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Newport County 1953–54 football season
The 1953–54 season was Newport County's seventh consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season . It was the club's 25th season in the third tier and 26th season overall in the Football League .
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts
46
19
6
21
61
81
0.753
44
14
4
5
42
28
32
5
2
16
19
53
12
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 H H A A H H A A H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H Result W L L W L L L L L L D L L W L L W L D L D W W W W L W D W L W W L L W W W L D W W W L D W L Position 4 16 17 13 16 19 20 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 21 18 22 20 19 18 19 20 18 18 20 19 18 16 18 18 17 17 15 15 14 14 15
Updated to match(es) played on 30 Apr 1954. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossFixtures and results [ edit ] Third Division South [ edit ]
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
20 Aug 1953
Reading H
4–1
Parker 2, Graham, Nelson
10,332
22 Aug 1953
Swindon Town A
1–7
Parker
13,444
24 Aug 1953
Southampton H
0–4
8,571
29 Aug 1953
Walsall H
4–2
Parker 2, Morrey, Graham
3,770
2 Sep 1953
Southampton A
0–4
14,454
5 Sep 1953
Shrewsbury Town A
1–2
Graham
11,540
7 Sep 1953
Crystal Palace H
1–3
Shergold
6,913
12 Sep 1953
Exeter City H
0–3
6,949
16 Sep 1953
Crystal Palace A
0–3
8,177
19 Sep 1953
Northampton Town A
0–1
13,100
21 Sep 1953
Aldershot H
2–2
Parker, Wharton
2,836
26 Sep 1953
Norwich City A
0–2
23,856
30 Sep 1953
Aldershot A
0–2
4,412
3 Oct 1953
Queens Park Rangers H
2–1
Graham, Parker
6,817
10 Oct 1953
Watford H
0–1
5,959
17 Oct 1953
Brighton & Hove Albion A
2–4
Graham 2
15,909
24 Oct 1953
Southend United H
3–2
Birch, Graham, Morrey
6,958
31 Oct 1953
Reading A
1–4
Hayward
8,051
7 Nov 1953
Leyton Orient H
1–1
Hayward
7,740
14 Nov 1953
Millwall A
1–3
Birch
14,314
28 Nov 1953
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A
1–1
Wharton
9,190
5 Dec 1953
Coventry City H
2–1
Waite, Shergold
10,572
12 Dec 1953
Gillingham A
1–0
Graham
10,004
19 Dec 1953
Swindon Town H
2–0
Graham, Shergold
9,276
25 Dec 1953
Bristol City H
3–2
Birch, Graham, Wharton
14,800
26 Dec 1953
Bristol City A
0–3
24,375
2 Jan 1954
Walsall A
1–0
Graham
6,187
9 Jan 1954
Colchester United A
2–2
Graham, Haines
6,434
16 Jan 1954
Shrewsbury Town H
2–1
Birch, Graham
10,005
23 Jan 1954
Exeter City A
0–1
8,038
6 Feb 1954
Northampton Town H
2–0
Graham, Saward
10,191
13 Feb 1954
Norwich City H
4–1
Graham 3, Lucas
11,968
20 Feb 1954
Queens Park Rangers A
1–5
Graham
9,315
27 Feb 1954
Watford A
0–1
12,738
6 Mar 1954
Brighton & Hove Albion H
1–0
Graham
11,417
13 Mar 1954
Ipswich Town A
2–1
Graham, Hollyman
12,531
20 Mar 1954
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H
4–0
Graham, Wharton, Shergold, Saward
10,421
27 Mar 1954
Leyton Orient A
0–3
9,683
3 Apr 1954
Millwall H
0–0
9,049
10 Apr 1954
Coventry City A
2–1
Graham, Shergold
7,940
16 Apr 1954
Torquay United H
2–0
Graham, Wharton
12,450
17 Apr 1954
Gillingham H
1–0
Saward
9,409
19 Apr 1954
Torquay United A
2–3
Wharton 2
6,501
22 Apr 1954
Colchester United H
1–1
Graham
7,596
24 Apr 1954
Southend United A
1–0
Graham
5,993
26 Apr 1954
Ipswich Town H
1–2
Saward
11,258
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
21 Nov 1953
Cambridge United A
2–2
Birch, K.Thomas
7,500
1r
26 Nov 1953
Cambridge United H
1–2
Parker
7,434
Key
Division Champions
Re-elected
Failed re-election
