- 2008–09 Newport County A.F.C. season
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Newport County 2008–09 season Chairman 
Chris BlightManager 
Dean HoldsworthConference South 10th FA Cup 2nd qualifying round FA Trophy 1st round Top goalscorer League: Reid (16)
All: Reid (21)Highest home attendance 2,546 vs AFC Wimbledon (9 August 2008) Lowest home attendance 540 vs Eastleigh (25 February 2009) Average home attendance 852 
Home coloursAway colours← 2007–08 2009–10 → The 2008–09 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Conference South and they had been ever-present since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004.
Contents
Season review
League
After the sacking of Peter Beadle following the team's failure to make the play-offs for two consecutive seasons, Dean Holdsworth was announced as manager on 18th May 2008.[1] After a poor first half to the season where County only achieved four wins, the second half was a big improvement, with 12 wins and the beginning an unbeaten streak that would last a third of the way into the next season.
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 16 11 15 50 51 −1 59 10 3 8 31 29 +2 6 8 7 19 22 −3 Last updated: 25 Apr 2009
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 H A A H A H H A H H A A H A H A A H A A H H A A H H A H H A H A A H H A A H A H H A Result L L D D L W L D L W L D D D L D W L D L W W W D W W L W L L L L W W L D W W W W D W Position 20 20 19 17 18 17 17 18 20 17 17 17 16 18 19 19 17 17 18 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 14 10 11 12 14 15 14 12 15 15 14 12 12 10 10 10 Last updated: 25 Apr 2009.
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 Thu 10 Jul 2008 Cinderford Town A 0–0 Sat 19 Jul 2008 Leamington A 1–1 D.Collins Tue 22 Jul 2008 Carmarthen Town H 0–1 Thu 14 Jul 2008 Caldicot Town A 4–1 C.Hughes 2, P.Walsh, R.Duffy Sat 26 Jul 2008 Merthyr Tydfil A 1–1 D.Rose Wed 30 Jul 2008 Exeter City H 2–1 D.Collins (P), P.Hall Sat 8 Aug 2008 Leeds United XI H 0–1 Conference South
Main article: 2008–09 Football Conference#Conference SouthDate Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Sat 9 Aug 2008 AFC Wimbledon H 1–4 D.Collins 2,546 Tue 12 Aug 2008 Eastleigh A 2–3 K.Cooper, D.Rose 787 Sat 16 Aug 2008 Chelmsford City A 0–0 1,093 Sat 23 Aug 2008 Dorchester Town H 4–4 D.Rose, A.Harris, J.Easter, C.Hughes 852 Mon 25 Aug 2008 Team Bath A 0–2 563 Sat 30 Aug 2008 Hampton & Richmond Borough H 1–0 C.Hughes 931 Wed 3 Sep 2008 Havant & Waterlooville H 0–2 859 Sat 13 Sep 2008 Bishop's Stortford A 1–1 R.Duffy (P) 414 Sat 20 Sep 2008 St Albans City H 0–1 886 Sat 4 Oct 2008 Bromley H 3–0 P.Bignot, C.Reid (P), C.Hughes 746 Sat 18 Oct 2008 Braintree Town A 2–3 J.Roberts, C.Reid 626 Mon 20 Oct 2008 Weston-super-Mare A 1–1 D.Rose 528 Sat 25 Oct 2008 Welling United H 0–0 772 Sat 1 Nov 2008 Basingstoke Town A 0–0 419 Sat 8 Nov 2008 Hayes & Yeading H 1–5 C.Reid 679 Sat 15 Nov 2008 Havant & Waterlooville A 1–1 P.Cochlin 601 Tue 18 Nov 2008 Maidenhead United A 1–0 C.Reid 315 Sat 29 Nov 2008 Bishop's Stortford H 0–1 654 Sat 6 Dec 2008 Thurrock A 0–0 309 Sat 20 Dec 2008 AFC Wimbledon A 0–3 2,945 Fri 26 Dec 2008 Worcester City H 1–0 A.Harris 822 Sat 3 Jan 2009 Chelmsford City H 3–1 C.Reid 3 902 Sat 17 Jan 2009 Fisher Athletic A 3–1 S.Butterworth, C.Reid (P), M.Giles 249 Mon 19 Jan 2009 Worcester City A 0–0 759 Sat 24 Jan 2009 Basingstoke Town H 3–0 A.Cook, D.Rose, C.Reid 841 Wed 28 Jan 2009 Weston-super-Mare H 1–0 A.Cook 913 Sat 31 Jan 2009 Bath City A 1–2 C.Reid 1,137 Wed 11 Feb 2009 Bognor Regis Town H 2–1 D.Rose, P.Cochlin 618 Sat 14 Feb 2009 Maidenhead United H 0–1 672 Sat 21 Feb 2009 Bromley A 1–2 D.Rose (P) 561 Wed 25 Feb 2009 Eastleigh H 0–1 540 Sat 28 Feb 2009 Hayes & Yeading A 0–2 311 Tue 3 Mar 2009 Hampton & Richmond Borough A 1–0 P.Cochlin 409 Sat 7 Mar 2009 Braintree Town H 2–1 C.Reid (P), P.Cochlin 712 Wed 18 Mar 2009 Bath City H 0–4 734 Sat 21 Mar 2009 St Albans City A 1–1 S.Foley 494 Sat 28 Mar 2009 Bognor Regis Town A 1–0 C.Reid 362 Sat 4 Apr 2009 Fisher Athletic H 4–0 M.Giles, C.Reid, S.Foley, D.Rose 641 Sat 11 Apr 2009 Dorchester Town A 1–0 C.Reid 519 Mon 13 Apr 2009 Team Bath H 4–2 C.Reid, W.Turk, P.Cochlin, D.Rose 758 Sat 18 Apr 2009 Thurrock H 1–1 C.Reid 809 Sat 25 Apr 2009 Welling United A 2–0 S.Foley 2 724 FA Cup
Main article: 2008–09 FA CupRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 2Q 24 Sep 2008 Dorchester Town A 2–2 R.Duffy (P), D.Rose 396 2Qr 1 Oct 2008 Dorchester Town H 0–1 C.Reid 653 FA Trophy
Main article: 2008–09 FA TrophyRound Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 3Q 22 Nov 2008 Andover A 3–0 D.Rose, C.Reid, C.Hughes 264 1 13 Dec 2008 Rushden & Diamonds H 1–1 C.Reid 603 1r 13 Dec 2008 Rushden & Diamonds H 1–1 a.e.t. C.Reid 421 Lost 3–5 on penalties Gwent Senior Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes R1 10 Dec 2008 Cwmbran Town A 4–1 A Harris, K Cooper, S Armitage, A Vickers 200 SF 7 Apr 2009 Newport Civil Service A 0–1 250 League table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes 1 AFC Wimbledon 42 26 10 6 86 36 +50 88 Champions, promoted 2 Hampton & Richmond Borough 42 25 10 7 74 37 +37 85 Play-offs 3 Eastleigh 42 25 8 9 69 49 +20 83 Play-offs 4 Hayes & Yeading United 42 24 9 9 74 43 +31 81 Play-off winners, promoted 5 Chelmsford City 42 23 8 11 72 52 +20 77 Play-offs 6 Maidenhead United 42 21 8 13 57 46 +11 71 7 Bath City 42 20 8 14 56 45 +11 68 8 Welling United 42 19 11 12 61 44 +17 68 9 Bishop's Stortford 42 17 8 17 60 60 0 59 10 Newport County 42 16 11 15 50 51 −1 59 11 Team Bath 42 16 7 19 62 64 −2 55 Resigned ¹ 12 St Albans City 42 14 12 16 56 50 +6 54 13 Bromley 42 15 9 18 60 64 −4 54 14 Braintree Town 42 14 10 18 57 54 +3 52 15 Havant & Waterlooville 42 11 15 16 59 58 +1 48 16 Worcester City 42 12 11 19 38 53 −15 47 17 Weston-super-Mare 42 12 11 19 43 68 −25 47 18 Basingstoke Town 42 10 16 16 36 55 −19 46 19 Dorchester Town 42 10 12 20 39 61 −22 42 20 Thurrock 42 9 13 20 54 60 −6 40 21 Bognor Regis Town 42 7 12 23 33 68 −35 26 7 points deducted, relegated ² 22 Fisher Athletic 42 5 3 34 22 100 −78 18 Relegated ¹ Team Bath resigned from the league[2]
² Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points[3]
Key Division Champions Promoted Into play-offs Relegated References
- ^ "Holdsworth takes on Newport job". BBC Sport. 18 May 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7407278.stm.
- ^ "Team Bath resign from Conference". BBC Sport. 2009-04-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7991750.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ "Bognor hit with seven point deduction". The Argus. 2009-01-12. http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/argusgeneralsportsnews/4041994.Bognor_hit_with_seven_point_deduction. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
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