1962–63 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1962–63 season
Manager	Billy Lucas
Stadium	Somerton Park
Fourth Division	20th
FA Cup	1st round
Football League Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	Runners up
Top goalscorer	League: Hunt (27); All: Hunt (32)
Highest home attendance	10,488 vs Oldham Athletic (20 Aug 1962)
Lowest home attendance	2,242 vs Doncaster Rovers (27 Apr 1963)
Average home league attendance	4,523
Home colours	Away colours

The 1962–63 season was Newport County's first ever season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation from the Third Division the previous season. It was their 35th competitive 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	14	11	21	76	90	0.844	39	11	6	6	44	29	28	3	5	15	32	61	11

Source: rsssf.com

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	8	5	9	15	18	12	11	15	15	7	14	12	12	11	12	12	17	14	11	12	10	11	9	12	16	18	19	16	17	19	16	17	16	20	19	17	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 1963. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 Aug 1962	Hartlepool United	A	3–2	Hunt 2, Herrity	5,234
20 Aug 1962	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0		10,488
25 Aug 1962	Darlington	H	2–2	Hunt 2	7,786
29 Aug 1962	Oldham Athletic	A	2–3	Hunt, Gordon	18,082
1 Sep 1962	Southport	A	1–2	Bonson	3,885
3 Sep 1962	Lincoln City	H	2–1	Hudson, Smith	6,864
8 Sep 1962	Aldershot	H	2–2	Bonson, Sheffield	6,002
12 Sep 1962	Lincoln City	A	3–6	Hunt 2, Bonson	5,006
15 Sep 1962	Stockport County	A	1–1	Hunt	3,704
17 Sep 1962	Barrow	H	6–0	Hunt 3, Bonson 2, Thomas	5,733
22 Sep 1962	Oxford United	A	1–5	Bonson	9,131
29 Sep 1962	Bradford City	H	2–0	Bonson, OG	4,700
1 Oct 1962	Chesterfield	H	2–3	Bonson, Hunt	6,029
6 Oct 1962	Crewe Alexandra	H	5–1	Hunt 3, Herrity, Bird	4,737
13 Oct 1962	Chester	A	2–2	Herrity, Bonson	8,034
18 Oct 1962	York City	H	1–3	Hunt	5,406
27 Oct 1962	Brentford	A	1–3	Bonson	11,300
10 Nov 1962	Chesterfield	A	2–1	Hunt 2	6,425
17 Nov 1962	Exeter City	H	4–0	Bonson 3, Hunt	3,221
1 Dec 1962	Mansfield Town	H	1–1	Bonson	5,399
8 Dec 1962	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–2	Herrity, Bonson	3,875
10 Dec 1962	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	Rowland	4,536
15 Dec 1962	Hartlepools United	H	2–1	Bonson, Hunt	2,830
22 Dec 1962	Darlington	A	2–4	Bonson 2	3,701
27 Feb 1963	Torquay United	A	1–3	Smith	4,027
4 Mar 1963	Chester	H	0–1		3,721
8 Mar 1963	York City	A	0–2		4,081
11 Mar 1963	Southport	H	1–0	Hill	2,522
13 Mar 1963	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4	Sheffield	6,293
16 Mar 1963	Brentford	H	1–4	Smith	2,891
18 Mar 1963	Torquay United	H	1–0	Hunt	3,654
23 Mar 1963	Rochdale	A	3–3	Hudson, Hunt, Smith	3,029
1 Apr 1963	Workington	H	2–2	Bowman, Bonson	4,065
6 Apr 1963	Exeter City	A	0–1		5,258
12 Apr 1963	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0		10,738
13 Apr 1963	Gillingham	H	2–0	Hunt, Sheffield	2,821
20 Apr 1963	Mansfield Town	A	1–2	Rathbone	6,038
24 Apr 1963	Gillingham	A	1–3	Sheffield	5,867
27 Apr 1963	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–4	Hunt 2	2,242
1 May 1963	Bradford City	A	4–3	Bonson 2, Smith 2	1,983
4 May 1963	Stockport County	H	3–1	Rowland, Sheffield, Hunt	2,573
11 May 1963	Workington	A	0–4		3,128
13 May 1963	Barrow	A	0–3		3,640
18 May 1963	Aldershot	A	1–2	Smith	3,003
20 May 1963	Rochdale	H	1–1	Bonson	2,387
23 May 1963	Oxford United	H	1–0	Hunt	3,442

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	3 Nov 1962	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3	Herrity, Bonson	12,240

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	5 Sep 1962	Gillingham	H	2–1	Hudson, Hunt	3,864
2	26 Sep 1962	Aldershot	A	3–0	Bonson 3	5,328
3	24 Oct 1962	Manchester City	H	1–2	Herrity	9,869

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	21 Mar 1963	Merthyr Tydfil	A	4–0	Herrity, Bonson, Sheffield, OG
6	17 Apr 1963	Holywell	A	6–2	Hunt 3, Hudson, Sheffield, Webster
SF	9 May 1963	Swansea Town	A	1–0	Sheffield	5,300
F-1	27 May 1963	Borough United	A	1–2	Hunt	3,000
F-2	30 May 1963	Borough United	H	0–0		5,605

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brentford (C)	46	27	8	11	98	64	1.531	62	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Oldham Athletic (P)	46	24	11	11	95	60	1.583	59
3	Crewe Alexandra (P)	46	24	11	11	86	58	1.483	59
4	Mansfield Town (P)	46	24	9	13	108	69	1.565	57
5	Gillingham	46	22	13	11	71	49	1.449	57
6	Torquay United	46	20	16	10	75	56	1.339	56
7	Rochdale	46	20	11	15	67	59	1.136	51
8	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	10	16	81	67	1.209	50
9	Barrow	46	19	12	15	82	80	1.025	50
10	Workington	46	17	13	16	76	68	1.118	47
11	Aldershot	46	15	17	14	73	69	1.058	47
12	Darlington	46	19	6	21	72	87	0.828	44
13	Southport	46	15	14	17	72	106	0.679	44
14	York City	46	16	11	19	67	62	1.081	43
15	Chesterfield	46	13	16	17	70	64	1.094	42
16	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	14	18	64	77	0.831	42
17	Exeter City	46	16	10	20	57	77	0.740	42
18	Oxford United	46	13	15	18	70	71	0.986	41
19	Stockport County	46	15	11	20	56	70	0.800	41
20	Newport County	46	14	11	21	76	90	0.844	39
21	Chester	46	15	9	22	51	66	0.773	39	Re-elected
22	Lincoln City	46	13	9	24	68	89	0.764	35
23	Bradford City	46	11	10	25	64	93	0.688	32
24	Hartlepools United	46	7	11	28	56	104	0.538	25

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

External links

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7

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