1954–55 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1954–55 season
Manager	Billy Lucas
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division South	19th
FA Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: Johnston (26); All: Johnston (29)
Highest home attendance	13,318 vs Norwich City (26 August 1954)
Lowest home attendance	5,066 vs Reading (2 April 1955)
Average home league attendance	8,400
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 season was Newport County's eighth consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season. It was the club's 26th season in the third tier and 27th season overall in the Football League.

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	11	16	19	60	73	0.822	38	8	8	7	32	29	24	3	8	12	28	44	14

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L
Position	21	19	22	23	23	23	23	22	23	22	21	20	21	20	21	19	17	18	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	21	19	21	21	20	23	23	20	20	21	21	21	19	21	18	18	18	18	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1955. 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
21 Aug 1954	Northampton Town	H	0–1		12,710
26 Aug 1954	Norwich City	H	1–1	Shergold	13,318
28 Aug 1954	Watford	A	2–3	Graham, OG	14,957
1 Sep 1954	Norwich City	A	0–2		16,382
4 Sep 1954	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	1–1	Shergold	9,589
7 Sep 1954	Southend United	A	1–1	Wharton	8,025
11 Sep 1954	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		13,115
16 Sep 1954	Southend United	H	3–2	McGhee, Graham, Harris	8,050
18 Sep 1954	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–4	Shergold	13,419
22 Sep 1954	Aldershot	A	0–0		4,863
25 Sep 1954	Exeter City	H	2–1	Lucas, Wharton	9,166
30 Sep 1954	Aldershot	H	2–1	Graham, Hudson	6,027
2 Oct 1954	Colchester United	A	0–1		8,691
9 Oct 1954	Coventry City	H	1–1	Graham	10,327
16 Oct 1954	Southampton	A	0–2		13,880
23 Oct 1954	Millwall	H	2–1	Graham, Wharton	9,126
30 Oct 1954	Torquay United	A	3–2	Johnston 2, Graham	7,300
6 Nov 1954	Gillingham	H	1–3	Lucas	9,164
13 Nov 1954	Reading	A	1–2	Johnston	9,334
27 Nov 1954	Walsall	A	3–3	Johnston 2, Graham	12,059
4 Dec 1954	Bristol City	H	2–2	Johnston 2	10,886
18 Dec 1954	Northampton Town	A	2–2	Lucas, Harris	6,947
25 Dec 1954	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	Johnston	8,934
27 Dec 1954	Crystal Palace	H	0–1		13,025
1 Jan 1955	Watford	H	0–2		7,132
15 Jan 1955	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	3–3	Shergold, Harris, Johnston	5,830
22 Jan 1955	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–0	Harris 2, Johnston 2	5,457
5 Feb 1955	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–3	OG	7,025
12 Feb 1955	Exeter City	A	1–1	Johnston	6,545
19 Feb 1955	Colchester United	H	0–0		5,612
5 Mar 1955	Southampton	H	0–1		7,512
12 Mar 1955	Millwall	A	1–1	Johnston	9,086
17 Mar 1955	Leyton Orient	A	2–1	Graham, Johnston	10,600
19 Mar 1955	Torquay United	H	1–1	Johnston	6,936
26 Mar 1955	Gillingham	A	2–4	Johnston 2	7,784
2 Apr 1955	Reading	H	3–1	Johnston 2, Shergold	5,066
4 Apr 1955	Coventry City	A	2–3	Harris, Johnston	3,936
8 Apr 1955	Swindon Town	H	2–2	Johnston, OG	8,595
9 Apr 1955	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–3		8,652
11 Apr 1955	Swindon Town	A	3–1	Lucas, Harris, Johnston	7,957
16 Apr 1955	Walsall	H	1–0	Hudson	7,914
21 Apr 1955	Brentford	H	3–1		7,926
23 Apr 1955	Bristol City	A	0–0		27,499
28 Apr 1955	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	Johnston	6,762
30 Apr 1955	Leyton Orient	H	1–2	Johnston	5,894
2 May 1955	Brentford	A	0–1		5,812

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	20 Nov 1954	Gillingham	A	0–2		10,237

Welsh Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	13 Jan 1955	Abergavenny Thursdays	H	6–0	McGhee 2, Johnston 2, Shergold, Harris	690
6	17 Feb 1955	Cardiff City	H	1–3	Johnston	10,223

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bristol City	46	30	10	6	101	47	2.149	70
2	Leyton Orient	46	26	9	11	89	47	1.894	61
3	Southampton	46	24	11	11	75	51	1.471	59
4	Gillingham	46	20	15	11	77	66	1.167	55
5	Millwall	46	20	11	15	72	68	1.059	51
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	20	10	16	76	63	1.206	50
7	Watford	46	18	14	14	71	62	1.145	50
8	Torquay United	46	18	12	16	82	82	1.000	48
9	Coventry City	46	18	11	17	67	59	1.136	47
10	Southend United	46	17	12	17	83	80	1.038	46
11	Brentford	46	16	14	16	82	82	1.000	46
12	Norwich City	46	18	10	18	60	60	1.000	46
13	Northampton Town	46	19	8	19	73	81	0.901	46
14	Aldershot	46	16	13	17	75	71	1.056	45
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	14	17	69	75	0.920	44
16	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	10	20	70	78	0.897	42
17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	18	16	57	65	0.877	42
18	Reading	46	13	15	18	65	73	0.890	41
19	Newport County	46	11	16	19	60	73	0.822	38
20	Crystal Palace	46	11	16	19	52	80	0.650	38
21	Swindon Town	46	11	15	20	46	64	0.719	37
22	Exeter City	46	11	15	20	47	73	0.644	37
23	Walsall	46	10	14	22	75	86	0.872	34
24	Colchester United	46	9	13	24	53	91	0.582	31

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