# 1933–34 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1933–34 season was Newport County's second consecutive season in the Third Division South and their 13th 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 |
| 42 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 70 | 0.7 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 47 | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 26 Aug 1933 | Swindon Town | H | 1–2 | Burgess | 8,871 |
| 28 Aug 1933 | Clapton Orient | A | 0–3 | | 6,675 |
| 2 Sep 1933 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–1 | Smith | 6,878 |
| 4 Sep 1933 | Clapton Orient | H | 1–1 | Millar | 5,894 |
| 9 Sep 1933 | Aldershot | H | 1–2 | Barklam | 6,760 |
| 16 Sep 1933 | Luton Town | A | 1–1 | Higgins | 10,072 |
| 23 Sep 1933 | Northampton Town | H | 2–0 | Higgins, Taylor | 4,842 |
| 30 Sep 1933 | Torquay United | A | 2–1 | Higgins, Taylor | 3,729 |
| 7 Oct 1933 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–2 | Taylor | 7,463 |
| 14 Oct 1933 | Gillingham | A | 0–1 | | 4,630 |
| 21 Oct 1933 | Exeter City | H | 1–0 | Taylor | 7,562 |
| 28 Oct 1933 | Cardiff City | A | 1–1 | John | 16,175 |
| 4 Nov 1933 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 1–1 | Reynolds | 7,079 |
| 11 Nov 1933 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–6 | Taylor | 9,771 |
| 18 Nov 1933 | Watford | H | 0–3 | | 5,301 |
| 2 Dec 1933 | Coventry City | H | 0–0 | | 3,672 |
| 16 Dec 1933 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–0 | Reynolds | 3,522 |
| 23 Dec 1933 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–1 | Higgins | 10,755 |
| 25 Dec 1933 | Bristol City | H | 2–2 | Higgins 2 | 8,039 |
| 26 Dec 1933 | Bristol City | A | 1–1 | OG | 16,836 |
| 30 Dec 1933 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | Burgess | 7,809 |
| 6 Jan 1934 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 2–2 | Higgins, Jones | 4,694 |
| 17 Jan 1934 | Reading | A | 0–4 | | 4,608 |
| 20 Jan 1934 | Aldershot | A | 2–3 | Higgins 2 | 4,253 |
| 27 Jan 1934 | Luton Town | H | 1–2 | Haycox | 5,524 |
| 3 Feb 1934 | Northampton Town | A | 3–5 | Thomas 2, Reynolds | 5,048 |
| 10 Feb 1934 | Torquay United | H | 0–0 | | 4,680 |
| 17 Feb 1934 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–2 | Reed | 7,278 |
| 24 Feb 1934 | Gillingham | H | 3–1 | Reed 2, Burgess | 3,589 |
| 3 Mar 1934 | Exeter City | A | 1–1 | Reed | 4,903 |
| 10 Mar 1934 | Cardiff City | H | 2–2 | Reynolds, Burgess | 10,438 |
| 14 Mar 1934 | Southend United | A | 5–3 | Reed 4, OG | 2,580 |
| 17 Mar 1934 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–0 | | 3,402 |
| 24 Mar 1934 | Charlton Athletic | H | 1–1 | W.Clarke | 5,909 |
| 30 Mar 1934 | Norwich City | H | 0–0 | | 8,965 |
| 31 Mar 1934 | Watford | A | 0–3 | | 5,675 |
| 2 Apr 1934 | Norwich City | A | 1–2 | Reed | 22,433 |
| 7 Apr 1934 | Reading | H | 1–2 | Taylor | 5,924 |
| 14 Apr 1934 | Coventry City | A | 2–5 | Burgess, Higgins | 10,424 |
| 21 Apr 1934 | Southend United | H | 3–0 | Green 2, Reed | 4,728 |
| 28 Apr 1934 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–2 | | 4,749 |
| 5 May 1934 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–0 | Green | 3,930 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 25 Nov 1933 | Dulwich Hamlet | A | 2–2 | Burgess, Higgins | 11,500 |
| 1r | 30 Nov 1933 | Dulwich Hamlet | H | 6–2 | Burgess 2, Taylor 2, Reynolds, Thomas | 4,500 |
| 2 | 9 Dec 1933 | Workington | A | 1–3 | Thomas | 8,000 |

### Third Division South Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 25 Jan 1934 | Swindon Town | H | 7–2 | | |
| 2 | 22 Feb 1934 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–1 | | |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 4 Jan 1934 | Lovells Athletic | A | 3–1 | Bowsher, Green, Haycox | |
| 6 | 1 Feb 1934 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–2 | Higgins, Green | 2,000 |
| 6r | 7 Feb 1934 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 5–4 | Reynolds, Thomas, Green, Haycox, A. Clarke | 2,000 |
| 7 | 1 Mar 1934 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–1 | Haycox | 2,000 |
| 7r | 8 Mar 1934 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–5 | Griffiths, Wolliscroft | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Norwich City | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 88 | 49 | 1.796 | 61 |
| 2 | Coventry City | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 100 | 54 | 1.852 | 54 |
| 3 | Reading | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 82 | 50 | 1.640 | 54 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 51 | 1.373 | 54 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 83 | 56 | 1.482 | 52 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 83 | 61 | 1.361 | 52 |
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 77 | 47 | 1.638 | 51 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 68 | 0.941 | 45 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 57 | 1.193 | 43 |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 60 | 1.133 | 43 |
| 11 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 75 | 69 | 1.087 | 42 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 71 | 67 | 1.060 | 41 |
| 13 | Northampton Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 | 40 |
| 14 | Aldershot | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 71 | 0.732 | 38 |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 71 | 63 | 1.127 | 37 |
| 16 | Southend United | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 51 | 74 | 0.689 | 34 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 75 | 96 | 0.781 | 33 |
| 18 | Newport County | 42 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 70 | 0.700 | 33 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 85 | 0.682 | 33 |
| 20 | Torquay United | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 53 | 93 | 0.570 | 33 |
| 21 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 60 | 102 | 0.588 | 27 |
| 22 | Cardiff City | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 57 | 105 | 0.543 | 24 |
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election