1957–58 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1957–58 season
Manager	Billy Lucas
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division South	11th
FA Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Harris (18) All: Harris (18)
Highest home attendance	10,680 vs Plymouth Argyle (25 December 1957)
Lowest home attendance	4,118 vs Crystal Palace (5 April 1958)
Average home league attendance	7,199
Home colours Away colours

The 1957–58 season was Newport County's 30th season in the Football League and the last season in the Third Division South before the regional third divisions were consolidated into new Third and Fourth Divisions. County's 11th-place finish qualified them for next season's Third Division.

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	14	15	73	67	1.09	48	12	6	5	40	24	30	5	8	10	33	43	18

Source: rsssf.com

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D
Position	17	19	22	16	13	10	9	13	13	15	10	14	17	17	12	10	10	7	9	10	8	8	10	12	11	9	7	6	5	4	6	5	7	6	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	8	10	10	11	10

Updated to match(es) played on 26 Apr 1958. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Main article: 1957–58 Football League § Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 Aug 1957	Swindon Town	A	0–4		14,396
29 Aug 1957	Coventry City	H	2–2	Harris, Brown	10,654
31 Aug 1957	Millwall	H	1–2	McSeveney	9,320
2 Sep 1957	Coventry City	A	2–1	O'Halloran, P.Thomas	14,759
7 Sep 1957	Gillingham	A	1–0	Sherwood	8,709
12 Sep 1957	Walsall	H	2–0	Sheppeard 2	7,700
14 Sep 1957	Exeter City	H	0–0		9,213
19 Sep 1957	Walsall	A	0–3		7,688
21 Sep 1957	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	Harris	9,065
28 Sep 1957	Southend United	H	1–0	Harris	8,203
30 Sep 1957	Port Vale	A	2–2	Terry, Harris	8,659
5 Oct 1957	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3–5	Terry, Harris, Graham	14,560
12 Oct 1957	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	Harris	6,408
26 Oct 1957	Northampton Town	A	3–0	O'Halloran, Harris, McSeveney	7,953
28 Oct 1957	Reading	H	0–0		5,048
2 Nov 1957	Watford	H	2–1	Sherwwod, McSeveney	8,212
9 Nov 1957	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	Terry, McSeveney	11,082
11 Nov 1957	Port Vale	H	2–1	McSeveney, Rodger	8,480
23 Nov 1957	Brentford	A	1–2	Brown	13,600
30 Nov 1957	Colchester United	H	2–2	Harris, Dixon	8,866
14 Dec 1957	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	3–1	Terry 2, Brown	5,469
21 Dec 1957	Swindon Town	H	4–1	Terry 2, Sherwood, Harris	7,815
25 Dec 1957	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–2		10,680
26 Dec 1957	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1		25,936
28 Dec 1957	Millwall	A	2–1	Terry 2	9,894
4 Jan 1958	Southampton	H	1–1	Brown	5,117
11 Jan 1958	Gillingham	H	5–0	Terry 2, McSeveney, Brown, Harris	6,206
18 Jan 1958	Exeter City	A	2–0	Dixon, Harris	7,471
1 Feb 1958	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–2	Terry 2, Harris, Brown	7,543
8 Feb 1958	Southend United	A	1–1	Terry	10,093
15 Feb 1958	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–2	Terry	9,424
22 Feb 1958	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	Dixon, Graham	6,268
1 Mar 1958	Reading	A	0–1		15,798
6 Mar 1958	Torquay United	H	3–2	McSeveney 2, Harris	3,200
8 Mar 1958	Northampton Town	H	0–1		6,800
15 Mar 1958	Watford	A	2–2	Dixon, McSeveney	7,029
22 Mar 1958	Brentford	H	1–2	Dixon	5,621
29 Mar 1958	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	3–4	Harris, McSeveney, Shergold	11,496
4 Apr 1958	Aldershot	A	1–2	Singer	4,665
5 Apr 1958	Crystal Palace	H	0–0		4,118
7 Apr 1958	Aldershot	H	3–2	Singer 2, McSeveney	5,555
12 Apr 1958	Colchester United	A	1–1	Harris	7,472
16 Apr 1958	Norwich City	A	2–5	Harris, McSeveney	19,486
19 Apr 1958	Norwich City	H	1–0	McSeveney	6,081
23 Apr 1958	Southampton	A	1–2	Harris	12,925
26 Apr 1958	Torquay United	A	2–2	Harris, McSeveney	5,685

FA Cup

Main article: 1957–58 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	16 Nov 1957	Northampton Town	A	0–3		9,345

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	30 Jan 1958	Swansea Town	H	2–5	Terry, McSeveney	3,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	24	12	10	88	64	1.375	60
2	Brentford	46	24	10	12	82	56	1.464	58
3	Plymouth Argyle	46	25	8	13	67	48	1.396	58
4	Swindon Town	46	21	15	10	79	50	1.580	57
5	Reading	46	21	13	12	79	51	1.549	55
6	Southampton	46	22	10	14	112	72	1.556	54
7	Southend United	46	21	12	13	90	58	1.552	54
8	Norwich City	46	19	15	12	75	70	1.071	53
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	21	9	16	81	74	1.095	51
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	14	14	64	65	0.985	50
11	Newport County	46	17	14	15	73	67	1.090	48
12	Colchester United	46	17	13	16	77	79	0.975	47
13	Northampton Town	46	19	6	21	87	79	1.101	44
14	Crystal Palace	46	15	13	18	70	72	0.972	43
15	Port Vale	46	16	10	20	67	58	1.155	42
16	Watford	46	13	16	17	59	77	0.766	42
17	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	10	21	49	71	0.690	40
18	Aldershot	46	12	16	18	59	89	0.663	40
19	Coventry City	46	13	13	20	61	81	0.753	39
20	Walsall	46	14	9	23	61	75	0.813	37
21	Torquay United	46	11	13	22	49	74	0.662	35
22	Gillingham	46	13	9	24	52	81	0.642	35
23	Millwall	46	11	9	26	63	91	0.692	31
24	Exeter City	46	11	9	26	57	99	0.576	31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Moved to 4th Division
	Failed re-election

External links

• Newport County 1957-1958 : Results
• Newport County football club match record: 1958
• Welsh Cup 1957/58

References

• Ambrosen, A. K. (1993). Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7.