1951–52 Newport County A.F.C. season
Newport County 1951–52 football season
The 1951–52 season was Newport County's fifth 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 23rd season in the third tier and 24th 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
21
12
13
77
76
1.013
54
13
7
3
45
26
33
8
5
10
32
50
21
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 H A A H A A H H A A H A H A H A A A H A H A H H A H H H A H A H A A H H H A A H H A H A Result L W W W L D W W W W L L L D D W W L D L W W L W W D L W W D D D L D L W W L W D W D W D W L Position 18 9 6 7 13 13 8 5 2 2 3 5 9 10 10 8 6 9 6 11 10 10 10 9 8 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1952. 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
18 Aug 1951
Bristol City A
1–3
Parker
30,048
20 Aug 1951
Northampton Town H
2–0
Birch, Moore
16,802
25 Aug 1951
Ipswich Town H
2–1
Parker, Moore
13,062
1 Sep 1951
Torquay United A
2–1
Birch, Shergold
6,411
6 Sep 1951
Northampton Town A
0–5
10,203
8 Sep 1951
Gillingham H
1–1
Birch
10,725
12 Sep 1951
Reading A
2–1
James 2
16,050
15 Sep 1951
Brighton & Hove Albion A
2–1
Birch, James
10,949
17 Sep 1951
Reading H
3–1
Parker 2, James
11,879
22 Sep 1951
Millwall H
2–1
Birch, Evans
12,797
29 Sep 1951
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A
1–5
James
12,494
6 Oct 1951
Aldershot A
0–4
8,801
13 Oct 1951
Watford H
2–5
Parker, Donaldson
9,636
20 Oct 1951
Bristol Rovers A
1–1
Beattie
17,396
27 Oct 1951
Plymouth Argyle H
3–3
Birch, Beattie, Moore
10,065
3 Nov 1951
Norwich City A
2–1
Beattie, Shergold
25,828
10 Nov 1951
Exeter City H
4–0
Parker 2, Shergold 2
10,920
17 Nov 1951
Colchester United A
1–2
Birch
7,729
1 Dec 1951
Swindon Town A
1–1
Shergold
12,007
22 Dec 1951
Ipswich Town A
1–3
Beattie
9,609
25 Dec 1951
Shrewsbury Town H
3–1
Moore 2, Parker
9,982
26 Dec 1951
Shrewsbury Town A
4–1
Beattie 2, Birch, Parker
9,982*
29 Dec 1951
Torquay United H
1–2
Parker
11,650
5 Jan 1952
Gillingham A
3–2
Parker, Moore, Nelson
10,410
17 Jan 1952
Southend United H
3–0
Birch, Beattie, Moore
4,897
19 Jan 1952
Brighton & Hove Albion H
1–1
Beattie
10,333
26 Jan 1952
Millwall A
0–2
17,761
9 Feb 1952
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H
2–0
Parker, Shergold
11,148
16 Feb 1952
Aldershot H
4–2
Parker 3, Shergold
9,792
23 Feb 1952
Port Vale H
1–1
Moore
11,593
1 Mar 1952
Watford A
1–1
Parker
9,270
8 Mar 1952
Bristol Rovers H
2–2
Parker, Moore
13,113
15 Mar 1952
Plymouth Argyle A
0–5
17,939
22 Mar 1952
Norwich City H
2–2
Beattie, Parker
10,350
24 Mar 1952
Port Vale A
2–4
Shergold, OG
5,908
29 Mar 1952
Exeter City A
4–3
Birch, Parker, Shergold
4,076
3 Apr 1952
Leyton Orient H
1–0
Moore
7,137
5 Apr 1952
Colchester United H
0–1
6,821
11 Apr 1952
Walsall H
4–2
Moore 3, Beattie
9,385
12 Apr 1952
Crystal Palace A
1–1
Lunn
14,904
14 Apr 1952
Walsall A
1–0
Shergold
7,700
19 Apr 1952
Swindon Town H
0–0
9,217
24 Apr 1952
Crystal Palace H
1–0
Moore
6,942
26 Apr 1952
Leyton Orient A
1–1
OG
6,579
28 Apr 1952
Bristol City H
1–0
Nelson
7,714
3 May 1952
Southend United A
1–2
Moore
6,438
* Ambrosen incorrectly records the
Shrewsbury Town away match with same scoreline and attendance as the home match
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
24 Nov 1951
Barry Town H
4–0
Moore 3, Beattie
11,844
2
15 Dec 1951
Leytonstone A
2–2
Birch, Beattie
10,500
2r
20 Dec 1951
Leytonstone H
3–0
Moore 2, Beattie
10,737
3
12 Jan 1952
Sheffield United A
0–2
34,486
Welsh Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
5
3 Jan 1952
Connah's Quay Nomads H
8–2
Moore 3, James 2, Nelson 2, Molloy
1,878
6
28 Jan 1952
Rhyl A
2–3
Donaldson, Lunn
League table
Key
Division Champions
Re-elected
Failed re-election
External links
References
