1981–82 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1981–82 season
Chairman	Richard Ford
Manager	Len Ashurst
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division	16th
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	League: Tynan (13); All: Tynan (16)
Highest home attendance	5,927 vs Bristol City (30 January 1982)
Lowest home attendance	2,948 vs Reading (2 January 1982)
Average home league attendance	4,476
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 season was Newport County's second consecutive season in the Third Division and their 54th season overall in the Football League.

Season review[]

Results summary[]

Note: Three points for a win

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	16	16	54	54	0	58	9	10	4	28	21	+7	5	6	12	26	33	−7

Last updated: 18 May 1982.
Source: [1]

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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W
Position	5	1	1	2	7	6	11	12	6	12	13	14	11	14	16	18	18	16	16	14	13	15	17	17	17	19	20	16	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	19	20	18	19	20	20	21	21	19	18	16

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 1982. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results[]

Third Division[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 Aug 1981	Chesterfield	H	1–0	Johnson	5,079
4 Sep 1981	Southend United	A	4–0	Aldridge, Gwyther, Tynan, Elsey	4,620
12 Sep 1981	Oxford United	H	3–2	Waddle 2, Aldridge	5,293
19 Sep 1981	Bristol City	A	1–2	Aldridge	7,522
23 Sep 1981	Reading	A	1–2	Aldridge	4,542
26 Sep 1981	Preston North End	H	1–1	OG	5,064
29 Sep 1981	Brentford	H	0–1		4,028
3 Oct 1981	Lincoln City	A	2–2	Tynan 2	3,351
10 Oct 1981	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	Gwyther	4,579
17 Oct 1981	Fulham	A	1–3	Tynan	3,988
20 Oct 1981	Millwall	H	1–1	Goddard	4,609
24 Oct 1981	Portsmouth	A	0–0		8,787
31 Oct 1981	Carlisle United	H	2–0	Elsey 2	3,972
3 Nov 1981	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2		6,464
7 Nov 1981	Walsall	A	1–3	Oakes	4,169
14 Nov 1981	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1		4,428
28 Nov 1981	Exeter City	H	1–1	Waddle	4,149
5 Dec 1981	Wimbledon	A	3–2	Tynan, Elsey, Waddle	2,056
26 Dec 1981	Chester	H	0–1		4,901
28 Dec 1981	Gillingham	A	1–1	Moore	6,055
2 Jan 1982	Reading	H	3–1	Aldridge 2, Lowndes	2,948
16 Jan 1982	Burnley	A	1–2	Moore	4,716
23 Jan 1982	Chesterfield	A	0–1		4,236
30 Jan 1982	Bristol City	H	1–1	Vaughan	5,927
6 Feb 1982	Oxford United	A	1–1	Tynan	5,653
13 Feb 1982	Lincoln City	H	0–0		3,735
20 Feb 1982	Brentford	A	0–2		4,297
27 Feb 1982	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–0	BIshop, Aldridge	4,190
7 Mar 1982	Fulham	H	1–3	Lowndes	5,178
9 Mar 1982	Millwall	A	0–1		3,084
13 Mar 1982	Portsmouth	H	1–1	Elsey	4,209
16 Mar 1982	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	Tynan	5,312
20 Mar 1982	Carlisle United	A	2–2	Aldridge, Tynan	4,042
27 Mar 1982	Walsall	H	2–2	OG, Tynan	3,484
30 Mar 1982	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2		4,205
2 Apr 1982	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–1	Elsey, Bishop	5,148
10 Apr 1982	Chester	A	2–0	Aldridge 2	1,451
12 Apr 1982	Gillingham	H	4–2	Tynan, Vaughan, Johnson, Gwyther	4,353
17 Apr 1982	Wimbledon	H	0–0		3,900
24 Apr 1982	Exeter City	A	0–1		3,168
1 May 1982	Burnley	H	0–0		4,024
4 May 1982	Preston North End	A	1–2	Vaughan	4,972
8 May 1982	Swindon Town	A	1–1	Aldridge	5,676
11 May 1982	Southend United	H	3–2	Tynan 2, Elsey	3,716
15 May 1982	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	Lowndes	4,169
18 May 1982	Swindon Town	H	1–0	Tynan	5,906

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	21 Nov 1981	Colchester United	A	0–2		3,535

Football League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	2 Sep 1981	Torquay United	A	3–2	Oakes, Moore, Aldridge	2,514
1–2	15 Sep 1981	Torquay United	H	0–0		4,203	3–2 agg
2–1	6 Oct 1981	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1		5,507
2–2	27 Oct 1981	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0		4,578	0–1 agg

Welsh Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	1 Dec 1981	Taff's Well	H	5–0	Tynan 2, Oakes, Gwyther, Bishop	1,369
4	15 Dec 1981	Cardiff City	A	1–3	Oakes	3,916

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Burnley	46	21	17	8	66	45	+21	80
2	Carlisle United	46	23	11	12	65	50	+15	80
3	Fulham	46	21	15	10	77	51	+26	78
4	Lincoln City	46	21	14	11	66	40	+26	77
5	Oxford United	46	19	14	13	63	49	+14	71
6	Gillingham	46	20	11	15	64	56	+8	71
7	Southend United	46	18	15	13	63	51	+12	69
8	Brentford	46	19	11	16	56	47	+9	68
9	Millwall	46	18	13	15	62	62	0	67
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	18	11	17	64	56	+8	65
11	Chesterfield	46	18	10	18	57	58	−1	64
12	Reading	46	17	11	18	67	75	−8	62
13	Portsmouth	46	14	19	13	56	51	+5	61
14	Preston North End	46	16	13	17	50	56	−6	61
15	Bristol Rovers	46	18	9	19	58	65	−7	61
16	Newport County	46	14	16	16	54	54	0	58
17	Huddersfield Town	46	15	12	19	64	59	+5	57
18	Exeter City	46	16	9	21	71	85	−14	57
19	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	17	16	55	68	−13	56
20	Walsall	46	13	14	19	51	55	−4	53
21	Wimbledon	46	14	11	21	61	75	−14	53
22	Swindon Town	46	13	13	20	55	71	−16	52
23	Bristol City	46	11	13	22	41	65	−24	46
24	Chester	46	7	11	28	36	78	−42	32

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Relegated