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:1976–77 Newport County A.F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Newport County

| season = 1976–77

| manager = Jimmy Scoular
(until 18 Jan 1977)
Colin Addison
(after 18 Jan 1977)

| stadium = Somerton Park

| chairman = Richard Ford

| league = Fourth Division

| league result = 19th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = 2nd round

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = 1st round

| cup3 = Welsh Cup

| cup3 result = 4th round

| league topscorer = Woods (12)

| season topscorer = Woods (14)

| highest attendance = 8,313 vs Workington (17 May 1977)

| lowest attendance = 1,428 vs Darlington (14 January 1977)

| average attendance = 2,611

| prevseason = 1975–76

| nextseason = 1977–78

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The 1976–77 season was Newport County's 15th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 49th season overall in the Football League. The season became known as the "Great Escape"{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Ambrosen|title=Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County F.C.|year=1993|isbn=978-1-874427-40-7}} as County were entrenched in the re-election places until the last game of the season and would almost certainly have been voted out of the league had they finished there.

Season review

= Results summary =

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= Results by round =

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b

|header=Round

|label1= Ground

| res1=H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H

|label2= Result

| res2=L/L/L/D/L/W/W/D/D/L/L/D/D/L/D/D/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/L/L/W/L/W/L/W/D/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/L/D/W/W/W/W/W

|label3= Position

| res3=19/22/23/22/23/21/19/18/19/19/19/20/19/20/21/20/22/22/22/22/23/23/23/23/24/24/23/24/22/23/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/21/21/21/21/19

|text_H=Home|text_A=Away

|color_W=green2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

|color_-4=green1|color_21-=red1

|updated=17 May 1977

|source=[http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1976-1977/results statto.com]

|date=May 2013

}}

Fixtures and results

=Fourth Division=

{{Main|1976–77 Football League#Fourth Division}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|21 Aug 1976

Stockport CountyH0–1align="right"|2,746
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|23 Aug 1976

DarlingtonA0–1align="right"|2,684
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|28 Aug 1976

BarnsleyA0–2align="right"|4,166
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|4 Sep 1976

Huddersfield TownH1–1Bellalign="right"|2,284
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|10 Sep 1976

Doncaster RoversA0–1align="right"|3,739
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|18 Sep 1976

AldershotH2–1Clark 2align="right"|2,490
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|25 Sep 1976

SouthportA1–0Williamsalign="right"|1,313
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|2 Oct 1976

Torquay UnitedH0–0align="right"|2,460
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|9 Oct 1976

BrentfordA1–1Woodsalign="right"|5,890
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|16 Oct 1976

Bradford CityA1–3Jonesalign="right"|5,057
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|22 Oct 1976

Swansea CityH0–2align="right"|3,416
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|26 Oct 1976

Hartlepool UnitedH1–1Woodsalign="right"|2,330
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|29 Oct 1976

Southend UnitedA1–1Villarsalign="right"|4,821
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|2 Nov 1976

BournemouthA0–1align="right"|3,570
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|13 Nov 1976

RochdaleA0–0align="right"|2,482
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|27 Nov 1976

Halifax TownH1–1Woodsalign="right"|2,901
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|27 Dec 1976

Cambridge UnitedA1–3Woodsalign="right"|4,865
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|1 Jan 1977

Colchester UnitedA0–5align="right"|4,614
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|11 Jan 1977

WatfordA0–2align="right"|4,600
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|14 Jan 1977

DarlingtonH0–1align="right"|1,428
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|21 Jan 1977

Stockport CountyA1–2Bellalign="right"|3,450
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|28 Jan 1977

Scunthorpe UnitedH0–0align="right"|1,601
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|12 Feb 1977

Huddersfield TownA0–3align="right"|5,452
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|22 Feb 1977

Colchester UnitedH1–2Emmanuelalign="right"|1,575
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|26 Feb 1977

AldershotA0–4align="right"|3,285
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|1 Mar 1977

Doncaster RoversH1–2Parsonsalign="right"|1,714
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|4 Mar 1977

SouthportH3–1Parsons 2, Brutonalign="right"|1,569
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|12 Mar 1977

Torquay UnitedA0–1align="right"|3,283
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|18 Mar 1977

BrentfordH3–1Relish, Clark, Whitealign="right"|1,737
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|23 Mar 1977

Crewe AlexandraA0–2align="right"|2,110
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|26 Mar 1977

Bradford CityH2–0Clark, Woodsalign="right"|2,096
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|28 Mar 1977

BarnsleyH1–1Walkeralign="right"|2,319
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|2 Apr 1977

Swansea CityA1–3Relishalign="right"|3,577
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|5 Apr 1977

Cambridge UnitedH4–2Clark 3, Relishalign="right"|2,306
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|9 Apr 1977

Exeter CityA0–1align="right"|5,243
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|12 Apr 1977

BournemouthH1–0Preecealign="right"|2,962
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|16 Apr 1977

Hartlepool UnitedA1–0Woodsalign="right"|1,507
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|19 Apr 1977

Scunthorpe UnitedA0–1align="right"|1,883
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|23 Apr 1977

RochdaleH3–0Woods 3align="right"|2,206
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|26 Apr 1977

Exeter CityH0–3align="right"|3,550
bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|30 Apr 1977

Halifax TownA0–0align="right"|1,299
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|3 May 1977

WatfordH3–0Clark, Preece, Woodsalign="right"|2,218
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|7 May 1977

Crewe AlexandraH2–1Woods, OGalign="right"|2,484
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|10 May 1977

Southend UnitedH3–0Preece 2, Relishalign="right"|3,356
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|14 May 1977

WorkingtonA1–0Preecealign="right"|1,285
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|17 May 1977

WorkingtonH1–0Woodsalign="right"|8,313

=FA Cup=

{{Main|1976–77 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|1

20 Nov 1976BournemouthA0–0align="right"|4,801
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|1r

23 Nov 1976BournemouthH3–0Parsons 2, Woodsalign="right"|3,807
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|2

11 Dec 1976Southend UnitedA0–3align="right"|5,724

=Football League Cup=

{{Main|1976–77 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

!Notes

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|1–1

14 Aug 1976Swansea CityA1–4Woodsalign="right"|3,281
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|1–2

17 Aug 1976Swansea CityH1–0Bellalign="right"|2,6922–4 agg

=Welsh Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|4

18 Jan 1977Swansea CityH1–4Parsonsalign="right"|3,755

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|GD!!width=20|Pts

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|1

align="left"|Cambridge United46261378740+4765
style="background:#FFFF99;"

|2

align="left"|Exeter City46251297046+2462
style="background:#FFFF99;"

|3

align="left"|Colchester United46259127743+3459
style="background:#FFFF99;"

|4

align="left"|Bradford City462313107851+2759
5align="left"|Swansea City46258139268+2458
6align="left"|Barnsley46239146239+2355
7align="left"|Watford461815136750+1751
8align="left"|Doncaster Rovers46219167165+651
9align="left"|Huddersfield Town461912156049+1150
10align="left"|Southend United461519125245+749
11align="left"|Darlington461813155964−549
12align="left"|Crewe Alexandra461911164760−1349
13align="left"|Bournemouth461518135444+1048
14align="left"|Stockport County461319145357−445
15align="left"|Brentford46187217776+143
16align="left"|Torquay United46179205967−843
17align="left"|Aldershot461611194959−1043
18align="left"|Rochdale461312215059−938
19align="left"|Newport County461410224258−1638
20align="left"|Scunthorpe United461311224973−2437
style="background:#eee5de;"

|21

align="left"|Halifax Town461114214758−1136
style="background:#eee5de;"

|22

align="left"|Hartlepool461012244773−2632
style="background:#eee5de;"

|23

align="left"|Southport46319243377−4425
style="background:#FF9999;"

|24

align="left"|Workington464113141102−6119

bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;"

!width=50|Key!!width=120|

style="background:#D0F0C0;" width="20" |

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

style="background:#FFFF99;" width="20" |

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

style="background: #eee5de" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align=left | Re-elected

style="background: #F08080" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Failed re-election

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

References

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011064740/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1976-1977/results Newport County 1976-1977 : Results]
  • [http://www.11v11.com/teams/newport-county/tab/matches/season/1977 Newport County football club match record: 1977]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011300/http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=90 Welsh Cup 1976/77]

{{Newport County A.F.C. seasons}}

{{1976–77 in English football}}

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1976-77

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Category:1976–77 in Welsh football