# 1951–52 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1951–52 season was Newport County's fifth 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 23rd season in the third tier and 24th season overall in the Football League.

## Season review
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 76 | 1.013 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 50 | 21 |
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 | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 18 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 18 Aug 1951 | Bristol City | A | 1–3 | Parker | 30,048 |
| 20 Aug 1951 | Northampton Town | H | 2–0 | Birch, Moore | 16,802 |
| 25 Aug 1951 | Ipswich Town | H | 2–1 | Parker, Moore | 13,062 |
| 1 Sep 1951 | Torquay United | A | 2–1 | Birch, Shergold | 6,411 |
| 6 Sep 1951 | Northampton Town | A | 0–5 | | 10,203 |
| 8 Sep 1951 | Gillingham | H | 1–1 | Birch | 10,725 |
| 12 Sep 1951 | Reading | A | 2–1 | James 2 | 16,050 |
| 15 Sep 1951 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 2–1 | Birch, James | 10,949 |
| 17 Sep 1951 | Reading | H | 3–1 | Parker 2, James | 11,879 |
| 22 Sep 1951 | Millwall | H | 2–1 | Birch, Evans | 12,797 |
| 29 Sep 1951 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 1–5 | James | 12,494 |
| 6 Oct 1951 | Aldershot | A | 0–4 | | 8,801 |
| 13 Oct 1951 | Watford | H | 2–5 | Parker, Donaldson | 9,636 |
| 20 Oct 1951 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–1 | Beattie | 17,396 |
| 27 Oct 1951 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 3–3 | Birch, Beattie, Moore | 10,065 |
| 3 Nov 1951 | Norwich City | A | 2–1 | Beattie, Shergold | 25,828 |
| 10 Nov 1951 | Exeter City | H | 4–0 | Parker 2, Shergold 2 | 10,920 |
| 17 Nov 1951 | Colchester United | A | 1–2 | Birch | 7,729 |
| 1 Dec 1951 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | Shergold | 12,007 |
| 22 Dec 1951 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–3 | Beattie | 9,609 |
| 25 Dec 1951 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 3–1 | Moore 2, Parker | 9,982 |
| 26 Dec 1951 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 4–1 | Beattie 2, Birch, Parker | 9,982$^*$ |
| 29 Dec 1951 | Torquay United | H | 1–2 | Parker | 11,650 |
| 5 Jan 1952 | Gillingham | A | 3–2 | Parker, Moore, Nelson | 10,410 |
| 17 Jan 1952 | Southend United | H | 3–0 | Birch, Beattie, Moore | 4,897 |
| 19 Jan 1952 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–1 | Beattie | 10,333 |
| 26 Jan 1952 | Millwall | A | 0–2 | | 17,761 |
| 9 Feb 1952 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 2–0 | Parker, Shergold | 11,148 |
| 16 Feb 1952 | Aldershot | H | 4–2 | Parker 3, Shergold | 9,792 |
| 23 Feb 1952 | Port Vale | H | 1–1 | Moore | 11,593 |
| 1 Mar 1952 | Watford | A | 1–1 | Parker | 9,270 |
| 8 Mar 1952 | Bristol Rovers | H | 2–2 | Parker, Moore | 13,113 |
| 15 Mar 1952 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–5 | | 17,939 |
| 22 Mar 1952 | Norwich City | H | 2–2 | Beattie, Parker | 10,350 |
| 24 Mar 1952 | Port Vale | A | 2–4 | Shergold, OG | 5,908 |
| 29 Mar 1952 | Exeter City | A | 4–3 | Birch, Parker, Shergold | 4,076 |
| 3 Apr 1952 | Leyton Orient | H | 1–0 | Moore | 7,137 |
| 5 Apr 1952 | Colchester United | H | 0–1 | | 6,821 |
| 11 Apr 1952 | Walsall | H | 4–2 | Moore 3, Beattie | 9,385 |
| 12 Apr 1952 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–1 | Lunn | 14,904 |
| 14 Apr 1952 | Walsall | A | 1–0 | Shergold | 7,700 |
| 19 Apr 1952 | Swindon Town | H | 0–0 | | 9,217 |
| 24 Apr 1952 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–0 | Moore | 6,942 |
| 26 Apr 1952 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–1 | OG | 6,579 |
| 28 Apr 1952 | Bristol City | H | 1–0 | Nelson | 7,714 |
| 3 May 1952 | Southend United | A | 1–2 | Moore | 6,438 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 24 Nov 1951 | Barry Town | H | 4–0 | Moore 3, Beattie | 11,844 |
| 2 | 15 Dec 1951 | Leytonstone | A | 2–2 | Birch, Beattie | 10,500 |
| 2r | 20 Dec 1951 | Leytonstone | H | 3–0 | Moore 2, Beattie | 10,737 |
| 3 | 12 Jan 1952 | Sheffield United | A | 0–2 | | 34,486 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 3 Jan 1952 | Connah's Quay Nomads | H | 8–2 | Moore 3, James 2, Nelson 2, Molloy | 1,878 |
| 6 | 28 Jan 1952 | Rhyl | A | 2–3 | Donaldson, Lunn | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 107 | 53 | 2.019 | 66 |
| 2 | Reading | 46 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 112 | 60 | 1.867 | 61 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 89 | 50 | 1.780 | 61 |
| 4 | Millwall | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 74 | 53 | 1.396 | 58 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 87 | 63 | 1.381 | 58 |
| 6 | Newport County | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 76 | 1.013 | 54 |
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 89 | 53 | 1.679 | 52 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 93 | 74 | 1.257 | 49 |
| 9 | Southend United | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 75 | 66 | 1.136 | 48 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 56 | 77 | 0.727 | 46 |
| 11 | Torquay United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 86 | 98 | 0.878 | 44 |
| 12 | Aldershot | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 78 | 89 | 0.876 | 44 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 66 | 0.758 | 43 |
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 42 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 58 | 69 | 0.841 | 42 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 68 | 0.750 | 42 |
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 | 41 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 68 | 0.809 | 41 |
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 61 | 80 | 0.763 | 39 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 62 | 86 | 0.721 | 36 |
| 21 | Watford | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 57 | 81 | 0.704 | 36 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 71 | 81 | 0.877 | 35 |
| 23 | Exeter City | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 65 | 86 | 0.756 | 35 |
| 24 | Walsall | 46 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 55 | 94 | 0.585 | 31 |
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election