# 1927–28 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1927–28 season was Newport County's eighth season in the Football League, seventh season in the Third Division South and eighth 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 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 81 | 84 | 0.964 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 46 | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 27 Aug 1927 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 2–4 | Gittins, Barratt | 15,489 |
| 1 Sep 1927 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 3–1 | Weaver 2, Waterson | 6,146 |
| 3 Sep 1927 | Watford | H | 3–2 | Gittins 2, Waterston | 7,362 |
| 10 Sep 1927 | Charlton Athletic | A | 2–3 | Prichard, Weaver | 7,946 |
| 14 Sep 1927 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 4–1 | Weaver 3, Pick | 3,700 |
| 17 Sep 1927 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–1 | Gittins, Brittan, Weaver | 7,862 |
| 24 Sep 1927 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–2 | | 10,011 |
| 1 Oct 1927 | Merthyr Town | H | 1–1 | Brittan | 3,147 |
| 8 Oct 1927 | Walsall | A | 3–0 | Pick 2, Weaver | 11,738 |
| 15 Oct 1927 | Gillingham | H | 1–1 | Barratt | 6,589 |
| 22 Oct 1927 | Luton Town | A | 1–1 | Maidment | 5,192 |
| 29 Oct 1927 | Brentford | H | 3–0 | Maidment, Barratt, Weaver | 5,790 |
| 5 Nov 1927 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–0 | | 5,324 |
| 12 Nov 1927 | Millwall | H | 1–3 | Waterston | 5,727 |
| 19 Nov 1927 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–2 | | 8,683 |
| 3 Dec 1927 | Torquay United | A | 1–1 | Waterston | 3,489 |
| 17 Dec 1927 | Northampton Town | A | 2–1 | Gittins, Waterston | 8,945 |
| 24 Dec 1927 | Southend United | H | 3–2 | Gittins 2, Waterston | 3,837 |
| 26 Dec 1927 | Swindon Town | H | 1–3 | Young | 3,610 |
| 27 Dec 1927 | Swindon Town | A | 1–4 | Waterston | 9,715 |
| 7 Jan 1928 | Watford | A | 3–2 | Harper, Waterston | 5,972 |
| 14 Jan 1928 | Norwich City | H | 2–2 | Waterston 2 | 2,875 |
| 21 Jan 1928 | Charlton Athletic | H | 4–3 | Waterston 4 | 3,737 |
| 28 Jan 1928 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–2 | Gittins | 4,265 |
| 4 Feb 1928 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1–1 | Harpre | 3,502 |
| 11 Feb 1928 | Merthyr Town | A | 2–0 | Gittins 2 | 2,229 |
| 18 Feb 1928 | Walsall | H | 4–1 | Brittan 3, Gittins | 5,561 |
| 25 Feb 1928 | Gillingham | A | 0–4 | | 5,932 |
| 3 Mar 1928 | Luton Town | H | 7–2 | Waterston 3, Gittins 2, Harper, Pick | 3,995 |
| 10 Mar 1928 | Brentford | A | 1–3 | Waterston | 5,759 |
| 17 Mar 1928 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 4–3 | Gittins 2, Waterston, Brittan | 3,754 |
| 22 Mar 1928 | Exeter City | H | 1–0 | Gittins | 2,108 |
| 24 Mar 1928 | Millwall | A | 1–5 | Richardson | 15,558 |
| 6 Apr 1928 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–6 | Thomas | 5,918 |
| 7 Apr 1928 | Norwich City | A | 1–1 | Thomas | 7,641 |
| 9 Apr 1928 | Coventry City | H | 3–0 | Waterston 3 | 5,170 |
| 10 Apr 1928 | Coventry City | A | 2–0 | Waterston, Young | 10,295 |
| 14 Apr 1928 | Torquay United | H | 2–2 | Waterston, Barratt | 3,199 |
| 21 Apr 1928 | Exeter City | A | 1–5 | Gittins | 4,912 |
| 26 Apr 1928 | Crystal Palace | H | 0–3 | | 2,554 |
| 28 Apr 1928 | Northampton Town | H | 4–1 | Waterston 2, Harper, Gittins | 2,753 |
| 5 May 1928 | Southend United | A | 1–5 | Waterston | 4,796 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 26 Nov 1927 | Swindon Town | H | 0–1 | | 9,600 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 1 Mar 1928 | Holywell | H | W/O | | |
| 6 | 29 Mar 1928 | Rhyl | A | 1–3 | Barratt | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Millwall | 42 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 127 | 50 | 2.540 | 65 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 102 | 64 | 1.594 | 55 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 85 | 54 | 1.574 | 53 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 81 | 69 | 1.174 | 48 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 79 | 72 | 1.097 | 48 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 90 | 69 | 1.304 | 47 |
| 7 | Southend United | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 80 | 64 | 1.250 | 46 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 70 | 60 | 1.167 | 46 |
| 9 | Newport County | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 81 | 84 | 0.964 | 45 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 72 | 71 | 1.014 | 43 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 70 | 0.857 | 43 |
| 12 | Brentford | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 76 | 74 | 1.027 | 40 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 94 | 87 | 1.080 | 39 |
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 72 | 79 | 0.911 | 38 |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 68 | 78 | 0.872 | 38 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 81 | 0.765 | 37 |
| 17 | Norwich City | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 66 | 70 | 0.943 | 36 |
| 18 | Walsall | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 75 | 101 | 0.743 | 33 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 67 | 93 | 0.720 | 32 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 67 | 96 | 0.698 | 31 |
| 21 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 53 | 91 | 0.582 | 31 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 53 | 103 | 0.515 | 30 |
* 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