Newport County 1982–83 football season
The 1982–83 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division and their 55th season overall in the Football League . County achieved their highest post-war league finish, just four points behind third-placed Huddersfield Town in the Third Division. Huddersfield were promoted to the Second Division, along with champions Portsmouth and arch-rivals Cardiff City . County had actually gone top of the table on Easter Monday after a win over Cardiff in front of 16,052 fans at Somerton Park, but only one win and four defeats from the next five games set up the away game at Huddersfield as the promotion decider. That game too was lost, and with it the chance of a return to the Second Division for the first time since 1947 .
Season review [ edit ] Results summary [ edit ] Note: Three points for a win
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 46 23 9 14 76 54 +22 78 13 7 3 40 20 +20 10 2 11 36 34 +2
Last updated: 14 May 1983. Source: [1]
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 A H H A H A A H H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H H A H A H H A H A A H H A A A H A H A H A A H Result D W D L W W L W W W D D W W L W L W D L L W D L W D L D W W W L W W W W W W W L L L W L L D Position 13 5 9 13 9 6 9 8 4 3 3 5 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 4 6 5 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 1983. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Fixtures and results [ edit ] Third Division [ edit ] Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 28 Aug 1982 Doncaster Rovers A 0–0 3,471 4 Sep 1982 Chesterfield H 1–0 Tynan 3,464 7 Sep 1982 Plymouth Argyle H 2–2 Tynan, Gwyther 3,741 11 Sep 1982 Bradford City A 2–4 Aldridge, Tynan 4,793 18 Sep 1982 Huddersfield Town H 2–1 Aldridge 2 3,536 25 Sep 1982 Portsmouth A 2–1 Vaughan, Aldridge 10,833 28 Sep 1982 Brentford A 0–2 5,706 2 Oct 1982 Lincoln City H 1–0 Tynan 3,749 9 Oct 1982 Bristol Rovers H 2–0 Vaughan, Tynan 5,912 16 Oct 1982 Orient A 5–1 Tynan 2, Elsey, Aldridge, Lowndes 2,040 19 Oct 1982 Preston North End A 0–0 3,747 23 Oct 1982 Southend United H 1–1 Oakes 4,338 30 Oct 1982 Wigan Athletic A 1–0 Aldridge 4,108 2 Nov 1982 Sheffield United H 3–1 Aldridge, OG, Tynan 5,017 6 Nov 1982 Reading A 2–4 Bailey, Tynan 3,058 13 Nov 1982 Bournemouth H 5–1 Aldridge 3, Vaughan, Lowndes 4,071 27 Nov 1982 Wrexham A 0–1 3,246 4 Dec 1982 Gillingham H 2–1 Elsey, Lowndes 3,727 18 Dec 1982 Walsall H 1–1 Vaughan 3,572 27 Dec 1982 Cardiff City A 2–3 Bailey, Vaughan 15,972 28 Dec 1982 Oxford United H 1–2 Tynan 5,836 1 Jan 1983 Exeter City A 1–0 Elsey 3,505 3 Jan 1983 Millwall H 2–2 Gwyther, Elsey 4,017 15 Jan 1983 Doncaster Rovers H 1–2 Aldridge 3,482 22 Jan 1983 Plymouth Argyle A 4–2 Tynan 2, Elsey, Lowndes 4,287 29 Jan 1983 Bradford City H 1–1 Bailey 3,398 1 Feb 1983 Chesterfield A 1–3 Tynan 1,645 6 Feb 1983 Brentford H 0–0 3,401 15 Feb 1983 Preston North End H 3–0 Tynan 2, Relish 2,317 19 Feb 1983 Bristol Rovers A 3–1 Tynan 2, Aldridge 6,812 26 Feb 1983 Orient H 4–1 Lowndes 3, Aldridge 3,202 1 Mar 1983 Sheffield United A 0–2 8,704 4 Mar 1983 Southend United A 4–1 Bailey, Vaughan, Lowndes, Aldridge 2,476 12 Mar 1983 Wigan Athletic H 1–0 Aldridge 3,647 19 Mar 1983 Reading H 1–0 Tynan 3,588 23 Mar 1983 Lincoln City A 4–1 Tynan 2, Lowndes 2 4,742 26 Mar 1983 Bournemouth A 1–0 Vaughan 9,121 2 Apr 1983 Oxford United A 3–0 Tynan, Lowndes, Aldridge 6,640 4 Apr 1983 Cardiff City H 1–0 Aldridge 16,052 9 Apr 1983 Gillingham A 0–2 4,265 16 Apr 1983 Portsmouth H 0–3 10,419 23 Apr 1983 Walsall A 1–2 Tynan 5,141 30 Apr 1983 Wrexham H 4–0 Tynan 3, Lowndes 4,344 2 May 1983 Millwall A 0–3 5,515 7 May 1983 Huddersfield Town A 0–1 16,509 14 May 1983 Exeter City H 1–1 Williams 3,520
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 1 20 Nov 1982 Enfield A 0–0 2,541 1r 23 Nov 1982 Enfield H 4–2 Tynan 3, Aldridge 4,014 2 11 Dec 1982 Orient H 1–0 Tynan (P) 4,013 3 8 Jan 1983 Everton H 1–1 Gwyther 9,527 3r 11 Jan 1983 Everton A 1–2 Aldridge 18,565
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 1–1 1 Sep 1982 Exeter City A 2–1 Lowndes, Gwyther 2,292 1–2 14 Sep 1982 Exeter City H 6–0 Vaughan 2, Lowndes, Aldridge, Tynan, Elsey 2,684 8–1 agg 2–1 5 Oct 1982 Everton H 0–2 8,293 2–2 27 Oct 1982 Everton A 2–2 Tynan 38', Oakes 53' 8,941 2–4 agg
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes Grp 8 14 Aug 1982 Torquay United H 0–1 Grp 8 18 Aug 1982 Exeter City H 5–1 Grp 8 21 Aug 1982 Bristol City A 4–1 QF 26 Jan 1983 Chester A 0–0 a.e.t. Lost on penalties
Welsh Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 3 30 Nov 1982 Cardiff City H 1–0 Vaughan 7,800 4 19 Jan 1983 Wrexham A 1–4 Aldridge 1,825
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