Newport County 1949–50 football season
The 1949–50 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season . The club finished in a re-election place, but since the division was being expanded by two clubs they were re-elected without a vote.
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts 42 13 8 21 67 98 0.684 34 11 5 5 50 34 27 2 3 16 17 64 7
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 A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H H A A H A A H A Result W L L L L L L W L W D D L W D W L D W L W L W L W L L L D L L L W D W W L D D L L W Position 8 8 16 20 22 22 22 21 22 20 20 21 22 21 20 14 17 17 14 16 15 17 16 17 15 16 17 18 18 21 21 21 21 21 20 18 18 17 18 18 22 17
Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Fixtures and results [ edit ] Third Division South [ edit ] Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 20 Aug 1949 Norwich City H 3–2 Hayward, Comley, Parker 16,238 25 Aug 1949 Northampton Town A 3–4 Parker 2, Comley 12,718 27 Aug 1949 Southend United A 0–6 11,577 1 Sep 1949 Northampton Town H 1–4 Carr 12,536 3 Sep 1949 Bristol City A 0–6 20,007 7 Sep 1949 Torquay United A 3–5 Comley, Parker, Carr 9,414 10 Sep 1949 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–1 11,157 15 Sep 1949 Torquay United H 1–0 Harper 10,462 17 Sep 1949 Walsall A 0–2 10,846 24 Sep 1949 Millwall H 4–3 Parker 2, Gardner 2 12,773 1 Oct 1949 Swindon Town A 1–1 Roffi 15,284 8 Oct 1949 Notts County H 1–1 Newall 21,543 15 Oct 1949 Port Vale A 0–1 12,599 22 Oct 1949 Ipswich Town H 1–0 Comley 11,419 29 Oct 1949 Exeter City A 3–3 Comley, Parker, Griffiths 8,095 5 Nov 1949 Leyton Orient H 3–2 Roffi 2, Griffiths 11,792 12 Nov 1949 Reading A 1–4 Payne 15,300 19 Nov 1949 Watford H 3–3 Comley 2, Harper 11,884 3 Dec 1949 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 5–0 Comley 2, Parker, Harper, Roffi, 10,560 17 Dec 1949 Norwich City A 0–4 17,895 26 Dec 1949 Aldershot H 6–0 Harper 2, Griffiths 2, Comley, Parker 13,860 27 Dec 1949 Aldershot A 1–4 Griffiths 7,318 31 Dec 1949 Bristol City H 6–4 Bowen 3, Parker 2, Comley 13,208 14 Jan 1950 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–5 11,502 21 Jan 1950 Walsall H 2–1 Comley 2 8,840 28 Jan 1950 Crystal Palace A 0–1 9,895 18 Feb 1950 Swindon Town H 1–2 Roffi 10,622 25 Feb 1950 Notts County A 0–7 28,427 4 Mar 1950 Port Vale H 1–1 Griffiths 8,762 11 Mar 1950 Ipswich Town A 0–1 12,678 18 Mar 1950 Exeter City H 1–2 Comley 6,414 25 Mar 1950 Leyton Orient A 1–2 Parker 8,819 30 Mar 1950 Southend United H 2–1 Comley, Parker 7,297 1 Apr 1950 Reading H 1–1 Roffi 9,923 7 Apr 1950 Nottingham Forest H 4–1 Roffi 2, Comley, Parker 13,337 8 Apr 1950 Watford A 1–0 Roffi 11,729 10 Apr 1950 Nottingham Forest A 0–3 15,799 15 Apr 1950 Crystal Palace H 2–2 Comley, Parker 11,459 22 Apr 1950 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 1–1 Comley 10,842 24 Apr 1950 Bristol Rovers A 0–3 10,657 29 Apr 1950 Bristol Rovers H 2–3 Comley, Roffi 8,173 1 May 1950 Millwall A 2–1 Hayward, Bowen 15,472
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 1 26 Nov 1949 Crystal Palace A 3–0 Comley, Payne, Griffiths 12,719 2 10 Dec 1949 Gateshead H 1–1 Harper 15,184 2r 15 Dec 1949 Gateshead A 2–1 a.e.t. Parker, Harper 14,000 3 7 Jan 1950 Port Vale H 1–2 Comley 17,781
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 5 12 Jan 1950 Merthyr Tydfil A 0–3
Note: As the division was being expanded by two clubs, Newport County and Millwall were re-elected without a vote.
Key Division Champions Re-elected Failed re-election