1919–20 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1919–20 season was Newport County's fourth competitive season in the Southern League and the first in the First Division.

Newport County

1919–20 season
Manager	Harry Parkes
Stadium	Somerton Park
Southern League First Division	18th
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: H.Dobson (10) All: H.Dobson (10)
Highest home attendance	10,371 vs Portsmouth (1 May 1920)
Lowest home attendance	3,957 vs Swindon Town (29 Nov 1919)
Average home league attendance	6,183
Home colours Away colours
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Season review

Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave
42	13	7	22	45	70	0.64	33	11	5	5	32	18	1.78	2	2	17	13	52	0.25

Last updated: 1 May 1920.
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Fixtures and results

Southern League First Division

Main article: 1919–20 Southern Football League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 August 1919	Norwich City	A	1–4	Jones	5,000
1 September 1919	Southend United	A	0–3		2,500
6 September 1919	Brentford	H	2–4	Harris, Dobson	5,500
8 September 1919	Southend United	H	0–0		4,000
11 September 1919	Watford	H	0–1		4,000
13 September 1919	Merthyr Town	A	0–3		8,000
20 September 1919	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	Lockly, Richards	7,000
27 September 1919	Bristol Rovers	A	1–2	Savage	10,000
4 October 1919	Reading	H	0–0		6,040
6 October 1919	Millwall	A	1–5	Savage	6,000
11 October 1919	Southampton	A	0–2		6,000
16 October 1919	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1		6,000
18 October 1919	Luton Town	H	0–0		6,414
25 October 1919	Gillingham	A	3–1	Savage 3	6,000
1 November 1919	Swansea Town	H	0–3		6,137
8 November 1919	Exeter City	A	2–1	Collins 2	4,000
15 November 1919	Cardiff City	H	1–3	Richards	8,410
29 November 1919	Swindon Town	H	2–0	Dobson, Gaughan	3,957
13 December 1919	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	Mann	4,608
25 December 1919	Northampton Town	H	3–0	Mann 2, Gaughan	5,671
26 December 1919	Northampton Town	A	1–5	Devlin	8,000
27 December 1919	Portsmouth	A	1–3	Gaughan	13,800
3 January 1920	Norwich City	H	5–2	Dobson 2, Mann 2, Devlin	5,807
17 January 1920	Brentford	A	1–2	Devlin	7,000
24 January 1920	Merthyr Town	H	2–0	Mann, Gaughan	4,554
7 February 1920	Bristol Rovers	H	0–2		6,419
14 February 1920	Reading	A	0–2
21 February 1920	Southampton	H	1–1	Mann	6,362
28 February 1920	Luton Town	A	0–4		8,000
6 March 1920	Gillingham	H	4–0	Devlin 2, Dobson, Gaughan	4,050
13 March 1920	Swansea Town	A	1–2	Dobson	15,000
20 March 1920	Exeter City	H	4–1	Dobson 2, Savage 2	6,004
24 March 1920	Watford	A	0–0		4,000
27 March 1920	Cardiff City	A	0–0		18,000
2 April 1920	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	Dobson	10,084
3 April 1920	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	Richards 2, Dobson	7,990
5 April 1920	Crystal Palace	A	0–3		14,800
10 April 1920	Swindon Town	A	0–3		9,000
14 April 1920	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–3		4,000
17 April 1920	Millwall	H	0–0		6,485
24 April 1920	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–3	Lockley	10,000
1 May 1920	Portsmouth	H	1–0	Gaughan	10,371

FA Cup

Main article: 1919–20 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4Q	22 November 1919	Bath City	H	5–2	Richards 2, Lockley, Mann, Savage	2,575
5Q	6 December 1919	Merthyr Town	H	1–0	Mann	4,606
6Q	20 December 1919	Exeter City	H	1–0	Devlin	7,764
1	10 January 1920	Leicester City	H	0–0		7,523
1r	15 January 1920	Leicester City	A	0–2		21,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Portsmouth	42	23	12	7	73	27	58	To Football League Third Division
2	Watford	42	26	6	10	69	42	58	To Football League Third Division
3	Crystal Palace	42	22	12	8	69	43	56	To Football League Third Division
4	Cardiff City	42	18	17	7	70	43	53	To Football League Second Division
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	10	12	56	29	50	To Football League Third Division
6	Queens Park Rangers	42	18	10	14	62	50	46	To Football League Third Division
7	Reading	42	16	13	13	51	43	45	To Football League Third Division
8	Southampton	42	18	8	16	72	63	44	To Football League Third Division
9	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	53	45	43	To Football League Third Division
10	Exeter City	42	17	9	16	57	52	43	To Football League Third Division
11	Southend United	42	13	17	12	46	48	43	To Football League Third Division
12	Norwich City	42	15	11	16	64	57	41	To Football League Third Division
13	Swindon Town	42	17	7	18	65	67	41	To Football League Third Division
14	Millwall	42	14	12	16	52	55	40	To Football League Third Division
15	Brentford	42	15	10	17	53	59	40	To Football League Third Division
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	8	20	60	72	36	To Football League Third Division
17	Bristol Rovers	42	11	13	18	62	78	35	To Football League Third Division
18	Newport County	42	13	7	22	45	70	33	To Football League Third Division
19	Northampton Town	42	12	9	21	64	103	33	To Football League Third Division
20	Luton Town	42	10	10	22	51	76	30	To Football League Third Division
21	Merthyr Town	42	9	11	22	47	79	29	To Football League Third Division
22	Gillingham	42	10	7	25	34	74	27	To Football League Third Division

External links

• Newport County football club match record: 1920

References

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