1984–85 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1984–85 season
Chairman	Archie Menzies
Manager	Colin Addison
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division	18th
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Chamberlain (13); All: Chamberlain (17)
Highest home attendance	5,079 vs Bristol City (1 September 1984)
Lowest home attendance	1,307 vs Lincoln City (30 March 1985)
Average home league attendance	2,427
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Third Division and their 57th 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	13	13	20	55	67	−12	52	9	6	8	30	30	0	4	7	12	25	37	−12

Last updated: 13 May 1985.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position	9	17	20	21	22	18	21	22	18	15	18	17	18	19	18	20	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	17	16	16	18	18	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	17	17	17	17	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 1985. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 Aug 1984	Gillingham	A	1–1	Reid	3,422
1 Sep 1984	Bristol City	H	0–0		5,079
8 Sep 1984	York City	A	0–2		4,194
18 Sep 1984	Bournemouth	H	1–1	L.Jones	2,338
22 Sep 1984	Bradford City	A	0–1		3,514
29 Sep 1984	Millwall	H	3–2	Boyle, Carter, Kent	2,507
2 Oct 1984	Burnley	A	0–2		3,616
6 Oct 1984	Wigan Athletic	A	1–1	D.Giles	2,601
13 Oct 1984	Swansea City	H	2–0	Lewis, Reid	5,006
20 Oct 1984	Orient	H	2–0	L.Jones 2	2,301
23 Oct 1984	Rotherham United	A	0–1		4,297
27 Oct 1984	Walsall	A	1–1	Lewis	4,694
3 Nov 1984	Cambridge United	H	1–2	Carter	2,161
7 Nov 1984	Lincoln City	A	2–2	Boyle, OG	2,331
10 Nov 1984	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–2	Boyle, Chamberlain, Cooper	2,073
24 Nov 1984	Hull City	A	0–2		6,039
27 Nov 1984	Brentford	H	2–0	Reid, Cooper	1,591
1 Dec 1984	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–1	Carter, Kellow	2,016
8 Dec 1984	Rotherham United	H	0–2		2,012
15 Dec 1984	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2		5,405
22 Dec 1984	Derby County	A	3–3	Chamberlain 3	11,437
26 Dec 1984	Reading	H	1–2	Chamberlain	3,061
29 Dec 1984	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	Chamberlain	3,003
1 Jan 1985	Preston North End	A	1–1	Carter	3,375
26 Jan 1985	Brentford	A	5–2	Cooper 4, Kellow	3,321
2 Feb 1985	Millwall	A	0–2		4,009
23 Feb 1985	Cambridge United	A	2–1	Chamberlain	1,622
2 Mar 1985	Walsall	H	1–2	Kellow	2,098
9 Mar 1985	Orient	A	1–1	Kellow	2,307
12 Mar 1985	Gillingham	H	0–3		2,139
17 Mar 1985	Swansea City	A	3–0	Chamberlain, Cooper, L.Jones	5,160
20 Mar 1985	York City	H	1–1	Kellow	1,535
23 Mar 1985	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	Chamberlain	1,626
30 Mar 1985	Lincoln City	H	2–1	Kellow, Reid	1,307
2 Apr 1985	Burnley	H	2–1	Cooper 2	1,689
6 Apr 1985	Reading	A	1–0	Chamberlain	3,591
8 Apr 1985	Preston North End	H	3–3	Reid 2, Cooper	2,099
13 Apr 1985	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	Cooper	4,011
16 Apr 1985	Bradford City	H	0–1		2,006
20 Apr 1985	Hull City	H	0–1		1,885
27 Apr 1985	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–3	Chamberlain, L.Jones	1,883
30 Apr 1985	Bristol City	A	1–2	Chamberlain	5,952
4 May 1985	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	Kellow	2,302
6 May 1985	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1		5,079
11 May 1985	Derby County	H	1–3	Kellow	4,003
13 May 1985	Bournemouth	A	0–3		2,511

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	17 Nov 1984	Aldershot	H	1–1	Pulis	2,452
1r	20 Nov 1984	Aldershot	A	0–4		3,807

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	28 Aug 1984	Bristol City	A	1–2	Chamberlain	5,424
1–2	4 Sep 1984	Bristol City	H	0–3		3,276	1–5 agg

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
3	5 Dec 1984	Pembroke Borough	A	2–0	L.Jones, Chamberlain	1,100
4	5 Jan 1985	Cardiff Corinthians	H	4–0	Matthewson, Carter, Cooper, Boyle	1,034
5	20 Feb 1985	Wrexham	H	3–2	L.Jones, Chamberlain, Pulis	1,732
SF-1	10 Apr 1985	Bangor City	A	0–1		1,564
SF-2	23 Apr 1985	Bangor City	H	0–0		2,808	0–1 agg

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bradford City	46	28	10	8	77	45	+32	94
2	Millwall	46	26	12	8	73	42	+31	90
3	Hull City	46	25	12	9	78	49	+29	87
4	Gillingham	46	25	8	13	80	62	+18	83
5	Bristol City	46	24	9	13	74	47	+27	81
6	Bristol Rovers	46	21	12	13	66	48	+18	75
7	Derby County	46	19	13	14	65	54	+11	70
8	York City	46	20	9	17	70	57	+13	69
9	Reading	46	19	12	15	68	62	+6	69
10	Bournemouth	46	19	11	16	57	46	+11	68
11	Walsall	46	18	13	15	58	52	+6	67
12	Rotherham United	46	18	11	17	55	55	+0	65
13	Brentford	46	16	14	16	62	64	−2	62
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	8	21	72	74	−2	59
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	15	14	17	62	65	−3	59
16	Wigan Athletic	46	15	14	17	60	64	−4	59
17	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	6	24	69	75	−6	54
18	Newport County	46	13	13	20	55	67	−12	52
19	Lincoln City	46	11	18	17	50	51	−1	51
20	Swansea City	46	12	11	23	53	80	−27	47
21	Burnley	46	11	13	22	60	73	−13	46
22	Orient	46	11	13	22	51	76	−25	46
23	Preston North End	46	13	7	26	51	100	−49	46
24	Cambridge United	46	4	9	33	37	95	−58	21

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Relegated