1977–78 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1977–78 season
ChairmanRichard Ford
ManagerColin Addison
StadiumSomerton Park
Fourth Division16th
FA Cup1st round
League Cup1st round
Welsh Cup5th round
Top goalscorerLeague: Goddard (17)
All: Goddard (19)
Highest home attendance8,409 vs Watford (17 March 1978)
Lowest home attendance2,112 vs Wimbledon (25 April 1978)
Average home league attendance4,061

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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 16 11 19 65 73  −8 43 14 6 3 43 22  +21 2 5 16 22 51  −29

Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAAHHHAHAHAHAAHAHH
ResultDWLWDLWWLWWDDLDWWDWLWDLWLWLLWLLWWWLDLLLDLLDDLL
Position117127710879766678654445555566845764333510109101110131516
Updated to match(es) played on 29 Apr 1978. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1977–78 Football League § Fourth Division
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
20 Aug 1977 Doncaster Rovers A 2–2 Preece, Clark 3,041
27 Aug 1977 Huddersfield Town H 2–0 Woods, S.Walker 3,367
3 Sep 1977 Barnsley A 0–1 4,009
6 Sep 1977 York City H 2–1 Woods, OG 2,987
10 Sep 1977 Darlington H 1–1 Woods 2,776
14 Sep 1977 Crewe Alexandra A 0–2 1,812
17 Sep 1977 Rochdale A 1–0 Woods 1,116
24 Sep 1977 Swansea City H 1–0 Goddard 5,156
27 Sep 1977 Wimbledon A 0–3 3,941
1 Oct 1977 Grimsby Town H 3–0 Preece 2, Woods 2,746
4 Oct 1977 Scunthorpe United H 3–1 Woods 3 3,191
8 Oct 1977 Aldershot A 2–2 Preece, Woods 3,452
15 Oct 1977 Stockport County H 2–2 Preece, S.Walker 4,083
22 Oct 1977 Watford A 0–2 10,475
29 Oct 1977 Torquay United H 0–0 4,137
5 Nov 1977 Northampton Town A 4–2 Goddard 2, Emmanuel, R.Walker 3,568
12 Nov 1977 Halifax Town H 2–0 Guscott, Woods 3,992
19 Nov 1977 Southport A 3–3 Clark. Goddard, Williams 1,167
3 Dec 1977 Hartlepool United H 4–2 R.Walker, Goddard, Clark, Emmanuel 3,233
9 Dec 1977 Southend United A 2–4 Clark, Goddard 5,840
26 Dec 1977 Bournemouth H 3–2 Williams 2, Clark 7,629
27 Dec 1977 Brentford A 3–3 Williams 2, Preece 8,970
31 Dec 1977 Reading A 0–2 5,808
2 Jan 1978 Northampton Town H 5–3 Goddard 2, Clark 2, Jones 7,160
7 Jan 1978 York City A 0–2 1,971
14 Jan 1978 Doncaster Rovers H 1–0 Williams 4,029
21 Jan 1978 Huddersfield Town A 0–2 4,894
4 Feb 1978 Darlington A 1–2 Clark 1,744
11 Feb 1978 Rochdale H 3–0 Goddard 3 4,288
17 Feb 1978 Swansea City A 0–4 6,056
25 Feb 1978 Grimsby Town A 0–1 3,937
28 Feb 1978 Barnsley H 3–1 Goddard 2, R.Walker 3,523
4 Mar 1978 Aldershot H 2–1 Aizlewood, Clark 3,737
7 Mar 1978 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 Preece 4,774
10 Mar 1978 Stockport County A 0–2 3,863
17 Mar 1978 Watford H 2–2 Goddard, R.Walker 8,409
22 Mar 1978 Torquay United A 0–2 3,055
25 Mar 1978 Brentford H 1–2 Goddard 4,953
28 Mar 1978 Bournemouth A 2–4 Williams, Jones 2,479
1 Apr 1978 Reading H 0–0 2,333
4 Apr 1978 Scunthorpe United A 0–2 2,457
8 Apr 1978 Halifax Town A 1–3 Goddard 1,653
15 Apr 1978 Southport H 1–1 Sinclair 2,440
22 Apr 1978 Hartlepool United A 1–1 Goddard 1,988
25 Apr 1978 Wimbledon H 0–1 2,112
29 Apr 1978 Southend United H 1–2 Emmanuel 2,364

FA Cup

Main article: 1977–78 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 26 Nov 1977 Exeter City H 1–1 Goddard 6,229
1r 30 Nov 1977 Exeter City A 2–4 Goddard, Clark 5,713

Football League Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes
1–1 13 Aug 1977 Portsmouth A 1–3 Woods 7,541
1–2 16 Aug 1977 Portsmouth H 3–2 R.Walker, Preece, Clark 2,895 4–5 agg

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
4 17 Jan 1978 Swansea City A 0–0 7,504
4r 24 Jan 1978 Swansea City H 1–0 Williams 6,098
5 14 Feb 1978 Bangor City H 1–3 R.Walker 3,604

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Watford 46 30 11 5 85 38 +47 71
2 Southend United 46 25 10 11 66 39 +27 60
3 Swansea City 46 23 10 13 87 47 +40 56
4 Brentford 46 21 14 11 86 54 +32 56
5 Aldershot 46 19 16 11 67 47 +20 54
6 Grimsby Town 46 21 11 14 57 51 +6 53
7 Barnsley 46 18 14 14 61 49 +12 50
8 Reading 46 18 14 14 55 52 +3 50
9 Torquay United 46 16 15 15 57 56 +1 47
10 Northampton Town 46 17 13 16 63 68 −5 47
11 Huddersfield Town 46 15 15 16 63 55 +8 45
12 Doncaster Rovers 46 14 17 15 52 65 −13 45
13 Wimbledon 46 14 16 16 66 67 −1 44
14 Scunthorpe United 46 14 16 16 50 55 −5 44
15 Crewe Alexandra 46 15 14 17 50 69 −19 44
16 Newport County 46 16 11 19 65 73 −8 43
17 Bournemouth 46 14 15 17 41 51 −10 43
18 Stockport County 46 16 10 20 56 56 +0 42
19 Darlington 46 14 13 19 52 59 −7 41
20 Halifax Town 46 10 21 15 52 62 −10 41
21 Hartlepool United 46 15 7 24 51 84 −33 37
22 York City 46 12 12 22 50 69 −19 36
23 Southport 46 6 19 21 52 76 −24 31
24 Rochdale 46 8 8 30 43 85 −42 24
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Re-elected
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

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