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Newport County 1978–79 football season
The 1978–79 season was Newport County's 17th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 51st season overall in the Football League.
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46
21
10
15
66
55
+11
52
12
5
6
39
28
+11
9
5
9
27
27
0
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 H A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H H H H A A H H A A A H A A H A H A H H A A H H A Result L L L W L L L W D D W W D D D L W D W L W D W W W L W L W D L W W W W W L W L L W D L D W W Position 23 24 24 18 21 21 22 22 18 21 20 17 16 17 17 18 15 15 15 17 12 10 8 9 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 1979. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossFixtures and results [ edit ]
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
19 Aug 1978
Bournemouth A
1–3
Goddard
3,083
22 Aug 1978
Aldershot H
1–2
Williams
3,374
26 Aug 1978
Stockport County H
1–2
Goddard
2,659
2 Sep 1978
Wigan Athletic A
3–2
Sinclair, Goddard, Woods
5,319
9 Sep 1978
Reading A
1–2
Vaughan
5,089
12 Sep 1978
Crewe Alexandra H
1–2
Woods
3,176
16 Sep 1978
Wimbledon H
1–3
Clark
2,903
23 Sep 1978
Bradford City A
3–1
Lowndes 2, Sinclair
4,471
25 Sep 1978
Hartlepool United A
0–0
5,491
30 Sep 1978
York City H
1–1
Sinclair
3,021
7 Oct 1978
Scunthorpe United A
3–2
Bailey, Lowndes, Sinclair
2,453
14 Oct 1978
Huddersfield Town H
2–1
Goddard 2
3,624
17 Oct 1978
Rochdale H
0–0
3,472
21 Oct 1978
Doncaster Rovers A
0–0
2,008
28 Oct 1978
Barnsley H
1–1
Lowndes
4,570
4 Nov 1978
Northampton Town A
1–3
Bruton
3,065
10 Nov 1978
Wigan Athletic H
2–1
Goddard, Vaughan
4,142
17 Nov 1978
Stockport County A
1–1
Warriner
4,009
2 Dec 1978
Darlington H
2–1
Walden 2
3,450
9 Dec 1978
Grimsby Town A
0–1
3,667
22 Dec 1978
Hereford United A
3–0
Bruton, Goddard, Oakes
2,834
26 Dec 1978
Torquay United H
1–1
OG
6,930
30 Dec 1978
Port Vale H
1–0
Goddard
4,104
13 Jan 1979
Reading H
3–2
Goddard 2, Davies
5,968
2 Feb 1979
Hartlepool United H
3–2
Goddard 2, Lowndes
3,659
20 Feb 1979
Portsmouth A
1–2
Moore
8,206
24 Feb 1979
Huddersfield Town A
1–0
Bruton
3,361
27 Feb 1979
Bradford City H
2–4
Oakes, Tynan
4,225
3 Mar 1979
Doncaster Rovers H
3–0
Moore, Tynan, Lowndes
2,550
6 Mar 1979
Wimbledon A
0–0
2,980
10 Mar 1979
Barnsley A
0–1
9,428
13 Mar 1979
Crewe Alexandra A
1–0
Tynan
1,459
16 Mar 1979
Northampton Town H
2–1
Goddard, Bruton
3,018
20 Mar 1979
York City A
2–1
Tynan, Goddard
2,156
24 Mar 1979
Aldershot A
3–2
Tynan, Moore, Lowndes
5,243
31 Mar 1979
Halifax Town H
2–0
Bruton, Vaughan
3,927
7 Apr 1979
Darlington A
0–1
1,518
11 Apr 1979
Hereford United H
4–1
Goddard, Moore, Oakes, Lowndes
3,771
14 Apr 1979
Torquay United A
0–2
3,181
16 Apr 1979
Portsmouth H
1–2
Goddard
5,421
18 Apr 1979
Scunthorpe United H
2–0
Thompson, Oakes
2,572
21 Apr 1979
Port Vale A
1–1
Tynan
2,444
23 Apr 1979
Rochdale A
0–1
1,457
28 Apr 1979
Grimsby Town H
1–1
Oakes
3,049
1 May 1979
Bournemouth H
2–0
Tynan, Vaughan
2,235
5 May 1979
Halifax Town A
2–1
Goddard 2
1,007
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Notes
1–1
12 Aug 1978
Swansea City H
2–1
Woods, M.Williams
5,572
1–2
15 Aug 1978
Swansea City A
0–5
7,834
2–6 agg
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
4
15 Jan 1979
Ton Pentre H
0–2
1,447
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Re-elected
Failed re-election
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–9
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions Other
