1964–65 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1964–65 season

Manager

Billy Lucas

16th

3rd round

1st round

5th round

Top goalscorer

League: Sheffield (27)
All: Sheffield (29)

Highest home attendance

13,118 vs Reading (FA Cup, 11 Jan 1965)

Lowest home attendance

2,421 vs Bradford City (19 Mar 1964)

Average home league attendance

4,008

Home colours

Away colours

← 1963–64

1965–66 →

The 1964–65 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 37th 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	17	8	21	85	81	1.049	42	14	5	4	54	26	33	3	3	17	31	55	9

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L
Position	1	4	8	3	11	10	7	9	10	8	5	9	12	10	10	8	8	10	7	9	10	9	8	8	8	12	11	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	16

Last updated: 24 Apr 1965.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1964–65 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 Aug 1964	Darlington	A	1–0	Sheffield	4,702
26 Aug 1964	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	Singer	4,830
29 Aug 1964	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	Singer	5,600
31 Aug 1964	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	Smith, Sheffield	5,600
5 Sep 1964	Wrexham	A	2–4	Sheffield, Singer	6,546
7 Sep 1964	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	Sheffield	6,119
12 Sep 1964	Southport	H	5–0	Sheffield 2, Singer 2, Morgan	4,075
15 Sep 1964	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1		13,980
19 Sep 1964	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2–2	Smith, Sheffield	8,003
26 Sep 1964	Aldershot	H	2–1	Morgan 2	4,242
28 Sep 1964	Notts County	H	3–1	Sheffield 3	5,802
3 Oct 1964	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–1		14,402
8 Oct 1964	Notts County	A	0–1		6,137
10 Oct 1964	Barrow	A	4–1	Morgan 2, Sheffield, Swindells	2,718
12 Oct 1964	Halifax Town	H	0–2		5,315
17 Oct 1964	Hartlepools United	H	2–0	Morgan, Sheffield	3,582
19 Oct 1964	Halifax Town	A	0–2		3,154
24 Oct 1964	Rochdale	A	0–2		4,283
26 Oct 1964	Lincoln City	H	7–0	Morgan 5, Smith, Hill	4,300
31 Oct 1964	Millwall	H	2–2	Swindells, Reece	5,392
7 Nov 1964	Bradford City	A	0–1		3,751
21 Nov 1964	Torquay United	A	2–2	Morgan, Sheffield	4,159
28 Nov 1964	Stockport County	H	2–0	Sheffield 2	3,815
12 Dec 1964	Darlington	H	2–1	Morgan, Swindells	3,023
18 Dec 1964	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	Rathbone, Sheffield	7,080
26 Dec 1964	Oxford United	H	0–3		6,730
2 Jan 1964	Wrexham	H	2–0	Rathbone, Sheffield	3,960
16 Jan 1964	Southport	A	3–5	McCole 2, Reece	7,685
23 Jan 1964	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4–3	Reece 2, Smith, Sheffield	3,417
30 Jan 1964	Chester	H	0–1		3,219
6 Feb 1964	Aldershot	A	1–2	Hill	4,101
13 Feb 1964	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	Morgan	2,605
17 Feb 1964	Oxford United	A	1–4	Sheffield	6,775
20 Feb 1964	Barrow	H	2–2	Rowland, Reece	2,057
27 Feb 1964	Hartlepools United	A	4–2	Morgan 2, Reece 2	6,375
1 Mar 1964	York City	A	1–5	Pugh	5,773
13 Mar 1964	Millwall	A	0–4		6,705
19 Mar 1964	Bradford City	H	4–2	Hill, Morgan, Sheffield, Reece	2,421
26 Mar 1964	Chester	A	3–4	Sheffield 2, Hill	5,843
29 Mar 1964	Rochdale	H	2–3	Hill, Sheffield	2,761
3 Apr 1964	Torquay United	H	4–0	Sheffield 3, Smith	3,020
10 Apr 1964	Stockport County	A	0–2		4,497
16 Apr 1964	Chesterfield	A	1–2	Hill	7,390
17 Apr 1964	York City	H	2–0	Reece, Sheffield	2,329
19 Apr 1964	Chesterfield	H	4–1	Rathbone, Smith, Reynolds, OG	2,801
24 Apr 1964	Lincoln City	A	3–4	Walters, Rowland, Reynolds	2,296

FA Cup

Main article: 1964–65 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	14 Nov 1964	Spalding United	H	5–3	Swindells 2, Morgan, Frowen, Reece	4,115
2	5 Dec 1964	Mansfield Town	H	3–0	Sheffield 2, Smith	5,304
3	9 Jan 1965	Reading	A	2–2	Swindelss, Reece	11,998
3r	11 Jan 1965	Reading	H	0–1		13,118

League Cup

Main article: 1964–65 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	2 Sep 1964	Notts County	A	2–3	Pring, OG	2,881

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	18 Jan 1965	Swansea Town	H	2–3	Morgan, McCole	5,496

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	26	11	9	102	57	1.789	63
2	Millwall	46	23	16	7	78	45	1.733	62
3	York City	46	28	6	12	91	56	1.625	62
4	Oxford United	46	23	15	8	87	44	1.977	61
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	27	6	13	99	56	1.768	60
6	Rochdale	46	22	14	10	74	53	1.396	58
7	Bradford Park Avenue	46	20	17	9	86	62	1.387	57
8	Chester	46	25	6	15	119	81	1.469	56
9	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	11	15	84	72	1.167	51
10	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	13	15	90	81	1.111	49
11	Torquay United	46	21	7	18	70	70	1.000	49
12	Chesterfield	46	20	8	18	58	70	0.829	48
13	Notts County	46	15	14	17	61	73	0.836	44
14	Wrexham	46	17	9	20	84	92	0.913	43
15	Hartlepools United	46	15	13	18	61	85	0.718	43
16	Newport County	46	17	8	21	85	81	1.049	42
17	Darlington	46	18	6	22	84	87	0.966	42
18	Aldershot	46	15	7	24	64	84	0.762	37
19	Bradford City	46	12	8	26	70	88	0.795	32
20	Southport	46	8	16	22	58	89	0.652	32
21	Barrow	46	12	6	28	59	105	0.562	30
22	Lincoln City	46	11	6	29	58	99	0.586	28
23	Halifax Town	46	11	6	29	54	103	0.524	28
24	Stockport County	46	10	7	29	44	87	0.506	27

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

External links

References

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

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bolton Wanderers Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Stockport County Walsall Workington York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Notts County Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Wrexham

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