# 1947–48 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1947–48 season was Newport County's first season back in Division Three South following relegation from the Second Division the previous season.

## 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 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 61 | 73 | 0.836 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 15 |
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 | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 23 Aug 1947 | Reading | A | 0–0 | | 13,890 |
| 28 Aug 1947 | Bristol City | H | 1–0 | Batty | 16,565 |
| 30 Aug 1947 | Walsall | H | 4–2 | Carr 3, Roffi | 13,591 |
| 3 Sep 1947 | Bristol City | A | 0–1 | | 25,706 |
| 6 Sep 1947 | Leyton Orient | A | 2–2 | Williams, Mogford | 14,407 |
| 11 Sep 1947 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 2–2 | Williams, Mogford | 13,977 |
| 13 Sep 1947 | Exeter City | H | 3–0 | Williams 2, Harper | 13,185 |
| 17 Sep 1947 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–5 | | 17,391 |
| 20 Sep 1947 | Swindon Town | A | 2–1 | Shergold, Mogford | 18,642 |
| 27 Sep 1947 | Southend United | A | 0–1 | | 11,447 |
| 4 Oct 1947 | Notts County | H | 3–1 | Williams, Mogford, Emmanuel | 14,015 |
| 11 Oct 1947 | Torquay United | H | 0–1 | | 11,933 |
| 18 Oct 1947 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–2 | Williams | 16,353 |
| 25 Oct 1947 | Aldershot | H | 2–2 | Mogford, Emmanuel | 11,506 |
| 1 Nov 1947 | Northampton Town | A | 1–1 | Allen | 9,289 |
| 8 Nov 1947 | Bristol Rovers | H | 2–2 | Emmanuel 2 | 12,877 |
| 15 Nov 1947 | Norwich City | A | 2–1 | Roffi, Allen | 16,072 |
| 22 Nov 1947 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–1 | McBlain | 5,817 |
| 6 Dec 1947 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 13,230 |
| 20 Dec 1947 | Reading | H | 2–0 | Carr, Emmanuel | 10,161 |
| 25 Dec 1947 | Ipswich Town | H | 3–1 | Carr 2, W.Lewis | 12,308 |
| 27 Dec 1947 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–3 | | 11,880 |
| 3 Jan 1948 | Walsall | A | 1–1 | Carr | 16,847 |
| 10 Jan 1948 | Watford | A | 2–1 | Allen, Harper | 7,427 |
| 17 Jan 1948 | Leyton Orient | H | 3–2 | Carr 2, Allen | 10,255 |
| 24 Jan 1948 | Port Vale | A | 1–4 | Roffi | 10,816 |
| 31 Jan 1948 | Exeter City | A | 4–4 | W.Lewis 2, Williams, OG | 9,711 |
| 14 Feb 1948 | Southend United | H | 1–5 | Carr | 10,640 |
| 21 Feb 1948 | Notts County | A | 1–4 | Hayward | 17,762 |
| 28 Feb 1948 | Torquay United | A | 1–4 | Hayward | 6,235 |
| 6 Mar 1948 | Crystal Palace | H | 3–1 | W.Lewis 2, Allen | 8,732 |
| 13 Mar 1948 | Aldershot | A | 2–1 | Roffi, Shergold | 5,792 |
| 20 Mar 1948 | Northampton Town | H | 1–2 | Allen | 8,567 |
| 26 Mar 1948 | Swansea Town | A | 0–3 | | 21,861 |
| 27 Mar 1948 | Bristol Rovers | A | 3–2 | Allen 2, Emmanuel | 13,607 |
| 29 Mar 1948 | Swansea Town | H | 1–1 | W.Lewis | 15,134 |
| 3 Apr 1948 | Norwich City | H | 1–1 | Williams | 8,929 |
| 8 Apr 1948 | Swindon Town | H | 2–0 | Williams, Emmanuel | 7,421 |
| 10 Apr 1948 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–3 | | 14,247 |
| 17 Apr 1948 | Watford | H | 3–4 | Williams, Roffi, Shergold | 8,878 |
| 24 Apr 1948 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 20,905 |
| 1 May 1948 | Port Vale | H | 0–0 | | 8,309 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 29 Nov 1947 | Southend United | H | 3–2 | Roffi, Lewis, Allen | 11,050 |
| 2 | 13 Dec 1947 | Reading | A | 0–3 | | 16,000 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 15 Jan 1948 | Merthyr Tydfil | A | 1–3 | Carr | 6,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 74 | 37 | 2.000 | 61 |
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 76 | 35 | 2.171 | 57 |
| 3 | Walsall | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 40 | 1.750 | 51 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 | 49 |
| 5 | Swansea Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 70 | 52 | 1.346 | 48 |
| 6 | Notts County | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 59 | 1.153 | 46 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 77 | 65 | 1.185 | 43 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 54 | 1.167 | 43 |
| 9 | Southend United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | 43 |
| 10 | Reading | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 58 | 0.966 | 41 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 41 |
| 12 | Newport County | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 61 | 73 | 0.836 | 41 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 39 |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 39 |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 79 | 0.722 | 38 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 0.891 | 36 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 36 |
| 18 | Torquay United | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 63 | 62 | 1.016 | 35 |
| 19 | Aldershot | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 67 | 0.672 | 35 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 71 | 75 | 0.947 | 34 |
| 21 | Norwich City | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 61 | 76 | 0.803 | 34 |
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 73 | 0.589 | 34 |
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election