# 1925–26 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1925–26 season was Newport County's sixth season in the Football League, fifth season in the Third Division South and sixth season overall in the third tier.

## 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 | 10 | 18 | 64 | 74 | 0.865 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 47 | 11 |
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 | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 29 Aug 1925 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 4–3 | Davis 3, Taylor | 11,232 |
| 3 Sep 1925 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–0 | | 4,968 |
| 5 Sep 1925 | Luton Town | A | 2–4 | Davis 2 | 6,816 |
| 12 Sep 1925 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 4–1 | Davis 3, Lowes | 8,834 |
| 17 Sep 1925 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0–0 | | 6,152 |
| 19 Sep 1925 | Bristol Rovers | A | 2–2 | Davis 2 | 4,096 |
| 23 Sep 1925 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 2–0 | Lowes, OG | 4,137 |
| 26 Sep 1925 | Swindon Town | H | 0–4 | | 8,144 |
| 1 Oct 1925 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 1–2 | Davis | 5,092 |
| 3 Oct 1925 | Exeter City | A | 1–2 | Gittins | 8,206 |
| 10 Oct 1925 | Reading | H | 1–1 | Nairn | 7,053 |
| 17 Oct 1925 | Aberdare Athletic | H | 0–0 | | 8,083 |
| 24 Oct 1925 | Northampton Town | A | 0–2 | | 7,987 |
| 31 Oct 1925 | Brentford | H | 2–3 | Taylor, Cook | 4,933 |
| 7 Nov 1925 | Watford | A | 1–5 | Coates | 5,393 |
| 14 Nov 1925 | Southend United | H | 1–0 | Davis | 4,503 |
| 21 Nov 1925 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–3 | | 12,495 |
| 19 Dec 1925 | Norwich City | A | 0–0 | | 4,660 |
| 25 Dec 1925 | Merthyr Town | A | 1–4 | Drinnan | 5,716 |
| 26 Dec 1925 | Merthyr Town | H | 3–1 | Carney 3 | 7,882 |
| 28 Dec 1925 | Bristol City | H | 1–0 | Carney | 4,593 |
| 2 Jan 1926 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–2 | Carney | 7,398 |
| 16 Jan 1926 | Luton Town | H | 2–1 | Coates, Drinnan | 4,498 |
| 23 Jan 1926 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 2–0 | Carney, Cook | 6,385 |
| 30 Jan 1926 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–1 | Carney, Cook, Coates | 3,472 |
| 6 Feb 1926 | Swindon Town | A | 1–2 | Carney | 5,687 |
| 10 Feb 1926 | Crystal Palace | A | 2–4 | Forward 2 | 4,228 |
| 13 Feb 1926 | Exeter City | H | 3–0 | Davis 2, Drinnan | 5,437 |
| 20 Feb 1926 | Reading | A | 1–2 | Davis | 11,705 |
| 25 Feb 1926 | Millwall | H | 1–0 | Forward | 4,425 |
| 27 Feb 1926 | Aberdare Athletic | A | 0–2 | | 4,346 |
| 6 Mar 1926 | Northampton Town | H | 3–0 | Coates, Smith, Drinnan | 5,293 |
| 13 Mar 1926 | Brentford | A | 3–3 | Davis 2, Coates | 9,643 |
| 20 Mar 1926 | Watford | H | 3–3 | Carney 2, Drinnan | 5,282 |
| 27 Mar 1926 | Southend United | A | 1–4 | Drinnan | 6,124 |
| 2 Apr 1926 | Gillingham | A | 0–2 | | 7,138 |
| 3 Apr 1926 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 0–3 | | 7,343 |
| 5 Apr 1926 | Gillingham | H | 4–0 | Drinnan 2, Gittins, Davis | 5,500 |
| 10 Apr 1926 | Bristol City | A | 2–1 | Carney, Davis | 9,802 |
| 17 Apr 1926 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–3 | Smith, Drinnan | 4,477 |
| 24 Apr 1926 | Millwall | A | 3–3 | Davis, Lowes, Drinnan | 12,884 |
| 1 May 1926 | Norwich City | H | 1–1 | OG | 3,284 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 28 Nov 1925 | Weymouth | A | 1–0 | Taylor | 3,465 |
| 2 | 12 Dec 1925 | Northampton Town | H | 1–3 | Drinnan | 10,266 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 5 | 18 Mar 1926 | Barry | H | 0–0 | |
| 5r | 24 Mar 1926 | Barry | A | 3–2 | Coates 2, Drinnan |
| 6 | 29 Mar 1926 | Merthyr Town | A | 1–1 | Carney |
| 6r | 12 Apr 1926 | Merthyr Town | H | 2–0 | Carney 2 |
| SF | 21 Apr 1926 | Ebbw Vale | A | 1–2 | Davis |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Reading | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 52 | 1.481 | 57 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 107 | 67 | 1.597 | 56 |
| 3 | Millwall | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 73 | 39 | 1.872 | 53 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 51 | 1.412 | 51 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 84 | 73 | 1.151 | 47 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 69 | 64 | 1.078 | 46 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 80 | 75 | 1.067 | 43 |
| 8 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 75 | 91 | 0.824 | 43 |
| 9 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 74 | 66 | 1.121 | 42 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 49 | 1.082 | 42 |
| 11 | Southend United | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 78 | 73 | 1.068 | 42 |
| 12 | Northampton Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 82 | 80 | 1.025 | 41 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 75 | 79 | 0.949 | 41 |
| 14 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 39 |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 73 | 89 | 0.820 | 39 |
| 16 | Norwich City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 73 | 0.795 | 39 |
| 17 | Newport County | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 64 | 74 | 0.865 | 38 |
| 18 | Brentford | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 69 | 94 | 0.723 | 38 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 66 | 69 | 0.957 | 36 |
| 20 | Exeter City | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 72 | 70 | 1.029 | 35 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 68 | 0.706 | 35 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 84 | 0.440 | 21 |
* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points