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Newport County 1938β39 football season
The 1938β39 season was Newport County's 17th season in the
Football League Third Division South and 18th overall in the
Football League . They had been ever-present in the third tier except for the
1931β32 season since the introduction of the
Football League Third Division in 1920.
Newport County attained promotion to the
Football League Second Division for the 1939β40 season on 15 April 1939 with two league games remaining following a 3β0 win over
Southend United .
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
42
22
11
9
58
45
1.289
55
15
4
2
37
16
34
7
7
7
21
29
21
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 Ground A A H H H A A H A H A H A H A H H H H A H A A A A A H H A H A H A H A H H A A H H A Result W L W W D D L W W W W D D W W W W W W L W W W L W L W L D W L W D D D D W D D W L L Position 3 9 6 4 2 2 6 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1939. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures and results
Third Division South
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Sat 27 Aug 1938
Clapton Orient
A
3β1
Carr, Duggan, Hearty (OG)
10,596
Mon 29 Aug 1938
Port Vale
A
1β2
Hickman
6,240
Sat 3 Sep 1938
Cardiff City
H
3β0
Hydes 2, Carr
18,892
Thu 8 Sep 1938
Watford
H
1β0
Derrick
8,500
Sat 10 Sep 1938
Northampton Town
H
1β1
Hickman
11,534
Wed 14 Sep 1938
Watford
A
1β1
Derrick
5,310
Sat 17 Sep 1938
Notts County
A
0β2
10,834
Sat 24 Sep 1938
Aldershot
H
1β0
Duggan
9,652
Sat 1 Oct 1938
Bristol City
A
2β0
Hickman, Duggan
14,497
Sat 8 Oct 1938
Crystal Palace
H
2β0
Wood, Derrick
10,631
Sat 15 Oct 1938
Ipswich Town
A
4β1
Wood 2, Hickman, Derrick
13,843
Sat 22 Oct 1938
Exeter City
H
0β0
11,423
Sat 29 Oct 1938
Bristol Rovers
A
0β0
12,546
Sat 5 Nov 1938
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
2β0
Duggan, Derrick
11,290
Sat 12 Nov 1938
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A
1β0
Derrick
7,857
Sat 19 Nov 1938
Walsall
H
2β1
Wood 2
9,870
Sat 3 Dec 1938
Queens Park Rangers
H
2β0
Carr, Hydes
12,338
Sat 17 Dec 1938
Reading
H
2β0
Derrick, Hydes
9,870
Sat 24 Dec 1938
Clapton Orient
H
2β1
Hydes 2
9,323
Mon 26 Dec 1938
Swindon Town
A
0β8
9,023
Tue 27 Dec 1938
Swindon Town
H
6β4
Carr 3, Hickman, Hydes, Parkhouse (OG)
20,261
Sat 31 Dec 1938
Cardiff City
A
2β1
Hydes, Carr
40,187
Wed 11 Jan 1939
Mansfield Town
A
2β0
Hydes, Hickman
1,419
Thu 14 Jan 1939
Northampton Town
A
0β1
9,025
Sat 21 Jan 1939
Reading
A
1β0
Hydes
11,292
Sat 28 Jan 1939
Aldershot
A
0β1
7,999
Thu 2 Feb 1939
Notts County
H
2β1
Brinton, Carr
7,010
Sat 4 Feb 1939
Bristol City
H
0β2
12,436
Sat 11 Feb 1939
Crystal Palace
A
1β1
Derrick
29,155
Sat 18 Feb 1939
Ipswich Town
H
3β2
Hydes 2, Wood
12,257
Sat 25 Feb 1939
Exeter City
A
1β3
Brinton
9,370
Sat 4 Mar 1939
Bristol Rovers
H
2β0
W.M.Owen, Warren (OG)
9,722
Sat 11 Mar 1939
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
0β0
15,157
Sat 18 Mar 1939
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
2β2
Carr, Hickman
11,637
Sat 25 Mar 1939
Walsall
A
1β1
Hydes
7,500
Sat 1 Apr 1939
Mansfield Town
H
0β0
10,600
Fri 7 Apr 1939
Torquay United
H
1β0
Brinton
14,677
Sat 8 Apr 1939
Queens Park Rangers
A
0β0
14,864
Mon 10 Apr 1939
Torquay United
A
1β1
Derrick
6,863
Sat 15 Apr 1939
Southend United
H
3β0
Derrick, Hickman, Wood
11,397
Sat 29 Apr 1939
Port Vale
H
0β2
7,260
Tue 2 May 1939
Southend United
A
0β5
2,815
FA Cup
Third Division South Cup
Welsh Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
6
8 Mar 1939
Cardiff City
Ninian Park
1β5
Higgins
League table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Re-elected
Failed re-election (none)
External links
References