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 Home 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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1925. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
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
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 Key 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
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