# 1934–35 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1934–35 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division South and their 14th in the Football League. The season started with three straight wins and the club found itself top of the table after the first match. However, with 18 defeats in the last half of the season County were forced into the re-election process for the fourth time, but were comfortably re-elected.

## 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 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 54 | 112 | 0.482 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 72 | 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 25 Aug 1934 | Exeter City | A | 1–0 | Bird | 8,295 |
| 27 Aug 1934 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 6–1 | Bird 2, Burgess 2, Higgins, Green | 7,651 |
| 1 Sep 1934 | Bristol City | H | 2–0 | Higgins, Bird | 10,978 |
| 5 Sep 1934 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 1–3 | Bird | 5,722 |
| 8 Sep 1934 | Millwall | A | 0–2 | | 16,142 |
| 15 Sep 1934 | Coventry City | H | 2–1 | Bird, Weaver | 10,580 |
| 22 Sep 1934 | Clapton Orient | A | 0–4 | | 4,715 |
| 29 Sep 1934 | Gillingham | H | 2–2 | Bird 2 | 5,460 |
| 6 Oct 1934 | Reading | A | 1–6 | Bird | 8,074 |
| 13 Oct 1934 | Northampton Town | H | 1–3 | Bird | 6,365 |
| 20 Oct 1934 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–0 | OG | 3,696 |
| 27 Oct 1934 | Cardiff City | A | 4–3 | Whitehouse, Green, Burgess, Weaver | 16,131 |
| 3 Nov 1934 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–1 | Bird | 7,146 |
| 10 Nov 1934 | Southend United | A | 1–0 | Bird | 5,498 |
| 17 Nov 1934 | Torquay United | H | 1–4 | Bird | 6,185 |
| 1 Dec 1934 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–3 | Thomas, Cook | 4,317 |
| 8 Dec 1934 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–6 | | 10,186 |
| 15 Dec 1934 | Aldershot | H | 2–0 | Bird, White | 3,155 |
| 22 Dec 1934 | Swindon Town | A | 0–0 | | 6,121 |
| 25 Dec 1934 | Watford | H | 0–1 | | 7,290 |
| 26 Dec 1934 | Watford | A | 0–7 | | 11,695 |
| 29 Dec 1934 | Exeter City | H | 1–3 | Bird | 4,174 |
| 5 Jan 1935 | Bristol City | A | 1–2 | Thomas | 8,968 |
| 12 Jan 1935 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–4 | Burgess | 4,511 |
| 19 Jan 1935 | Millwall | H | 1–2 | White | 2,948 |
| 26 Jan 1935 | Coventry City | A | 0–5 | | 11,525 |
| 2 Feb 1935 | Clapton Orient | H | 3–3 | Clarke 2, Bird | 2,738 |
| 9 Feb 1935 | Gillingham | A | 0–5 | | 3,689 |
| 23 Feb 1935 | Northampton Town | A | 0–2 | | 2,925 |
| 28 Feb 1935 | Reading | H | 2–2 | Weaver 2 | 2,399 |
| 2 Mar 1935 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–3 | Reynolds | 5,687 |
| 9 Mar 1935 | Cardiff City | H | 4–0 | Weaver 2, Clarke 2 | 8,461 |
| 16 Mar 1935 | Bristol Rovers | A | 3–5 | Burgess, Perks, Clarke | 6,306 |
| 23 Mar 1935 | Southend United | H | 0–5 | | 3,005 |
| 30 Mar 1935 | Torquay United | A | 1–2 | White | 2,941 |
| 6 Apr 1935 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 2–1 | Weaver, Haycox | 2,912 |
| 13 Apr 1935 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–6 | | 8,323 |
| 19 Apr 1935 | Luton Town | H | 2–4 | Haycox 2 | 4,052 |
| 20 Apr 1935 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0–2 | | 3,287 |
| 22 Apr 1935 | Luton Town | A | 1–4 | Weaver | 8,759 |
| 27 Apr 1935 | Aldershot | A | 2–3 | Thomas 2 | 2,810 |
| 4 May 1935 | Swindon Town | H | 1–2 | Thomas | 2,110 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 24 Nov 1934 | Swindon Town | A | 0–4 | | 12,776 |

### Third Division South Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 22 Oct 1934 | Northampton Town | A | 0–3 | | 2,500 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 6 | 13 Feb 1935 | Cardiff City | A | 2–3 | Bird, Reynolds | 2,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 103 | 52 | 1.981 | 61 |
| 2 | Reading | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 89 | 65 | 1.369 | 53 |
| 3 | Coventry City | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 86 | 50 | 1.720 | 51 |
| 4 | Luton Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 92 | 60 | 1.533 | 50 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 86 | 64 | 1.344 | 48 |
| 6 | Watford | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 76 | 49 | 1.551 | 47 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 67 | 0.970 | 46 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 73 | 77 | 0.948 | 44 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 62 | 1.113 | 43 |
| 10 | Torquay United | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 81 | 75 | 1.080 | 42 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 41 |
| 12 | Millwall | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 62 | 0.919 | 41 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 72 | 0.875 | 41 |
| 14 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 | 40 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 52 | 68 | 0.765 | 39 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 67 | 78 | 0.859 | 38 |
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 54 | 71 | 0.761 | 37 |
| 18 | Aldershot | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 75 | 0.667 | 36 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 82 | 0.756 | 35 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 55 | 75 | 0.733 | 35 |
| 21 | Southend United | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 65 | 78 | 0.833 | 31 |
| 22 | Newport County | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 54 | 112 | 0.482 | 25 |
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election

### Election

| Votes | Club | Fate |
| 48 | Southend United | Re-elected to the League |
| 43 | Newport County | Re-elected to the League |
| 1 | Bath City | Not elected to the League |
| 1 | Folkestone | Not elected to the League |