1972–73 Newport County A.F.C. season

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Newport County
1972–73 season
Manager Billy Lucas
Fourth Division 5th
FA Cup 3rd round
League Cup 2nd round
Welsh Cup 5th round
Top goalscorer League: Brown (16)
All: Brown (24)
Highest home attendance 11,350 vs Cardiff City (Welsh Cup, 20 Feb 1973)
Lowest home attendance 2,843 vs Lincoln City (16 Dec 1972)
Average home league attendance 4,810
Home colours
Away colours
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 season was Newport County's 11th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 45th overall in the Football League. County missed out on promotion by the narrowest of margins: their goal average of 1.46 being inferior to that of Aldershot's 1.58 – both teams having finished level on points.

Season review

Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA Ave Pts W D L GF GA Ave W D L GF GA Ave
46 22 12 12 64 44 1.46 56 14 6 3 37 18 2.06 8 6 9 27 26 1.04

Last updated: 28 Apr 1973.
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 A H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A A H H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A A H A H A H A A H H
Result D W W D L D L D L W W W L W W W D W L L L D L W W W W W D L W W W W D L D W D D L D W L W W
Position 10 6 4 4 6 6 13 10 15 13 8 8 9 8 7 3 4 4 5 7 7 7 11 8 5 5 5 4 6 7 7 4 3 3 2 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 4

Last updated: 28 Apr 1973.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

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Main article: 1972–73 Football League § Fourth Division
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
12 Aug 1972 Gillingham A 0–0 3,719
19 Aug 1972 Chester H 3–2 OG, Brown 2 3,342
26 Aug 1972 Colchester United A 3–1 Coldrick, Hawkins, Thomas 3,639
29 Aug 1972 Bury A 0–0 2,834
2 Sep 1972 Mansfield Town H 0–1 4,813
9 Sep 1972 Torquay United A 2–2 Screen, Thomas 3,693
16 Sep 1972 Cambridge United H 0–2 3,567
19 Sep 1972 Peterborough United H 1–1 Thomas 3,013
23 Sep 1972 Reading A 0–5 4,107
26 Sep 1972 Northampton Town A 1–0 R.Jones 4,010
30 Sep 1972 Stockport County H 1–0 Brown 3,012
7 Oct 1972 Aldershot H 2–1 OG, R.Jones 3,504
11 Oct 1972 Bradford City A 1–2 Brown 1,545
14 Oct 1972 Darlington A 3–2 OG, Brown 2 1,356
21 Oct 1972 Hartlepool United H 5–1 R.Jones 2, Brown 2, Aizlewood 3,389
24 Oct 1972 Southport H 3–1 R.Jones 2, Hill 5,616
28 Oct 1972 Exeter City A 0–0 4,588
4 Nov 1972 Northampton Town H 1–0 White 4,825
11 Nov 1972 Peterborough United A 0–1 4,480
25 Nov 1972 Barnsley A 1–2 Brown 2,063
28 Nov 1972 Hereford United H 0–1 8,776
16 Dec 1972 Lincoln City H 2–2 Brown, Hooper 2,843
23 Dec 1972 Workington A 2–3 Brown, P.Harris 1,254
26 Dec 1972 Reading H 1–0 Aizlewood 5,435
30 Dec 1972 Chester A 2–0 Brown 2 2,844
6 Jan 1973 Colchester United H 1–0 Screen 3,465
23 Jan 1973 Torquay United H 2–1 R.Jones 2 4,395
30 Jan 1973 Southport A 2–0 White, Summerhayes 4,451
6 Feb 1973 Bradford City H 0–0 5,795
10 Feb 1973 Cambridge United A 1–3 White 3,496
17 Feb 1973 Gillingham H 5–1 OG, R.Jones 2, Hill, Coldrick 4,235
24 Feb 1973 Lincoln City A 2–0 Screen, R.Jones 3,023
2 Mar 1973 Aldershot A 2–0 Screen, Summerhayes 3,951
6 Mar 1973 Doncaster Rovers H 1–0 Brown 6,674
9 Mar 1973 Darlington H 0–0 7,625
16 Mar 1973 Hartlepool United A 0–1 3,649
21 Mar 1973 Crewe Alexandra A 0–0 1,991
24 Mar 1973 Exeter City H 2–0 Brown, Passey 4,817
26 Mar 1973 Mansfield Town A 0–0 6,402
31 Mar 1973 Barnsley H 1–1 R.Jones 4,757
7 Apr 1973 Hereford United A 0–2 14,849
14 Apr 1973 Crewe Alexandra H 0–0 4,090
21 Apr 1973 Doncaster Rovers A 5–1 Screen, D.Jones, Coldrick, Hill, Brown 1,942
23 Apr 1973 Stockport County A 0–1 2,785
24 Apr 1973 Workington H 2–0 D.Jones, Hill 5,256
28 Apr 1973 Bury H 4–3 Coldrick, Aizlewood, R.Jones, D.Jones 7,390

FA Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 18 Nov 1972 Alton Town H 5–1 B.Harris 2, Brown, R.Jones, White 4,692
2 9 Dec 1972 Torquay United A 1–0 Brown 3,724
3 13 Jan 1973 Millwall A 0–3 10,122

Football League Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 15 Aug 1972 Swansea City A 1–1 Hill 3,998
1r 22 Aug 1972 Swansea City H 3–0 Brown 3 5,220
2 5 Sep 1972 Ipswich Town H 0–3 9,516

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
4 9 Jan 1973 Swansea City A 0–0 2,990
4r 16 Jan 1973 Swansea City H 3–0 Brown 3 4,042
5 20 Feb 1973 Cardiff City H 1–3 Hooper 11,350

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Southport 46 26 10 10 71 48 1.479 62
2 Hereford United 46 23 12 11 56 38 1.474 58
3 Cambridge United 46 20 17 9 67 57 1.175 57
4 Aldershot 46 22 12 12 60 38 1.579 56
5 Newport County 46 22 12 12 64 44 1.455 56
6 Mansfield Town 46 20 14 12 78 51 1.529 54
7 Reading 46 17 18 11 51 38 1.342 52
8 Exeter City 46 18 14 14 57 51 1.118 50
9 Gillingham 46 19 11 16 63 58 1.086 49
10 Lincoln City 46 16 16 14 64 57 1.123 48
11 Stockport County 46 18 12 16 53 53 1.000 48
12 Bury 46 14 18 14 58 51 1.137 46
13 Workington 46 17 12 17 59 61 0.967 46
14 Barnsley 46 14 16 16 58 60 0.967 44
15 Chester 46 14 15 17 61 52 1.173 43
16 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 61 65 0.938 43
17 Doncaster Rovers 46 15 12 19 49 58 0.845 42
18 Torquay United 46 12 17 17 44 47 0.936 41
19 Peterborough United 46 14 13 19 71 76 0.934 41
20 Hartlepool 46 12 17 17 34 49 0.694 41
21 Crewe Alexandra 46 9 18 19 38 61 0.623 36
22 Colchester United 46 10 11 25 48 76 0.632 31
23 Northampton Town 46 10 11 25 40 73 0.548 31
24 Darlington 46 7 15 24 42 85 0.494 29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Re-elected
Failed re-election

External links

References

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