- 2007–08 Newport County A.F.C. season
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Newport County 2007–08 season Chairman 
Chris BlightManager 
Peter BeadleConference South 9th FA Cup 3rd qualifying round FA Trophy 2nd round FAW Premier Cup Winners Top goalscorer League: Griffin (16)
All: Griffin (20)Highest home attendance 1,889 vs Llanelli (FAWPC, 11 Mar 2008) Lowest home attendance 726 vs Cambridge City (23 Jan 2008) Average home attendance 1,000 
Home coloursAway colours← 2006–07 2008–09 → The 2007–08 season was Newport County's fourth 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 for the second year running, this time to play-off semi-finalists Fisher Athletic.[1] There was some consolation in winning the FAW Premier Cup after County's second successive final appearance.[2]
Contents
Season review
League
The first half of the season saw County well in the play-off places, only losing four games. The second half of the season was a different story, with the club losing eight matches and falling out of the play-off zone. After missing out on the play-offs for two consecutive seasons Peter Beadle was sacked as manager on 27 April 2008.[1].
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 18 12 12 64 49 +15 66 9 5 7 37 27 +10 9 7 5 27 22 +5 Last updated: 26 Apr 2008
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 A H A H A H H A H A A A A A H H H A H A A H A H A H H A A H H A A H H H Result D D W L W L D W W W W D L W W D D L D W W D W W D D L L W W W L L L W W L D W D L L Position 11 14 7 12 8 10 10 9 6 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 6 9 8 5 5 6 5 4 5 8 8 8 7 5 7 9 11 9 8 9 9 6 6 6 9 Last updated: 26 Apr 2008.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Fixtures and results
Pre-season friendlies
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 21 Jul 2007 Chippenham Town A 1–2 C.Hughes 24 Jul 2007 Clevedon Town A 4–1 C.Hughes, S.O'Sullivan, C.Griffin 2 1 Aug 2007 Bristol Rovers H 2–4 C.Griffin (P), J.Alsop 4 Aug 2007 Llanelli A 2–1 C.Hughes 2 6 Aug 2007 Yate Town A 5–3 C.Griffin, J.Alsop, S.O'Sullivan 2, C.Hughes Conference South
Main article: 2007–08 Football Conference#Conference SouthDate Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Sat 11 Aug 2007 Bishop's Stortford A 0–0 516 Wed 15 Aug 2007 Maidenhead United H 1–1 J.Bowen 1,159 Sat 18 Aug 2007 St Albans City H 2–0 J.Alsop, J.Bowen 1,006 Sat 25 Aug 2007 Hampton & Richmond Borough A 0–1 493 Mon 27 Aug 2007 Basingstoke Town H 2–0 J.Bowen, N.Davies 1,004 Sun 2 Sep 2007 Lewes A 0–1 496 Fri 7 Sep 2007 Bath City A 1–1 I.Hillier 1,619 Sat 15 Sep 2007 Sutton United H 2–0 J.Bowen, C.Griffin 853 Tue 18 Sep 2007 Eastleigh A 2–0 C.Griffin, J.Bowen 683 Sat 22 Sep 2007 Braintree Town H 2–0 J.Alsop, C.Hughes 866 Sat 6 Oct 2007 Maidenhead United A 3–2 J.Alsop, C.Griffin, C.Hughes 638 Sat 20 Oct 2007 Bognor Regis Town H 2–2 C.Hughes, L.Fowler 849 Wed 24 Oct 2007 Bath City H 2–3 R.Evans 2 970 Sat 27 Oct 2007 Fisher Athletic A 3–1 C.Griffin, C.Hughes, J.Bowen (P) 284 Sat 3 Nov 2007 Dorchester Town H 3–2 C.Hughes, C.Griffin 2 928 Sat 17 Nov 2007 Bromley A 2–2 C.Griffin, J.Alsop 1,021 Tue 27 Nov 2007 Eastbourne Borough A 0–0 603 Sat 8 Dec 2007 Basingstoke Town A 1–3 L.Fowler 468 Wed 26 Dec 2007 Weston-super-Mare A 2–2 C.Hughes, J.Alsop 788 Sat 29 Dec 2007 Dorchester Town A 3–2 I.Hillier, C.Griffin, J.Clarke 615 Tue 1 Jan 2008 Weston-super-Mare H 5–0 I.Hillier, C.Griffin 2, J.Bowen, N.Davies 1,030 Sat 5 Jan 2008 Hayes & Yeading H 1–1 J.Clarke 902 Wed 23 Jan 2008 Cambridge City H 4–1 C.Hughes 2, L.Fowler, C.Griffin 726 Sat 26 Jan 2008 Sutton United A 1–0 J.Bowen (P) 609 Sat 2 Feb 2008 Hampton & Richmond Borough H 2–2 C.Griffin, C.Hughes 890 Sat 9 Feb 2008 St Albans City A 0–0 496 Sat 16 Feb 2008 Thurrock A 0–3 326 Sun 24 Feb 2008 Lewes H 1–3 C.Griffin 1,157 Wed 27 Feb 2008 Welling United A 2–1 J.Bowen (P), P.Cochlin 506 Sat 1 Mar 2008 Bishop's Stortford H 1–0 J.Bowen 1,022 Sat 8 Mar 2008 Hayes & Yeading A 3–1 C.Griffin, A.Gurney, R.Evans 362 Wed 19 Mar 2008 Welling United H 0–1 912 Sat 22 Mar 2008 Eastleigh H 1–2 P.Cochlin 926 Mon 24 Mar 2008 Havant & Waterlooville A 0–2 877 Sat 29 Mar 2008 Bognor Regis Town A 2–0 J.Bowen (P), L.Fowler 521 Sat 5 Apr 2008 Bromley H 3–1 A.Gurney 2, C.Griffin 1,057 Wed 9 Apr 2008 Havant & Waterlooville H 0–1 963 Sat 12 Apr 2008 Braintree Town A 0–0 1,026 Tue 15 Apr 2008 Cambridge City A 2–0 C.Griffin, A.Gurney 535 Sat 19 Apr 2008 Eastbourne Borough H 1–1 A.Gurney 1,206 Mon 21 Apr 2008 Thurrock H 1–4 A.Gurney 1,144 Sat 26 Apr 2008 Fisher Athletic H 1–2 A.Gurney 1,427 FA Cup
Main article: 2007–08 FA CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 2Q 29 Sep 2007 Basingstoke Town A 1–0 C.Griffin 658 3Q 12 Oct 2007 Bath City H 1–2 I.Hillier 1,446 FA Trophy
Main article: 2007–08 FA TrophyRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 3Q 24 Nov 2007 Windsor & Eton A 2–1 C.Hughes, J.Clarke 274 1 15 Dec 2007 Bath City H 3–0 C.Hughes 2, C.Griffin 592 2 12 Jan 2008 Torquay United H 1–2 M.Dodds 1,510 FAW Premier Cup
Main article: 2007–08 FAW Premier CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 2 6 Nov 2007 Bangor City H 1–0 C.Griffin 403 QF 19 Dec 2007 Swansea City H 1–0 J.Bowen 819 SF 19 Feb 2008 Cardiff City A 1–1 a.e.t J.Bowen 1,960 Won 5–4 on penalties F 11 Mar 2008 Llanelli H 1–0 C.Hughes 1,889 Gwent Senior Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes R1 4 Sep 2007 Tredegar Town A 2–1 C Hughes, M Dodds 200 QF 26 Sep 2007 Cwmbran Celtic A 0–3 450 League table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes 1 Lewes 42 27 8 7 81 39 +42 89 Champions, promoted 2 Eastbourne Borough 42 23 11 8 83 38 +45 80 Play-off winners, promoted 3 Hampton & Richmond Borough 42 21 14 7 87 49 +38 77 Play-offs 4 Fisher Athletic 42 22 5 15 65 61 +4 71 Play-offs 5 Braintree Town 42 19 12 11 52 42 +10 69 Play-offs 6 Eastleigh 42 19 10 13 76 62 +14 67 7 Havant & Waterlooville 42 19 10 13 59 53 +6 67 8 Bath City 42 17 15 10 59 36 +23 66 9 Newport County 42 18 12 12 64 49 +15 66 10 Bishop's Stortford 42 18 10 14 72 60 +12 64 11 Bromley 42 19 7 16 77 66 +11 64 12 Thurrock 42 18 9 15 63 64 −1 63 13 Hayes & Yeading United 42 14 12 16 67 73 −6 54 14 Cambridge City 42 14 10 18 71 72 −1 52 Demoted ¹ 15 Basingstoke Town 42 12 14 16 54 75 −21 50 16 Welling United 42 13 7 22 41 64 −23 46 17 Maidenhead United 42 11 12 19 56 59 −3 45 18 Bognor Regis Town 42 11 11 20 49 67 −18 44 19 St Albans City 42 10 12 20 43 69 −26 42 20 Weston-super-Mare 42 9 10 23 52 85 −33 37 21 Dorchester Town 42 8 10 24 36 70 −34 34 Reprieved from relegation ² 22 Sutton United 42 5 9 28 32 86 −54 24 Relegated Key Division Champions Promoted Into play-offs Relegated ¹ Cambridge City demoted for failing to comply with stadium regulations.
² Dorchester Town reprieved from relegation due to Nuneaton Borough's liquidation and the Conference's decision to expel Boston United.
References
- ^ a b "Beadle's final game". South Wales Argus. 27 Apr 2008. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/archive/2008/04/27/newportcounty/2228763./.
- ^ "Newport 1-0 Llanelli". BBC Sport. 11 Mar 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_of_wales/7288254.stm.
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