1981–82 Newport County A.F.C. season

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Newport County
1981–82 season
Chairman Richard Ford
Manager Len Ashurst
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 Jan 1982)
Lowest home attendance 2,948 vs Reading (2 Jan 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

Last updated: 18 May 1982.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division

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Main article: 1981–82 Football League § 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

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Main article: 1981–82 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 21 Nov 1981 Colchester United A 0–2 3,535

Football League Cup

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Main article: 1981–82 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

External links

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