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Newport County 1956β57 football season
The 1956β57 season was Newport County's 29th season in the
Football League and 10th consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the
Second Division at the end of the
1946β47 season .
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
16
13
17
65
62
1.048
45
15
6
2
51
18
36
1
7
15
14
44
9
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 H H A A H A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A H H A H H A A A H H A A A H A Result W D D W W L D D W L W D D D W L W L D W D W D L L L W D L W L D W L W L L L L W W L L D W L Position 1 6 7 4 4 5 7 4 2 7 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 2 3 8 10 13 12 12 13 12 13 14 12 14 13 13 14 14 14 13 9 13 15 15 12 12
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 1957. 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
18 Aug 1956
Northampton Town
H
3β0
Terry 2, Harris
11,371
22 Aug 1956
Southend United
A
3β3
Brown 2, Terry
10,934
25 Aug 1956
Queens Park Rangers
A
1β1
Harris
7,844
30 Aug 1956
Southend United
H
2β1
Hudson, Brown
12,224
1 Sep 1956
Plymouth Argyle
H
4β1
Harris, Hudson, Terry
12,089
5 Sep 1956
Exeter City
A
0β2
5,174
8 Sep 1956
Reading
A
0β0
11,598
13 Sep 1956
Exeter City
H
1β1
Terry
10,592
15 Sep 1956
Watford
H
3β0
Terry, Burgess, Beech
11,547
19 Sep 1956
Crystal Palace
A
1β2
Terry
14,132
22 Sep 1956
Colchester United
H
1β0
Sheppeard
12,426
27 Sep 1956
Crystal Palace
H
2β2
Sherwood, Beech
8,008
29 Sep 1956
Norwich City
A
1β1
Terry
16,920
6 Oct 1956
Walsall
A
0β0
10,894
13 Oct 1956
Ipswich Town
H
1β0
Terry
12,673
20 Oct 1956
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A
1β2
Reynolds
10,337
27 Oct 1956
Torquay United
H
3β0
Harris 2, Terry
12,008
3 Nov 1956
Millwall
A
0β1
13,127
10 Nov 1956
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
0β0
9,082
24 Nov 1956
Swindon Town
H
2β1
Harris 2
9,570
1 Dec 1956
Brentford
A
0β0
11,120
15 Dec 1956
Northampton Town
A
3β0
Hudson, Harris, Brown
6,289
22 Dec 1956
Queens Park Rangers
H
1β1
Sherwood
7,638
12 Jan 1957
Reading
H
1β2
Hollyman
13,840
19 Jan 1957
Watford
A
0β5
7,683
2 Feb 1957
Colchester United
A
0β1
9,705
9 Feb 1957
Norwich City
H
3β1
Hudson, Harris, Burgess
7,088
16 Feb 1957
Walsall
H
2β2
Sherwood, Sheppeard
9,115
23 Feb 1957
Ipswich Town
A
0β5
13,346
7 Mar 1957
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
5β3
Hudson 4, Lucas
8,047
9 Mar 1957
Aldershot
A
1β3
Hudson
5,123
16 Mar 1957
Millwall
H
0β0
7,002
21 Mar 1957
Coventry City
H
3β0
Hudson, Terry, Harris
6,332
23 Mar 1957
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
0β2
12,503
30 Mar 1957
Gillingham
H
4β0
Hudson 2, Sheppeard, Harris
7,017
4 Apr 1957
Southampton
H
2β3
Docherty, Harris
6,982
6 Apr 1957
Swindon Town
A
0β1
7,889
8 Apr 1957
Coventry City
A
0β2
5,569
10 Apr 1957
Plymouth Argyle
A
2β3
Hudson, Sheppeard
10,148
13 Apr 1957
Brentford
H
3β0
Terry 2, Hudson
5,497
19 Apr 1957
Shrewsbury Town
H
2β0
Terry, Harris
7,783
20 Apr 1957
Torquay United
A
0β4
8,727
22 Apr 1957
Shrewsbury Town
A
0β2
7,580
27 Apr 1957
Gillingham
A
1β1
Burgess
4,237
2 May 1957
Aldershot
H
3β0
Hudson, Terry, Harris
4,578
4 May 1957
Southampton
A
0β3
5,721
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
17 Nov 1956
Walsall
A
1β0
Terry
12,085
2
8 Dec 1956
Gillingham
A
2β1
Terry, Brown
8,700
3
5 Jan 1957
Southampton
H
3β3
Harris 2, Hudson
18,562
3r
9 Jan 1957
Southampton
A
1β0
Harris
22,372
4
26 Jan 1957
Arsenal
H
0β2
22,450
Welsh Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Notes
5
12 Feb 1957
Merthyr Tydfil
H
3β1
Burgess 2, Harris
1,579
6
21 Feb 1957
55th TR Royal Artillery
H
3β1
Hudson, Terry, Harris
β
SF
28 Mar 1957
Swansea Town
N
1β1
Lucas
12,500
At
Ninian Park
SFr
1 Apr 1957
Swansea Town
N
0β3
7,000
At Ninian Park
League table
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
Re-elected
Failed re-election
External links
References
Ambrosen, A. K. (1993). Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County . Yore Publications.
ISBN
978-1-874427-40-7 .