Newport County 1978–79 football season
The 1978–79 season was Newport County's 17th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 51st season overall in the Football League.
Season review [ edit ] Results summary [ edit ] Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 46 21 10 15 66 55 +11 52 12 5 6 39 28 +11 9 5 9 27 27 0
Results by round [ edit ] 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 H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H H H H A A H H A A A H A A H A H A H H A A H H A Result L L L W L L L W D D W W D D D L W D W L W D W W W L W L W D L W W W W W L W L L W D L D W W Position 23 24 24 18 21 21 22 22 18 21 20 17 16 17 17 18 15 15 15 17 12 10 8 9 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 1979. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Fixtures and results [ edit ] Fourth Division [ edit ] Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 19 Aug 1978 Bournemouth A 1–3 Goddard 3,083 22 Aug 1978 Aldershot H 1–2 Williams 3,374 26 Aug 1978 Stockport County H 1–2 Goddard 2,659 2 Sep 1978 Wigan Athletic A 3–2 Sinclair, Goddard, Woods 5,319 9 Sep 1978 Reading A 1–2 Vaughan 5,089 12 Sep 1978 Crewe Alexandra H 1–2 Woods 3,176 16 Sep 1978 Wimbledon H 1–3 Clark 2,903 23 Sep 1978 Bradford City A 3–1 Lowndes 2, Sinclair 4,471 25 Sep 1978 Hartlepool United A 0–0 5,491 30 Sep 1978 York City H 1–1 Sinclair 3,021 7 Oct 1978 Scunthorpe United A 3–2 Bailey, Lowndes, Sinclair 2,453 14 Oct 1978 Huddersfield Town H 2–1 Goddard 2 3,624 17 Oct 1978 Rochdale H 0–0 3,472 21 Oct 1978 Doncaster Rovers A 0–0 2,008 28 Oct 1978 Barnsley H 1–1 Lowndes 4,570 4 Nov 1978 Northampton Town A 1–3 Bruton 3,065 10 Nov 1978 Wigan Athletic H 2–1 Goddard, Vaughan 4,142 17 Nov 1978 Stockport County A 1–1 Warriner 4,009 2 Dec 1978 Darlington H 2–1 Walden 2 3,450 9 Dec 1978 Grimsby Town A 0–1 3,667 22 Dec 1978 Hereford United A 3–0 Bruton, Goddard, Oakes 2,834 26 Dec 1978 Torquay United H 1–1 OG 6,930 30 Dec 1978 Port Vale H 1–0 Goddard 4,104 13 Jan 1979 Reading H 3–2 Goddard 2, Davies 5,968 2 Feb 1979 Hartlepool United H 3–2 Goddard 2, Lowndes 3,659 20 Feb 1979 Portsmouth A 1–2 Moore 8,206 24 Feb 1979 Huddersfield Town A 1–0 Bruton 3,361 27 Feb 1979 Bradford City H 2–4 Oakes, Tynan 4,225 3 Mar 1979 Doncaster Rovers H 3–0 Moore, Tynan, Lowndes 2,550 6 Mar 1979 Wimbledon A 0–0 2,980 10 Mar 1979 Barnsley A 0–1 9,428 13 Mar 1979 Crewe Alexandra A 1–0 Tynan 1,459 16 Mar 1979 Northampton Town H 2–1 Goddard, Bruton 3,018 20 Mar 1979 York City A 2–1 Tynan, Goddard 2,156 24 Mar 1979 Aldershot A 3–2 Tynan, Moore, Lowndes 5,243 31 Mar 1979 Halifax Town H 2–0 Bruton, Vaughan 3,927 7 Apr 1979 Darlington A 0–1 1,518 11 Apr 1979 Hereford United H 4–1 Goddard, Moore, Oakes, Lowndes 3,771 14 Apr 1979 Torquay United A 0–2 3,181 16 Apr 1979 Portsmouth H 1–2 Goddard 5,421 18 Apr 1979 Scunthorpe United H 2–0 Thompson, Oakes 2,572 21 Apr 1979 Port Vale A 1–1 Tynan 2,444 23 Apr 1979 Rochdale A 0–1 1,457 28 Apr 1979 Grimsby Town H 1–1 Oakes 3,049 1 May 1979 Bournemouth H 2–0 Tynan, Vaughan 2,235 5 May 1979 Halifax Town A 2–1 Goddard 2 1,007
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 1–1 12 Aug 1978 Swansea City H 2–1 Woods, M.Williams 5,572 1–2 15 Aug 1978 Swansea City A 0–5 7,834 2–6 agg
Welsh Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 4 15 Jan 1979 Ton Pentre H 0–2 1,447
League table [ edit ] Key Division Champions Promoted Re-elected Failed re-election
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
External links [ edit ]
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League competitions
Levels 1–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–9
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions Other