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 [ edit ] Results summary [ edit ] 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 [ 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 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 [ edit ] Third Division South [ edit ] 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
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Key Division Champions Re-elected Failed re-election
External links [ edit ] References [ edit ]