1947–48 Newport County A.F.C. season

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Newport County

| season = 1947–48

| manager = Tom Bromilow

| stadium = Somerton Park

| chairman =

| league = Third Division South

| league result = 12th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = 2nd round

| cup2 = Welsh Cup

| cup2 result = 5th round

| league topscorer = Carr/Williams (10)

| season topscorer = Carr (11)

| highest attendance = 16,565 vs Bristol City (28 August 1947)

| lowest attendance = 5,817 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (22 November 1947)

| average attendance = 11,239

| prevseason = 1946–47

| nextseason = 1948–49

}}

The 1947–48 season was Newport County's first season back in Division Three South following relegation from the Second Division the previous season.

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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|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_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd|color_18-=red1

|updated=1 May 1948

|source=[http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1947-1948/results statto.com]

|date=December 2010

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Fixtures and results

=Third Division South=

class="wikitable sortable" !Date !Opponents !Venue !Result !Scorers !Attendance
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|23 Aug 1947	Reading	A	0–0		align="right"\|13,890
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|28 Aug 1947	Bristol City	H	1–0	Batty	align="right"\|16,565
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|30 Aug 1947	Walsall	H	4–2	Carr 3, Roffi	align="right"\|13,591
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|3 Sep 1947	Bristol City	A	0–1		align="right"\|25,706
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|6 Sep 1947	Leyton Orient	A	2–2	Williams, Mogford	align="right"\|14,407
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|11 Sep 1947	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	2–2	Williams, Mogford	align="right"\|13,977
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|13 Sep 1947	Exeter City	H	3–0	Williams 2, Harper	align="right"\|13,185
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|17 Sep 1947	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	0–5		align="right"\|17,391
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|20 Sep 1947	Swindon Town	A	2–1	Shergold, Mogford	align="right"\|18,642
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|27 Sep 1947	Southend United	A	0–1		align="right"\|11,447
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|4 Oct 1947	Notts County	H	3–1	Williams, Mogford, Emmanuel	align="right"\|14,015
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|11 Oct 1947	Torquay United	H	0–1		align="right"\|11,933
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|18 Oct 1947	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	Williams	align="right"\|16,353
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|25 Oct 1947	Aldershot	H	2–2	Mogford, Emmanuel	align="right"\|11,506
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|1 Nov 1947	Northampton Town	A	1–1	Allen	align="right"\|9,289
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|8 Nov 1947	Bristol Rovers	H	2–2	Emmanuel 2	align="right"\|12,877
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|15 Nov 1947	Norwich City	A	2–1	Roffi, Allen	align="right"\|16,072
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|22 Nov 1947	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	McBlain	align="right"\|5,817
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|6 Dec 1947	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0		align="right"\|13,230
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|20 Dec 1947	Reading	H	2–0	Carr, Emmanuel	align="right"\|10,161
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|25 Dec 1947	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	Carr 2, W.Lewis	align="right"\|12,308
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|27 Dec 1947	Ipswich Town	A	0–3		align="right"\|11,880
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|3 Jan 1948	Walsall	A	1–1	Carr	align="right"\|16,847
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|10 Jan 1948	Watford	A	2–1	Allen, Harper	align="right"\|7,427
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|17 Jan 1948	Leyton Orient	H	3–2	Carr 2, Allen	align="right"\|10,255
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|24 Jan 1948	Port Vale	A	1–4	Roffi	align="right"\|10,816
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|31 Jan 1948	Exeter City	A	4–4	W.Lewis 2, Williams, OG	align="right"\|9,711
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|14 Feb 1948	Southend United	H	1–5	Carr	align="right"\|10,640
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|21 Feb 1948	Notts County	A	1–4	Hayward	align="right"\|17,762
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|28 Feb 1948	Torquay United	A	1–4	Hayward	align="right"\|6,235
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|6 Mar 1948	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	W.Lewis 2, Allen	align="right"\|8,732
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|13 Mar 1948	Aldershot	A	2–1	Roffi, Shergold	align="right"\|5,792
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|20 Mar 1948	Northampton Town	H	1–2	Allen	align="right"\|8,567
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|26 Mar 1948	Swansea Town	A	0–3		align="right"\|21,861
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|27 Mar 1948	Bristol Rovers	A	3–2	Allen 2, Emmanuel	align="right"\|13,607
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|29 Mar 1948	Swansea Town	H	1–1	W.Lewis	align="right"\|15,134
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|3 Apr 1948	Norwich City	H	1–1	Williams	align="right"\|8,929
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|8 Apr 1948	Swindon Town	H	2–0	Williams, Emmanuel	align="right"\|7,421
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|10 Apr 1948	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–3		align="right"\|14,247
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|17 Apr 1948	Watford	H	3–4	Williams, Roffi, Shergold	align="right"\|8,878
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|24 Apr 1948	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1		align="right"\|20,905
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|1 May 1948	Port Vale	H	0–0		align="right"\|8,309

=FA Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

29 Nov 1947

Southend United

3–2

Roffi, Lewis, Allen

align="right"|11,050

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13 Dec 1947

Reading

0–3

align="right"|16,000

=Welsh Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

15 Jan 1948

Merthyr Tydfil

1–3

Carr

align="right"|6,000

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"\|Queens Park Rangers	42	26	9	7	74	37	2.000	61
2	align="left"\|Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	24	9	9	76	35	2.171	57
3	align="left"\|Walsall	42	21	9	12	70	40	1.750	51
4	align="left"\|Ipswich Town	42	23	3	16	67	61	1.098	49
5	align="left"\|Swansea Town	42	18	12	12	70	52	1.346	48
6	align="left"\|Notts County	42	19	8	15	68	59	1.153	46
7	align="left"\|Bristol City	42	18	7	17	77	65	1.185	43
8	align="left"\|Port Vale	42	16	11	15	63	54	1.167	43
9	align="left"\|Southend United	42	15	13	14	51	58	0.879	43
10	align="left"\|Reading	42	15	11	16	56	58	0.966	41
11	align="left"\|Exeter City	42	15	11	16	55	63	0.873	41
12	align="left"\|Newport County	42	14	13	15	61	73	0.836	41
13	align="left"\|Crystal Palace	42	13	13	16	49	49	1.000	39
14	align="left"\|Northampton Town	42	14	11	17	58	72	0.806	39
15	align="left"\|Watford	42	14	10	18	57	79	0.722	38
16	align="left"\|Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	41	46	0.891	36
17	align="left"\|Leyton Orient	42	13	10	19	51	73	0.699	36
18	align="left"\|Torquay United	42	11	13	18	63	62	1.016	35
19	align="left"\|Aldershot	42	10	15	17	45	67	0.672	35
20	align="left"\|Bristol Rovers	42	13	8	21	71	75	0.947	34
style="background:#eee5de;" \|21	align="left"\|Norwich City	42	13	8	21	61	76	0.803	34
style="background:#eee5de;" \|22	align="left"\|Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	12	19	43	73	0.589	34

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

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

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

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

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

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

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225163145/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1947-1948/results Newport County 1947-1948 : Results]
[http://www.11v11.com/teams/newport-county/tab/matches/season/1948 Newport County football club match record: 1948]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225190556/http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=61 Welsh Cup 1947/48]

References

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

1947-48

Category:English football clubs 1947–48 season

Category:1947–48 in Welsh football