1929–30 Newport County A.F.C. season
Newport County 1929–30 football season
The 1929–30 season was Newport County' s 10th season in the Football League . The club finished in 18th place and along the way recorded their biggest-ever Football League victory—a 10–0 defeat of near-neighbours Merthyr Town .
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
42
12
10
20
74
85
0.871
34
9
9
3
48
29
27
3
1
17
26
56
7
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 Ground A H H A A H A A H A A H A H A H H H H A A A H H H A H A H H A H A A H H A A H H A A Result L W W L L D L L D L L D L L L D W W W L L W W D L W D D D W L D L L D W L L W L W L Position 16 10 7 7 14 16 16 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 20 20 18 20 20 19 17 17 17 17 17 18 16 15 16 16 17 17 17 16 17 18 17 17 17 18
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1930. 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
31 Aug 1929
Southend United A
1–2
Morris
8,186
5 Sep 1929
Swindon Town H
2–1
G.Richardson, Thomas
4,860
7 Sep 1929
Watford H
1–0
G.Richardson
4,887
9 Sep 1929
Swindon Town A
1–5
Gittins
4,952
14 Sep 1929
Coventry City A
0–2
15,456
21 Sep 1929
Clapton Orient H
0–0
4,877
25 Sep 1929
Crystal Palace A
0–1
9,445
28 Sep 1929
Brentford A
0–1
11,073
5 Oct 1929
Bristol Rovers H
2–2
Gittins, Richards
2,471
12 Oct 1929
Brighton & Hove Albion A
2–3
Riley, Morris
7,877
19 Oct 1929
Luton Town A
2–4
G.Richardson, Thomas
8,825
26 Oct 1929
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H
1–1
Witton
3,640
2 Nov 1929
Walsall A
1–2
Morris
5,424
9 Nov 1929
Queens Park Rangers H
4–5
Martin 3, Morris
3,527
16 Nov 1929
Fulham A
1–2
Martin
28,211
23 Nov 1929
Norwich City H
4–4
Martin 2, Gittins, Thomas
2,541
7 Dec 1929
Gillingham H
5–1
Martin 3, G.Richardson, Seymour
1,991
21 Dec 1929
Exeter City H
4–1
Martin 2, Seymour, OG
2,606
25 Dec 1929
Torquay United H
2–1
Morris, Thomas
3,337
26 Dec 1929
Torquay United A
2–3
Martin, Seymour
5,928
31 Dec 1929
Northampton Town A
0–2
5,797
4 Jan 1930
Watford A
3–2
Martin 2, McKenna
5,851
18 Jan 1930
Coventry City H
4–2
Martin 3, McKenna
3,963
25 Jan 1930
Southend United H
0–0
4,945
1 Feb 1930
Brentford H
1–3
Gittins
3,827
8 Feb 1930
Bristol Rovers A
3–2
Martin 2, McKenna
5,469
22 Feb 1930
Luton Town H
0–0
3,879
1 Mar 1930
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A
1–1
Riley
5,509
3 Mar 1930
Brighton & Hove Albion H
2–2
Martin 2
2,670
8 Mar 1930
Walsall H
3–2
Gittins, Seymour, Martin
4,260
15 Mar 1930
Queens Park Rangers A
1–4
Martin
7,926
22 Mar 1930
Fulham H
1–1
Martin
4,626
29 Mar 1930
Norwich City A
1–4
Thomas
8,473
31 Mar 1930
Clapton Orient A
1–3
Riley
2,362
5 Apr 1930
Crystal Palace H
0–0
3,324
10 Apr 1930
Merthyr Town H
10–0
Martin 5, Gittins 2, Thomas, Bagley, Lawson
1,997
12 Apr 1930
Gillingham A
0–5
2,743
18 Apr 1930
Plymouth Argyle A
1–3
Thomas
26,409
19 Apr 1930
Northampton Town H
2–1
Martin 2
3,282
21 Apr 1930
Plymouth Argyle H
0–2
10,766
26 Apr 1930
Exeter City A
4–0
Martin 3, Seymour
3,723
3 May 1930
Merthyr Town A
1–5
McKenna
1,189
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
30 Nov 1929
Kettering Town H
3–2
Morris, Thomas, Martin
3,721
2
14 Dec 1929
Walsall H
2–3
Morris, Martin
4,121
Welsh Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
5
20 Mar 1930
Lovells Athletic H
3–2
Gittins, Seymour, Martin
6
12 Apr 1930
Colwyn Bay A
0–4
League table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
Key
Division Champions
Re-elected
Failed re-election
External links
References
