1960–61 Newport County A.F.C. season
Newport County 1960–61 football season
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
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts
46
17
11
18
81
90
0.9
45
12
7
4
51
30
31
5
4
14
30
60
14
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 43 44 45 46 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
Updated to match(es) played on 29 Apr 1961. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures and results
Third Division
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
20 Aug 1960
Reading H
5–2
Singer 3, Dixon, McPherson
8,586
22 Aug 1960
Hull City A
1–5
Burton
9,811
27 Aug 1960
Coventry City A
1–4
McPherson
11,819
29 Aug 1960
Hull City H
3–1
Singer 2, Riggs
7,306
3 Sep 1960
Bristol City H
4–1
McPherson, Fry
8,538
6 Sep 1960
Walsall A
2–2
Singer, OG
6,700
10 Sep 1960
Queens Park Rangers A
0–2
7,301
15 Sep 1960
Walsall H
4–2
McSeveney 2, Singer 2
5,585
17 Sep 1960
Notts County H
2–2
McSeveney, Singer
7,779
20 Sep 1960
Grimsby Town A
1–2
OG
12,288
24 Sep 1960
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A
2–2
Meyer 2
8,507
26 Sep 1960
Grimsby Town H
1–1
Dixon
9,232
1 Oct 1960
Bradford City H
1–0
Meyer
4,547
8 Oct 1960
Halifax Town H
1–1
McPherson
3,698
15 Oct 1960
Tranmere Rovers A
4–2
Meyer 2, Sherwood, McPherson
7,827
29 Oct 1960
Brentford A
4–2
Burton 2, McSeveney, McPherson
7,600
12 Nov 1960
Torquay United A
0–0
6,875
5 Dec 1960
Chesterfield H
5–1
Burton, McSeveney, Ford, OG 2
6,713
10 Dec 1960
Bury A
1–4
Ford
7,349
17 Dec 1960
Reading A
3–2
McPherson, Fry, Meyer
5,780
22 Dec 1960
Colchester United H
3–2
Burton 2, Meyer
6,186
26 Dec 1960
Colchester United A
1–1
McPherson
6,732
7 Jan 1961
Southend United A
2–4
Burton, McPherson
6,037
14 Jan 1961
Bristol City A
0–3
11,886
23 Jan 1961
Queens Park Rangers H
1–3
Ford
6,610
28 Jan 1961
Swindon Town H
2–0
McSeveny, McPherson
3,350
4 Feb 1961
Notts County A
0–6
10,673
11 Feb 1961
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H
2–0
McPherson, Meyer
3,790
13 Feb 1961
Port Vale H
2–1
McPherson, Smith
5,100
18 Feb 1961
Bradford City A
2–1
Dixon, Meyer
8,820
25 Feb 1961
Chesterfield A
0–1
3,586
4 Mar 1961
Tranmere Rovers H
1–0
Meyer
4,608
6 Mar 1961
Watford H
5–1
McPherson 3, Smith, Meyer
5,208
11 Mar 1961
Watford A
1–4
Rowland
9,188
13 Mar 1961
Barnsley H
2–3
McPherson 2
6,198
18 Mar 1961
Brentford H
0–1
3,756
20 Mar 1961
Coventry City H
3–3
Meyer 2, Sherwood
3,660
25 Mar 1961
Swindon Town A
0–2
7,904
1 Apr 1961
Torquay United H
2–2
Sherwood, McSeveney
3,872
3 Apr 1961
Shrewsbury Town H
1–1
McSeveney
2,785
8 Apr 1961
Port Vale A
1–3
McSeveney
6,302
15 Apr 1961
Southend United H
1–2
Sherwood
2,917
17 Apr 1961
Shrewsbury Town A
0–5
5,877
22 Apr 1961
Halifax Town A
1–2
McPherson
3,589
24 Apr 1961
Barnsley A
3–1
McSeveney, Smith, Derrick
4,025
29 Apr 1961
Bury H
0–0
3,523
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
5 Nov 1960
Shrewsbury Town A
1–4
McSeveney
11,496
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
10 Oct 1960
Southampton H
2–2
McSeveney, McPherson
7,834
1r
17 Oct 1960
Southampton A
2–2 a.e.t.
McSeveney, Smith
8,000
1r2
26 Oct 1960
Southampton A
3–5
Burton 3
8,414
Welsh Cup
League table
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Relegated
External links
References
