1932–33 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1932–33 season
Manager	Jimmy Hindmarsh
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division South	21st (re-elected)
FA Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	8th round
Top goalscorer	League: Gardner/Thomas (12); All: Green (13)
Highest home attendance	7,933 vs Cardiff City (4 March 1933)
Lowest home attendance	1,769 vs Southend United (9 February 1933)
Average home league attendance	4,400
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1931–32 1933–34 →

The 1932–33 season saw Newport County return to the Football League following their one-season spell back in the Southern League. The club again finished in the re-election places at the end of the season but this time were re-elected.

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	11	7	24	61	105	0.581	29	9	4	8	42	42	22	2	3	16	19	63	7

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L
Position	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	22	21	19	21	21

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 1933. 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
27 Aug 1932	Clapton Orient	H	0–2		7,805
31 Aug 1932	Swindon Town	A	0–2		5,074
3 Sep 1932	Northampton Town	A	0–8		8,920
5 Sep 1932	Swindon Town	H	1–2	Weale	3,674
10 Sep 1932	Bristol City	H	1–1	Gittins	6,025
14 Sep 1932	Southend United	A	0–3		5,687
17 Sep 1932	Coventry City	A	1–3	Green	12,766
24 Sep 1932	Brentford	H	1–6	Weale	7,343
1 Oct 1932	Torquay United	A	0–4		3,960
8 Oct 1932	Exeter City	H	1–1	Lumley	5,268
15 Oct 1932	Luton Town	A	2–2	Rogers, Bagley	6,504
22 Oct 1932	Cardiff City	A	3–1	Bagley, Thomas, Peed	10,163
29 Oct 1932	Reading	H	3–3	Thomas, Weale, Peed	5,375
5 Nov 1932	Norwich City	A	1–3	Thomas	9,913
17 Nov 1932	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	5–2	Weale 2, Bagley, Green, Peed	3,750
19 Nov 1932	Bristol Rovers	A	2–2	Weale, Peed	8,910
3 Dec 1932	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–6	Green	6,514
17 Dec 1932	Crystal Palace	A	0–0		8,644
24 Dec 1932	Gillingham	H	0–2		4,113
26 Dec 1932	Watford	H	2–0	Weale, Green	5,044
27 Dec 1932	Watford	A	2–3	Green, Armand	9,131
31 Dec 1932	Clapton Orient	A	1–3	Thomas	4,278
7 Jan 1933	Northampton Town	H	0–3		4,217
14 Jan 1933	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	1–1	Bagley	2,237
19 Jan 1933	Aldershot	H	2–1	Rogers 2	1,902
21 Jan 1933	Bristol City	A	2–3	Bagley, Weale	4,800
28 Jan 1933	Coventry City	H	2–1	Bagley 2	3,150
4 Feb 1933	Brentford	A	0–6		10,060
9 Feb 1933	Southend United	H	1–3	Thomas	1,769
11 Feb 1933	Torquay United	H	3–1	Gardner 2, Thomas	3,098
18 Feb 1933	Exeter City	A	0–4		6,598
4 Mar 1933	Cardiff City	H	4–2	Gardner 2, Bagley, Green	7,933
11 Mar 1933	Reading	A	1–4	Green	7,742
18 Mar 1933	Norwich City	H	3–4	Gardner 2, Thomas	4,490
25 Mar 1933	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1		5,045
1 Apr 1933	Bristol Rovers	H	3–1	Gardner 2, Thomas	3,588
5 Apr 1933	Luton Town	H	3–2	Thomas 2, Gardner	2,344
8 Apr 1933	Aldershot	A	1–2	Gardner	3,340
15 Apr 1933	Queens Park Rangers	H	5–1	Thomas 2, Green 2, Gardner	4,120
17 Apr 1933	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–1	Collins, Lumley	5,540
29 Apr 1933	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	Gardner	5,168
6 May 1933	Gillingham	A	0–2		5,737

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	26 Nov 1932	Ilford	H	4–2	Green 3, Weale
2	10 Dec 1932	Folkestone	A	1–2	Weale

Welsh Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7	1 Feb 1933	Bristol City	A	4–3	Lumley 3, Green	800
8	13 Mar 1933	Southport	H	0–0		2,000
8r	21 Mar 1933	Southport	A	0–4

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Brentford	42	26	10	6	90	49	1.84	62
2	Exeter City	42	24	10	8	88	48	1.83	58
3	Norwich City	42	22	13	7	88	55	1.60	57
4	Reading	42	19	13	10	103	71	1.45	51
5	Crystal Palace	42	19	8	15	78	64	1.22	46
6	Coventry City	42	19	6	17	106	77	1.38	44
7	Gillingham	42	18	8	16	72	61	1.18	44
8	Northampton Town	42	18	8	16	76	66	1.15	44
9	Bristol Rovers	42	15	14	13	61	56	1.09	44
10	Torquay United	42	16	12	14	72	67	1.07	44
11	Watford	42	16	12	14	66	63	1.05	44
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	8	17	66	65	1.01	42
13	Southend United	42	15	11	16	65	82	0.79	41
14	Luton Town	42	13	13	16	78	78	1.00	39
15	Bristol City	42	12	13	17	83	90	0.92	37
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	72	87	0.83	37
17	Aldershot	42	13	10	19	61	72	0.85	36
18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	12	18	60	81	0.74	36
19	Cardiff City	42	12	7	23	69	99	0.70	31
20	Clapton Orient	42	8	13	21	59	93	0.63	29
21	Newport County	42	11	7	24	61	105	0.58	29
22	Swindon Town	42	9	11	22	60	105	0.57	29

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Election[]

Votes	Club	Fate
45	Swindon Town	Re-elected to the League
26	Newport County	Re-elected to the League
20	Llanelly	Not elected to the League
5	Folkestone	Not elected to the League
1	Merthyr Town	Not elected to the League
1	Nuneaton Town	Not elected to the League

External links[]

References[]

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