# 1924–25 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1924–25 season was Newport County's fifth season in the Football League, fourth consecutive season in the Third Division South and fifth season overall in the third tier. The club eventually finished sixth, but in the second half of the season County were in contention for the one available promotion place to the Second Division. The matches with local rivals Swansea Town on 10 and 13 April were crucial to either side's chances of promotion. Going into the home game on 10 April, Newport were in fifth place and Swansea were top. A season's best attendance saw County knock Town from top spot with a 3–0 win, but they regained it with a win in the return fixture three days later. Swansea went on to win the title by one point.

## 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 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 42 | 1.476 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 17 |
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 | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 Aug 1924 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| 3 Sep 1924 | Reading | A | 1–0 | Turnbull | 8,270 |
| 6 Sep 1924 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–1 | | 8,000 |
| 11 Sep 1924 | Reading | H | 1–1 | Charlton | 6,000 |
| 13 Sep 1924 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | Gittins | 6,000 |
| 15 Sep 1924 | Brentford | A | 0–2 | | 4,000 |
| 20 Sep 1924 | Watford | A | 5–0 | Charlton 4, Conner | — |
| 27 Sep 1924 | Southend United | H | 1–1 | Jenkins | 9,000 |
| 29 Sep 1924 | Merthyr Town | A | 0–1 | | 4,000 |
| 4 Oct 1924 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–4 | Cook | 12,000 |
| 11 Oct 1924 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–0 | Charlton | 10,000 |
| 18 Oct 1924 | Exeter City | H | 2–1 | Gittins, Lowes | 7,000 |
| 25 Oct 1924 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 1 Nov 1924 | Bristol City | A | 0–2 | | 8,000 |
| 8 Nov 1924 | Swindon Town | H | 3–1 | Carney, Charlton, Conner | 10,000 |
| 22 Nov 1924 | Norwich City | H | 3–0 | Nairn, Lowes, Forward | 6,000 |
| 6 Dec 1924 | Millwall | H | 2–3 | Charlton, Lowes | 7,000 |
| 13 Dec 1924 | Luton Town | A | 2–2 | Nairn, Conner | — |
| 20 Dec 1924 | Gillingham | H | 2–0 | Lowes 2 | 8,000 |
| 25 Dec 1924 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–0 | | 6,000 |
| 26 Dec 1924 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 2–0 | Charlton, Gittins | 8,000 |
| 27 Dec 1924 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 3–4 | Taylor 2, H.White | 3,000 |
| 10 Jan 1925 | Aberdare Athletic | A | 3–1 | Forward, Taylor, Wetherby | 5,000 |
| 17 Jan 1925 | Northampton Town | A | 2–0 | Nairn, Taylor | 6,000 |
| 24 Jan 1925 | Watford | H | 3–0 | Nairn, Charlton, Taylor | 8,000 |
| 31 Jan 1925 | Southend United | A | 1–0 | Taylor | 8,000 |
| 7 Feb 1925 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 14 Feb 1925 | Bristol Rovers | H | 4–1 | Whitton, Charlton, Turnbull, Hiles | 12,000 |
| 21 Feb 1925 | Exeter City | A | 3–4 | Turnbull, Forward, Taylor | 7,000 |
| 28 Feb 1925 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 2–0 | Taylor 2 | — |
| 7 Mar 1925 | Bristol City | H | 0–2 | | 11,800 |
| 14 Mar 1925 | Swindon Town | A | 2–2 | F.T.McKenzie, Taylor | 8,028 |
| 21 Mar 1925 | Aberdare Athletic | H | 1–0 | Turnbull | 7,000 |
| 28 Mar 1925 | Norwich City | A | 1–2 | Wetherby | 5,000 |
| 4 Apr 1925 | Brentford | H | 1–0 | Taylor | 5,000 |
| 10 Apr 1925 | Swansea Town | H | 3–0 | Charlton 2, Lowes | 15,000 |
| 11 Apr 1925 | Millwall | A | 0–3 | | 12,000 |
| 13 Apr 1925 | Swansea Town | A | 0–1 | | 22,000 |
| 14 Apr 1925 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–1 | Charlton, Wetherby | 6,000 |
| 18 Apr 1925 | Luton Town | H | 1–1 | Nairn | 7,000 |
| 25 Apr 1925 | Gillingham | A | 0–1 | | 5,000 |
| 2 May 1925 | Merthyr Town | H | 3–0 | Lowes 2, Forward | 7,000 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Notes |
| 4Q | 15 Nov 1924 | Aberdare Athletic | A | 0–0 | | 10,000 | |
| 4Qr | 20 Nov 1924 | Aberdare Athletic | H | 3–0 | Carney, Lowes, Forward | 6,000 | |
| 5Q | 29 Nov 1924 | Exeter City | A | 1–1 | Gittins | 11,000 | |
| 5Qr | 4 Dec 1924 | Exeter City | H | 3–3 | Lowes 2, Nairn | 4,600 | |
| 5Qr2 | 8 Dec 1924 | Exeter City | N | 0–1 | | 5,000 | At Ashton Gate |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 5 | 5 Mar 1925 | Wellington Town | H | 2–0 | Taylor, Whitton | |
| 6 | 19 Mar 1925 | Wrexham | H | 0–1 | | 3,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Swansea Town | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 35 | 1.943 | 57 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 38 | 2.026 | 56 |
| 3 | Bristol City | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 41 | 1.463 | 53 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 38 | 1.737 | 51 |
| 5 | Millwall | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 38 | 1.526 | 49 |
| 6 | Newport County | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 42 | 1.476 | 49 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 48 | 1.229 | 47 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 45 | 1.311 | 46 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 51 | 44 | 1.159 | 46 |
| 10 | Southend United | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | 43 |
| 11 | Watford | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 0.809 | 43 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 41 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 44 | 0.795 | 40 |
| 14 | Reading | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 38 | 0.974 | 38 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 0.958 | 38 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 49 | 57 | 0.860 | 37 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 49 | 0.857 | 37 |
| 18 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 54 | 67 | 0.806 | 37 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 42 | 63 | 0.667 | 36 |
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 58 | 0.690 | 34 |
| 21 | Brentford | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 38 | 91 | 0.418 | 25 |
| 22 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 35 | 77 | 0.455 | 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