1975–76 Newport County A.F.C. season

Welsh association football club season July 2020 Newport County 1975–76 Dave Elliott (until February 1976)Jimmy Scoular (from February 1976) Somerton Park Fourth Division 22nd (re-elected) FA Cup 1st round League Cup 1st round Welsh Cup Parsons (15) Parsons (16) 5,182 vs Swindon Town (FA Cup, 22 Nov 1975) 1,092 vs Watford (31 Mar 1976) 2,083 1974–75 1976–77 _newport7475 _newport7475 _newport7475 FF6600 FF6600 FF6600 000000 FF6600 _newport7982 _newport7982 _newport7779 _white_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _newport7475h _newport7475h _newport7475h _newport75alt FF4500 FF4500 FF4500 000000 FF4500 The 1975–76 season was Newport County's 14th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 48th overall in the Football League. Season review Newport continued to play in shirts with broad shoulder stripes from the end of the previous season (shown as third kit here) until late September 1975,https://www.flickr.com/photos/newportcounty/2577975974/ Eddie Woods v Southport 13/9/75 14 June 2008 Flickr when they switched to kits with three adidas stripes down the sleeves but no other branding.https://www.flickr.com/photos/newportcounty/2579038612/ Eddie Woods v Torquay, 5/3/76 14 June 2008 Flickr The broad shoulder stripe kit was also used on occasions throughout the rest of the season, including against Swindon in the FA Cup on 22 November 1975https://www.flickr.com/photos/114058793@N05/48444414431/ Newport County vs Darlington - 1975 - Page 6 3 August 2019 Flickrhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/114058793@N05/48444422336/ Newport County vs Darlington - 1975 - Page 7 3 August 2019 Flickr and against Watford at home on 31 March 1976.https://www.flickr.com/photos/newportcounty/2578212229/ Pressure from Parsons & Woods, 31/3/76 14 June 2008 Flickr Results summary 8 7 8 35 33 5 2 16 22 57 rsssf.com October 2016 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A Result W/W/D/L/W/L/D/W/W/W/L/D/D/D/W/W/L/L/W/L/D/L/L/W/W/L/D/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/W/D/L/L/D/L/L Position 7/3/3/7/1/8/7/7/6/4/6/6/6/9/5/5/7/9/7/9/9/10/13/10/7/9/9/14/15/16/16/16/16/17/17/19/20/20/20/20/19/19/21/22/22/22 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 3 May 1976 statto.com January 2011 Fixtures and results Fourth Division 1975–76 Football League#Fourth Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance16 Aug 1975Lincoln CityH3–1Jones 2, Woods2,79723 Aug 1975WorkingtonA2–1Woods, Jones1,42530 Aug 1975Scunthorpe UnitedH0–02,7356 Sep 1975RochdaleA3–4Woods 2, Jones1,11913 Sep 1975SouthportH2–0Godfrey, White2,34220 Sep 1975BournemouthA0–23,99323 Sep 1975Swansea CityA2–2S.Aizlewood 24,45627 Sep 1975Cambridge UnitedH2–0Parsons 22,2444 Oct 1975BrentfordA3–1Jones, Bell, Hooper5,68011 Oct 1975BarnsleyH1–0Woods3,04318 Oct 1975Huddersfield TownA1–2Parsons5,47720 Oct 1975ReadingH0–03,95525 Oct 1975Exeter CityH3–3Parsons 2, Jones2,8711 Nov 1975Torquay UnitedA1–1Parsons2,1633 Nov 1975Stockport CountyA1–0OG2,2088 Nov 1975Bradford CityH3–1Hooper, Love, White2,74715 Nov 1975Doncaster RoversA1–5Parsons7,79329 Nov 1975Hartlepool UnitedA1–4Godfrey2,7806 Dec 1975DarlingtonH4–1Jones, Parsons, White, OG1,87820 Dec 1975WatfordA1–3Parsons3,26126 Dec 1975Crewe AlexandraH2–2Woodruff, Parsons3,78827 Dec 1975Northampton TownA0–38,4483 Jan 1976Tranmere RoversH1–5Parsons2,07410 Jan 1976Scunthorpe UnitedA2–1Woods 21,87917 Jan 1976BournemouthH3–1Parsons, White, OG1,49624 Jan 1976SouthportA0–31,2687 Feb 1976Stockport CountyH2–2White, S.Aizlewood1,65221 Feb 1976Doncaster RoversH2–3Parsons, Woods1,54323 Feb 1976Swansea CityH1–2S.Aizlewood2,04028 Feb 1976Exeter CityA0–33,4472 Mar 1976ReadingA0–16,2115 Mar 1976Torquay UnitedH0–21,5888 Mar 1976BrentfordH1–0Parsons1,15013 Mar 1976BarnsleyA1–3Woods2,58717 Mar 1976Huddersfield TownH1–2Parsons1,37420 Mar 1976Hartlepool UnitedH0–11,23027 Mar 1976DarlingtonA0–41,31231 Mar 1976WatfordH0–21,0923 Apr 1976Lincoln CityA1–4M.Aizlewood8,1786 Apr 1976Cambridge UnitedA1–0Love1,36110 Apr 1976RochdaleH1–1Jones1,33114 Apr 1976Tranmere RoversA1–3Jones2,62917 Apr 1976Crewe AlexandraA0–41,97120 Apr 1976Northampton TownH1–1Jones1,72824 Apr 1976WorkingtonH2–3Woods, Jones1,2263 May 1976Bradford CityA0–31,676 FA Cup 1975–76 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance122 Nov 1975Swindon TownH2–2Godfrey, Parsons5,1821r25 Nov 1975Swindon TownA0–37,574 Football League Cup 1975–76 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceNotes1–119 Aug 1975Exeter CityH1–1Love2,2681–226 Aug 1975Exeter CityA0–21–3 agg League table Fourth Division NPC Election VotesClubFate42Stockport CountyRe-elected to the League41Newport CountyRe-elected to the League38SouthportRe-elected to the League21WorkingtonRe-elected to the League18Yeovil TownNot elected to the League14Kettering TownNot elected to the League6Wigan AthleticNot elected to the League3Chelmsford CityNot elected to the League3WimbledonNot elected to the League2Nuneaton BoroughNot elected to the League2Telford UnitedNot elected to the League1Gainsborough TrinityNot elected to the League1ScarboroughNot elected to the League External links Newport County 1975-1976 : Results Newport County football club match record: 1976 Welsh Cup 1975/76 References Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. 978-1-874427-40-7 1975-76 Category:English football clubs 1975–76 season Category:1975–76 in Welsh football