1965–66 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1965–66 season
Manager	Billy Lucas
Stadium	Somerton Park
Fourth Division	9th
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: Hale (21); All: Hale (24)
Highest home attendance	3,985 vs Notts County (25 October 1965)
Lowest home attendance	1,700 vs Chester (23 May 1966)
Average home league attendance	2,611
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 season was Newport County's fourth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 38th overall in the Football League.

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
46	18	12	16	75	75	1	48	14	6	3	46	24	34	4	6	13	29	51	14

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	9	8	10	14	11	8	13	11	13	15	15	16	17	18	16	14	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	16	17	20	18	15	15	18	16	14	16	17	17	14	15	14	15	14	12	12	13	12	12	9

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 1966. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 Aug 1965	Chesterfield	A	2–1	Morgan 2	5,958
25 Aug 1965	Torquay United	A	0–1		7,489
28 Aug 1965	Rochdale	H	1–1	Reynolds	3,673
4 Sep 1965	Luton Town	A	1–2	Morgan	4,899
11 Sep 1965	Barrow	H	3–2	Morgan, Pugh, Reynolds	2,741
13 Sep 1965	Torquay United	H	3–2	Morgan 2, Pugh	3,814
18 Sep 1965	Hartlepools United	A	2–5	Hill, Jones	4,939
25 Sep 1965	Doncaster Rovers	H	4–0	Pugh, Hill, Bird, Williams	2,970
2 Oct 1965	Southport	A	0–2		3,537
6 Oct 1965	Aldershot	A	1–2	Morgan	5,037
9 Oct 1965	Halifax Town	H	3–1	Morgan, Pugh, Jones	2,800
16 Oct 1965	Chester	A	1–6	Morgan	8,027
25 Oct 1965	Notts County	H	1–2	Hill	3,985
30 Oct 1965	Lincoln City	A	1–1	Jones	5,590
8 Nov 1965	Darlington	H	3–0	Rathbone, Pugh, Hale	2,911
19 Nov 1965	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0		2,516
22 Nov 1965	Aldershot	H	3–1	Bird, Smith, Hale	2,180
27 Nov 1965	Colchester United	A	2–3	Jones, Hale	3,593
11 Dec 1965	Bradford City	A	2–3	Hill, Hale	3,717
31 Dec 1965	Halifax Town	A	4–4	Walters, Smith, Wookey, OG	2,570
8 Jan 1966	Stockport County	H	1–0	Wookey	2,760
15 Jan 1966	Notts County	A	1–1	Hall	4,605
31 Jan 1966	Chesterfield	H	3–4	Reynolds 2, Hale	2,866
5 Feb 1966	Rochdale	A	1–2	Smith	2,167
12 Feb 1966	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–6	Hale	4,358
26 Feb 1966	Barrow	A	2–2	Morgan, Smith	3,532
2 Mar 1966	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–2	Hale 2	2,751
7 Mar 1966	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3–1	Morgan 2, Tapscott	2,817
12 Mar 1966	Hartlepools United	H	3–0	Morgan, Pugh, Hale	2,250
19 Mar 1966	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–1		12,365
21 Mar 1966	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	Hall	2,502
25 Mar 1966	Southport	H	1–1	Morgan	1,997
9 Apr 1966	Barnsley	H	1–0	Reynolds	2,328
11 Apr 1966	Port Vale	H	0–1		2,257
12 Apr 1966	Port Vale	A	0–3		4,496
15 Apr 1966	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	Wookey	3,766
25 Apr 1966	Wrexham	A	1–0	Hall	3,106
29 Apr 1966	Barnsley	A	2–2	Jones, Hale	1,697
2 May 1966	Lincoln City	H	0–0		2,176
7 May 1966	Bradford City	H	2–2	Morgan, Hale	1,855
9 May 1966	Darlington	A	1–0	Hale	10,923
16 May 1966	Wrexham	H	2–2	Hale, Pugh	1,884
20 May 1966	Stockport County	A	1–2	Jones	3,586
23 May 1966	Chester	H	3–2	Hale 2, Morgan	1,700
25 May 1966	Luton Town	H	3–1	Hale 2, Morgan	2,173
28 May 1966	Colchester United	H	2–1	Morgan, Hale	2,905

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	13 Nov 1965	Bath City	A	0–2		7,330

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	1 Sep 1965	Southend United	H	2–2	Morgan, Reynolds	2,925
1r	6 Sep 1965	Southend United	A	1–3	Hill	8,644

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	5 Jan 1966	Hereford United	A	2–1	Bird, Hale	6,000
6	7 Feb 1966	Chester	H	2–2	Hale 2	1,776
6r	16 Feb 1966	Chester	A	0–2		5,296

League table

References

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