# 1967–68 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1967–68 season was Newport County's sixth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 40th 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 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 63 | 0.921 | 45 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 16 |
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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 |

## Fixtures and results
### Fourth Division

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 19 Aug 1967 | Rochdale | H | 1–1 | Melling | 4,848 |
| 26 Aug 1967 | Brentford | A | 1–3 | Wookey | 4,511 |
| 2 Sep 1967 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 4–0 | D.Jones 2, Melling, Hill | 3,700 |
| 5 Sep 1967 | York City | H | 2–1 | D.Jones, King | 4,108 |
| 9 Sep 1967 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–1 | Hill | 6,207 |
| 16 Sep 1967 | Luton Town | H | 1–1 | King | 4,635 |
| 22 Sep 1967 | Southend United | A | 2–2 | King 2 | 15,389 |
| 25 Sep 1967 | York City | A | 1–0 | King | 3,072 |
| 30 Sep 1967 | Wrexham | H | 3–2 | Melling 3 | 5,133 |
| 3 Oct 1967 | Hartlepools United | H | 2–0 | Melling 2 | 2,136 |
| 7 Oct 1967 | Lincoln City | A | 1–2 | Stark | 6,689 |
| 14 Oct 1967 | Halifax Town | H | 0–1 | | 2,657 |
| 21 Oct 1967 | Bradford City | A | 0–3 | | 8,123 |
| 23 Oct 1967 | Hartlepools United | A | 0–2 | | 4,942 |
| 31 Oct 1967 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 0–0 | | 3,004 |
| 4 Nov 1967 | Notts County | A | 1–3 | D.Jones | 4,456 |
| 13 Nov 1967 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 2–0 | Stark, Thomas | 2,991 |
| 18 Nov 1967 | Chester | A | 1–2 | Thomas | 3,704 |
| 21 Nov 1967 | Port Vale | H | 1–1 | A.Smith | 2,434 |
| 25 Nov 1967 | Chesterfield | H | 0–3 | | 2,343 |
| 2 Dec 1967 | Exeter City | A | 1–2 | Hill | 4,208 |
| 16 Dec 1967 | Rochdale | A | 3–4 | Hill, Robinson, Buck | 1,662 |
| 23 Dec 1967 | Brentford | H | 2–2 | Hill, King | 2,700 |
| 26 Dec 1967 | Swansea Town | A | 2–4 | Hill, A.Jones | 12,458 |
| 30 Dec 1967 | Swansea Town | H | 3–0 | A.Jones 2, Buck | 6,316 |
| 20 Jan 1968 | Luton Town | A | 1–1 | Hill | 10,992 |
| 6 Feb 1968 | Southend United | H | 2–0 | Hill, OG | 2,850 |
| 10 Feb 1968 | Wrexham | A | 1–0 | Hill | 5,544 |
| 17 Feb 1968 | Barnsley | H | 3–0 | Wookey, Buck, A.Jones | 4,301 |
| 24 Feb 1968 | Chester | H | 1–1 | A.Jones | 4,370 |
| 27 Feb 1968 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 2–1 | Hill, A.Jones | 4,642 |
| 2 Mar 1968 | Halifax Town | A | 1–4 | King | 4,336 |
| 9 Mar 1968 | Workington | A | 1–1 | A.Jones | 2,838 |
| 16 Mar 1968 | Bradford City | H | 0–3 | | 3,017 |
| 23 Mar 1968 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–1 | A.Jones | 4,378 |
| 30 Mar 1968 | Notts County | H | 1–0 | OG | 2,040 |
| 6 Apr 1968 | Port Vale | A | 1–0 | Buck | 3,607 |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Aldershot | A | 0–0 | | 5,411 |
| 13 Apr 1968 | Lincoln City | H | 0–1 | | 2,542 |
| 15 Apr 1968 | Aldershot | H | 0–2 | | 2,180 |
| 20 Apr 1968 | Chesterfield | A | 2–1 | Hill, A.Williams | 6,200 |
| 23 Apr 1968 | Darlington | H | 1–0 | Hill | 2,112 |
| 27 Apr 1968 | Exeter City | H | 1–1 | Hill | 1,605 |
| 29 Apr 1968 | Workington | H | 2–1 | King 2 | 1,813 |
| 4 May 1968 | Darlington | A | 0–1 | | 3,085 |
| 11 May 1968 | Barnsley | A | 2–4 | A.Jones 2 | 12,092 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 18 Dec 1967 | Gillingham | H | 3–0 | Hill, A.Williams, King | 2,452 |
| 2 | 6 Jan 1968 | Guildford City | A | 1–0 | Buck | 8,774 |
| 3 | 27 Jan 1968 | Southampton | A | 1–1 | King | 23,789 |
| 3r | 30 Jan 1968 | Southampton | H | 2–3 | Hill, A.Williams | 17,600 |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 22 Aug 1967 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | OG | 10,870 |
| 1r | 29 Aug 1967 | Swindon Town | H | 2–0 | D.Jones, King | 6,537 |
| 2 | 12 Sep 1967 | Blackpool | H | 0–1 | | 13,157 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 3 Feb 1968 | Welshpool | A | 4–0 | Hill 2, Thomas, A.P.Jones | 2,200 |
| 6 | 19 Feb 1968 | Swansea Town | H | 3–1 | Thomas, Hill, Buck | 7,833 |
| SF | 19 Mar 1968 | Hereford United | H | 0–1 | | 5,100 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 66 | 56 | 1.179 | 51 |
| 11 | Halifax Town | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 52 | 49 | 1.061 | 46 |
| 12 | Newport County | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 63 | 0.921 | 45 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 71 | 68 | 1.044 | 43 |
| 14 | Brentford | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 61 | 64 | 0.953 | 43 |