# 1949–50 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1949–50 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season. The club finished in a re-election place, but since the division was being expanded by two clubs they were re-elected without a vote.

## 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 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 67 | 98 | 0.684 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 64 | 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 | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 17 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 20 Aug 1949 | Norwich City | H | 3–2 | Hayward, Comley, Parker | 16,238 |
| 25 Aug 1949 | Northampton Town | A | 3–4 | Parker 2, Comley | 12,718 |
| 27 Aug 1949 | Southend United | A | 0–6 | | 11,577 |
| 1 Sep 1949 | Northampton Town | H | 1–4 | Carr | 12,536 |
| 3 Sep 1949 | Bristol City | A | 0–6 | | 20,007 |
| 7 Sep 1949 | Torquay United | A | 3–5 | Comley, Parker, Carr | 9,414 |
| 10 Sep 1949 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–1 | | 11,157 |
| 15 Sep 1949 | Torquay United | H | 1–0 | Harper | 10,462 |
| 17 Sep 1949 | Walsall | A | 0–2 | | 10,846 |
| 24 Sep 1949 | Millwall | H | 4–3 | Parker 2, Gardner 2 | 12,773 |
| 1 Oct 1949 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | Roffi | 15,284 |
| 8 Oct 1949 | Notts County | H | 1–1 | Newall | 21,543 |
| 15 Oct 1949 | Port Vale | A | 0–1 | | 12,599 |
| 22 Oct 1949 | Ipswich Town | H | 1–0 | Comley | 11,419 |
| 29 Oct 1949 | Exeter City | A | 3–3 | Comley, Parker, Griffiths | 8,095 |
| 5 Nov 1949 | Leyton Orient | H | 3–2 | Roffi 2, Griffiths | 11,792 |
| 12 Nov 1949 | Reading | A | 1–4 | Payne | 15,300 |
| 19 Nov 1949 | Watford | H | 3–3 | Comley 2, Harper | 11,884 |
| 3 Dec 1949 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 5–0 | Comley 2, Parker, Harper, Roffi, | 10,560 |
| 17 Dec 1949 | Norwich City | A | 0–4 | | 17,895 |
| 26 Dec 1949 | Aldershot | H | 6–0 | Harper 2, Griffiths 2, Comley, Parker | 13,860 |
| 27 Dec 1949 | Aldershot | A | 1–4 | Griffiths | 7,318 |
| 31 Dec 1949 | Bristol City | H | 6–4 | Bowen 3, Parker 2, Comley | 13,208 |
| 14 Jan 1950 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–5 | | 11,502 |
| 21 Jan 1950 | Walsall | H | 2–1 | Comley 2 | 8,840 |
| 28 Jan 1950 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–1 | | 9,895 |
| 18 Feb 1950 | Swindon Town | H | 1–2 | Roffi | 10,622 |
| 25 Feb 1950 | Notts County | A | 0–7 | | 28,427 |
| 4 Mar 1950 | Port Vale | H | 1–1 | Griffiths | 8,762 |
| 11 Mar 1950 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–1 | | 12,678 |
| 18 Mar 1950 | Exeter City | H | 1–2 | Comley | 6,414 |
| 25 Mar 1950 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–2 | Parker | 8,819 |
| 30 Mar 1950 | Southend United | H | 2–1 | Comley, Parker | 7,297 |
| 1 Apr 1950 | Reading | H | 1–1 | Roffi | 9,923 |
| 7 Apr 1950 | Nottingham Forest | H | 4–1 | Roffi 2, Comley, Parker | 13,337 |
| 8 Apr 1950 | Watford | A | 1–0 | Roffi | 11,729 |
| 10 Apr 1950 | Nottingham Forest | A | 0–3 | | 15,799 |
| 15 Apr 1950 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–2 | Comley, Parker | 11,459 |
| 22 Apr 1950 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 1–1 | Comley | 10,842 |
| 24 Apr 1950 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–3 | | 10,657 |
| 29 Apr 1950 | Bristol Rovers | H | 2–3 | Comley, Roffi | 8,173 |
| 1 May 1950 | Millwall | A | 2–1 | Hayward, Bowen | 15,472 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 26 Nov 1949 | Crystal Palace | A | 3–0 | Comley, Payne, Griffiths | 12,719 |
| 2 | 10 Dec 1949 | Gateshead | H | 1–1 | Harper | 15,184 |
| 2r | 15 Dec 1949 | Gateshead | A | 2–1 a.e.t. | Parker, Harper | 14,000 |
| 3 | 7 Jan 1950 | Port Vale | H | 1–2 | Comley | 17,781 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 12 Jan 1950 | Merthyr Tydfil | A | 0–3 | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Notts County | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 95 | 50 | 1.900 | 58 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 50 | 1.440 | 51 |
| 3 | Southend United | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 48 | 1.375 | 51 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 67 | 39 | 1.718 | 49 |
| 5 | Torquay United | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 66 | 63 | 1.048 | 48 |
| 6 | Watford | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 35 | 1.286 | 45 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 54 | 1.019 | 44 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 | 44 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 51 | 51 | 1.000 | 43 |
| 10 | Reading | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 64 | 1.094 | 42 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 65 | 63 | 1.032 | 42 |
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 56 | 1.018 | 42 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 42 | 1.119 | 41 |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 41 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 61 | 0.984 | 40 |
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 63 | 75 | 0.840 | 39 |
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 57 | 86 | 0.663 | 35 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 53 | 85 | 0.624 | 35 |
| 19 | Walsall | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 61 | 62 | 0.984 | 34 |
| 20 | Aldershot | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 48 | 60 | 0.800 | 34 |
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 67 | 98 | 0.684 | 34 |
| 22 | Millwall | 42 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 32 |
Note: As the division was being expanded by two clubs, Newport County and Millwall were re-elected without a vote.
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election