1968–69 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1968–69 season
Manager	Leslie Graham
Fourth Division	22nd (re-elected)
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Buck (13) All: Buck (14)
Highest home attendance	6,065 vs Exeter City (FA Cup, 18 Nov 1968)
Lowest home attendance	1,192 vs Bradford Park Avenue (2 Apr 1969)
Average home league attendance	2,478
Home colours Away colours
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 season was Newport County's seventh consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 41st overall in the Football League. They finished in the re-election places, but were re-elected.

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
46	11	14	21	49	74	0.66	36	9	9	5	31	26	1.19	2	5	16	18	48	0.38

Last updated: 8 May 1969.
Source: [1]

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	A
Result	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	21	22	24	23	17	19	17	11	9	11	11	13	13	13	15	16	13	12	15	16	17	17	16	17	16	17	17	16	14	15	15	15	13	12	16	14	14	17	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22

Last updated: 8 May 1969.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1968–69 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 Aug 1968	Grimsby Town	A	0–3		4,746
17 Aug 1968	Workington	H	0–0		3,080
24 Aug 1968	Lincoln City	A	0–1		8,038
26 Aug 1968	Darlington	H	0–0		3,164
31 Aug 1968	Southend United	H	4–1	Buck 2, McLelland, Hill	2,925
7 Sep 1968	Notts County	A	1–3	Hill	3,579
14 Sep 1968	Halifax Town	H	2–0	Hill, McLelland	1,564
16 Sep 1968	Swansea Town	H	2–1	McLelland, Robinson	5,106
21 Sep 1968	Bradford Park Avenue	A	5–1	Buck 5	3,007
28 Sep 1968	Aldershot	H	3–4	McLelland, Buck, Robinson	3,919
5 Oct 1968	Brentford	A	1–1	Buck	7,800
7 Oct 1968	Darlington	A	0–1		8,885
12 Oct 1968	Colchester United	H	1–0	McLelland	3,262
18 Oct 1968	Scunthorpe United	A	0–1		3,238
26 Oct 1968	York City	H	1–1	Buck	2,920
2 Nov 1968	Peterborough United	A	1–1	McLelland	4,792
4 Nov 1968	Rochdale	A	1–0	Hill	4,223
8 Nov 1968	Port Vale	H	0–0		3,137
23 Nov 1968	Chesterfield	H	1–2	Buck	1,776
30 Nov 1968	Bradford City	A	1–1	Hill	5,099
14 Dec 1968	Colchester United	A	1–2	Deacy	3,532
26 Dec 1968	Brentford	H	1–1	McLaughlin	3,750
28 Dec 1968	York City	A	0–0		2,787
4 Jan 1969	Aldershot	A	0–4		6,504
11 Jan 1969	Peterborough United	H	4–2	Buck, Hill, A.Jones, Deacy	1,649
18 Jan 1969	Port Vale	A	0–5		4,040
1 Feb 1969	Exeter City	H	2–1	Buck, Hill	1,427
4 Feb 1969	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–2	McLelland 2	8,321
10 Feb 1969	Rochdale	H	1–1	Wood	2,637
15 Feb 1969	Bradford City	H	1–3	Thomas	2,104
22 Feb 1969	Chester	A	0–4		4,519
24 Feb 1969	Scunthorpe United	H	1–1	Hill	1,504
28 Feb 1969	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	Hill, Hamilton	1,846
3 Mar 1969	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–0		2,649
12 Mar 1969	Exeter City	A	0–2		3,264
15 Mar 1969	Lincoln City	H	2–1	McLaughlin, OG	1,688
17 Mar 1969	Chester	H	2–5	McLelland, Hooper	2,100
29 Mar 1969	Notts County	H	0–0		1,749
7 Apr 1969	Swansea Town	A	2–3	McLelland, Thomas	4,753
8 Apr 1969	Wrexham	H	0–2		1,848
12 Apr 1969	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1–0	Hill	1,192
14 Apr 1969	Wrexham	A	0–4		3,240
19 Apr 1969	Halifax Town	A	0–3		6,445
21 Apr 1969	Chesterfield	A	1–2	Hill	2,402
28 Apr 1969	Southend United	A	0–1		11,905
8 May 1969	Workington	A	2–3	Rowland, Hamilton	1,225

FA Cup

Main article: 1968–69 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	16 Nov 1968	Exeter City	A	0–0		6,045
1r	18 Nov 1968	Exeter City	H	1–3	Buck	6,065

League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	13 Aug 1968	Bristol City	A	0–2		9,778

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	14 Jan 1969	Swansea Town	A	0–0		5,173
5r	21 Jan 1969	Swansea Town	H	0–0		3,872
5r2	28 Jan 1969	Swansea Town	A	1–2	Cooper	6,047

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers	46	21	17	8	65	38	1.711	59
2	Halifax Town	46	20	17	9	53	37	1.432	57
3	Rochdale	46	18	20	8	68	35	1.943	56
4	Bradford City	46	18	20	8	65	46	1.413	56
5	Darlington	46	17	18	11	62	45	1.378	52
6	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	57	53	1.075	52
7	Southend United	46	19	13	14	78	61	1.279	51
8	Lincoln City	46	17	17	12	54	52	1.038	51
9	Wrexham	46	18	14	14	61	52	1.173	50
10	Swansea Town	46	19	11	16	58	54	1.074	49
11	Brentford	46	18	12	16	64	65	0.985	48
12	Workington	46	15	17	14	40	43	0.930	47
13	Port Vale	46	16	14	16	46	46	1.000	46
14	Chester	46	16	13	17	76	66	1.152	45
15	Aldershot	46	19	7	20	66	66	1.000	45
16	Scunthorpe United	46	18	8	20	61	60	1.017	44
17	Exeter City	46	16	11	19	66	65	1.015	43
18	Peterborough United	46	13	16	17	60	57	1.053	42
19	Notts County	46	12	18	16	48	57	0.842	42
20	Chesterfield	46	13	15	18	43	50	0.860	41
21	York City	46	14	11	21	53	75	0.707	39
22	Newport County	46	11	14	21	49	74	0.662	36
23	Grimsby Town	46	9	15	22	47	69	0.681	33
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	5	10	31	32	106	0.302	20

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

Election

Votes	Club	Fate
47	Grimsby Town	Re-elected to the League
45	York City	Re-elected to the League
38	Bradford Park Avenue	Re-elected to the League
27	Newport County	Re-elected to the League
16	Cambridge United	Not elected to the League
11	Wigan Athletic	Not elected to the League
3	Kettering Town	Not elected to the League
2	Cambridge City	Not elected to the League
2	Hereford United	Not elected to the League
2	Romford	Not elected to the League
1	Bedford Town	Not elected to the League
1	Chelmsford City	Not elected to the League
1	Worcester City	Not elected to the League
0	Nuneaton Borough	Not elected to the League
0	Wimbledon	Not elected to the League

External links

• Newport County 1968-1969 : Results
• Newport County football club match record: 1969
• Welsh Cup 1968/69

References

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