- 1980–81 Newport County A.F.C. season
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Newport County 1980–81 season Manager 
Len AshurstThird Division 12th European Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final FA Cup 1st round League Cup 2nd round Welsh Cup Semi-final Top goalscorer League: Gwyther (16)
All: Gwyther (21)Highest home attendance 18,000 vs FC Carl Zeiss Jena (ECWC, 18 Mar 1981) Lowest home attendance 3,748 vs Carlisle United (5 May 1981) Average home attendance 5,658 
Home coloursAway colours← 1979–80 1981–82 → The 1980–81 season was Newport County's first season back in the Third Division since relegation in 1962 and their 53rd season overall in the Football League.
The club finished a credible 12th in the Third Division but this season was all about County's first European competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Contents
Season review
League
Results summary
Note: Two 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 15 13 18 64 61 +3 43 11 6 6 38 22 +16 4 7 12 26 39 −13 Last updated: 7 May 1981
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 43 44 45 46 Ground A H H A A H A H A H H A A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A A H A A H H A A H H H A H A H A Result D L W W L L L L W D W L L W W W W L L L D D D L L D W L L D W D D L W D D L W D W D W L W L Position 13 17 10 7 11 15 21 24 22 20 19 19 20 21 18 14 14 15 18 18 16 16 16 16 17 17 15 17 17 19 17 17 17 18 15 14 16 21 20 18 20 18 15 16 12 12 Last updated: 7 May 1981.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Fixtures and results
Third Division
Main article: 1980–81 Football League#Third DivisionDate Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 16 Aug 1980 Burnley A 1–1 J.Aldridge 6,715 19 Aug 1980 Charlton Athletic H 1–2 T.Tynan 8,062 23 Aug 1980 Millwall H 2–1 T.Tynan 2 6,620 30 Aug 1980 Carlisle United A 4–1 J.Aldridge, K.Elsey, D.Gwyther, K.Moore 2,859 6 Sep 1980 Gillingham A 2–3 S.Lowndes, K.Oakes 4,712 13 Sep 1980 Oxford United H 0–1 5,256 20 Sep 1980 Chesterfield A 2–3 D.Gwyther, T.Tynan 5,277 27 Sep 1980 Plymouth Argyle H 0–2 6,878 4 Oct 1980 Brentford A 1–0 S.Lowndes 6,360 7 Oct 1980 Reading H 0–0 5,545 11 Oct 1980 Portsmouth H 2–1 K.Oakes 2 7,003 14 Oct 1980 Sheffield United A 0–2 9,776 18 Oct 1980 Walsall A 0–1 4,335 25 Oct 1980 Huddersfield Town H 3–2 K.Oakes, S.Lowndes, D.Gwyther 6,403 28 Oct 1980 Fulham H 2–1 J.Aldridge, OG 6,029 1 Nov 1980 Blackpool A 4–2 K.Oakes 2, J.Aldridge, D.Gwyther 4,556 8 Nov 1980 Hull City H 4–0 K.Oakes, D.Gwyther, N.Bailey, S.Lowndes 5,495 11 Nov 1980 Charlton Athletic A 0–3 6,911 15 Nov 1980 Burnley H 1–2 T.Tynan 5,370 29 Nov 1980 Rotherham United A 0–1 5,512 3 Dec 1980 Chester A 1–1 S.Lowndes 1,640 6 Dec 1980 Barnsley H 0–0 5,537 13 Dec 1980 Chester H 1–1 D.Gwyther 4,149 20 Dec 1980 Colchester United A 0–1 2,160 26 Dec 1980 Swindon Town H 0–2 7,086 27 Dec 1980 Exeter City A 2–2 T.Tynan, D.Gwyther 6,295 3 Jan 1981 Sheffield United H 4–0 D.Gwyther, S.Lowndes, K.Moore, T.Tynan 6,630 10 Jan 1981 Huddersfield Town A 1–4 S.Lowndes 9,063 16 Jan 1981 Rotherham United H 0–1 4,783 31 Jan 1981 Millwall A 0–0 4,913 7 Feb 1981 Oxford United A 1–0 D.Gwyther 4,440 14 Feb 1981 Gillingham H 1–1 D.Gwyther 5,172 18 Feb 1981 Reading A 1–1 S.Lowndes 3,876 21 Feb 1981 Plymouth Argyle A 2–3 T.Tynan, D.Gwyther 4,315 28 Feb 1981 Chesterfield H 5–1 T.Tynan 2, D.Gwyther, K.Oakes, S.Lowndes 5,340 7 Mar 1981 Brentford H 1–1 T.Tynan 5,224 14 Mar 1981 Portsmouth A 0–0 13,208 28 Mar 1981 Fulham A 1–2 D.Gwyther 4,570 4 Apr 1981 Blackpool H 3–1 J.Aldridge 2, A.Waddle 4,514 7 Apr 1981 Walsall H 1–1 K.Moore 5,446 18 Apr 1981 Exeter City H 2–1 T.Tynan, A.Waddle 5,231 20 Apr 1981 Swindon Town A 1–1 A.Waddle 8,435 25 Apr 1981 Colchester United H 1–0 J.Aldridge 4,619 2 May 1981 Barnsley A 1–4 D.Gwyther 15,659 5 May 1981 Carlisle United H 4–0 D.Gwyther 2, T.Tynan, N.Vaughan 3,748 7 May 1981 Hull City A 1–3 K.Elsey 2,059 European Cup Winners' Cup
Main article: 1980–81 European Cup Winners' CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 1–1 16 Sep 1980 Crusaders Somerton Park 4–0 Bruton, Gwyther, Aldridge, Moore 6,285 1–2 1 Oct 1980 Crusaders Seaview 0–0 1,500 4–0 agg 2–1 22 Oct 1980 SK Haugar Sakkestad Stadion 0–0 4,522 2–2 4 Nov 1980 SK Haugar Somerton Park 6–0 Tynan 2, Lowndes, Gwyther, Aldridge, Moore 8,855 6–0 agg QF-1 4 Mar 1981 FC Carl Zeiss Jena Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld 2–2 Tynan 2 16,000 QF-2 18 Mar 1981 FC Carl Zeiss Jena Somerton Park 0–1 18,000 2–3 agg FA Cup
Main article: 1980–81 FA CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 1 22 Nov 1980 Plymouth Argyle Home Park 0–2 6,719 Football League Cup
Main article: 1980–81 Football League CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 1–1 9 Aug 1980 Hereford United Edgar Street 0–1 7,745 1–2 12 Aug 1980 Hereford United Somerton Park 5–0 Vaughan 2, Aldridge 2, Gwyther 5,683 5–1 agg 2–1 26 Aug 1980 Notts County Somerton Park 1–1 Vaughan 6,708 2–2 2 Sep 1980 Notts County Meadow Lane 0–2 4,714 1–3 agg Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 3 17 Nov 1980 Worcester City Somerton Park 2–2 Moore, Elsey 2,937 3r 24 Nov 1980 Worcester City St. George's Lane 3–2 Oakes, Lowndes, Aldridge 3,015 4 6 Jan 1981 Ton Pentre Somerton Park 3–0 Gwyther 2, Moore 2,949 5 10 Feb 1981 Bangor City Somerton Park 3–1 Oakes, Vaughan, Tynan 3,018 SF-1 25 Mar 1981 Hereford United Edgar Street 1–2 Moore 5,251 SF-2 31 Mar 1981 Hereford United Somerton Park 1–1 Lowndes 5,994 2–3 agg League table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts 1 Rotherham United 46 24 13 9 62 32 +30 61 2 Barnsley 46 21 17 8 72 45 +27 59 3 Charlton Athletic 46 25 9 12 63 44 +19 59 4 Huddersfield Town 46 21 14 11 71 40 +31 56 5 Chesterfield 46 23 10 13 72 48 +24 56 6 Portsmouth 46 22 9 15 55 47 +8 53 7 Plymouth Argyle 46 19 14 13 56 44 +12 52 8 Burnley 46 18 14 14 60 48 +12 50 9 Brentford 46 14 19 13 52 49 +3 47 10 Reading 46 18 10 18 62 62 +0 46 11 Exeter City 46 16 13 17 62 66 −4 45 12 Newport County 46 15 13 18 64 61 +3 43 13 Fulham 46 15 13 18 57 64 −7 43 14 Oxford United 46 13 17 16 39 47 −8 43 15 Gillingham 46 12 18 16 48 58 −10 42 16 Millwall 46 14 14 18 43 60 −17 42 17 Swindon Town 46 13 15 18 51 56 −5 41 18 Chester 46 15 11 20 38 48 −10 41 19 Carlisle United 46 14 13 19 56 70 −14 41 20 Walsall 46 13 15 18 59 74 −15 41 21 Sheffield United 46 14 12 20 65 63 +2 40 22 Colchester United 46 14 11 21 45 65 −20 39 23 Blackpool 46 9 14 23 45 75 −30 32 24 Hull City 46 8 16 22 40 71 −31 32 Key Division Champions Promoted Relegated External links
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