1930–31 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1930–31 season
Manager	Jimmy Hindmarsh
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division South	21st (not re-elected)
FA Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Pearce (21); All: Pearce (26)
Highest home attendance	5,245 vs Notts County (18 October 1930)
Lowest home attendance	1,116 vs Norwich City (18 December 1930)
Average home league attendance	2,880
Home colours	Away colours

The 1930–31 season was Newport County's 11th season in the Football League. The club finished in 21st place and were not re-elected for the following season.

Season review

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	11	6	25	69	111	0.622	28	10	5	6	45	31	25	1	1	19	24	80	3

Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	D
Position	5	14	18	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	21	20	21	21	22	20	22	21	22	22	21	22	21	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	21

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1931. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 Aug 1930	Torquay United	H	2–1	Riley, Mason	3,905
3 Sep 1930	Clapton Orient	A	1–3	Welsh	5,505
6 Sep 1930	Northampton Town	A	0–1		13,239
10 Sep 1930	Gillingham	A	1–4	Thomas	3,181
13 Sep 1930	Brentford	H	0–2		2,758
15 Sep 1930	Gillingham	H	1–3	Wheeler	3,181
20 Sep 1930	Crystal Palace	A	1–7	Davies	12,625
27 Sep 1930	Southend United	H	3–1	Davies 2, Thomas	2,711
4 Oct 1930	Luton Town	A	1–3	Gittins	8,097
11 Oct 1930	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	Seymour	3,951
18 Oct 1930	Notts County	H	2–3	Seymour 2	5,245
25 Oct 1930	Watford	A	2–6	Pearce 2	6,214
1 Nov 1930	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	7–3	Seymour 3, Pearce 3, Davies	2,827
8 Nov 1930	Swindon Town	A	4–4	Pearce 2, Hickie, Davies	4,808
15 Nov 1930	Fulham	H	1–3	Pearce	4,082
22 Nov 1930	Coventry City	A	4–6	Pearce 2, Hickie, Gittins	8,276
6 Dec 1930	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–7	Davies	6,566
18 Dec 1930	Norwich City	H	3–0	Pearce 2, Gittins	1,116
20 Dec 1930	Thames	A	1–3	Pearce	816
25 Dec 1930	Exeter City	H	4–0	Pearce 2, Gittins, Davies	3,264
26 Dec 1930	Exeter City	A	0–3		9,548
27 Dec 1930	Torquay United	A	0–3		4,561
3 Jan 1931	Northampton Town	H	5–2	Pearce 2, Gittins, Brown, Bagley	2,977
17 Jan 1931	Brentford	A	2–3	Brown, Thomas	7,170
22 Jan 1931	Walsall	H	1–1	Witton	2,125
26 Jan 1931	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Gittins 2	1,967
31 Jan 1931	Southend United	A	2–6	Witton 2	5,506
7 Feb 1931	Luton Town	H	3–1	Glidden 2, Witton	2,826
14 Feb 1931	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2		8,160
21 Feb 1931	Notts County	A	0–5		11,913
28 Feb 1931	Watford	H	0–2		2,310
7 Mar 1931	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–4	Seymour, Brown	3,091
14 Mar 1931	Swindon Town	H	3–1	Gittins 2, Pearce	2,872
21 Mar 1931	Fulham	A	1–0	Gittins	10,124
28 Mar 1931	Coventry City	H	1–1	Gittins	2,950
3 Apr 1931	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–5		5,992
4 Apr 1931	Walsall	A	0–1		3,321
6 Apr 1931	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	Gittins, Thomas	3,346
11 Apr 1931	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	Pearce 2	2,899
18 Apr 1931	Norwich City	A	1–4	Pearce	4,563
25 Apr 1931	Thames	H	1–1	Bagley	1,309
2 May 1931	Clapton Orient	H	1–1	Gittins	1,873

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	29 Nov 1930	Dulwich Hamlet	A	2–2	Pearce 2	7,500
1r	4 Dec 1930	Dulwich Hamlet	H	4–1	Davies, Pearce, Brown, Bagley	4,500
2	13 Dec 1930	Walsall	A	0–4		7,676

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	26 Feb 1931	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–5	Pearce 2	3,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Notts County	42	24	11	7	97	46	2.109	59
2	Crystal Palace	42	22	7	13	107	71	1.507	51
3	Brentford	42	22	6	14	90	64	1.406	50
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	15	10	68	53	1.283	49
5	Southend United	42	22	5	15	76	60	1.267	49
6	Northampton Town	42	18	12	12	77	59	1.305	48
7	Luton Town	42	19	8	15	76	51	1.490	46
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	20	3	19	82	75	1.093	43
9	Fulham	42	18	7	17	77	75	1.027	43
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	15	13	14	72	73	0.986	43
11	Torquay United	42	17	9	16	80	84	0.952	43
12	Swindon Town	42	18	6	18	89	94	0.947	42
13	Exeter City	42	17	8	17	84	90	0.933	42
14	Coventry City	42	16	9	17	75	65	1.154	41
15	Bristol Rovers	42	16	8	18	75	92	0.815	40
16	Gillingham	42	14	10	18	61	76	0.803	38
17	Walsall	42	14	9	19	78	95	0.821	37
18	Watford	42	14	7	21	72	75	0.960	35
19	Clapton Orient	42	14	7	21	63	91	0.692	35
20	Thames	42	13	8	21	54	93	0.581	34
21	Newport County	42	11	6	25	69	111	0.622	28
22	Norwich City	42	10	8	24	47	76	0.618	28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Election

Votes	Club	Fate
38	Norwich City	Re-elected to the League
25	Mansfield Town	Elected to the League
19	Newport County	Not re-elected to the League
14	Aldershot	Not elected to the League
2	Merthyr Town	Not elected to the League
0	Llanelly	Not elected to the League

References

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