1960–61 Newport County A.F.C. season

Welsh association football club season December 2021 Newport County 1960–61 Billy Lucas Somerton Park Third Division 13th FA Cup 1st round Football League Cup 1st round Welsh Cup 6th round K.McPherson (20) K.McPherson (22) 9,232 vs Grimsby Town (26 September 1960) 2,785 vs Shrewsbury Town (3 April 1961) 5,371 1959–60 1961–62 FF8C0D FF8C0D FF8C0D FF8C0D FF8C0D FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF The 1960–61 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Football League Third Division since the end of regionalisation in 1958. It was their 32nd season in the third tier and 33rd competitive season overall in the Football League. Season review Results summary 12 7 4 51 30 5 4 14 30 60 rsssf.com October 2016 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H Result W/L/L/W/W/D/L/W/D/L/D/D/W/D/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/D/L/L/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/D/L/D/D/L/L/L/L/W/D Position 8/13/18/11/10/8/13/9/10/11/11/11/11/12/10/9/8/10/11/9/7/7/9/10/11/10/12/11/11/9/8/8/7/7/7/8/8/9/10/10/10/13/13/14/13/13 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 29 Apr 1961 statto.com May 2013 Fixtures and results Third Division 1960–61 Football League#Third Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance20 Aug 1960ReadingH5–2Singer 3, Dixon, McPherson8,58622 Aug 1960Hull CityA1–5Burton9,81127 Aug 1960Coventry CityA1–4McPherson11,81929 Aug 1960Hull CityH3–1Singer 2, Riggs7,3063 Sep 1960Bristol CityH4–1McPherson, Fry8,5386 Sep 1960WalsallA2–2Singer, OG6,70010 Sep 1960Queens Park RangersA0–27,30115 Sep 1960WalsallH4–2McSeveney 2, Singer 25,58517 Sep 1960Notts CountyH2–2McSeveney, Singer7,77920 Sep 1960Grimsby TownA1–2OG12,28824 Sep 1960Bournemouth & Boscombe AthleticA2–2Meyer 28,50726 Sep 1960Grimsby TownH1–1Dixon9,2321 Oct 1960Bradford CityH1–0Meyer4,5478 Oct 1960Halifax TownH1–1McPherson3,69815 Oct 1960Tranmere RoversA4–2Meyer 2, Sherwood, McPherson7,82729 Oct 1960BrentfordA4–2Burton 2, McSeveney, McPherson7,60012 Nov 1960Torquay UnitedA0–06,8755 Dec 1960ChesterfieldH5–1Burton, McSeveney, Ford, OG 26,71310 Dec 1960BuryA1–4Ford7,34917 Dec 1960ReadingA3–2McPherson, Fry, Meyer5,78022 Dec 1960Colchester UnitedH3–2Burton 2, Meyer6,18626 Dec 1960Colchester UnitedA1–1McPherson6,7327 Jan 1961Southend UnitedA2–4Burton, McPherson6,03714 Jan 1961Bristol CityA0–311,88623 Jan 1961Queens Park RangersH1–3Ford6,61028 Jan 1961Swindon TownH2–0McSeveny, McPherson3,3504 Feb 1961Notts CountyA0–610,67311 Feb 1961Bournemouth & Boscombe AthleticH2–0McPherson, Meyer3,79013 Feb 1961Port ValeH2–1McPherson, Smith5,10018 Feb 1961Bradford CityA2–1Dixon, Meyer8,82025 Feb 1961ChesterfieldA0–13,5864 Mar 1961Tranmere RoversH1–0Meyer4,6086 Mar 1961WatfordH5–1McPherson 3, Smith, Meyer5,20811 Mar 1961WatfordA1–4Rowland9,18813 Mar 1961BarnsleyH2–3McPherson 26,19818 Mar 1961BrentfordH0–13,75620 Mar 1961Coventry CityH3–3Meyer 2, Sherwood3,66025 Mar 1961Swindon TownA0–27,9041 Apr 1961Torquay UnitedH2–2Sherwood, McSeveney3,8723 Apr 1961Shrewsbury TownH1–1McSeveney2,7858 Apr 1961Port ValeA1–3McSeveney6,30215 Apr 1961Southend UnitedH1–2Sherwood2,91717 Apr 1961Shrewsbury TownA0–55,87722 Apr 1961Halifax TownA1–2McPherson3,58924 Apr 1961BarnsleyA3–1McSeveney, Smith, Derrick4,02529 Apr 1961BuryH0–03,523 FA Cup 1960–61 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance15 Nov 1960Shrewsbury TownA1–4McSeveney11,496 Football League Cup 1960–61 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance110 Oct 1960SouthamptonH2–2McSeveney, McPherson7,8341r17 Oct 1960SouthamptonA2–2 a.e.t.McSeveney, Smith8,0001r226 Oct 1960SouthamptonA3–5Burton 38,414 Welsh Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance52 Feb 1961Abergavenny ThursdaysA3–1Dixon, McPherson, Smith616 Feb 1961Cardiff CityA1–2Meyer12,192 League table Third Division NPC External links Newport County 1960-1961 : Results Newport County football club match record: 1961 Welsh Cup 1960/61 References Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. 978-1-874427-40-7 1960-61 Category:English football clubs 1960–61 season Category:1960–61 in Welsh football