- 1938–39 Newport County A.F.C. season
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Newport County 1938–39 season Manager 
Billy McCandlessThird Division South 1st (Promoted as champions) FA Cup 3rd round Third Division South Cup 2nd round Welsh Cup 6th round Top goalscorer League: A.J.E. Hydes (13)
All: A.J.E. Hydes (16)Highest home attendance 20,261 vs Swindon Town (27 Dec 1938) Lowest home attendance 7,010 vs Notts County (2 Feb 1939) Average home attendance 11,456 
Home coloursAway colours← 1937–38 1939–40 → The 1938–39 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 1931–32 season since the introduction of the Football League Third Division in 1920.
Newport County attained promotion to the Football League Second Division for the 1939–40 season on 15 April 1939 with two league games remaining following a 3–0 win over Southend United.
Contents
Season review
League
Results summary
Note: Two points for a win
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA Ave Pts W D L GF GA Ave W D L GF GA Ave 42 22 11 9 58 45 1.29 55 15 4 2 37 16 2.31 7 7 7 21 29 0.72 Last updated: 2 May 1939
Source: [1]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 Last updated: 2 May 1939.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Fixtures and results
Third Division South
Main article: 1938–39 Football League#Third Division SouthDate Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Sat 27 Aug 1938 Clapton Orient A 3–1 Carr, Duggan, Hearty (OG) 10,596 Mon 29 Aug 1938 Port Vale A 1–2 Hickman 6,240 Sat 3 Sep 1938 Cardiff City H 3–0 Hydes 2, Carr 18,892 Thu 8 Sep 1938 Watford H 1–0 Derrick 8,500 Sat 10 Sep 1938 Northampton Town H 1–1 Hickman 11,534 Wed 14 Sep 1938 Watford A 1–1 Derrick 5,310 Sat 17 Sep 1938 Notts County A 0–2 10,834 Sat 24 Sep 1938 Aldershot H 1–0 Duggan 9,652 Sat 1 Oct 1938 Bristol City A 2–0 Hickman, Duggan 14,497 Sat 8 Oct 1938 Crystal Palace H 2–0 Wood, Derrick 10,631 Sat 15 Oct 1938 Ipswich Town A 4–1 Wood 2, Hickman, Derrick 13,843 Sat 22 Oct 1938 Exeter City H 0–0 11,423 Sat 29 Oct 1938 Bristol Rovers A 0–0 12,546 Sat 5 Nov 1938 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–0 Duggan, Derrick 11,290 Sat 12 Nov 1938 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 1–0 Derrick 7,857 Sat 19 Nov 1938 Walsall H 2–1 Wood 2 9,870 Sat 3 Dec 1938 Queens Park Rangers H 2–0 Carr, Hydes 12,338 Sat 17 Dec 1938 Reading H 2–0 Derrick, Hydes 9,870 Sat 24 Dec 1938 Clapton Orient H 2–1 Hydes 2 9,323 Mon 26 Dec 1938 Swindon Town A 0–8 9,023 Tue 27 Dec 1938 Swindon Town H 6–4 Carr 3, Hickman, Hydes, Parkhouse (OG) 20,261 Sat 31 Dec 1938 Cardiff City A 2–1 Hydes, Carr 40,187 Wed 11 Jan 1939 Mansfield Town A 2–0 Hydes, Hickman 1,419 Thu 14 Jan 1939 Northampton Town A 0–1 9,025 Sat 21 Jan 1939 Reading A 1–0 Hydes 11,292 Sat 28 Jan 1939 Aldershot A 0–1 7,999 Thu 2 Feb 1939 Notts County H 2–1 Brinton, Carr 7,010 Sat 4 Feb 1939 Bristol City H 0–2 12,436 Sat 11 Feb 1939 Crystal Palace A 1–1 Derrick 29,155 Sat 18 Feb 1939 Ipswich Town H 3–2 Hydes 2, Wood 12,257 Sat 25 Feb 1939 Exeter City A 1–3 Brinton 9,370 Sat 4 Mar 1939 Bristol Rovers H 2–0 W.M.Owen, Warren (OG) 9,722 Sat 11 Mar 1939 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–0 15,157 Sat 18 Mar 1939 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 2–2 Carr, Hickman 11,637 Sat 25 Mar 1939 Walsall A 1–1 Hydes 7,500 Sat 1 Apr 1939 Mansfield Town H 0–0 10,600 Fri 7 Apr 1939 Torquay United H 1–0 Brinton 14,677 Sat 8 Apr 1939 Queens Park Rangers A 0–0 14,864 Mon 10 Apr 1939 Torquay United A 1–1 Derrick 6,863 Sat 15 Apr 1939 Southend United H 3–0 Derrick, Hickman, Wood 11,397 Sat 29 Apr 1939 Port Vale H 0–2 7,260 Tue 2 May 1939 Southend United A 0–5 2,815 FA Cup
Main article: 1938–39 FA CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 1 26 Nov 1938 Reading Elm Park 3–3 Hydes 2, Derrick 19,106 1r 5 Dec 1938 Reading Somerton Park 3–1 Wood 2, Hydes 10,760 2 10 Dec 1938 Horden Colliery Welfare[1] Horden Welfare Park 3–2 Wood 2, Hickman 7,180 3 7 Jan 1939 Walsall Somerton Park 0–2 9,645 Third Division South Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 1 29 Sep 1938 Bristol Rovers Somerton Park 1–0 Duggan 709 2 8 Feb 1939 Torquay United Plainmoor 0–0 2r 22 Feb 1939 Torquay United Somerton Park 1–3 Brinton 618 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 6 8 Mar 1939 Cardiff City Ninian Park 1–5 Higgins League table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts 1 Newport County 42 22 11 9 58 45 1.289 +13 55 2 Crystal Palace 42 20 12 10 71 52 1.365 +19 52 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 19 11 12 68 49 1.388 +19 49 4 Watford 42 17 12 13 62 51 1.216 +11 46 5 Reading 42 16 14 12 69 59 1.169 +10 46 6 Queens Park Rangers 42 15 14 13 68 49 1.388 +19 44 7 Ipswich Town 42 16 12 14 62 52 1.192 +10 44 8 Bristol City 42 16 12 14 61 63 0.968 –2 44 9 Swindon Town 42 18 8 16 72 77 0.935 –5 44 10 Aldershot 42 16 12 14 53 66 0.803 –13 44 11 Notts County 42 17 9 16 59 54 1.093 +4 43 12 Southend United 42 16 9 17 61 64 0.953 –3 41 13 Cardiff City 42 15 11 16 61 65 0.938 –4 41 14 Exeter City 42 13 14 15 65 82 0.793 –17 40 15 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 42 13 13 16 52 58 0.897 –6 39 16 Mansfield Town 42 12 15 15 44 62 0.710 –18 39 17 Northampton Town 42 15 8 19 51 58 0.879 –7 38 18 Port Vale 42 14 9 19 52 58 0.897 –6 37 19 Torquay United 42 14 9 19 54 70 0.771 –16 37 20 Clapton Orient 42 11 13 18 53 55 0.964 –2 35 21 Walsall 42 11 11 20 68 69 0.986 –1 33 22 Bristol Rovers 42 10 13 19 55 61 0.902 –6 33 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 = PointsKey Division Champions, promoted Re-elected Failed re-election (none) External links
References
- ^ British Pathé. "FA Cup 2nd Round – Horden CW vs Newport County". http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=21017. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
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