# 1929–30 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1929–30 season was Newport County's 10th season in the Football League. The club finished in 18th place and along the way recorded their biggest-ever Football League victory—a 10–0 defeat of near-neighbours Merthyr Town.

## 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 |
| 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 74 | 85 | 0.871 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 56 | 7 |
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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 16 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 31 Aug 1929 | Southend United | A | 1–2 | Morris | 8,186 |
| 5 Sep 1929 | Swindon Town | H | 2–1 | G.Richardson, Thomas | 4,860 |
| 7 Sep 1929 | Watford | H | 1–0 | G.Richardson | 4,887 |
| 9 Sep 1929 | Swindon Town | A | 1–5 | Gittins | 4,952 |
| 14 Sep 1929 | Coventry City | A | 0–2 | | 15,456 |
| 21 Sep 1929 | Clapton Orient | H | 0–0 | | 4,877 |
| 25 Sep 1929 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–1 | | 9,445 |
| 28 Sep 1929 | Brentford | A | 0–1 | | 11,073 |
| 5 Oct 1929 | Bristol Rovers | H | 2–2 | Gittins, Richards | 2,471 |
| 12 Oct 1929 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 2–3 | Riley, Morris | 7,877 |
| 19 Oct 1929 | Luton Town | A | 2–4 | G.Richardson, Thomas | 8,825 |
| 26 Oct 1929 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 1–1 | Witton | 3,640 |
| 2 Nov 1929 | Walsall | A | 1–2 | Morris | 5,424 |
| 9 Nov 1929 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 4–5 | Martin 3, Morris | 3,527 |
| 16 Nov 1929 | Fulham | A | 1–2 | Martin | 28,211 |
| 23 Nov 1929 | Norwich City | H | 4–4 | Martin 2, Gittins, Thomas | 2,541 |
| 7 Dec 1929 | Gillingham | H | 5–1 | Martin 3, G.Richardson, Seymour | 1,991 |
| 21 Dec 1929 | Exeter City | H | 4–1 | Martin 2, Seymour, OG | 2,606 |
| 25 Dec 1929 | Torquay United | H | 2–1 | Morris, Thomas | 3,337 |
| 26 Dec 1929 | Torquay United | A | 2–3 | Martin, Seymour | 5,928 |
| 31 Dec 1929 | Northampton Town | A | 0–2 | | 5,797 |
| 4 Jan 1930 | Watford | A | 3–2 | Martin 2, McKenna | 5,851 |
| 18 Jan 1930 | Coventry City | H | 4–2 | Martin 3, McKenna | 3,963 |
| 25 Jan 1930 | Southend United | H | 0–0 | | 4,945 |
| 1 Feb 1930 | Brentford | H | 1–3 | Gittins | 3,827 |
| 8 Feb 1930 | Bristol Rovers | A | 3–2 | Martin 2, McKenna | 5,469 |
| 22 Feb 1930 | Luton Town | H | 0–0 | | 3,879 |
| 1 Mar 1930 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 1–1 | Riley | 5,509 |
| 3 Mar 1930 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 2–2 | Martin 2 | 2,670 |
| 8 Mar 1930 | Walsall | H | 3–2 | Gittins, Seymour, Martin | 4,260 |
| 15 Mar 1930 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–4 | Martin | 7,926 |
| 22 Mar 1930 | Fulham | H | 1–1 | Martin | 4,626 |
| 29 Mar 1930 | Norwich City | A | 1–4 | Thomas | 8,473 |
| 31 Mar 1930 | Clapton Orient | A | 1–3 | Riley | 2,362 |
| 5 Apr 1930 | Crystal Palace | H | 0–0 | | 3,324 |
| 10 Apr 1930 | Merthyr Town | H | 10–0 | Martin 5, Gittins 2, Thomas, Bagley, Lawson | 1,997 |
| 12 Apr 1930 | Gillingham | A | 0–5 | | 2,743 |
| 18 Apr 1930 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 1–3 | Thomas | 26,409 |
| 19 Apr 1930 | Northampton Town | H | 2–1 | Martin 2 | 3,282 |
| 21 Apr 1930 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 0–2 | | 10,766 |
| 26 Apr 1930 | Exeter City | A | 4–0 | Martin 3, Seymour | 3,723 |
| 3 May 1930 | Merthyr Town | A | 1–5 | McKenna | 1,189 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 30 Nov 1929 | Kettering Town | H | 3–2 | Morris, Thomas, Martin | 3,721 |
| 2 | 14 Dec 1929 | Walsall | H | 2–3 | Morris, Martin | 4,121 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 20 Mar 1930 | Lovells Athletic | H | 3–2 | Gittins, Seymour, Martin | |
| 6 | 12 Apr 1930 | Colwyn Bay | A | 0–4 | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 98 | 38 | 2.58 | 68 |
| 2 | Brentford | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 94 | 44 | 2.14 | 61 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 80 | 68 | 1.18 | 51 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 82 | 58 | 1.41 | 50 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 87 | 63 | 1.38 | 50 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 88 | 73 | 1.21 | 47 |
| 7 | Fulham | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 87 | 83 | 1.05 | 47 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 88 | 77 | 1.14 | 46 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 81 | 74 | 1.09 | 46 |
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 72 | 61 | 1.18 | 43 |
| 11 | Southend United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 59 | 1.17 | 43 |
| 12 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 62 | 0.89 | 41 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 78 | 0.82 | 40 |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 73 | 83 | 0.88 | 38 |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 73 | 0.82 | 38 |
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 73 | 0.92 | 35 |
| 17 | Walsall | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 71 | 78 | 0.91 | 34 |
| 18 | Newport County | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 74 | 85 | 0.87 | 34 |
| 19 | Torquay United | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 94 | 0.68 | 31 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 67 | 93 | 0.72 | 30 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 80 | 0.64 | 30 |
| 22 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 60 | 135 | 0.44 | 21 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election