1977–78 Newport County A.F.C. season

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| club = Newport County

| season = 1977–78

| manager = Colin Addison

| stadium = Somerton Park

| chairman = Richard Ford

| league = Fourth Division

| league result = 16th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = 1st round

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = 1st round

| cup3 = Welsh Cup

| cup3 result = 5th round

| league topscorer = Goddard (17)

| season topscorer = Goddard (19)

| highest attendance = 8,409 vs Watford (17 March 1978)

| lowest attendance = 2,112 vs Wimbledon (25 April 1978)

| average attendance = 4,061

| prevseason = 1976–77

| nextseason = 1978–79

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The 1977–78 season was Newport County's 16th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 50th season overall in the Football League. Despite the eventual lowly 16th-place finish, this season was a much-improved performance over the previous season's relegation battle. The club was actually in third place with promotion looking likely with ten games to go, but those games yielded a mere three points and County missed out again on a return to the Third Division.

Season review

= Results summary =

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= Results by round =

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|label2= Result

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

|label3= Position

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|color_W=green2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

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|updated=29 Apr 1978

|source=[http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1977-1978/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="#ffffdd" \|20 Aug 1977	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–2	Preece, Clark	align="right"\|3,041
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|27 Aug 1977	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	Woods, S.Walker	align="right"\|3,367
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|3 Sep 1977	Barnsley	A	0–1		align="right"\|4,009
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|6 Sep 1977	York City	H	2–1	Woods, OG	align="right"\|2,987
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|10 Sep 1977	Darlington	H	1–1	Woods	align="right"\|2,776
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|14 Sep 1977	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2		align="right"\|1,812
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|17 Sep 1977	Rochdale	A	1–0	Woods	align="right"\|1,116
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|24 Sep 1977	Swansea City	H	1–0	Goddard	align="right"\|5,156
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|27 Sep 1977	Wimbledon	A	0–3		align="right"\|3,941
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|1 Oct 1977	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	Preece 2, Woods	align="right"\|2,746
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|4 Oct 1977	Scunthorpe United	H	3–1	Woods 3	align="right"\|3,191
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|8 Oct 1977	Aldershot	A	2–2	Preece, Woods	align="right"\|3,452
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|15 Oct 1977	Stockport County	H	2–2	Preece, S.Walker	align="right"\|4,083
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|22 Oct 1977	Watford	A	0–2		align="right"\|10,475
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|29 Oct 1977	Torquay United	H	0–0		align="right"\|4,137
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|5 Nov 1977	Northampton Town	A	4–2	Goddard 2, Emmanuel, R.Walker	align="right"\|3,568
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|12 Nov 1977	Halifax Town	H	2–0	Guscott, Woods	align="right"\|3,992
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|19 Nov 1977	Southport	A	3–3	Clark. Goddard, Williams	align="right"\|1,167
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|3 Dec 1977	Hartlepool United	H	4–2	R.Walker, Goddard, Clark, Emmanuel	align="right"\|3,233
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|9 Dec 1977	Southend United	A	2–4	Clark, Goddard	align="right"\|5,840
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|26 Dec 1977	Bournemouth	H	3–2	Williams 2, Clark	align="right"\|7,629
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|27 Dec 1977	Brentford	A	3–3	Williams 2, Preece	align="right"\|8,970
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|31 Dec 1977	Reading	A	0–2		align="right"\|5,808
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|2 Jan 1978	Northampton Town	H	5–3	Goddard 2, Clark 2, Jones	align="right"\|7,160
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|7 Jan 1978	York City	A	0–2		align="right"\|1,971
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|14 Jan 1978	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	Williams	align="right"\|4,029
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|21 Jan 1978	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2		align="right"\|4,894
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|4 Feb 1978	Darlington	A	1–2	Clark	align="right"\|1,744
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|11 Feb 1978	Rochdale	H	3–0	Goddard 3	align="right"\|4,288
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|17 Feb 1978	Swansea City	A	0–4		align="right"\|6,056
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|25 Feb 1978	Grimsby Town	A	0–1		align="right"\|3,937
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|28 Feb 1978	Barnsley	H	3–1	Goddard 2, R.Walker	align="right"\|3,523
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|4 Mar 1978	Aldershot	H	2–1	Aizlewood, Clark	align="right"\|3,737
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|7 Mar 1978	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	Preece	align="right"\|4,774
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|10 Mar 1978	Stockport County	A	0–2		align="right"\|3,863
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|17 Mar 1978	Watford	H	2–2	Goddard, R.Walker	align="right"\|8,409
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|22 Mar 1978	Torquay United	A	0–2		align="right"\|3,055
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|25 Mar 1978	Brentford	H	1–2	Goddard	align="right"\|4,953
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|28 Mar 1978	Bournemouth	A	2–4	Williams, Jones	align="right"\|2,479
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|1 Apr 1978	Reading	H	0–0		align="right"\|2,333
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|4 Apr 1978	Scunthorpe United	A	0–2		align="right"\|2,457
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|8 Apr 1978	Halifax Town	A	1–3	Goddard	align="right"\|1,653
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|15 Apr 1978	Southport	H	1–1	Sinclair	align="right"\|2,440
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|22 Apr 1978	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	Goddard	align="right"\|1,988
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|25 Apr 1978	Wimbledon	H	0–1		align="right"\|2,112
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|29 Apr 1978	Southend United	H	1–2	Emmanuel	align="right"\|2,364

=FA Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

26 Nov 1977

Exeter City

1–1

Goddard

align="right"|6,229

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|1r

30 Nov 1977

Exeter City

2–4

Goddard, Clark

align="right"|5,713

=Football League Cup=

class="wikitable"

!Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Scorers

!Attendance

!Notes

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|1–1

13 Aug 1977

Portsmouth

1–3

Woods

align="right"|7,541

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|1–2

16 Aug 1977

Portsmouth

3–2

R.Walker, Preece, Clark

align="right"|2,895

4–5 agg

=Welsh Cup=

class="wikitable" !Round !Date !Opponents !Venue !Result !Scorers !Attendance
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|4	17 Jan 1978	Swansea City	A	0–0		align="right"\|7,504
bgcolor="#ddffdd" \|4r	24 Jan 1978	Swansea City	H	1–0	Williams	align="right"\|6,098
bgcolor="#ffdddd" \|5	14 Feb 1978	Bangor City	H	1–3	R.Walker	align="right"\|3,604

League table

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style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|1	align="left"\|Watford	46	30	11	5	85	38	+47	71
style="background:#FFFF99;" \|2	align="left"\|Southend United	46	25	10	11	66	39	+27	60
style="background:#FFFF99;" \|3	align="left"\|Swansea City	46	23	10	13	87	47	+40	56
style="background:#FFFF99;" \|4	align="left"\|Brentford	46	21	14	11	86	54	+32	56
5	align="left"\|Aldershot	46	19	16	11	67	47	+20	54
6	align="left"\|Grimsby Town	46	21	11	14	57	51	+6	53
7	align="left"\|Barnsley	46	18	14	14	61	49	+12	50
8	align="left"\|Reading	46	18	14	14	55	52	+3	50
9	align="left"\|Torquay United	46	16	15	15	57	56	+1	47
10	align="left"\|Northampton Town	46	17	13	16	63	68	−5	47
11	align="left"\|Huddersfield Town	46	15	15	16	63	55	+8	45
12	align="left"\|Doncaster Rovers	46	14	17	15	52	65	−13	45
13	align="left"\|Wimbledon	46	14	16	16	66	67	−1	44
14	align="left"\|Scunthorpe United	46	14	16	16	50	55	−5	44
15	align="left"\|Crewe Alexandra	46	15	14	17	50	69	−19	44
16	align="left"\|Newport County	46	16	11	19	65	73	−8	43
17	align="left"\|Bournemouth	46	14	15	17	41	51	−10	43
18	align="left"\|Stockport County	46	16	10	20	56	56	+0	42
19	align="left"\|Darlington	46	14	13	19	52	59	−7	41
20	align="left"\|Halifax Town	46	10	21	15	52	62	−10	41
style="background:#eee5de;" \|21	align="left"\|Hartlepool United	46	15	7	24	51	84	−33	37
style="background:#eee5de;" \|22	align="left"\|York City	46	12	12	22	50	69	−19	36
style="background:#F08080;" \|23	align="left"\|Southport	46	6	19	21	52	76	−24	31
style="background:#eee5de;" \|24	align="left"\|Rochdale	46	8	8	30	43	85	−42	24

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!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

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121011064647/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/newport-county/1977-1978/results Newport County 1977-1978 : Results]
[http://www.11v11.com/teams/newport-county/tab/matches/season/1978 Newport County football club match record: 1978]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013111/http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=91 Welsh Cup 1977/78]

1977-78

Category:English football clubs 1977–78 season

Category:1977–78 in Welsh football