Newport County 1934–35 football season
The 1934–35 season was Newport County' s third consecutive season in the Third Division South and their 14th in the Football League . The season started with three straight wins and the club found itself top of the table after the first match. However, with 18 defeats in the last half of the season County were forced into the re-election process for the fourth time, but were comfortably 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
10
5
27
54
112
0.482
25
7
4
10
36
40
18
3
1
17
18
72
7
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 A H H A A H A H A H H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H H A A H Result W W W L L W L D L L W W D W L L L W D L L L L L L L D L L D L W L L L W L L L L L L Position 1 1 2 2 5 5 9 9 12 16 12 9 10 7 11 13 13 11 12 13 15 17 18 18 19 19 19 19 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 1935. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossFixtures and results [ ] Third Division South [ ]
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
25 Aug 1934
Exeter City A
1–0
Bird
8,295
27 Aug 1934
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H
6–1
Bird 2, Burgess 2, Higgins, Green
7,651
1 Sep 1934
Bristol City H
2–0
Higgins, Bird
10,978
5 Sep 1934
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A
1–3
Bird
5,722
8 Sep 1934
Millwall A
0–2
16,142
15 Sep 1934
Coventry City H
2–1
Bird, Weaver
10,580
22 Sep 1934
Clapton Orient A
0–4
4,715
29 Sep 1934
Gillingham H
2–2
Bird 2
5,460
6 Oct 1934
Reading A
1–6
Bird
8,074
13 Oct 1934
Northampton Town H
1–3
Bird
6,365
20 Oct 1934
Brighton & Hove Albion H
1–0
OG
3,696
27 Oct 1934
Cardiff City A
4–3
Whitehouse, Green, Burgess, Weaver
16,131
3 Nov 1934
Bristol Rovers H
1–1
Bird
7,146
10 Nov 1934
Southend United A
1–0
Bird
5,498
17 Nov 1934
Torquay United H
1–4
Bird
6,185
1 Dec 1934
Crystal Palace H
2–3
Thomas, Cook
4,317
8 Dec 1934
Charlton Athletic A
0–6
10,186
15 Dec 1934
Aldershot H
2–0
Bird, White
3,155
22 Dec 1934
Swindon Town A
0–0
6,121
25 Dec 1934
Watford H
0–1
7,290
26 Dec 1934
Watford A
0–7
11,695
29 Dec 1934
Exeter City H
1–3
Bird
4,174
5 Jan 1935
Bristol City A
1–2
Thomas
8,968
12 Jan 1935
Queens Park Rangers A
1–4
Burgess
4,511
19 Jan 1935
Millwall H
1–2
White
2,948
26 Jan 1935
Coventry City A
0–5
11,525
2 Feb 1935
Clapton Orient H
3–3
Clarke 2, Bird2,738
9 Feb 1935
Gillingham A
0–5
3,689
23 Feb 1935
Northampton Town A
0–2
2,925
28 Feb 1935
Reading H
2–2
Weaver 2
2,399
2 Mar 1935
Brighton & Hove Albion A
1–3
Reynolds
5,687
9 Mar 1935
Cardiff City H
4–0
Weaver 2, Clarke 2
8,461
16 Mar 1935
Bristol Rovers A
3–5
Burgess, Perks, Clarke
6,306
23 Mar 1935
Southend United H
0–5
3,005
30 Mar 1935
Torquay United A
1–2
White
2,941
6 Apr 1935
Queens Park Rangers H
2–1
Weaver, Haycox
2,912
13 Apr 1935
Crystal Palace A
0–6
8,323
19 Apr 1935
Luton Town H
2–4
Haycox 2
4,052
20 Apr 1935
Charlton Athletic H
0–2
3,287
22 Apr 1935
Luton Town A
1–4
Weaver
8,759
27 Apr 1935
Aldershot A
2–3
Thomas 2
2,810
4 May 1935
Swindon Town H
1–2
Thomas
2,110
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
24 Nov 1934
Swindon Town A
0–4
12,776
Third Division South Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
22 Oct 1934
Northampton Town A
0–3
2,500
Welsh Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
6
13 Feb 1935
Cardiff City A
2–3
Bird, Reynolds
2,000
League table [ ]
Key
Division Champions
Re-elected
Failed re-election
Election [ ] External links [ ] References [ ] Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7
