1948–49 Newport County A.F.C. season explained

Season:	1948–49
League Result:	15th
Cup1 Result:	5th round
Cup2 Result:	5th round
League Topscorer:	Parker (20)
Season Topscorer:	Carr/Parker (23)
Highest Attendance:	22,500 vs Huddersfield Town (29 January 1949)
Lowest Attendance:	4,552 vs Watford (2 September 1948)
Average Attendance:	11,877
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The 1948–49 season was Newport County's second 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 20th season in the third tier and 21st season overall in the Football League.

Season review

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Sat 21 Aug 1948	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	1–2	Parker	11,015
Wed 25 Aug 1948	Watford	A	2–2	Carr, Harper	10,568
Sat 28 Aug 1948	Ipswich Town	A	1–5	Harper	17,990
Thu 2 Sep 1948	Watford	H	1–1	Parker	4,552
Sat 4 Sep 1948	Notts County	H	3–3	Lewis, Parker, Harper	16,776
Wed 8 Sep 1948	Reading	A	1–4	Parker	12,076
Sat 11 Sep 1948	Walsall	A	1–3	Parker	12,771
Thu 16 Sep 1948	Reading	H	1–1	Parker	9,863
Sat 18 Sep 1948	Torquay United	H	1–2	Parker	10,664
Sat 25 Sep 1948	Bristol Rovers	A	1–3	H.Williams	22,277
Sat 2 Oct 1948	Swindon Town	H	4–1	Lewis 2, H.Williams, Newall	11,657
Sat 9 Oct 1948	Leyton Orient	A	2–5	Parker, H.J.Williams	14,692
Sat 16 Oct 1948	Port Vale	H	2–2	H.Williams, Parker	10,037
Sat 23 Oct 1948	Northampton Town	A	1–2	Parker	8,178
Sat 30 Oct 1948	Norwich City	H	4–3	Carr 3, Comley	11,068
Sat 6 Nov 1948	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–3	Parker 2	17,011
Sat 13 Nov 1948	Southend United	H	4–2	H.Williams, Carr, Comley, Parker	12,262
Sat 20 Nov 1948	Millwall	A	1–3	Parker	25,441
Sat 4 Dec 1948	Swindon Town	A	2–5	Parker, Carr	14,893
Sat 18 Dec 1948	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–1	Roffi, Comley	13,188
Sat 25 Dec 1948	Crystal Palace	H	5–0	Carr 2, Comley 2, Harper	15,115
Mon 27 Dec 1948	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	Parker	10,951
Sat 1 Jan 1949	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	Carr 2, Comley	9,465
Sat 15 Jan 1949	Notts County	A	1–11	Carr	26,843
Sat 22 Jan 1949	Walsall	H	1–1	Roffi	14,536
Sat 19 Feb 1949	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	Roffi, Parker	20,502
Sat 5 Mar 1949	Leyton Orient	H	3–2	Comley 2, Parker	6,701
Sat 12 Mar 1949	Port Vale	A	2–1	Carr 2	9,487
Sat 19 Mar 1949	Northampton Town	H	2–0	Carr 2	14,869
Wed 23 Mar 1949	Torquay United	A	0–4		6,538
Sat 26 Mar 1949	Norwich City	A	0–0		23,214
Sat 2 Apr 1949	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	Carr	11,779
Thu 7 Apr 1949	Bristol City	H	0–2		10,278
Sat 9 Apr 1949	Southend United	A	1–0	Lewis	7,865
Fri 15 Apr 1949	Swansea Town	H	2–5	Parker, Carr	21,167
Sat 16 Apr 1949	Millwall	H	1–2	Parker	11,067
Mon 18 Apr 1949	Swansea Town	A	1–2	Parker	28,623
Sat 23 Apr 1949	Aldershot	A	2–1	H.Williams 2	7,288
Thu 28 Apr 1949	Aldershot	H	0–2		8,096
Sat 30 Apr 1949	Exeter City	H	0–2		7,964
Wed 4 May 1949	Exeter City	A	2–1	Hayward 2	6,593
Sat 7 May 1949	Bristol City	A	1–1	Roffi	13,188

FA Cup

See main article: 1948–49 FA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	Sat 27 Nov 1948	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–1	Comley 2, Parker	14,000
2	Sat 11 Dec 1948	Leytonstone	A	4–3	Carr 2, Harper, Comley	10,000
3	Sat 8 Jan 1949	Leeds United	A	3–1	Roffi, Carr, Comley	31,500
4	Sat 29 Jan 1949	Huddersfield Town	H	3–3	H.Williams, Carr, Comley	22,500
4r	Sat 5 Feb 1949	Huddersfield Town	A	3–1	Parker 2, Carr	34,183
5	Sat 12 Feb 1949	Portsmouth^[1]	A	2–3 a.e.t.	Carr, Harper	48,581

Welsh Cup

League table

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1	Swansea Town	42	27	8	7	87	34	2.559	62
2	Reading	42	25	5	12	77	50	1.540	55
3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	22	8	12	69	48	1.438	52
4	Swindon Town	42	18	15	9	64	56	1.143	51
5	Bristol Rovers	42	19	10	13	61	51	1.196	48
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	18	9	55	55	1.000	48
7	Ipswich Town	42	18	9	15	78	77	1.013	45
8	Millwall	42	17	11	14	63	64	0.984	45
9	Torquay United	42	17	11	14	65	70	0.929	45
10	Norwich City	42	16	12	14	67	49	1.367	44
11	Notts County	42	19	5	18	102	68	1.500	43
12	Exeter City	42	15	10	17	63	76	0.829	40
13	Port Vale	42	14	11	17	51	54	0.944	39
14	Walsall	42	15	8	19	56	64	0.875	38
15	Newport County	42	14	9	19	68	92	0.739	37
16	Bristol City	42	11	14	17	44	62	0.710	36
17	Watford	42	10	15	17	41	54	0.759	35
18	Southend United	42	9	16	17	41	46	0.891	34
19	Leyton Orient	42	11	12	19	58	80	0.725	34
20	Northampton Town	42	12	9	21	51	62	0.823	33
21	Aldershot	42	11	11	20	48	59	0.814	33
22	Crystal Palace	42	8	11	23	38	76	0.500	27

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	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

External links

• Newport County 1948-1949 : Results
• Newport County football club match record: 1949
• Welsh Cup 1948/49

References

1. Web site: Portsmouth 3 Newport 2. British Pathe. 29 June 2010.

• Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County.