1971–72 Newport County A.F.C. season

{{Infobox football club season

|club = Newport County

|season = 1971–72

|manager = Billy Lucas

|stadium = Somerton Park

|chairman =

|league = Fourth Division

|league result = 14th

|cup1 = FA Cup

|cup1 result = 1st round

|cup2 = League Cup

|cup2 result = 1st round

|cup3 = Welsh Cup

|cup3 result = Semi-final

|league topscorer = W.Brown (14)

|season topscorer = W.Brown (16)

|highest attendance = 7,664 vs Chester (27 December 1971)

|lowest attendance = 2,363 vs Exeter City (8 April 1972)

|average attendance = 3,466

|prevseason = 1970–71

|nextseason = 1972–73

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The 1971–72 season was Newport County's tenth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 44th overall in the Football League.

Season review

County briefly wore tangerine and black striped shorts in February 1972 before fan reaction caused the club to revert to black shorts soon after.{{cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/newportcounty/2593608750/in/photostream/|title=County's "Dandy" Shorts|date=19 June 2008|publisher=Jon Curtis}}

= Results summary =

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= Results by round =

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|header=Round

|label1= Ground

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

|label2= Result

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

|label3= Position

|res3=16/19/22/15/17/17/22/22/23/20/19/20/19/18/19/18/18/18/18/18/16/17/18/17/17/18/19/18/19/19/19/18/19/19/21/22/21/21/21/22/21/19/17/17/15/14

|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=3 May 1972

|source=[http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1971-1972/results statto.com]

|date=August 2013

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Fixtures and results

=Fourth Division=

class="wikitable sortable" !Date !Opponents !Venue !Result !Scorers !Attendance
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|14 Aug 1971	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–4	Coldrick, Thomas	align="right"\|4,797
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|21 Aug 1971	Peterborough United	H	1–1	R.Jones	align="right"\|3,963
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|28 Aug 1971	Lincoln City	A	1–3	Brown	align="right"\|5,265
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|31 Aug 1971	Colchester United	H	2–1	Sprague, Brown	align="right"\|4,168
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|4 Sep 1971	Northampton Town	H	1–1	Thomas	align="right"\|4,300
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|10 Sep 1971	Southport	A	2–4	Young, Brown	align="right"\|4,206
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|18 Sep 1971	Aldershot	H	2–3	White, Aizlewood	align="right"\|3,380
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|25 Sep 1971	Darlington	A	0–0		align="right"\|2,254
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|27 Sep 1971	Southend United	A	1–3	White	align="right"\|7,145
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|2 Oct 1971	Bury	H	2–1	Thomas, Young	align="right"\|2,995
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|9 Oct 1971	Hartlepool	A	1–0	White	align="right"\|2,990
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|16 Oct 1971	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–3	Brown	align="right"\|2,770
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|23 Oct 1971	Gillingham	A	2–1	Brown, Coldrick	align="right"\|5,817
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|30 Oct 1971	Cambridge United	H	3–0	Thomas 2, Williams	align="right"\|3,824
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|6 Nov 1971	Brentford	A	1–3	Thomas	align="right"\|10,480
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|13 Nov 1971	Barrow	H	2–1	Brown 2	align="right"\|3,443
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|27 Nov 1971	Workington	H	0–1		align="right"\|2,918
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|4 Dec 1971	Reading	A	2–4	D.Jones, Young	align="right"\|3,680
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|11 Dec 1971	Lincoln City	H	2–0	Brown 2	align="right"\|2,987
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|18 Dec 1971	Northampton Town	A	1–1	Hooper	align="right"\|4,151
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|27 Dec 1971	Chester	H	1–0	Thomas	align="right"\|7,664
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|1 Jan 1972	Aldershot	A	0–3		align="right"\|3,120
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|15 Jan 1972	Grimsby Town	A	2–4	D.Jones	align="right"\|8,112
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|22 Jan 1972	Southend United	H	2–0	Hill, Thomas	align="right"\|3,535
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|29 Jan 1972	Scunthorpe United	A	0–1		align="right"\|4,580
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|5 Feb 1972	Exeter City	A	0–1		align="right"\|3,732
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|12 Feb 1972	Gillingham	H	1–2	D.Jones	align="right"\|3,143
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|19 Feb 1972	Cambridge United	A	1–0	D.Jones	align="right"\|4,618
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|26 Feb 1972	Brentford	H	0–0		align="right"\|3,271
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|4 Mar 1972	Barrow	A	0–1		align="right"\|2,196
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|10 Mar 1972	Hartlepool	H	0–2		align="right"\|3,170
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|13 Mar 1972	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	White, R.Jones	align="right"\|2,870
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|18 Mar 1972	Peterborough United	A	1–3	Hill	align="right"\|4,028
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|24 Mar 1972	Southport	H	2–2	Brown, D.Jones	align="right"\|2,699
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|31 Mar 1972	Bury	A	0–3		align="right"\|5,719
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|1 Apr 1972	Chester	A	0–3		align="right"\|2,563
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|4 Apr 1972	Darlington	H	4–0	Thomas 2, White, Young	align="right"\|3,196
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|8 Apr 1972	Exeter City	H	0–0		align="right"\|2,363
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|11 Apr 1972	Stockport County	H	1–0	Hill	align="right"\|3,359
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|15 Apr 1972	Workington	A	0–3		align="right"\|1,342
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|18 Apr 1972	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	Thomas, White	align="right"\|2,958
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|22 Apr 1972	Reading	H	2–1	R.Jones, Hill	align="right"\|3,065
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|24 Apr 1972	Colchester United	A	3–2	Brown, Hill, R.Jones	align="right"\|4,311
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|28 Apr 1972	Stockport County	A	4–4	D.Jones, 2, R.Jones, OG	align="right"\|1,824
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|1 May 1972	Scunthorpe United	H	1–0	Hill	align="right"\|3,686
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|3 May 1972	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	R.Jones	align="right"\|1,028

=FA Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

20 Nov 1971

Notts County

0–6

align="right"|11,976

=League Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

17 Aug 1971

Torquay United

1–2

R.Jones

align="right"|4,316

=Welsh Cup=

class="wikitable" !Round !Date !Opponents !Venue !Result !Scorers !Attendance
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|5	8 Jan 1972	Ebbw Vale	H	3–1	Thomas, Brown, Hooper	align="right"\|1,420
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|6	8 Feb 1972	Bangor City	A	2–1	Brown, D.Jones	align="right"\|2,609
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|SF	22 Mar 1972	Wrexham	A	0–2		align="right"\|3,869

League table

{{:1971–72 Football League|only_totals=y|transcludesection=Fourth Division|showteam=NPC}}

References

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

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225163049/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1971-1972/results Newport County 1971-1972 : Results]
[http://www.11v11.com/teams/newport-county/tab/matches/season/1972 Newport County football club match record: 1972]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012911/http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=85 Welsh Cup 1971/72]

1971-72

Category:English football clubs 1971–72 season

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