1926–27 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1926–27 season
Manager	Jimmy Hindmarsh
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division South	9th
FA Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: James (9); All: James (9)
Highest home attendance	9,262 vs Plymouth Argyle (28 August 1926)
Lowest home attendance	1,721 vs Brentford (25 April 1927)
Average home league attendance	5,193
Home colours	Away colours
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The 1926–27 season was Newport County's seventh season in the Football League, sixth season in the Third Division South and seventh season overall in the third tier.

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	19	6	17	57	71	0.803	44	15	4	2	40	20	34	4	2	15	17	51	10

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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 1927. 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
28 Aug 1926	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	Nairn, Holland	9,262
1 Sep 1926	Bristol City	A	1–4	Carney	13,478
4 Sep 1926	Merthyr Town	A	2–1	Forward, OG	5,259
9 Sep 1926	Bristol City	H	0–0		7,888
11 Sep 1926	Aberdare Athletic	A	1–0	Johnson	2,741
18 Sep 1926	Gillingham	H	1–0	Price	7,141
25 Sep 1926	Watford	A	0–0		7,720
30 Sep 1926	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	Nairn, Price	4,687
2 Oct 1926	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Price, Gittins	6,985
9 Oct 1926	Coventry City	A	1–3	James	7,931
16 Oct 1926	Luton Town	H	3–2	Johnson, James, Gittins	6,821
23 Oct 1926	Southend United	A	0–5		6,481
30 Oct 1926	Exeter City	H	2–0	James, Gittins	6,454
6 Nov 1926	Swindon Town	A	1–3	Gittins	4,870
13 Nov 1926	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	Nairn	3,927
20 Nov 1926	Millwall	A	1–4	Holland	7,004
4 Dec 1926	Northampton Town	A	2–1	Price 2	5,508
11 Dec 1926	Millwall	H	1–1	Nairn	5,345
18 Dec 1926	Norwich City	A	0–1		6,667
25 Dec 1926	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	2–1	Nairn, Forward	6,359
27 Dec 1926	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	1–2	Nairn	8,916
1 Jan 1927	Northampton Town	H	1–0	Johnson	5,006
8 Jan 1927	Gillingham	A	1–0	Price	4,611
15 Jan 1927	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–4	Price	8,943
22 Jan 1927	Merthyr Town	H	4–3	Johnson, Price, Nairn, Forward	5,083
29 Jan 1927	Aberdare Athletic	H	5–2	Johnson 2, Drinnan, Forward, Gittins	3,436
12 Feb 1927	Watford	H	2–1	Gittins, Hiles	4,291
19 Feb 1927	Crystal Palace	A	2–6	Johnson, Weaver	10,328
26 Feb 1927	Coventry City	H	4–1	James 2, Bowsher, Gittins	3,856
5 Mar 1927	Luton Town	A	1–4	Johnson	5,240
12 Mar 1927	Southend United	H	3–0	Gittins, Hiles, Weaver	4,725
19 Mar 1927	Exeter City	A	1–2	James	6,509
26 Mar 1927	Swindon Town	H	5–3	James 2, Weaver 2, Hiles	4,751
31 Mar 1927	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1		2,956
2 Apr 1927	Bristol Rovers	A	0–4		5,544
15 Apr 1927	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–2		5,938
16 Apr 1927	Brentford	A	1–1	Walker	7,801
18 Apr 1927	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		9,057
25 Apr 1927	Brentford	H	0–0		1,721
28 Apr 1927	Charlton Athletic	A	0–3		4,010
30 Apr 1927	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1		6,045
7 May 1927	Norwich City	H	0–0		2,425

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	27 Nov 1926	Poole Athletic	A	0–1		2,666

Welsh Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6	10 Mar 1927	Lovells Athletic	A	0–1

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bristol City	42	27	8	7	104	54	1.926	62
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	25	10	7	95	61	1.557	60
3	Millwall	42	23	10	9	89	51	1.745	56
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	21	11	10	79	50	1.580	53
5	Swindon Town	42	21	9	12	100	85	1.176	51
6	Crystal Palace	42	18	9	15	84	81	1.037	45
7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	18	8	16	78	66	1.182	44
8	Luton Town	42	15	14	13	68	66	1.030	44
9	Newport County	42	19	6	17	57	71	0.803	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	16	9	17	78	80	0.975	41
11	Brentford	42	13	14	15	70	61	1.148	40
12	Exeter City	42	15	10	17	76	73	1.041	40
13	Charlton Athletic	42	16	8	18	60	61	0.984	40
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	9	18	65	71	0.915	39
15	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	71	86	0.826	37
16	Norwich City	42	12	11	19	59	71	0.831	35
17	Merthyr Town	42	13	9	20	63	80	0.787	35
18	Northampton Town	42	15	5	22	59	87	0.678	35
19	Southend United	42	14	6	22	64	77	0.831	34
20	Gillingham	42	11	10	21	54	72	0.750	32
21	Watford	42	12	8	22	57	87	0.655	32
22	Aberdare Athletic	42	9	7	26	62	101	0.614	25

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

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