1946–47 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1946–47 season

Manager

Tom Bromilow

Second Division

22nd (relegated)

FA Cup

3rd round

Welsh Cup

Semi-final

Top goalscorer

League: E.M.Carr (19)
All: E.M.Carr (19)

Highest home attendance

18,715 vs Swansea Town (12 Oct 1946)

Lowest home attendance

8,798 vs Newcastle United (7 Jun 1947)

Average home league attendance

12,505

Home colours

Away colours

← 1945–46

1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season was Newport County's first competitive season in the Football League Second Division. The club had been promoted at the end of the 1938–39 season and although play had started in the 1939–40 season it was abandoned due to the outbreak of war in Europe.

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	10	3	29	61	133	0.459	23	9	1	11	41	52	19	1	2	18	20	81	4

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
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	22	22	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Last updated: 14 Jun 1947.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Second Division

Main article: 1946–47 Football League § Second Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 Sep 1946	Nottingham Forest	A	1–6	Leamon	24,417
9 Sep 1946	Burnley	A	2–3	Rawcliffe, Keenan	18,008
14 Sep 1946	Coventry City	H	4–2	Wookey 2, Bowen, Leamon	14,104
19 Sep 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–4	Bown, Mogford	18,169
21 Sep 1946	Birmingham City	A	1–1	Mogford	28,832
28 Sep 1946	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–7	Mogford, Davis	17,614
5 Oct 1946	Newcastle United	A	0–13		52,137
7 Oct 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	OG	14,540
12 Oct 1946	Swansea Town	H	2–4	Leamon, Carr	18,715
19 Oct 1946	Bury	A	1–0	Batty	13,214
24 Oct 1946	Southampton	H	1–2	Carr	11,149
26 Oct 1946	Luton Town	H	1–3	Carr	11,480
2 Nov 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–4	Mogford	23,175
9 Nov 1946	Leicester City	H	2–3	Rawcliffe 2	12,350
16 Nov 1946	Chesterfield	A	0–2		12,030
23 Nov 1946	Millwall	H	3–1	Rawcliffe 2, Carr	9,742
30 Nov 1946	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–2	Carr	12,555
7 Dec 1946	Manchester City	H	0–3		13,641
21 Dec 1946	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4–3	Carr 3, Lewis	10,680
25 Dec 1946	Fulham	H	4–2	Rawcliffe 2, Carr, OG	13,862
26 Dec 1946	Fulham	A	1–4	Carr	20,098
28 Dec 1946	Southampton	A	1–5	Rawcliffe	17,778
4 Jan 1947	Nottingham Forest	H	2–5	Carr, Lewis	13,150
18 Jan 1947	Coventry City	A	0–6		18,762
1 Feb 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	Carr 2	15,089
8 Feb 1947	West Ham United	A	0–3		12,447
15 Feb 1947	Swansea Town	A	1–5	Williams	19,655
15 Mar 1947	Leicester City	A	0–3		20,455
22 Mar 1947	Chesterfield	H	3–0	Rawcliffe, Newall, Carr	10,358
29 Mar 1947	Millwall	A	1–3	Carr	18,154
4 Apr 1947	Barnsley	A	1–3	Batty	14,999
7 Apr 1947	Barnsley	H	2–1	Rawcliffe 2	11,013
19 Apr 1947	West Ham United	H	1–1	Rawcliffe	12,793
26 Apr 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	Carr	21,555
3 May 1947	Burnley	H	0–3		14,751
10 May 1947	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	Roffi	9,181
17 May 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1–3	Lewis	10,159
24 May 1947	Bury	H	2–0	Lewis, Roffi	8,875
26 May 1947	Birmingham City	H	0–3		12,028
31 May 1947	Luton Town	A	3–6	Rawcliffe, Carr, Harper	7,814
7 Jun 1947	Newcastle United	H	4–2	Carr 2, Rawcliffe, Haddon	8,798
14 Jun 1947	Manchester City	A	1–5	Roffi	25,431

FA Cup

Main article: 1946–47 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	11 Jan 1947	Coventry City	A	2–5	Batty, Hayward	21,457

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	15 Jan 1947	Barry Town	A	3–3	Rawcliffe, Mogford, OG	1,800
5r	22 Jan 1947	Barry Town	H	4–1	Mogford, Batty, Hogg	2,000
6	24 Apr 1947	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–0		5,000
6r	5 May 1947	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–0	Newall
SF	14 May 1947	Chester	A	2–3	Rawcliffe 2	7,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Manchester City	42	26	10	6	78	35	2.229	62
2	Burnley	42	22	14	6	65	29	2.241	58
3	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	2.242	55
4	Chesterfield	42	18	14	10	58	44	1.318	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	10	13	95	62	1.532	48
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	14	11	65	53	1.226	48
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	8	14	88	75	1.173	48
8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	1.119	45
9	Leicester City	42	18	7	17	69	64	1.078	43
10	Barnsley	42	17	8	17	84	86	0.977	42
11	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	69	74	0.932	40
12	West Ham United	42	16	8	18	70	76	0.921	40
13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	71	73	0.973	39
14	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	0.908	39
15	Fulham	42	15	9	18	63	74	0.851	39
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	11	17	65	77	0.844	39
17	Bury	42	12	12	18	80	78	1.026	36
18	Millwall	42	14	8	20	56	79	0.709	36
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	5	23	79	96	0.823	33
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	67	88	0.761	32
21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	0.663	29
22	Newport County	42	10	3	29	61	133	0.459	23

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Relegated

External links

References

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

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