1921–22 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County 1921–22 football season

Newport County1921–22 season

Manager| Harry Parkes
Stadium| Somerton Park
Third Division South| 20th
FA Cup| 1st round
Welsh Cup| 3rd round
Top goalscorer| League: W.F.Edwards (10)
All: Devlin (13)
Highest home attendance| 10,000 vs Merthyr Town (5 Nov 1921)/Millwall (27 Dec 1921)
Lowest home attendance| 6,000 vs Southend United (12 Sep 1921)
Average home league attendance| 7,976

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Away colours

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The 1921–22 season was Newport County's second season in the Football League. Due to league restructuring they were founding members of the new Football League Third Division South.

## Season review[edit]

### League[edit]

#### Results summary[edit]

Overall | Home | Away

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts
42  | 11  | 12  | 19  | 44  | 61  | 0.721  | 34  | 8  | 7  | 6  | 22  | 18  | 23  | 3  | 5  | 13  | 22  | 43  | 11

Source: rsssf.com

#### Results by round[edit]

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

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Ground| A| H| H| A| A| H| H| A| H| A| H| H| A| H| A| A| H| A| A| A| H| A| H| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| H| A| A| A| H| H| A| H| H| A
Result| L| L| W| L| L| W| D| D| W| L| W| D| L| L| L| L| D| W| D| D| W| D| L| D| W| L| L| W| L| W| L| L| D| L| D| W| D| D| L| W| L| L
Position| 18| 20| 14| 16| 22| 16| 18| 15| 11| 14| 11| 13| 14| 15| 16| 16| 16| 16| 17| 16| 15| 15| 15| 15| 16| 16| 16| 14| 15| 14| 15| 16| 16| 18| 18| 17| 19| 19| 20| 20| 20| 20

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 1922. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

## Fixtures and results[edit]

### Third Division South[edit]

Main article: 1921–22 Football League § Third Division South

Date  | Opponents  | Venue  | Result  | Scorers  | Attendance

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27 August 1921 | Reading | A | 0–1 |  | 11,000
29 August 1921 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–1 |  | 8,000
3 September 1921 | Reading | H | 1–0 | Devlin | 7,000
5 September 1921 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–2 | Devlin | 7,000
10 September 1921 | Luton Town | A | 0–4 |  | 10,000
12 September 1921 | Southend United | H | 2–1 | Walker, W.Edwards | 6,000
17 September 1921 | Luton Town | H | 2–2 | Devlin, Lythgoe | 8,000
24 September 1921 | Norwich City | A | 2–2 | Walker, W.Edwards | 8,000
1 October 1921 | Norwich City | H | 1–0 | Dobson | 8,000
8 October 1921 | Swindon Town | A | 2–3 | W.Edwards 2 | 9,000
15 October 1921 | Swindon Town | H | 4–0 | Gaughan 2, Devlin, Lythgoe | 8,000
22 October 1921 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 0–0 |  | 8,000
29 October 1921 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–1 |  | 14,000
5 November 1921 | Merthyr Town | H | 0–2 |  | 10,000
12 November 1921 | Merthyr Town | A | 1–2 | W.Edwards | 10,000
19 November 1921 | Portsmouth | A | 3–4 | W.Edwards 2, Devlin | 13,000
26 November 1921 | Portsmouth | H | 0–0 |  | 8,000
10 December 1921 | Southend United | A | 1–0 | Price | 12,000
24 December 1921 | Swansea Town | A | 2–2 | Lythgoe, Gaughan | 10,000
26 December 1921 | Millwall | A | 1–1 | Walker | 17,000
27 December 1921 | Millwall | H | 1–0 | W.Edwards | 10,000
31 December 1921 | Exeter City | A | 2–2 | Groves, W.Edwards | 5,000
2 January 1922 | Swansea Town | H | 2–3 | Devlin 2 | 9,000
14 January 1922 | Exeter City | H | 1–1 | Walker | 9,000
21 January 1922 | Bristol Rovers | A | 4–3 | Lythgoe 2, Brittan 2 | 8,000
28 January 1922 | Bristol Rovers | H | 0–1 |  | 6,000
4 February 1922 | Brentford | A | 0–1 |  | 8,000
11 February 1922 | Brentford | H | 2–1 | Walker, Devlin | 6,500
18 February 1922 | Aberdare Athletic | A | 0–3 |  | 7,000
25 February 1922 | Aberdare Athletic | H | 1–0 | Devlin | 9,000
4 March 1922 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–3 |  | 8,000
11 March 1922 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–1 |  | 9,000
18 March 1922 | Watford | H | 0–0 |  | 7,000
25 March 1922 | Watford | A | 0–1 |  | 5,000
8 April 1922 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–1 | Gaughan | 6,000
14 April 1922 | Gillingham | A | 2–0 | Groves, Walker | 10,000
15 April 1922 | Northampton Town | H | 2–2 | W.Edwards, Gittins | 8,000
17 April 1922 | Gillingham | H | 1–1 | Walker | 9,000
22 April 1922 | Northampton Town | A | 0–2 |  | 3,000
27 April 1922 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–1 | Walker, Shelton | 6,000
29 April 1922 | Southampton | H | 0–1 |  | 8,000
6 May 1922 | Southampton | A | 0–5 |  | 9,000

### FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 1921–22 FA Cup

Round  | Date  | Opponents  | Venue  | Result  | Scorers  | Attendance

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5Q | 3 December 1921 | Bath City | H | 2–0 | Devlin, Walker | 6,000
6Q | 17 December 1921 | Wrexham | A | 0–0 |  | 8,000
6Qr | 21 December 1921 | Wrexham | H | 3–0 | Devlin 3 | 5,000
1 | 7 January 1922 | Newcastle United | A | 0–6 |  | 28,507

### Welsh Cup[edit]

Round  | Date  | Opponents  | Venue  | Result  | Scorers  | Attendance

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3 | 18 January 1922 | Cardiff City | A | 1–7 | Gaughan | 6,000

## League table[edit]

Pos  | Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | GA  | Pts

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1 | Southampton | 42 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 68 | 21 | 3.238 | 61
2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 63 | 24 | 2.625 | 61
3 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 62 | 39 | 1.590 | 53
4 | Luton Town | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 35 | 1.829 | 52
5 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 44 | 1.205 | 49
6 | Swindon Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 72 | 60 | 1.200 | 45
7 | Watford | 42 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 54 | 48 | 1.125 | 44
8 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 57 | 51 | 1.118 | 44
9 | Brentford | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 43 | 1.209 | 43
10 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 47 | 1.064 | 41
11 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 45 | 56 | 0.804 | 40
12 | Millwall | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 38 | 42 | 0.905 | 38
13 | Reading | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 47 | 0.851 | 38
14 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 52 | 67 | 0.776 | 38
15 | Norwich City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 62 | 0.806 | 37
16 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 43 | 56 | 0.768 | 37
17 | Northampton Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 47 | 71 | 0.662 | 37
18 | Gillingham | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 0.783 | 36
19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 51 | 0.882 | 35
20 | Newport County | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 61 | 0.721 | 34
21 | Exeter City | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 59 | 0.644 | 34
22 | Southend United | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 74 | 0.459 | 27

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

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| Division Champions
| Re-elected
| Failed re-election (none)

## External links[edit]

* Newport County 1921–1922 : Results
* Newport County football club match record: 1922
* Welsh Cup 1921–22

## References[edit]

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

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