1984–85 Newport County A.F.C. season explained

Season:	1984–85
Chairman:	Archie Menzies
League Result:	18th
Cup1 Result:	1st round
Cup2 Result:	1st round
Cup3 Result:	Semi-final
League Topscorer:	Chamberlain (13)
Season Topscorer:	Chamberlain (17)
Highest Attendance:	5,079 vs Bristol City (1 September 1984)
Lowest Attendance:	1,307 vs Lincoln City (30 March 1985)
Average Attendance:	2,427
Nextseason:	1985–86
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The 1984–85 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Third Division and their 57th season overall in the Football League.

Season review

Results summary

Note: Three points for a win

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 Aug 1984	Gillingham	A	1–1	Reid	3,422
1 Sep 1984	Bristol City	H	0–0		5,079
8 Sep 1984	York City	A	0–2		4,194
18 Sep 1984	Bournemouth	H	1–1	L.Jones	2,338
22 Sep 1984	Bradford City	A	0–1		3,514
29 Sep 1984	Millwall	H	3–2	Boyle, Carter, Kent	2,507
2 Oct 1984	Burnley	A	0–2		3,616
6 Oct 1984	Wigan Athletic	A	1–1	D.Giles	2,601
13 Oct 1984	Swansea City	H	2–0	Lewis, Reid	5,006
20 Oct 1984	Orient	H	2–0	L.Jones 2	2,301
23 Oct 1984	Rotherham United	A	0–1		4,297
27 Oct 1984	Walsall	A	1–1	Lewis	4,694
3 Nov 1984	Cambridge United	H	1–2	Carter	2,161
7 Nov 1984	Lincoln City	A	2–2	Boyle, OG	2,331
10 Nov 1984	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–2	Boyle, Chamberlain, Cooper	2,073
24 Nov 1984	Hull City	A	0–2		6,039
27 Nov 1984	Brentford	H	2–0	Reid, Cooper	1,591
1 Dec 1984	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–1	Carter, Kellow	2,016
8 Dec 1984	Rotherham United	H	0–2		2,012
15 Dec 1984	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2		5,405
22 Dec 1984	Derby County	A	3–3	Chamberlain 3	11,437
26 Dec 1984	Reading	H	1–2	Chamberlain	3,061
29 Dec 1984	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	Chamberlain	3,003
1 Jan 1985	Preston North End	A	1–1	Carter	3,375
26 Jan 1985	Brentford	A	5–2	Cooper 4, Kellow	3,321
2 Feb 1985	Millwall	A	0–2		4,009
23 Feb 1985	Cambridge United	A	2–1	Chamberlain	1,622
2 Mar 1985	Walsall	H	1–2	Kellow	2,098
9 Mar 1985	Orient	A	1–1	Kellow	2,307
12 Mar 1985	Gillingham	H	0–3		2,139
17 Mar 1985	Swansea City	A	3–0	Chamberlain, Cooper, L.Jones	5,160
20 Mar 1985	York City	H	1–1	Kellow	1,535
23 Mar 1985	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	Chamberlain	1,626
30 Mar 1985	Lincoln City	H	2–1	Kellow, Reid	1,307
2 Apr 1985	Burnley	H	2–1	Cooper 2	1,689
6 Apr 1985	Reading	A	1–0	Chamberlain	3,591
8 Apr 1985	Preston North End	H	3–3	Reid 2, Cooper	2,099
13 Apr 1985	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	Cooper	4,011
16 Apr 1985	Bradford City	H	0–1		2,006
20 Apr 1985	Hull City	H	0–1		1,885
27 Apr 1985	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–3	Chamberlain, L.Jones	1,883
30 Apr 1985	Bristol City	A	1–2	Chamberlain	5,952
4 May 1985	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	Kellow	2,302
6 May 1985	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1		5,079
11 May 1985	Derby County	H	1–3	Kellow	4,003
13 May 1985	Bournemouth	A	0–3		2,511

FA Cup

See main article: 1984–85 FA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	17 Nov 1984	Aldershot	H	1–1	Pulis	2,452
1r	20 Nov 1984	Aldershot	A	0–4		3,807

Football League Cup

See main article: 1984–85 Football League Cup.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	28 Aug 1984	Bristol City	A	1–2	Chamberlain	5,424
1–2	4 Sep 1984	Bristol City	H	0–3		3,276	1–5 agg

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
3	5 Dec 1984	Pembroke Borough	A	2–0	L.Jones, Chamberlain	1,100
4	5 Jan 1985	Cardiff Corinthians	H	4–0	Matthewson, Carter, Cooper, Boyle	1,034
5	20 Feb 1985	Wrexham	H	3–2	L.Jones, Chamberlain, Pulis	1,732
SF-1	10 Apr 1985	Bangor City	A	0–1		1,564
SF-2	23 Apr 1985	Bangor City	H	0–0		2,808	0–1 agg

League table

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1	Bradford City	46	28	10	8	77	45	+32	94
2	Millwall	46	26	12	8	73	42	+31	90
3	Hull City	46	25	12	9	78	49	+29	87
4	Gillingham	46	25	8	13	80	62	+18	83
5	Bristol City	46	24	9	13	74	47	+27	81
6	Bristol Rovers	46	21	12	13	66	48	+18	75
7	Derby County	46	19	13	14	65	54	+11	70
8	York City	46	20	9	17	70	57	+13	69
9	Reading	46	19	12	15	68	62	+6	69
10	Bournemouth	46	19	11	16	57	46	+11	68
11	Walsall	46	18	13	15	58	52	+6	67
12	Rotherham United	46	18	11	17	55	55	+0	65
13	Brentford	46	16	14	16	62	64	−2	62
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	8	21	72	74	−2	59
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	15	14	17	62	65	−3	59
16	Wigan Athletic	46	15	14	17	60	64	−4	59
17	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	6	24	69	75	−6	54
18	Newport County	46	13	13	20	55	67	−12	52
19	Lincoln City	46	11	18	17	50	51	−1	51
20	Swansea City	46	12	11	23	53	80	−27	47
21	Burnley	46	11	13	22	60	73	−13	46
22	Orient	46	11	13	22	51	76	−25	46
23	Preston North End	46	13	7	26	51	100	−49	46
24	Cambridge United	46	4	9	33	37	95	−58	21

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