Newport County 1949–50 football season
The 1949–50 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season . The club finished in a re-election place, but since the division was being expanded by two clubs they were re-elected without a vote.
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
13
8
21
67
98
0.684
34
11
5
5
50
34
27
2
3
16
17
64
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 H A A H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H H A A H A A H A Result W L L L L L L W L W D D L W D W L D W L W L W L W L L L D L L L W D W W L D D L L W Position 8 8 16 20 22 22 22 21 22 20 20 21 22 21 20 14 17 17 14 16 15 17 16 17 15 16 17 18 18 21 21 21 21 21 20 18 18 17 18 18 22 17
Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossFixtures and results [ ] Third Division South [ ]
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
20 Aug 1949
Norwich City H
3–2
Hayward, Comley, Parker
16,238
25 Aug 1949
Northampton Town A
3–4
Parker 2, Comley
12,718
27 Aug 1949
Southend United A
0–6
11,577
1 Sep 1949
Northampton Town H
1–4
Carr
12,536
3 Sep 1949
Bristol City A
0–6
20,007
7 Sep 1949
Torquay United A
3–5
Comley, Parker, Carr
9,414
10 Sep 1949
Brighton & Hove Albion H
0–1
11,157
15 Sep 1949
Torquay United H
1–0
Harper
10,462
17 Sep 1949
Walsall A
0–2
10,846
24 Sep 1949
Millwall H
4–3
Parker 2, Gardner 2
12,773
1 Oct 1949
Swindon Town A
1–1
Roffi
15,284
8 Oct 1949
Notts County H
1–1
Newall
21,543
15 Oct 1949
Port Vale A
0–1
12,599
22 Oct 1949
Ipswich Town H
1–0
Comley
11,419
29 Oct 1949
Exeter City A
3–3
Comley, Parker, Griffiths
8,095
5 Nov 1949
Leyton Orient H
3–2
Roffi 2, Griffiths
11,792
12 Nov 1949
Reading A
1–4
Payne
15,300
19 Nov 1949
Watford H
3–3
Comley 2, Harper
11,884
3 Dec 1949
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H
5–0
Comley 2, Parker, Harper, Roffi,
10,560
17 Dec 1949
Norwich City A
0–4
17,895
26 Dec 1949
Aldershot H
6–0
Harper 2, Griffiths 2, Comley, Parker
13,860
27 Dec 1949
Aldershot A
1–4
Griffiths
7,318
31 Dec 1949
Bristol City H
6–4
Bowen 3, Parker 2, Comley
13,208
14 Jan 1950
Brighton & Hove Albion A
0–5
11,502
21 Jan 1950
Walsall H
2–1
Comley 2
8,840
28 Jan 1950
Crystal Palace A
0–1
9,895
18 Feb 1950
Swindon Town H
1–2
Roffi
10,622
25 Feb 1950
Notts County A
0–7
28,427
4 Mar 1950
Port Vale H
1–1
Griffiths
8,762
11 Mar 1950
Ipswich Town A
0–1
12,678
18 Mar 1950
Exeter City H
1–2
Comley
6,414
25 Mar 1950
Leyton Orient A
1–2
Parker
8,819
30 Mar 1950
Southend United H
2–1
Comley, Parker
7,297
1 Apr 1950
Reading H
1–1
Roffi
9,923
7 Apr 1950
Nottingham Forest H
4–1
Roffi 2, Comley, Parker
13,337
8 Apr 1950
Watford A
1–0
Roffi
11,729
10 Apr 1950
Nottingham Forest A
0–3
15,799
15 Apr 1950
Crystal Palace H
2–2
Comley, Parker
11,459
22 Apr 1950
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A
1–1
Comley
10,842
24 Apr 1950
Bristol Rovers A
0–3
10,657
29 Apr 1950
Bristol Rovers H
2–3
Comley, Roffi
8,173
1 May 1950
Millwall A
2–1
Hayward, Bowen
15,472
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
26 Nov 1949
Crystal Palace A
3–0
Comley, Payne, Griffiths
12,719
2
10 Dec 1949
Gateshead H
1–1
Harper
15,184
2r
15 Dec 1949
Gateshead A
2–1 a.e.t.
Parker, Harper
14,000
3
7 Jan 1950
Port Vale H
1–2
Comley
17,781
Welsh Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
5
12 Jan 1950
Merthyr Tydfil A
0–3
League table [ ] Note: As the division was being expanded by two clubs, Newport County and Millwall were re-elected without a vote.
Key
Division Champions
Re-elected
Failed re-election
External links [ ] References [ ] Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7
