:1961–62 Newport County A.F.C. season

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Newport County

| season = 1961–62

| manager = Bobby Evans

| chairman =

| league = Third Division

| league result = 24th (relegated)

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = 2nd round

| cup2 = Football League Cup

| cup2 result = 1st round

| cup3 = Welsh Cup

| cup3 result = 5th round

| league topscorer = G.Smith (9)

| season topscorer = G.Smith/G.Harris (9)

| highest attendance = 11,027 vs Grimsby Town (19 August 1961)

| lowest attendance = 2,003 vs Shrewsbury Town (16 April 1962)

| average attendance = 5,004

| prevseason = 1960–61

| nextseason = 1962–63

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The 1961–62 season was Newport County's fourth consecutive season in the Football League Third Division since the end of regionalisation in 1958. It was their 33rd season in the third tier and 34th competitive season overall in the Football League.

Season review

= Results summary =

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= Results by round =

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|label1= Ground

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|label2= Result

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|label3= Position

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|text_H=Home|text_A=Away

|color_W=green2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

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|updated=8 Apr 1962

|source=[http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1961-1962/results statto.com]

|date=August 2013

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Fixtures and results

=Third Division=

class="wikitable sortable" !Date !Opponents !Venue !Result !Scorers !Attendance
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|19 Aug 1961	Grimsby Town	H	0–2		align="right"\|11,027
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|21 Aug 1961	Barnsley	H	0–2		align="right"\|8,727
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|25 Aug 1961	Coventry City	A	0–3		align="right"\|12,675
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|30 Aug 1961	Barnsley	A	1–1	Bowman	align="right"\|6,901
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|2 Sep 1961	Brentford	H	6–1	Buchanan 3, Robertson 2, Bowman	align="right"\|5,757
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|5 Sep 1961	Bristol City	A	2–1	Bowman, Smith	align="right"\|15,588
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|8 Sep 1961	Reading	A	1–2	Robertson	align="right"\|17,441
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|16 Sep 1961	Portsmouth	A	2–2	Bowman, Buchanan	align="right"\|14,006
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|18 Sep 1961	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1–2	Robertson	align="right"\|10,458
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|23 Sep 1961	Southend United	H	0–3		align="right"\|6,407
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|30 Sep 1961	Notts County	A	1–8	Harris	align="right"\|6,356
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|2 Oct 1961	Peterborough United	H	2–3	Smith, W.Herrity	align="right"\|9,027
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|7 Oct 1961	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–4	Bowman, Harris	align="right"\|5,440
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|9 Oct 1961	Peterborough United	A	1–2	Finlay	align="right"\|13,029
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|14 Oct 1961	Halifax Town	A	0–0		align="right"\|5,161
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|16 Oct 1961	Bristol City	H	3–1	Harris 3	align="right"\|7,006
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|21 Oct 1961	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	0–1		align="right"\|7,392
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|25 Oct 1961	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–4	Smith	align="right"\|9,370
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|28 Oct 1961	Crystal Palace	A	0–2		align="right"\|17,885
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|11 Nov 1961	Northampton Town	A	0–5		align="right"\|7,845
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|18 Nov 1961	Hull City	H	0–2		align="right"\|5,089
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|2 Dec 1961	Swindon Town	H	2–2	Smith 2	align="right"\|4,506
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|9 Dec 1961	Torquay United	A	2–3	Buchanan, Walsh	align="right"\|4,065
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|16 Dec 1961	Grimsby Town	A	0–1		align="right"\|4,575
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|23 Dec 1961	Coventry City	H	1–2	Robertson	align="right"\|3,360
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|26 Dec 1961	Port Vale	A	0–3		align="right"\|12,182
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|13 Jan 1962	Brentford	A	1–3	Smith	align="right"\|7,750
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|27 Jan 1962	Watford	A	1–3	Smith	align="right"\|8,167
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|5 Feb 1962	Portsmouth	H	0–5		align="right"\|5,655
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|10 Feb 1962	Southend United	A	0–1		align="right"\|6,175
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|17 Feb 1962	Notts County	H	2–0	Harris, Moffat	align="right"\|2,597
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|24 Feb 1962	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–4		align="right"\|7,697
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|5 Mar 1962	Halifax Town	H	0–1		align="right"\|2,956
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|10 Mar 1962	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	1–2	Bowman	align="right"\|10,610
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|12 Mar 1962	Port Vale	H	1–1	Moffat	align="right"\|2,504
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|17 Mar 1962	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Buchanan, Smith	align="right"\|2,276
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|19 Mar 1962	Reading	H	0–0		align="right"\|2,639
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|23 Mar 1962	Lincoln City	A	2–3	Walsh 2	align="right"\|5,359
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|26 Mar 1962	Lincoln City	H	4–0	Moffat 2, Buchanan, Harris	align="right"\|3,062
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|31 Mar 1962	Northampton Town	H	0–0		align="right"\|2,568
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|7 Apr 1962	Hull City	A	0–4		align="right"\|3,235
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|14 Apr 1962	Watford	H	0–0		align="right"\|2,346
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|16 Apr 1962	Shrewsbury Town	H	3–2	Smith, Harris, Moffat	align="right"\|2,003
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|21 Apr 1962	Swindon Town	A	0–3		align="right"\|7,881
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|23 Apr 1962	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–4	W.Herrity	align="right"\|6,650
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|8 Apr 1962	Torquay United	H	0–3		align="right"\|2,295

=FA Cup=

class="wikitable" !Round !Date !Opponents !Venue !Result !Scorers !Attendance
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|1	4 Nov 1961	Reading	A	1–1	W.Herrity	align="right"\|10,564
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|1r	6 Nov 1961	Reading	H	1–0	W.Herrity	align="right"\|8,548
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|2	25 Nov 1961	Weymouth	A	0–1		align="right"\|6,500

=Football League Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

11 Sep 1961

Shrewsbury Town

0–0

align="right"|7,500

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|1r

28 Sep 1961

Shrewsbury Town

1–3

Bowman

align="right"|8,213

=Welsh Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

30 Jan 1962

Cardiff City

1–4

Harris

align="right"|5,715

League table

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !width=20\|Pos !width=220\|Team !width=20\|Pld !width=20\|W !width=20\|D !width=20\|L !width=20\|F !width=20\|A !width=20\|GA !width=30\|Pts
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|1	align="left"\|Portsmouth	46	27	11	8	87	47	1.851	65
style="background:#FFFF99;" \|2	align="left"\|Grimsby Town	46	28	6	12	80	56	1.429	62
3	align="left"\|Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	21	17	8	69	45	1.533	59
4	align="left"\|Queens Park Rangers	46	24	11	11	111	73	1.521	59
5	align="left"\|Peterborough United	46	26	6	14	107	82	1.305	58
6	align="left"\|Bristol City	46	23	8	15	94	72	1.306	54
7	align="left"\|Reading	46	22	9	15	77	66	1.167	53
8	align="left"\|Northampton Town	46	20	11	15	85	57	1.491	51
9	align="left"\|Swindon Town	46	17	15	14	78	71	1.099	49
10	align="left"\|Hull City	46	20	8	18	67	54	1.241	48
11	align="left"\|Bradford Park Avenue	46	20	7	19	80	78	1.026	47
12	align="left"\|Port Vale	46	17	11	18	65	58	1.121	45
13	align="left"\|Notts County	46	17	9	20	67	74	0.905	43
14	align="left"\|Coventry City	46	16	11	19	64	71	0.901	43
15	align="left"\|Crystal Palace	46	14	14	18	83	80	1.038	42
16	align="left"\|Southend United	46	13	16	17	57	69	0.826	42
17	align="left"\|Watford	46	14	13	19	63	74	0.851	41
18	align="left"\|Halifax Town	46	15	10	21	62	84	0.738	40
19	align="left"\|Shrewsbury Town	46	13	12	21	73	84	0.869	38
20	align="left"\|Barnsley	46	13	12	21	71	95	0.747	38
bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \|21	align="left"\|Torquay United	46	15	6	25	76	100	0.760	36
bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \|22	align="left"\|Lincoln City	46	9	17	20	57	87	0.655	35
bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \|23	align="left"\|Brentford	46	13	8	25	53	93	0.570	34
bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \|24	align="left"\|Newport County	46	7	8	31	46	102	0.451	22

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Division Champions

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Promoted

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Relegated

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327074542/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1961-1962/results Newport County 1961-1962 : Results]
[http://www.11v11.com/teams/newport-county/tab/matches/season/1962 Newport County football club match record: 1962]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071010/http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=75 Welsh Cup 1961/62]

References

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

1961-62

Category:English football clubs 1961–62 season

Category:1961–62 in Welsh football