Newport County 1977–78 football season
The 1977–78 season was Newport County's 16th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 50th season overall in the Football League. Despite the eventual lowly 16th-place finish, this season was a much-improved performance over the previous season 's relegation battle. The club was actually in third place with promotion looking likely with ten games to go, but those games yielded a mere three points and County missed out again on a return to the Third Division .
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
16
11
19
65
73
−8
43
14
6
3
43
22
+21
2
5
16
22
51
−29
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 A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A A H A A H H H A H A H A H A A H A H H Result D W L W D L W W L W W D D L D W W D W L W D L W L W L L W L L W W W L D L L L D L L D D L L Position 11 7 12 7 7 10 8 7 9 7 6 6 6 7 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 4 5 7 6 4 3 3 3 5 10 10 9 10 11 10 13 15 16
Updated to match(es) played on 29 Apr 1978. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures and results [ edit ]
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
20 Aug 1977
Doncaster Rovers
A
2–2
Preece, Clark
3,041
27 Aug 1977
Huddersfield Town
H
2–0
Woods, S.Walker
3,367
3 Sep 1977
Barnsley
A
0–1
4,009
6 Sep 1977
York City
H
2–1
Woods, OG
2,987
10 Sep 1977
Darlington
H
1–1
Woods
2,776
14 Sep 1977
Crewe Alexandra
A
0–2
1,812
17 Sep 1977
Rochdale
A
1–0
Woods
1,116
24 Sep 1977
Swansea City
H
1–0
Goddard
5,156
27 Sep 1977
Wimbledon
A
0–3
3,941
1 Oct 1977
Grimsby Town
H
3–0
Preece 2, Woods
2,746
4 Oct 1977
Scunthorpe United
H
3–1
Woods 3
3,191
8 Oct 1977
Aldershot
A
2–2
Preece, Woods
3,452
15 Oct 1977
Stockport County
H
2–2
Preece, S.Walker
4,083
22 Oct 1977
Watford
A
0–2
10,475
29 Oct 1977
Torquay United
H
0–0
4,137
5 Nov 1977
Northampton Town
A
4–2
Goddard 2, Emmanuel, R.Walker
3,568
12 Nov 1977
Halifax Town
H
2–0
Guscott, Woods
3,992
19 Nov 1977
Southport
A
3–3
Clark. Goddard, Williams
1,167
3 Dec 1977
Hartlepool United
H
4–2
R.Walker, Goddard, Clark, Emmanuel
3,233
9 Dec 1977
Southend United
A
2–4
Clark, Goddard
5,840
26 Dec 1977
Bournemouth
H
3–2
Williams 2, Clark
7,629
27 Dec 1977
Brentford
A
3–3
Williams 2, Preece
8,970
31 Dec 1977
Reading
A
0–2
5,808
2 Jan 1978
Northampton Town
H
5–3
Goddard 2, Clark 2, Jones
7,160
7 Jan 1978
York City
A
0–2
1,971
14 Jan 1978
Doncaster Rovers
H
1–0
Williams
4,029
21 Jan 1978
Huddersfield Town
A
0–2
4,894
4 Feb 1978
Darlington
A
1–2
Clark
1,744
11 Feb 1978
Rochdale
H
3–0
Goddard 3
4,288
17 Feb 1978
Swansea City
A
0–4
6,056
25 Feb 1978
Grimsby Town
A
0–1
3,937
28 Feb 1978
Barnsley
H
3–1
Goddard 2, R.Walker
3,523
4 Mar 1978
Aldershot
H
2–1
Aizlewood, Clark
3,737
7 Mar 1978
Crewe Alexandra
H
1–0
Preece
4,774
10 Mar 1978
Stockport County
A
0–2
3,863
17 Mar 1978
Watford
H
2–2
Goddard, R.Walker
8,409
22 Mar 1978
Torquay United
A
0–2
3,055
25 Mar 1978
Brentford
H
1–2
Goddard
4,953
28 Mar 1978
Bournemouth
A
2–4
Williams, Jones
2,479
1 Apr 1978
Reading
H
0–0
2,333
4 Apr 1978
Scunthorpe United
A
0–2
2,457
8 Apr 1978
Halifax Town
A
1–3
Goddard
1,653
15 Apr 1978
Southport
H
1–1
Sinclair
2,440
22 Apr 1978
Hartlepool United
A
1–1
Goddard
1,988
25 Apr 1978
Wimbledon
H
0–1
2,112
29 Apr 1978
Southend United
H
1–2
Emmanuel
2,364
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
26 Nov 1977
Exeter City
H
1–1
Goddard
6,229
1r
30 Nov 1977
Exeter City
A
2–4
Goddard, Clark
5,713
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Notes
1–1
13 Aug 1977
Portsmouth
A
1–3
Woods
7,541
1–2
16 Aug 1977
Portsmouth
H
3–2
R.Walker, Preece, Clark
2,895
4–5 agg
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
4
17 Jan 1978
Swansea City
A
0–0
7,504
4r
24 Jan 1978
Swansea City
H
1–0
Williams
6,098
5
14 Feb 1978
Bangor City
H
1–3
R.Walker
3,604
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Re-elected
Failed re-election
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
National teams
League competitions
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Isthmian League (Two )
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Cheshire County League (level 7 only )
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Essex Senior League (level 7 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 7 only )
Lancashire Combination (level 7 only )
London Spartan League (Premier , Senior )
Midland Football Combination (level 7 only )
Midland League (Premier , One )
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South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One , Two )
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