1972–73 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1972–73 season
Manager	Billy Lucas
Stadium	Somerton Park
Fourth Division	5th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Brown (16); All: Brown (24)
Highest home attendance	11,350 vs Cardiff City (Welsh Cup, 20 February 1973)
Lowest home attendance	2,843 vs Lincoln City (16 December 1972)
Average home league attendance	4,810
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 season was Newport County's 11th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 45th overall in the Football League. County missed out on promotion by the narrowest of margins: their goal average of 1.46 being inferior to that of Aldershot's 1.58 – both teams having finished level on points.

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	22	12	12	64	44	1.455	56	14	6	3	37	18	34	8	6	9	27	26	22

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	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W
Position	10	6	4	4	6	6	13	10	15	13	8	8	9	8	7	3	4	4	5	7	7	7	11	8	5	5	5	4	6	7	7	4	3	3	2	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	4

Updated to match(es) played on 28 Apr 1973. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 Aug 1972	Gillingham	A	0–0		3,719
19 Aug 1972	Chester	H	3–2	OG, Brown 2	3,342
26 Aug 1972	Colchester United	A	3–1	Coldrick, Hawkins, Thomas	3,639
29 Aug 1972	Bury	A	0–0		2,834
2 Sep 1972	Mansfield Town	H	0–1		4,813
9 Sep 1972	Torquay United	A	2–2	Screen, Thomas	3,693
16 Sep 1972	Cambridge United	H	0–2		3,567
19 Sep 1972	Peterborough United	H	1–1	Thomas	3,013
23 Sep 1972	Reading	A	0–5		4,107
26 Sep 1972	Northampton Town	A	1–0	R.Jones	4,010
30 Sep 1972	Stockport County	H	1–0	Brown	3,012
7 Oct 1972	Aldershot	H	2–1	OG, R.Jones	3,504
11 Oct 1972	Bradford City	A	1–2	Brown	1,545
14 Oct 1972	Darlington	A	3–2	OG, Brown 2	1,356
21 Oct 1972	Hartlepool United	H	5–1	R.Jones 2, Brown 2, Aizlewood	3,389
24 Oct 1972	Southport	H	3–1	R.Jones 2, Hill	5,616
28 Oct 1972	Exeter City	A	0–0		4,588
4 Nov 1972	Northampton Town	H	1–0	White	4,825
11 Nov 1972	Peterborough United	A	0–1		4,480
25 Nov 1972	Barnsley	A	1–2	Brown	2,063
28 Nov 1972	Hereford United	H	0–1	Redrobe	8,776
16 Dec 1972	Lincoln City	H	2–2	Brown, Hooper	2,843
23 Dec 1972	Workington	A	2–3	Brown, P.Harris	1,254
26 Dec 1972	Reading	H	1–0	Aizlewood	5,435
30 Dec 1972	Chester	A	2–0	Brown 2	2,844
6 Jan 1973	Colchester United	H	1–0	Screen	3,465
23 Jan 1973	Torquay United	H	2–1	R.Jones 2	4,395
30 Jan 1973	Southport	A	2–0	White, Summerhayes	4,451
6 Feb 1973	Bradford City	H	0–0		5,795
10 Feb 1973	Cambridge United	A	1–3	White	3,496
17 Feb 1973	Gillingham	H	5–1	OG, R.Jones 2, Hill, Coldrick	4,235
24 Feb 1973	Lincoln City	A	2–0	Screen, R.Jones	3,023
2 Mar 1973	Aldershot	A	2–0	Screen, Summerhayes	3,951
6 Mar 1973	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	Brown	6,674
9 Mar 1973	Darlington	H	0–0		7,625
16 Mar 1973	Hartlepool United	A	0–1		3,649
21 Mar 1973	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0		1,991
24 Mar 1973	Exeter City	H	2–0	Brown, Passey	4,817
26 Mar 1973	Mansfield Town	A	0–0		6,402
31 Mar 1973	Barnsley	H	1–1	R.Jones	4,757
7 Apr 1973	Hereford United	A	0–2		14,849
14 Apr 1973	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–0		4,090
21 Apr 1973	Doncaster Rovers	A	5–1	Screen, D.Jones, Coldrick, Hill, Brown	1,942
23 Apr 1973	Stockport County	A	0–1		2,785
24 Apr 1973	Workington	H	2–0	D.Jones, Hill	5,256
28 Apr 1973	Bury	H	4–3	Coldrick, Aizlewood, R.Jones, D.Jones	7,390

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	18 Nov 1972	Alton Town	H	5–1	B.Harris 2, Brown, R.Jones, White	4,692
2	9 Dec 1972	Torquay United	A	1–0	Brown	3,724
3	13 Jan 1973	Millwall	A	0–3		10,122

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	15 Aug 1972	Swansea City	A	1–1	Hill	3,998
1r	22 Aug 1972	Swansea City	H	3–0	Brown 3	5,220
2	5 Sep 1972	Ipswich Town	H	0–3		9,516

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4	9 Jan 1973	Swansea City	A	0–0		2,990
4r	16 Jan 1973	Swansea City	H	3–0	Brown 3	4,042
5	20 Feb 1973	Cardiff City	H	1–3	Hooper	11,350

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
3	Cambridge United (P)	46	20	17	9	67	57	1.175	57	Promoted to the Third Division
4	Aldershot (P)	46	22	12	12	60	38	1.579	56	Promoted to the Third Division
5	Newport County	46	22	12	12	64	44	1.455	56
6	Mansfield Town	46	20	14	12	78	51	1.529	54	Qualified for 1973 Watney Cup^[a]
7	Reading	46	17	18	11	51	38	1.342	52

Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted
Notes:

^ The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

Notes

References

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

External links

[table_note_res_WAC0.28031766893357-1] The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

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