Newport County 1954–55 football season
The 1954–55 season was Newport County's eighth consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season . It was the club's 26th season in the third tier and 27th season overall in the Football League .
Season review [ edit ] Results summary [ edit ] Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts 46 11 16 19 60 73 0.822 38 8 8 7 32 29 24 3 8 12 28 44 14
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 43 44 45 46 Ground H H A A H A A H A A H H A H A H A H A A H A A H H A H H A H H A A H A H A H A A H H A H H A Result L D L L D D L W L D W W L D L W W L L D D D L L L D W L D D L D W D L W L D L W W W D D L L Position 21 19 22 23 23 23 23 22 23 22 21 20 21 20 21 19 17 18 20 20 20 20 20 22 22 21 19 21 21 20 23 23 20 20 21 21 21 19 21 18 18 18 18 19 19 19
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1955. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Fixtures and results [ edit ] Third Division South [ edit ] Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 21 Aug 1954 Northampton Town H 0–1 12,710 26 Aug 1954 Norwich City H 1–1 Shergold 13,318 28 Aug 1954 Watford A 2–3 Graham, OG 14,957 1 Sep 1954 Norwich City A 0–2 16,382 4 Sep 1954 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 1–1 Shergold 9,589 7 Sep 1954 Southend United A 1–1 Wharton 8,025 11 Sep 1954 Queens Park Rangers A 0–2 13,115 16 Sep 1954 Southend United H 3–2 McGhee, Graham, Harris 8,050 18 Sep 1954 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–4 Shergold 13,419 22 Sep 1954 Aldershot A 0–0 4,863 25 Sep 1954 Exeter City H 2–1 Lucas, Wharton 9,166 30 Sep 1954 Aldershot H 2–1 Graham, Hudson 6,027 2 Oct 1954 Colchester United A 0–1 8,691 9 Oct 1954 Coventry City H 1–1 Graham 10,327 16 Oct 1954 Southampton A 0–2 13,880 23 Oct 1954 Millwall H 2–1 Graham, Wharton 9,126 30 Oct 1954 Torquay United A 3–2 Johnston 2, Graham 7,300 6 Nov 1954 Gillingham H 1–3 Lucas 9,164 13 Nov 1954 Reading A 1–2 Johnston 9,334 27 Nov 1954 Walsall A 3–3 Johnston 2, Graham 12,059 4 Dec 1954 Bristol City H 2–2 Johnston 2 10,886 18 Dec 1954 Northampton Town A 2–2 Lucas, Harris 6,947 25 Dec 1954 Crystal Palace A 1–2 Johnston 8,934 27 Dec 1954 Crystal Palace H 0–1 13,025 1 Jan 1955 Watford H 0–2 7,132 15 Jan 1955 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 3–3 Shergold, Harris, Johnston 5,830 22 Jan 1955 Queens Park Rangers H 4–0 Harris 2, Johnston 2 5,457 5 Feb 1955 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–3 OG 7,025 12 Feb 1955 Exeter City A 1–1 Johnston 6,545 19 Feb 1955 Colchester United H 0–0 5,612 5 Mar 1955 Southampton H 0–1 7,512 12 Mar 1955 Millwall A 1–1 Johnston 9,086 17 Mar 1955 Leyton Orient A 2–1 Graham, Johnston 10,600 19 Mar 1955 Torquay United H 1–1 Johnston 6,936 26 Mar 1955 Gillingham A 2–4 Johnston 2 7,784 2 Apr 1955 Reading H 3–1 Johnston 2, Shergold 5,066 4 Apr 1955 Coventry City A 2–3 Harris, Johnston 3,936 8 Apr 1955 Swindon Town H 2–2 Johnston, OG 8,595 9 Apr 1955 Shrewsbury Town A 0–3 8,652 11 Apr 1955 Swindon Town A 3–1 Lucas, Harris, Johnston 7,957 16 Apr 1955 Walsall H 1–0 Hudson 7,914 21 Apr 1955 Brentford H 3–1 7,926 23 Apr 1955 Bristol City A 0–0 27,499 28 Apr 1955 Shrewsbury Town H 1–1 Johnston 6,762 30 Apr 1955 Leyton Orient H 1–2 Johnston 5,894 2 May 1955 Brentford A 0–1 5,812
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 1 20 Nov 1954 Gillingham A 0–2 10,237
Welsh Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 5 13 Jan 1955 Abergavenny Thursdays H 6–0 McGhee 2, Johnston 2, Shergold, Harris 690 6 17 Feb 1955 Cardiff City H 1–3 Johnston 10,223
League table [ edit ] Key Division Champions Re-elected Failed re-election
External links [ edit ] References [ edit ]