# 1960–61 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Football League Third Division since the end of regionalisation in 1958. It was their 32nd season in the third tier and 33rd competitive 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 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 81 | 90 | 0.9 | 45 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 60 | 14 |
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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 20 Aug 1960 | Reading | H | 5–2 | Singer 3, Dixon, McPherson | 8,586 |
| 22 Aug 1960 | Hull City | A | 1–5 | Burton | 9,811 |
| 27 Aug 1960 | Coventry City | A | 1–4 | McPherson | 11,819 |
| 29 Aug 1960 | Hull City | H | 3–1 | Singer 2, Riggs | 7,306 |
| 3 Sep 1960 | Bristol City | H | 4–1 | McPherson, Fry | 8,538 |
| 6 Sep 1960 | Walsall | A | 2–2 | Singer, OG | 6,700 |
| 10 Sep 1960 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 7,301 |
| 15 Sep 1960 | Walsall | H | 4–2 | McSeveney 2, Singer 2 | 5,585 |
| 17 Sep 1960 | Notts County | H | 2–2 | McSeveney, Singer | 7,779 |
| 20 Sep 1960 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–2 | OG | 12,288 |
| 24 Sep 1960 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 2–2 | Meyer 2 | 8,507 |
| 26 Sep 1960 | Grimsby Town | H | 1–1 | Dixon | 9,232 |
| 1 Oct 1960 | Bradford City | H | 1–0 | Meyer | 4,547 |
| 8 Oct 1960 | Halifax Town | H | 1–1 | McPherson | 3,698 |
| 15 Oct 1960 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 4–2 | Meyer 2, Sherwood, McPherson | 7,827 |
| 29 Oct 1960 | Brentford | A | 4–2 | Burton 2, McSeveney, McPherson | 7,600 |
| 12 Nov 1960 | Torquay United | A | 0–0 | | 6,875 |
| 5 Dec 1960 | Chesterfield | H | 5–1 | Burton, McSeveney, Ford, OG 2 | 6,713 |
| 10 Dec 1960 | Bury | A | 1–4 | Ford | 7,349 |
| 17 Dec 1960 | Reading | A | 3–2 | McPherson, Fry, Meyer | 5,780 |
| 22 Dec 1960 | Colchester United | H | 3–2 | Burton 2, Meyer | 6,186 |
| 26 Dec 1960 | Colchester United | A | 1–1 | McPherson | 6,732 |
| 7 Jan 1961 | Southend United | A | 2–4 | Burton, McPherson | 6,037 |
| 14 Jan 1961 | Bristol City | A | 0–3 | | 11,886 |
| 23 Jan 1961 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–3 | Ford | 6,610 |
| 28 Jan 1961 | Swindon Town | H | 2–0 | McSeveny, McPherson | 3,350 |
| 4 Feb 1961 | Notts County | A | 0–6 | | 10,673 |
| 11 Feb 1961 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 2–0 | McPherson, Meyer | 3,790 |
| 13 Feb 1961 | Port Vale | H | 2–1 | McPherson, Smith | 5,100 |
| 18 Feb 1961 | Bradford City | A | 2–1 | Dixon, Meyer | 8,820 |
| 25 Feb 1961 | Chesterfield | A | 0–1 | | 3,586 |
| 4 Mar 1961 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–0 | Meyer | 4,608 |
| 6 Mar 1961 | Watford | H | 5–1 | McPherson 3, Smith, Meyer | 5,208 |
| 11 Mar 1961 | Watford | A | 1–4 | Rowland | 9,188 |
| 13 Mar 1961 | Barnsley | H | 2–3 | McPherson 2 | 6,198 |
| 18 Mar 1961 | Brentford | H | 0–1 | | 3,756 |
| 20 Mar 1961 | Coventry City | H | 3–3 | Meyer 2, Sherwood | 3,660 |
| 25 Mar 1961 | Swindon Town | A | 0–2 | | 7,904 |
| 1 Apr 1961 | Torquay United | H | 2–2 | Sherwood, McSeveney | 3,872 |
| 3 Apr 1961 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 1–1 | McSeveney | 2,785 |
| 8 Apr 1961 | Port Vale | A | 1–3 | McSeveney | 6,302 |
| 15 Apr 1961 | Southend United | H | 1–2 | Sherwood | 2,917 |
| 17 Apr 1961 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–5 | | 5,877 |
| 22 Apr 1961 | Halifax Town | A | 1–2 | McPherson | 3,589 |
| 24 Apr 1961 | Barnsley | A | 3–1 | McSeveney, Smith, Derrick | 4,025 |
| 29 Apr 1961 | Bury | H | 0–0 | | 3,523 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 5 Nov 1960 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–4 | McSeveney | 11,496 |

### Football League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 Oct 1960 | Southampton | H | 2–2 | McSeveney, McPherson | 7,834 |
| 1r | 17 Oct 1960 | Southampton | A | 2–2 a.e.t. | McSeveney, Smith | 8,000 |
| 1r2 | 26 Oct 1960 | Southampton | A | 3–5 | Burton 3 | 8,414 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 2 Feb 1961 | Abergavenny Thursdays | A | 3–1 | Dixon, McPherson, Smith | |
| 6 | 16 Feb 1961 | Cardiff City | A | 1–2 | Meyer | 12,192 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Bury | 46 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 108 | 45 | 2.400 | 68 |
| 2 | Walsall | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 98 | 60 | 1.633 | 62 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 93 | 60 | 1.550 | 60 |
| 4 | Watford | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 85 | 72 | 1.181 | 52 |
| 5 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 77 | 1.065 | 51 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 69 | 1.116 | 50 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 96 | 79 | 1.215 | 49 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 83 | 80 | 1.038 | 49 |
| 9 | Halifax Town | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 | 49 |
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 83 | 75 | 1.107 | 46 |
| 11 | Hull City | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 73 | 73 | 1.000 | 46 |
| 12 | Torquay United | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 75 | 83 | 0.904 | 45 |
| 13 | Newport County | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 81 | 90 | 0.900 | 45 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 | 44 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 80 | 83 | 0.964 | 44 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 62 | 55 | 1.127 | 43 |
| 17 | Brentford | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 56 | 70 | 0.800 | 43 |
| 18 | Reading | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 72 | 83 | 0.867 | 40 |
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 58 | 76 | 0.763 | 40 |
| 20 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 60 | 76 | 0.789 | 39 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 79 | 115 | 0.687 | 38 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 65 | 87 | 0.747 | 36 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 68 | 101 | 0.673 | 33 |
| 24 | Chesterfield | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 67 | 87 | 0.770 | 32 |
* Division Champions
* Promoted
* Relegated