# 1966–67 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1966–67 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 39th 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 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 56 | 63 | 0.889 | 40 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 13 |
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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 |

## Fixtures and results
### Fourth Division

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 20 Aug 1966 | Lincoln City | A | 2–2 | Jones 2 | 4,037 |
| 27 Aug 1966 | Barnsley | H | 2–0 | OG 2 | 2,939 |
| 3 Sep 1966 | Luton Town | A | 1–3 | Fraser | 5,377 |
| 5 Sep 1966 | Chesterfield | A | 1–0 | Thomas | 7,027 |
| 10 Sep 1966 | Aldershot | H | 1–2 | Jones | 2,521 |
| 17 Sep 1966 | Wrexham | A | 2–2 | Pugh, Rathbone | 5,935 |
| 19 Sep 1966 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–0 | Jones | 4,096 |
| 24 Sep 1966 | Southend United | H | 3–0 | Morgan 2, Hill | 2,944 |
| 26 Sep 1966 | Chesterfield | H | 4–1 | Jones 3, Morgan | 5,774 |
| 30 Sep 1966 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–2 | Jones | 5,952 |
| 7 Oct 1966 | Stockport County | A | 0–0 | | 12,041 |
| 15 Oct 1966 | Rochdale | H | 2–2 | Jones, Rathbone | 4,615 |
| 17 Oct 1966 | Hartlepools United | H | 0–2 | | 5,458 |
| 22 Oct 1966 | Southport | A | 0–1 | | 6,205 |
| 24 Oct 1966 | Luton Town | H | 2–0 | Fraser, Morgan | 3,451 |
| 29 Oct 1966 | Notts County | H | 1–0 | OG | 3,670 |
| 5 Nov 1966 | Chester | A | 2–4 | Hill, G.Smith | 5,257 |
| 12 Nov 1966 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 0–0 | | 3,139 |
| 19 Nov 1966 | Port Vale | A | 0–2 | | 3,883 |
| 10 Dec 1966 | York City | H | 4–2 | Morgan 2, Hill, OG | 1,872 |
| 26 Dec 1966 | Exeter City | A | 0–0 | | 7,044 |
| 27 Dec 1966 | Exeter City | H | 3–2 | Jones 2, Morgan | 4,082 |
| 31 Dec 1966 | Barnsley | A | 1–1 | Morgan | 7,610 |
| 14 Jan 1967 | Aldershot | A | 0–5 | | 4,403 |
| 21 Jan 1967 | Wrexham | H | 1–1 | Wood | 2,882 |
| 4 Feb 1967 | Southend United | A | 0–1 | | 7,412 |
| 13 Feb 1967 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–2 | Jones | 2,453 |
| 25 Feb 1967 | Stockport County | H | 1–1 | Melling | 2,351 |
| 4 Mar 1967 | Rochdale | A | 0–2 | | 2,041 |
| 6 Mar 1967 | Barrow | A | 0–1 | | 5,186 |
| 11 Mar 1967 | Halifax Town | A | 2–2 | G.Smith, Melling | 3,454 |
| 13 Mar 1967 | Lincoln City | H | 0–0 | | 2,245 |
| 18 Mar 1967 | Southport | H | 0–0 | | 2,300 |
| 25 Mar 1967 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2–3 | G.Smith, Melling | 4,690 |
| 27 Mar 1967 | Brentford | A | 1–1 | Melling | 9,600 |
| 28 Mar 1967 | Brentford | H | 1–1 | Bird | 2,546 |
| 3 Apr 1967 | Chester | H | 2–3 | Jones, A.Williams | 2,591 |
| 8 Apr 1967 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 1–3 | Hill | 2,724 |
| 10 Apr 1967 | Bradford City | H | 1–1 | Reynolds | 1,222 |
| 17 Apr 1967 | Port Vale | H | 1–1 | G.Smith | 1,912 |
| 22 Apr 1967 | Notts County | A | 1–2 | Melling | 3,455 |
| 26 Apr 1967 | Bradford City | A | 2–1 | Wood, Jones | 3,825 |
| 29 Apr 1967 | Barrow | H | 0–1 | | 2,263 |
| 1 May 1967 | Halifax Town | H | 3–0 | Bird, Morgan, Melling | 1,600 |
| 5 May 1967 | York City | A | 1–2 | Melling | 2,605 |
| 13 May 1967 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–1 | Jones, A.Williams | 1,539 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 26 Nov 1966 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–2 | Thomas | 5,000 |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 24 Aug 1966 | Swansea Town | H | 1–2 | Jones | 3,816 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 7 Jan 1967 | Llanelly | A | 6–2 | Jones 3, Pugh, Thomas 2 | 2,500 |
| 6 | 16 Feb 1967 | Bangor City | H | 0–0 | | 1,479 |
| 6r | 22 Feb 1967 | Bangor City | A | 1–0 | Hill | 1,500 |
| SF | 15 Mar 1967 | Cardiff City | H | 1–2 | Melling | 8,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 16 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 60 | 64 | 0.938 | 41 |
| 17 | Luton Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 73 | 0.808 | 41 |
| 18 | Newport County | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 56 | 63 | 0.889 | 40 |
| 19 | Chester | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 54 | 78 | 0.692 | 40 |
| 20 | Notts County | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 72 | 0.736 | 37 |