1960–61 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Football League Third Division since the end of regionalisation in 1958. It was their 32nd season in the third tier and 33rd competitive season overall in the Football League.

Newport County

1960–61 season
Manager	Billy Lucas
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division	13th
FA Cup	1st round
Football League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: K.McPherson (20) All: K.McPherson (22)
Highest home attendance	9,232 vs Grimsby Town (26 September 1960)
Lowest home attendance	2,785 vs Shrewsbury Town (3 April 1961)
Average home league attendance	5,371
Home colours Away colours
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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	11	18	81	90	0.9	45	12	7	4	51	30	31	5	4	14	30	60	14

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D
Position	8	13	18	11	10	8	13	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	8	10	11	9	7	7	9	10	11	10	12	11	11	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	13	13	14	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 29 Apr 1961. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Main article: 1960–61 Football League § Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 Aug 1960	Reading	H	5–2	Singer 3, Dixon, McPherson	8,586
22 Aug 1960	Hull City	A	1–5	Burton	9,811
27 Aug 1960	Coventry City	A	1–4	McPherson	11,819
29 Aug 1960	Hull City	H	3–1	Singer 2, Riggs	7,306
3 Sep 1960	Bristol City	H	4–1	McPherson, Fry	8,538
6 Sep 1960	Walsall	A	2–2	Singer, OG	6,700
10 Sep 1960	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		7,301
15 Sep 1960	Walsall	H	4–2	McSeveney 2, Singer 2	5,585
17 Sep 1960	Notts County	H	2–2	McSeveney, Singer	7,779
20 Sep 1960	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	OG	12,288
24 Sep 1960	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–2	Meyer 2	8,507
26 Sep 1960	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	Dixon	9,232
1 Oct 1960	Bradford City	H	1–0	Meyer	4,547
8 Oct 1960	Halifax Town	H	1–1	McPherson	3,698
15 Oct 1960	Tranmere Rovers	A	4–2	Meyer 2, Sherwood, McPherson	7,827
29 Oct 1960	Brentford	A	4–2	Burton 2, McSeveney, McPherson	7,600
12 Nov 1960	Torquay United	A	0–0		6,875
5 Dec 1960	Chesterfield	H	5–1	Burton, McSeveney, Ford, OG 2	6,713
10 Dec 1960	Bury	A	1–4	Ford	7,349
17 Dec 1960	Reading	A	3–2	McPherson, Fry, Meyer	5,780
22 Dec 1960	Colchester United	H	3–2	Burton 2, Meyer	6,186
26 Dec 1960	Colchester United	A	1–1	McPherson	6,732
7 Jan 1961	Southend United	A	2–4	Burton, McPherson	6,037
14 Jan 1961	Bristol City	A	0–3		11,886
23 Jan 1961	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–3	Ford	6,610
28 Jan 1961	Swindon Town	H	2–0	McSeveny, McPherson	3,350
4 Feb 1961	Notts County	A	0–6		10,673
11 Feb 1961	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	2–0	McPherson, Meyer	3,790
13 Feb 1961	Port Vale	H	2–1	McPherson, Smith	5,100
18 Feb 1961	Bradford City	A	2–1	Dixon, Meyer	8,820
25 Feb 1961	Chesterfield	A	0–1		3,586
4 Mar 1961	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	Meyer	4,608
6 Mar 1961	Watford	H	5–1	McPherson 3, Smith, Meyer	5,208
11 Mar 1961	Watford	A	1–4	Rowland	9,188
13 Mar 1961	Barnsley	H	2–3	McPherson 2	6,198
18 Mar 1961	Brentford	H	0–1		3,756
20 Mar 1961	Coventry City	H	3–3	Meyer 2, Sherwood	3,660
25 Mar 1961	Swindon Town	A	0–2		7,904
1 Apr 1961	Torquay United	H	2–2	Sherwood, McSeveney	3,872
3 Apr 1961	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	McSeveney	2,785
8 Apr 1961	Port Vale	A	1–3	McSeveney	6,302
15 Apr 1961	Southend United	H	1–2	Sherwood	2,917
17 Apr 1961	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–5		5,877
22 Apr 1961	Halifax Town	A	1–2	McPherson	3,589
24 Apr 1961	Barnsley	A	3–1	McSeveney, Smith, Derrick	4,025
29 Apr 1961	Bury	H	0–0		3,523

FA Cup

Main article: 1960–61 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	5 Nov 1960	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–4	McSeveney	11,496

Football League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	10 Oct 1960	Southampton	H	2–2	McSeveney, McPherson	7,834
1r	17 Oct 1960	Southampton	A	2–2 a.e.t.	McSeveney, Smith	8,000
1r2	26 Oct 1960	Southampton	A	3–5	Burton 3	8,414

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	2 Feb 1961	Abergavenny Thursdays	A	3–1	Dixon, McPherson, Smith
6	16 Feb 1961	Cardiff City	A	1–2	Meyer	12,192

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bury	46	30	8	8	108	45	2.400	68
2	Walsall	46	28	6	12	98	60	1.633	62
3	Queens Park Rangers	46	25	10	11	93	60	1.550	60
4	Watford	46	20	12	14	85	72	1.181	52
5	Notts County	46	21	9	16	82	77	1.065	51
6	Grimsby Town	46	20	10	16	77	69	1.116	50
7	Port Vale	46	17	15	14	96	79	1.215	49
8	Barnsley	46	21	7	18	83	80	1.038	49
9	Halifax Town	46	16	17	13	71	78	0.910	49
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	16	15	83	75	1.107	46
11	Hull City	46	17	12	17	73	73	1.000	46
12	Torquay United	46	14	17	15	75	83	0.904	45
13	Newport County	46	17	11	18	81	90	0.900	45
14	Bristol City	46	17	10	19	70	68	1.029	44
15	Coventry City	46	16	12	18	80	83	0.964	44
16	Swindon Town	46	14	15	17	62	55	1.127	43
17	Brentford	46	13	17	16	56	70	0.800	43
18	Reading	46	14	12	20	72	83	0.867	40
19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	15	10	21	58	76	0.763	40
20	Southend United	46	14	11	21	60	76	0.789	39
21	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	8	23	79	115	0.687	38
22	Bradford City	46	11	14	21	65	87	0.747	36
23	Colchester United	46	11	11	24	68	101	0.673	33
24	Chesterfield	46	10	12	24	67	87	0.770	32

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Relegated

External links

• Newport County 1960-1961 : Results
• Newport County football club match record: 1961
• Welsh Cup 1960/61

References

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