1978–79 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1978–79 season
Chairman	Richard Ford
Manager	Len Ashurst
Stadium	Somerton Park
Fourth Division	8th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	League: Goddard (18); All: Goddard (22)
Highest home attendance	14,124 vs West Ham United (FA Cup, 9 Jan 1979)
Lowest home attendance	2,235 vs Bournemouth (1 May 1979)
Average home league attendance	3,731
Home colours	Away colours

The 1978–79 season was Newport County's 17th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 51st season overall in the Football League.

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	21	10	15	66	55	+11	52	12	5	6	39	28	+11	9	5	9	27	27	0

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	23	24	24	18	21	21	22	22	18	21	20	17	16	17	17	18	15	15	15	17	12	10	8	9	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 1979. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 Aug 1978	Bournemouth	A	1–3	Goddard	3,083
22 Aug 1978	Aldershot	H	1–2	Williams	3,374
26 Aug 1978	Stockport County	H	1–2	Goddard	2,659
2 Sep 1978	Wigan Athletic	A	3–2	Sinclair, Goddard, Woods	5,319
9 Sep 1978	Reading	A	1–2	Vaughan	5,089
12 Sep 1978	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–2	Woods	3,176
16 Sep 1978	Wimbledon	H	1–3	Clark	2,903
23 Sep 1978	Bradford City	A	3–1	Lowndes 2, Sinclair	4,471
25 Sep 1978	Hartlepool United	A	0–0		5,491
30 Sep 1978	York City	H	1–1	Sinclair	3,021
7 Oct 1978	Scunthorpe United	A	3–2	Bailey, Lowndes, Sinclair	2,453
14 Oct 1978	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	Goddard 2	3,624
17 Oct 1978	Rochdale	H	0–0		3,472
21 Oct 1978	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–0		2,008
28 Oct 1978	Barnsley	H	1–1	Lowndes	4,570
4 Nov 1978	Northampton Town	A	1–3	Bruton	3,065
10 Nov 1978	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	Goddard, Vaughan	4,142
17 Nov 1978	Stockport County	A	1–1	Warriner	4,009
2 Dec 1978	Darlington	H	2–1	Walden 2	3,450
9 Dec 1978	Grimsby Town	A	0–1		3,667
22 Dec 1978	Hereford United	A	3–0	Bruton, Goddard, Oakes	2,834
26 Dec 1978	Torquay United	H	1–1	OG	6,930
30 Dec 1978	Port Vale	H	1–0	Goddard	4,104
13 Jan 1979	Reading	H	3–2	Goddard 2, Davies	5,968
2 Feb 1979	Hartlepool United	H	3–2	Goddard 2, Lowndes	3,659
20 Feb 1979	Portsmouth	A	1–2	Moore	8,206
24 Feb 1979	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0	Bruton	3,361
27 Feb 1979	Bradford City	H	2–4	Oakes, Tynan	4,225
3 Mar 1979	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–0	Moore, Tynan, Lowndes	2,550
6 Mar 1979	Wimbledon	A	0–0		2,980
10 Mar 1979	Barnsley	A	0–1		9,428
13 Mar 1979	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–0	Tynan	1,459
16 Mar 1979	Northampton Town	H	2–1	Goddard, Bruton	3,018
20 Mar 1979	York City	A	2–1	Tynan, Goddard	2,156
24 Mar 1979	Aldershot	A	3–2	Tynan, Moore, Lowndes	5,243
31 Mar 1979	Halifax Town	H	2–0	Bruton, Vaughan	3,927
7 Apr 1979	Darlington	A	0–1		1,518
11 Apr 1979	Hereford United	H	4–1	Goddard, Moore, Oakes, Lowndes	3,771
14 Apr 1979	Torquay United	A	0–2		3,181
16 Apr 1979	Portsmouth	H	1–2	Goddard	5,421
18 Apr 1979	Scunthorpe United	H	2–0	Thompson, Oakes	2,572
21 Apr 1979	Port Vale	A	1–1	Tynan	2,444
23 Apr 1979	Rochdale	A	0–1		1,457
28 Apr 1979	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	Oakes	3,049
1 May 1979	Bournemouth	H	2–0	Tynan, Vaughan	2,235
5 May 1979	Halifax Town	A	2–1	Goddard 2	1,007

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	25 Nov 1978	Hereford United	A	1–0	Goddard	6,939
2	16 Dec 1978	Worcester City	H	0–0		7,196
2r	18 Dec 1978	Worcester City	A	2–1	Goddard 2	10,233
3	9 Jan 1979	West Ham United	H	2–1	Woods, Goddard	14,124
4	30 Jan 1979	Colchester United	H	0–0		10,329
4r	5 Feb 1979	Colchester United	A	0–1		7,029

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	12 Aug 1978	Swansea City	H	2–1	Woods, M.Williams	5,572
1–2	15 Aug 1978	Swansea City	A	0–5		7,834	2–6 agg

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4	15 Jan 1979	Ton Pentre	H	0–2		1,447

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	26	13	7	76	35	+41	65
2	Grimsby Town	46	26	9	11	82	49	+33	61
3	Wimbledon	46	25	11	10	78	46	+32	61
4	Barnsley	46	24	13	9	73	42	+31	61
5	Aldershot	46	20	17	9	63	47	+16	57
6	Wigan Athletic	46	21	13	12	63	48	+15	55
7	Portsmouth	46	20	12	14	62	48	+14	52
8	Newport County	46	21	10	15	66	55	+11	52
9	Huddersfield Town	46	18	11	17	57	53	+4	47
10	York City	46	18	11	17	51	55	−4	47
11	Torquay United	46	19	8	19	58	65	−7	46
12	Scunthorpe United	46	17	11	18	54	60	−6	45
13	Hartlepool United	46	13	18	15	57	66	−9	44
14	Hereford United	46	15	13	18	53	53	+0	43
15	Bradford City	46	17	9	20	62	68	−6	43
16	Port Vale	46	14	14	18	57	70	−13	42
17	Stockport County	46	14	12	20	58	60	−2	40
18	Bournemouth	46	14	11	21	47	48	−1	39
19	Northampton Town	46	15	9	22	64	76	−12	39
20	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	47	64	−17	39
21	Darlington	46	11	15	20	49	66	−17	37
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	11	22	50	73	−23	37
23	Halifax Town	46	9	8	29	39	72	−33	26
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	6	14	26	43	90	−47	26

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