1945–46 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1945–46 season

Manager

Billy McCandless
(Until 9 Apr 1946)

Tom Bromilow
(After 9 Apr 1946)

Football League South

N/A

FA Cup

3rd round

Top goalscorer

League: Derrick/Leamon (12)
All: Derrick (17)

Highest home attendance

15,339 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (9 Mar 1946)

Lowest home attendance

4,449 vs Coventry City (22 Nov 1945)

Average home league attendance

11,213

Home colours

Away colours

← 1939–40

1946–47 →

The 1945–46 season was Newport County's first full season since the 1938–39 season. The club competed in the Football League South, a temporary division consisting of the half of the First and Second Division teams geographically farthest south.

Season review

Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave
42	9	2	31	52	125	0.42	20	7	2	12	31	49	0.63	2	0	19	21	76	0.28

Last updated: 4 May 1946.
Source:

Fixtures and results

Football League South

Main article: Football League North and South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 Aug 1945	Brentford	A	1–2	Derrick	12,079
30 Aug 1945	Fulham	H	1–5	Wilkins	7,538
1 Sep 1945	Brentford	H	0–5		8,769
8 Sep 1945	Chelsea	H	1–3	Derrick	11,677
13 Sep 1945	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	Derrick, Wilkins	6,958
15 Sep 1945	Chelsea	A	0–2		20,685
22 Sep 1945	Millwall	A	0–4		16,159
29 Sep 1945	Millwall	H	3–1	Derrick 2, Wilkins	12,735
6 Oct 1945	Southampton	A	2–6	Derrick, E.Brinton	14,483
13 Oct 1945	Southampton	H	0–0		14,089
20 Oct 1945	Derby County	A	1–4	E.Brinton	16,688
27 Oct 1945	Derby County	H	1–4	W.M.Owen	13,118
3 Nov 1945	Leicester City	H	2–0	Derrick 2	10,045
10 Nov 1945	Leicester City	A	0–2		11,659
15 Nov 1945	Coventry City	A	1–7	Newcombe	3,146
22 Nov 1945	Coventry City	H	1–3	Derrick	4,449
1 Dec 1945	Luton Town	H	4–0	Derrick 3, Wookey	6,553
19 Dec 1945	Aston Villa	A	2–5	Carr 2	12,844
22 Dec 1945	Aston Villa	H	0–4		15,119
25 Dec 1945	Arsenal	H	1–2	Avery	13,003
26 Dec 1945	Arsenal	A	0–7		16,536
29 Dec 1945	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2		17,173
12 Jan 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	Carr, Granville, Leamon	18,060
19 Jan 1946	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	Batty, Leamon	8,179
26 Jan 1946	Portsmouth	H	4–2	Leamon 2, Wookey, Batty	8,632
2 Feb 1946	Portsmouth	A	3–2	Leamon 2, Batty	10,261
16 Feb 1946	Nottingham Forest	H	2–4	Leamon, Carr	11,678
23 Feb 1946	Swansea Town	H	3–1	Leamon 2, Carr	13,415
2 Mar 1946	Swansea Town	A	0–3		19,485
9 Mar 1946	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–3	Batty	15,339
16 Mar 1946	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–5	Granville, Leamon	26,233
23 Mar 1946	West Ham United	A	1–4	Granville	12,000
30 Mar 1946	West Ham United	H	2–2	Leamon 2	13,000
6 Apr 1946	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–3		14,014
13 Apr 1946	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–6		18,690
19 Apr 1946	Birmingham City	A	2–3	Mogford, Carr	14,220
20 Apr 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–4	Granville	13,766
22 Apr 1946	Birmingham City	H	0–1		13,410
23 Apr 1946	Nottingham Forest	A	2–7	Lucas 2	7,726
27 Apr 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1		15,223
1 May 1946	Luton Town	A	0–1		9,000
4 May 1946	Fulham	A	1–3	Rawcliffe	15,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1945–46 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Aggregate
1–1	17 Nov 1945	Torquay United	A	1–0	Derrick	4,000
1–2	24 Nov 1945	Torquay United	H	1–1	Derrick	7,178	2–1
2–1	8 Dec 1945	Exeter City	H	5–1	Derrick 2, E.Brinton, Carr, Wookey	5,606
2–2	15 Dec 1945	Exeter City	A	3–1	Hydes 2, Wilkins	9,000	8–2
3–1	5 Jan 1946	Southampton	A	3–4	Derrick, Wookey, Granville	22,000
3–2	10 Jan 1946	Southampton	H	1–2	W.M.Owen	8,509	4–6

External links

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7

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