# 1953–54 Newport County A.F.C. 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.

## 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 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 81 | 0.753 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 53 | 12 |
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 | 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 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| 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 |

### FA Cup

| 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 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Notes |
| 5 | 25 Jan 1954 | Swansea Town | H | 6–2 | Graham 2, Lucas 2, Saward 2 | 3,971 | |
| 6 | 3 Mar 1954 | Bangor City | A | 5–1 | Wharton 2, Lucas 2, Graham | 5,000 | |
| SF | 17 Mar 1954 | Chester | N | 2–2 | Graham, Wharton | 9,800 | At Ninian Park |
| SFr | 5 Apr 1954 | Chester | N | 0–2 | | 2,927 | At The Racecourse Ground |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 82 | 51 | 1.608 | 64 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 61 | 1.410 | 61 |
| 3 | Bristol City | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 88 | 66 | 1.333 | 56 |
| 4 | Watford | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 85 | 69 | 1.232 | 52 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 82 | 55 | 1.491 | 51 |
| 6 | Southampton | 46 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 76 | 63 | 1.206 | 51 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 73 | 66 | 1.106 | 51 |
| 8 | Reading | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 86 | 73 | 1.178 | 49 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 58 | 1.172 | 48 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 48 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 79 | 73 | 1.082 | 47 |
| 12 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 77 | 0.961 | 47 |
| 13 | Torquay United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 81 | 88 | 0.920 | 46 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | 45 |
| 15 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 81 | 0.753 | 44 |
| 16 | Southend United | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 69 | 71 | 0.972 | 43 |
| 17 | Aldershot | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 74 | 86 | 0.860 | 43 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 60 | 68 | 0.882 | 42 |
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 67 | 70 | 0.957 | 40 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 70 | 0.957 | 40 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 65 | 76 | 0.855 | 40 |
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 60 | 86 | 0.698 | 40 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 50 | 78 | 0.641 | 30 |
| 24 | Walsall | 46 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 40 | 87 | 0.460 | 26 |
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election