1999–2000 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1999–2000 season
Manager	Tim Harris
Southern League Premier	7th
FA Cup	3rd qualifying round
FA Trophy	3rd round
Southern League Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: C.Dale (19) All: C.Dale (23)
Highest home attendance	1,415 vs Bath City (3 Jan 2000)
Lowest home attendance	555 vs Dorchester Town (23 Feb 2000)
Average home league attendance	777
Home colours Away colours
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The 1999–2000 season was the first season played in the Southern League Premier Division since relegation in 1997. It is also the season the club returned to the traditional name of Newport County after ten seasons without the suffix.

Season review

League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	16	18	8	67	50	+17	66	9	9	3	33	20	+13	7	9	5	34	30	+4

Last updated: 6 May 2000.
Source: [1]

Fixtures and results

Southern League Premier

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 Aug 1999	Cambridge City	H	2–2	C.Dale, G.Smart	1,003
17 Aug 1999	Tamworth	A	2–2	C.Dale, L.Brown	807
21 Aug 1999	Grantham Town	A	1–0	C.Dale	365
25 Aug 1999	Clevedon Town	H	5–0	C.Dale 2, G.Smart, D.Robison, S.Jackson	869
28 Aug 1999	Crawley Town	A	2–2	C.Dale, L.Brown	542
30 Aug 1999	Worcester City	H	1–0	L.Brown	978
4 Sep 1999	Margate	H	3–1	C.Dale 2, G.Smart	933
7 Sep 1999	Salisbury City	A	2–1	S.Chapple, C.Dale	618
11 Sep 1999	Burton Albion	A	1–1	A.Mainwaring	1,426
25 Sep 1999	King's Lynn	A	2–2	L.Brown 2	1,023
16 Oct 1999	Havant & Waterlooville	H	3–3	G.Kemp, C.Dale, D.Hill	743
23 Oct 1999	Weymouth	A	2–4	A.Mainwaring, C.Dale	745
27 Oct 1999	Tamworth	H	2–0	M.Flynn, Dave Hunt	721
30 Oct 1999	Halesowen Town	H	0–0		753
6 Nov 1999	Ilkeston Town	A	1–2	M.Flynn	697
12 Nov 1999	Gloucester City	A	1–1	C.Dale	889
20 Nov 1999	Boston United	H	2–2	Dave Hunt, K.Bayliss	907
23 Nov 1999	Clevedon Town	A	0–1		623
4 Dec 1999	Margate	A	1–2	D.Hill	446
11 Dec 1999	Salisbury City	H	0–0		640
18 Dec 1999	Havant & Waterlooville	A	2–2	G.Smart, M.Flynn	372
27 Dec 1999	Merthyr Tydfil	A	5–2	G.Smart 2, K.Bayliss, C.Dale, D.Hill	1,407
3 Jan 2000	Bath City	H	0–1		1,415
8 Jan 2000	Worcester City	A	4–3	M.Flynn, G.Kemp, L.Brown 2	1,115
22 Jan 2000	Atherstone United	H	1–1	C.Dale	588
29 Jan 2000	Crawley Town	H	0–1		607
2 Feb 2000	Gloucester City	H	2–1	M.Flynn, C.Dale	577
5 Feb 2000	Halesowen Town	A	0–2		603
12 Feb 2000	Grantham Town	H	2–1	L.Brown, G.Sheppard	620
19 Feb 2000	Atherstone United	A	1–0	D.Hill	354
23 Feb 2000	Dorchester Town	H	1–1	C.Dale	555
26 Feb 2000	Burton Albion	H	1–1	C.Dale	674
4 Mar 2000	Dorchester Town	A	2–1	D.Ryan, D.Hill	503
11 Mar 2000	Rothwell Town	H	1–1	M.Flynn	635
25 Mar 2000	Ilkeston Town	H	2–1	C.Dale, D.Hill	604
1 Apr 2000	Cambridge City	A	0–0		718
8 Apr 2000	Weymouth	H	2–1	C.Dale, J.Eaton	676
15 Apr 2000	Rothwell Town	A	3–0	OG, G.Shephard, A.Thomas	198
22 Apr 2000	Bath City	A	1–1	J.Donovan	950
24 Apr 2000	Merthyr Tydfil	H	2–0	J.Eaton, M.Rose	1,069
29 Apr 2000	Boston United	A	1–1	D.Robison	2,596
6 May 2000	King's Lynn	H	1–2	OG	755

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2Q	18 Sep 1999	Wimborne Town	H	1–1	D.Hill	659
2Qr	21 Sep 1999	Wimborne Town	A	3–0	C.Dale 3	364
3Q	2 Oct 1999	Burgess Hill Town	H	1–2	A.Thomas	723

FA Trophy

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	9 Oct 1999	Yeading	H	2–1	L.Brown, G.Smart	349
2	27 Nov 1999	Bashley	A	2–1	D.Hill, K.Bayliss	275
3	15 Jan 2000	Bedford Town	A	0–0		944
3r	19 Jan 2000	Bedford Town	H	0–1		669

Southern League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	16 Nov 1999	Tiverton Town	A	1–2	D.Hill	539

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Boston United	42	27	11	4	102	39	+63	92	Promoted to Football Conference
2	Burton Albion	42	23	9	10	73	43	+30	78
3	Margate	42	23	8	11	64	43	+21	77
4	Bath City	42	19	15	8	70	49	+21	72
5	King's Lynn	42	19	14	9	59	43	+16	71
6	Tamworth	42	20	10	12	80	51	+29	70
7	Newport County	42	16	18	8	67	50	+17	66
8	Clevedon Town	42	18	9	15	52	52	0	63
9	Ilkeston Town	42	16	12	14	77	69	+8	60
10	Weymouth	42	14	16	12	60	51	+9	58
11	Halesowen Town	42	14	14	14	52	54	−2	56
12	Crawley Town	42	15	8	19	68	82	−14	53
13	Havant & Waterlooville	42	13	13	16	63	68	−5	52
14	Cambridge City	42	14	10	18	52	66	−14	52
15	Worcester City	42	13	11	18	60	66	−6	50
16	Salisbury City	42	14	8	20	70	84	−14	50
17	Merthyr Tydfil	42	13	9	20	51	63	−12	48
18	Dorchester Town	42	10	17	15	56	65	−9	47
19	Grantham Town	42	14	5	23	63	76	−13	47	Relegated
20	Gloucester City	42	8	14	20	40	82	−42	38	Relegated
21	Rothwell Town	42	5	14	23	48	85	−37	29	Relegated
22	Atherstone United	42	5	13	24	30	76	−46	28	Relegated

External links

• Doc Martens Premier 1999-2000 Results