- 2006–07 Newport County A.F.C. season
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Newport County 2006–07 season Chairman 
Chris BlightManager 
Peter BeadleConference South 6th FA Cup 1st round FA Trophy 2nd round FAW Premier Cup Final Top goalscorer League: Hughes (21)
All: Hughes (26)Highest home attendance 4,616 vs Swansea City (FA Cup, 11 Nov 2006) Lowest home attendance 655 vs Fisher Athletic (23 Mar 2007) Average home attendance 932 
Home colours
Away colours← 2005–06 2007–08 → The 2006–07 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Conference South and they had been ever-present since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004.
Newport County missed out on a place in the promotion play-offs due to a last-day defeat to Cambridge City.[1] The club also missed out on silverware following their second FAW Premier Cup Final defeat.[2]
Contents
Season review
League
Results summary
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 42 21 7 14 83 57 +26 70 15 1 5 52 24 +28 6 6 9 31 33 −2 Last updated: 28 Apr 2007
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 H H A H A H A H H A H A A H A H A A H H H H H A H A A A A H A A H H A H H A A H A Result D W W L W W W L L L W L W L W W L W W W L D L L W D W L L W D W D W W W D W D L W L Position 8 5 3 7 5 2 2 5 6 8 5 7 6 11 9 8 11 7 6 4 6 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 9 8 9 8 8 7 8 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 Last updated: 28 Apr 2007.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Cup
County reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the first time since the 2001–02 season. The first-round match with Swansea City ended in defeat but set a new record attendance at Newport Stadium.[3] The club also reached their second FAW Premier Cup final but were beaten one-nil at home to The New Saints.[2]
Fixtures and results
Pre-season friendlies
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 20 Jul 2006 Caldicot Town A 2–0 J.Phillips, M.Green 22 Jul 2006 Port Talbot Town A 2–2 T.Toppar, C.Hughes 25 Jul 2006 Almondsbury Town A 4–0 T.Toppar, C.Hughes, M.Prosser 2 29 Jul 2006 Chippenham Town A 1–3 C.Hughes 2 Aug 2006 Yate Town A 1–1 M.Green 3 Aug 2006 Stoke City H 5–0 C.Jones, C.Hartland 2, L.Waite, W.Archer 5 Aug 2006 Gloucester City H 4–1 C.Hughes 2, M.Green, J.Alsop 11 Aug 2006 Rogerstone H 4–1 R.Morgan, L.Toghill, C.Jones, M.Palmer Conference South
Main article: 2006–07 Football Conference#Conference SouthDate Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 12 Aug 2006 Fisher Athletic A 3–3 I.Hillier, J.Alsop, J.Brough 322 16 Aug 2006 Basingstoke Town H 3–0 J.Alsop, C.Hughes 2 928 19 Aug 2006 Havant & Waterlooville H 1–0 J.Alsop 856 22 Aug 2006 Salisbury City A 1–2 D.Searle 1,101 26 Aug 2006 Bedford Town A 2–0 J.Bowen 2 602 28 Aug 2006 Hayes H 2–0 C.Hughes, I.Hillier (P) 1,092 1 Sep 2006 Bishop's Stortford H 4–1 S.O'Sullivan 2, C.Hughes, N.Davies 1,215 9 Sep 2006 Histon A 0–1 1,189 13 Sep 2006 Farnborough Town H 3–4 N.Blake, J.Bowen 2 (1P) 1,030 16 Sep 2006 Lewes A 0–2 494 23 Sep 2006 Eastleigh H 3–1 C.Hughes 2, J.Bowen (P) 828 7 Oct 2006 Cambridge City A 1–2 C.Hughes 416 21 Oct 2006 Sutton United H 3–1 C.Hughes 2, J.Bowen (P) 821 18 Nov 2006 Braintree Town H 0–1 783 2 Dec 2006 Welling United A 3–2 R.Evans, M.Green, P.Cochlin 750 9 Dec 2006 Yeading H 4–1 M.Green 3, R.Evans 715 26 Dec 2006 Dorchester Town H 0–1 1,243 30 Dec 2006 Weston-super-Mare H 1–0 J.Alsop 802 1 Jan 2007 Dorchester Town A 4–0 J.Alsop, J.Bowen 2, C.Hughes 708 6 Jan 2007 Histon H 5–1 J.Alsop, N.Davies, J.Bowen 2 (1P), C.Hughes 1,065 20 Jan 2007 Farnborough Town A 0–1 577 27 Jan 2007 Lewes H 1–1 J.Bowen 803 3 Feb 2007 Thurrock H 1–3 M.Prosser 783 10 Feb 2007 Braintree Town A 1–2 C.Hughes 560 17 Feb 2007 Welling United H 3–1 D.Holdsworth 2, J.Bowen 756 24 Feb 2007 Yeading A 1–1 S.Edwards 310 10 Mar 2007 Bognor Regis Town H 3–1 C.Hughes, OG, D.Holdsworth 755 12 Mar 2007 Eastleigh A 1–3 C.Hughes 623 17 Mar 2007 Havant & Waterlooville A 1–3 J.Bowen (P) 681 23 Mar 2007 Fisher Athletic H 4–2 OG, S.O'Sullivan, C.Hughes, C.Griffin 655 27 Mar 2007 Bognor Regis Town A 1–1 C.Griffin 342 31 Mar 2007 Basingstoke Town A 1–0 C.Griffin 822 3 Apr 2007 Bishop's Stortford A 2–2 D.Searle, C.Hughes 502 7 Apr 2007 Bedford Town H 2–0 C.Griffin, C.Hughes 776 11 Apr 2007 Hayes A 1–0 S.O'Sullivan 403 14 Apr 2007 Salisbury City H 4–3 C.Hughes, C.Griffin 2, J.Bowen (P) 1,014 16 Apr 2007 Thurrock A 2–2 D.Searle, C.Griffin 231 18 Apr 2007 Eastbourne Borough H 4–0 C.Hughes 2, S.O'Sullivan, J.Bowen (P) 1,051 21 Apr 2007 Sutton United A 1–1 J.Bowen (P) 685 24 Apr 2007 Eastbourne Borough A 1–2 OG 522 26 Apr 2007 Weston-super-Mare A 4–3 C.Hughes, J.Alsop, OG, S.O'Sullivan 685 28 Apr 2007 Cambridge City H 1–2 S.Edwards 1,608 FA Cup
Main article: 2006–07 FA CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 2Q 30 Sep 2006 Bideford A 3–0 J.Alsop, C.Hughes 2 680 3Q 14 Oct 2006 Bishop's Cleeve H 4–2 C.Hughes 2, J.Bowen 2 (1P) 809 4Q 28 Oct 2006 Tonbridge Angels A 1–0 J.Alsop 1,549 1 11 Nov 2006 Swansea City H 1–3 I.Hillier 4,616 FA Trophy
Main article: 2006–07 FA TrophyRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 3Q 25 Nov 2006 Didcot Town A 3–0 R.Evans, M.Green, J.Alsop 632 1 16 Dec 2006 Sudbury H 2–1 M.Green, I.Hillier 604 2 6 Jan 2007 Histon H 0–0 752 2r 22 Jan 2007 Histon A 1–3 M.Green 485 FAW Premier Cup
Main article: 2006–07 FAW Premier CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 2 20 Nov 2006 Cefn Druids A 2–1 J.Alsop, S.O'Sullivan 246 QF 28 Feb 2007 Wrexham H 2–1 J.Bowen (P), C.Hughes 733 SF 7 Mar 2007 Port Talbot Town H 2–1 C.Griffin, J.Bowen 904 F 21 Mar 2007 The New Saints H 0–1 1,809 League table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes 1 Histon 42 30 4 8 85 44 +41 94 Champions, promoted 2 Salisbury City 42 21 12 9 65 37 +28 75 Play-off winners, promoted 3 Braintree Town 42 21 11 10 51 38 +13 74 Play-offs 4 Havant & Waterlooville 42 20 13 9 75 46 +29 73 Play-offs 5 Bishop's Stortford 42 21 10 11 72 61 +11 73 Play-offs 6 Newport County 42 21 7 14 83 57 +26 70 7 Eastbourne Borough 42 18 15 9 58 42 +16 69 8 Welling United 42 21 6 15 65 51 +14 69 9 Lewes 42 15 17 10 67 52 +15 62 10 Fisher Athletic 42 15 11 16 77 77 0 56 11 Farnborough Town 42 19 8 15 59 52 +7 55 10 points deducted, folded ¹ 12 Bognor Regis Town 42 13 13 16 56 62 −6 52 13 Cambridge City 42 15 7 20 44 52 −8 52 14 Sutton United 42 14 9 19 58 63 −5 51 15 Eastleigh 42 11 15 16 48 53 −5 48 16 Yeading 42 12 9 21 56 78 −22 45 Merged with Hayes to form Hayes & Yeading United 17 Dorchester Town 42 11 12 19 49 77 −28 45 18 Thurrock 42 11 11 20 58 79 −21 44 19 Basingstoke Town 42 9 16 17 46 58 −12 43 20 Hayes 42 11 10 21 47 73 −26 43 Merged with Yeading to form Hayes & Yeading United 21 Weston-super-Mare 42 8 11 23 49 77 −28 35 Reprieved from relegation ² 22 Bedford Town 42 8 7 27 43 82 −39 31 Relegated ¹ Farnborough Town were reformed as Farnborough F.C. in the Southern Football League Division One South & West, two divisions below the Conference South.
² Weston-super-Mare were reprieved from relegation due to Farnborough Town folding and the merger of Hayes and Yeading.
Key Division Champions Promoted Into play-offs Relegated References
- ^ "County loss ends play-off hopes". BBC Sport. 28 Apr 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6601181.stm.
- ^ a b "Newport County 0-1 The New Saints". BBC Sport. 21 Mar 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6467353.stm.
- ^ "Newport Co 1-3 Swansea". BBC Sport. 11 Nov 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6116278.stm.
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