mar 1984	Lincoln City	A	3–2	Reid 2, Oakes	1,780
6 Mar 1984	Wimbledon	H	1–1	Pratt	2,538
10 Mar 1984	Hull City	H	1–1	V.Jones	2,813
17 Mar 1984	Orient	A	2–2	Carter, Boyle	2,355
24 Mar 1984	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3	Micallef, Lilygreen	2,436
27 Mar 1984	Gillingham	H	1–0	Carter	1,849
30 Mar 1984	Preston North End	A	0–2		3,534
7 Apr 1984	Burnley	H	1–0	V.Jones	2,306
14 Apr 1984	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1		2,903
20 Apr 1984	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–0	Green	7,654
21 Apr 1984	Bournemouth	H	2–1	Reid, Green	2,356
25 Apr 1984	Bradford City	A	0–1		3,347
28 Apr 1984	Oxford United	H	1–1	Carter	4,562
30 Apr 1984	Southend United	A	1–3	Pratt	2,108
5 May 1984	Gillingham	A	1–4	Micallef	3,073
7 May 1984	Brentford	H	1–1	Lilygreen	2,154
12 May 1984	Sheffield United	A	0–2		16,700

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	20 Nov 1983	Poole Town	A	0–0		4,521
1r	22 Nov 1983	Poole Town	H	3–1	Oakes, Aldridge, Lewis	3,090
2	10 Dec 1983	Harrow Borough	A	3–1	Martinez 2, Chamberlain	2,500
3	7 Jan 1984	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–2	Aldridge 2	6,789
3r	10 Jan 1984	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1		5,459

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	30 Aug 1983	Torquay United	H	2–3	Boyle, Aldridge	2,282
1–2	14 Sep 1983	Torquay United	A	0–1		2,015	2–4 agg

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	29 Nov 1983	Bridgend Town	H	5–1	Relish, Boyle, Woodruff, Carter, R.Jones	1,494
4	17 Jan 1984	Lex XI	H	6–0	Aldridge 3, Relish, Reid, Lilygreen	1,077
5	7 Feb 1984	Wrexham	H	0–1		1,812

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Oxford United	46	28	11	7	91	50	+41	95
2	Wimbledon	46	26	9	11	97	76	+21	87
3	Sheffield United	46	24	11	11	86	53	+33	83
4	Hull City	46	23	14	9	71	38	+33	83
5	Bristol Rovers	46	22	13	11	68	54	+14	79
6	Walsall	46	22	9	15	68	61	+7	75
7	Bradford City	46	20	11	15	73	65	+8	71
8	Gillingham	46	20	10	16	74	69	+5	70
9	Millwall	46	18	13	15	71	65	+6	67
10	Bolton Wanderers	46	18	10	18	56	60	−4	64
11	Orient	46	18	9	19	71	81	−10	63
12	Burnley	46	16	14	16	76	61	+15	62
13	Newport County	46	16	14	16	58	75	−17	62
14	Lincoln City	46	17	10	19	59	62	−3	61
15	Wigan Athletic	46	16	13	17	46	56	−10	61
16	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	66	66	0	56
17	Bournemouth	46	16	7	23	63	73	−10	55
18	Rotherham United	46	15	9	22	57	64	−7	54
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	12	21	56	62	−6	51
20	Brentford	46	11	16	19	69	79	−10	49
21	Scunthorpe United	46	9	19	18	54	73	−19	46
22	Southend United	46	10	14	22	55	76	−21	44
23	Port Vale	46	11	10	25	51	83	−32	43
24	Exeter City	46	6	15	25	50	84	−34	33

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Relegated