1972–73 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1972–73 season

Manager

Billy Lucas

5th

3rd round

2nd round

5th round

Top goalscorer

League: Brown (16)
All: Brown (24)

Highest home attendance

11,350 vs Cardiff City (Welsh Cup, 20 Feb 1973)

Lowest home attendance

2,843 vs Lincoln City (16 Dec 1972)

Average home league attendance

4,810

Home colours

Away colours

← 1971–72

1973–74 →

The 1972–73 season was Newport County's 11th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 45th overall in the Football League. County missed out on promotion by the narrowest of margins: their goal average of 1.46 being inferior to that of Aldershot's 1.58 – both teams having finished level on points.

Season review

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	22	12	12	64	44	1.455	56	14	6	3	37	18	34	8	6	9	27	26	22

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W
Position	10	6	4	4	6	6	13	10	15	13	8	8	9	8	7	3	4	4	5	7	7	7	11	8	5	5	5	4	6	7	7	4	3	3	2	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	4

Last updated: 28 Apr 1973.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1972–73 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 Aug 1972	Gillingham	A	0–0		3,719
19 Aug 1972	Chester	H	3–2	OG, Brown 2	3,342
26 Aug 1972	Colchester United	A	3–1	Coldrick, Hawkins, Thomas	3,639
29 Aug 1972	Bury	A	0–0		2,834
2 Sep 1972	Mansfield Town	H	0–1		4,813
9 Sep 1972	Torquay United	A	2–2	Screen, Thomas	3,693
16 Sep 1972	Cambridge United	H	0–2		3,567
19 Sep 1972	Peterborough United	H	1–1	Thomas	3,013
23 Sep 1972	Reading	A	0–5		4,107
26 Sep 1972	Northampton Town	A	1–0	R.Jones	4,010
30 Sep 1972	Stockport County	H	1–0	Brown	3,012
7 Oct 1972	Aldershot	H	2–1	OG, R.Jones	3,504
11 Oct 1972	Bradford City	A	1–2	Brown	1,545
14 Oct 1972	Darlington	A	3–2	OG, Brown 2	1,356
21 Oct 1972	Hartlepool United	H	5–1	R.Jones 2, Brown 2, Aizlewood	3,389
24 Oct 1972	Southport	H	3–1	R.Jones 2, Hill	5,616
28 Oct 1972	Exeter City	A	0–0		4,588
4 Nov 1972	Northampton Town	H	1–0	White	4,825
11 Nov 1972	Peterborough United	A	0–1		4,480
25 Nov 1972	Barnsley	A	1–2	Brown	2,063
28 Nov 1972	Hereford United	H	0–1		8,776
16 Dec 1972	Lincoln City	H	2–2	Brown, Hooper	2,843
23 Dec 1972	Workington	A	2–3	Brown, P.Harris	1,254
26 Dec 1972	Reading	H	1–0	Aizlewood	5,435
30 Dec 1972	Chester	A	2–0	Brown 2	2,844
6 Jan 1973	Colchester United	H	1–0	Screen	3,465
23 Jan 1973	Torquay United	H	2–1	R.Jones 2	4,395
30 Jan 1973	Southport	A	2–0	White, Summerhayes	4,451
6 Feb 1973	Bradford City	H	0–0		5,795
10 Feb 1973	Cambridge United	A	1–3	White	3,496
17 Feb 1973	Gillingham	H	5–1	OG, R.Jones 2, Hill, Coldrick	4,235
24 Feb 1973	Lincoln City	A	2–0	Screen, R.Jones	3,023
2 Mar 1973	Aldershot	A	2–0	Screen, Summerhayes	3,951
6 Mar 1973	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	Brown	6,674
9 Mar 1973	Darlington	H	0–0		7,625
16 Mar 1973	Hartlepool United	A	0–1		3,649
21 Mar 1973	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0		1,991
24 Mar 1973	Exeter City	H	2–0	Brown, Passey	4,817
26 Mar 1973	Mansfield Town	A	0–0		6,402
31 Mar 1973	Barnsley	H	1–1	R.Jones	4,757
7 Apr 1973	Hereford United	A	0–2		14,849
14 Apr 1973	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–0		4,090
21 Apr 1973	Doncaster Rovers	A	5–1	Screen, D.Jones, Coldrick, Hill, Brown	1,942
23 Apr 1973	Stockport County	A	0–1		2,785
24 Apr 1973	Workington	H	2–0	D.Jones, Hill	5,256
28 Apr 1973	Bury	H	4–3	Coldrick, Aizlewood, R.Jones, D.Jones	7,390

FA Cup

Main article: 1972–73 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	18 Nov 1972	Alton Town	H	5–1	B.Harris 2, Brown, R.Jones, White	4,692
2	9 Dec 1972	Torquay United	A	1–0	Brown	3,724
3	13 Jan 1973	Millwall	A	0–3		10,122

Football League Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	15 Aug 1972	Swansea City	A	1–1	Hill	3,998
1r	22 Aug 1972	Swansea City	H	3–0	Brown 3	5,220
2	5 Sep 1972	Ipswich Town	H	0–3		9,516

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4	9 Jan 1973	Swansea City	A	0–0		2,990
4r	16 Jan 1973	Swansea City	H	3–0	Brown 3	4,042
5	20 Feb 1973	Cardiff City	H	1–3	Hooper	11,350

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southport	46	26	10	10	71	48	1.479	62
2	Hereford United	46	23	12	11	56	38	1.474	58
3	Cambridge United	46	20	17	9	67	57	1.175	57
4	Aldershot	46	22	12	12	60	38	1.579	56
5	Newport County	46	22	12	12	64	44	1.455	56
6	Mansfield Town	46	20	14	12	78	51	1.529	54
7	Reading	46	17	18	11	51	38	1.342	52
8	Exeter City	46	18	14	14	57	51	1.118	50
9	Gillingham	46	19	11	16	63	58	1.086	49
10	Lincoln City	46	16	16	14	64	57	1.123	48
11	Stockport County	46	18	12	16	53	53	1.000	48
12	Bury	46	14	18	14	58	51	1.137	46
13	Workington	46	17	12	17	59	61	0.967	46
14	Barnsley	46	14	16	16	58	60	0.967	44
15	Chester	46	14	15	17	61	52	1.173	43
16	Bradford City	46	16	11	19	61	65	0.938	43
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	12	19	49	58	0.845	42
18	Torquay United	46	12	17	17	44	47	0.936	41
19	Peterborough United	46	14	13	19	71	76	0.934	41
20	Hartlepool	46	12	17	17	34	49	0.694	41
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	18	19	38	61	0.623	36
22	Colchester United	46	10	11	25	48	76	0.632	31
23	Northampton Town	46	10	11	25	40	73	0.548	31
24	Darlington	46	7	15	24	42	85	0.494	29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

External links

References

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

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First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Third Division	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bradford City Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Southport Stockport County Torquay United Workington

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