1926–27 Newport County A.F.C. season
# 1926–27 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1926–27 season was Newport County's seventh season in the Football League, sixth season in the Third Division South and seventh 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 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 57 | 71 | 0.803 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 51 | 10 |

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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 |

## Fixtures and results

### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 Aug 1926 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 2–1 | Nairn, Holland | 9,262 |
| 1 Sep 1926 | Bristol City | A | 1–4 | Carney | 13,478 |
| 4 Sep 1926 | Merthyr Town | A | 2–1 | Forward, OG | 5,259 |
| 9 Sep 1926 | Bristol City | H | 0–0 | | 7,888 |
| 11 Sep 1926 | Aberdare Athletic | A | 1–0 | Johnson | 2,741 |
| 18 Sep 1926 | Gillingham | H | 1–0 | Price | 7,141 |
| 25 Sep 1926 | Watford | A | 0–0 | | 7,720 |
| 30 Sep 1926 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–1 | Nairn, Price | 4,687 |
| 2 Oct 1926 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–1 | Price, Gittins | 6,985 |
| 9 Oct 1926 | Coventry City | A | 1–3 | James | 7,931 |
| 16 Oct 1926 | Luton Town | H | 3–2 | Johnson, James, Gittins | 6,821 |
| 23 Oct 1926 | Southend United | A | 0–5 | | 6,481 |
| 30 Oct 1926 | Exeter City | H | 2–0 | James, Gittins | 6,454 |
| 6 Nov 1926 | Swindon Town | A | 1–3 | Gittins | 4,870 |
| 13 Nov 1926 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–0 | Nairn | 3,927 |
| 20 Nov 1926 | Millwall | A | 1–4 | Holland | 7,004 |
| 4 Dec 1926 | Northampton Town | A | 2–1 | Price 2 | 5,508 |
| 11 Dec 1926 | Millwall | H | 1–1 | Nairn | 5,345 |
| 18 Dec 1926 | Norwich City | A | 0–1 | | 6,667 |
| 25 Dec 1926 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 2–1 | Nairn, Forward | 6,359 |
| 27 Dec 1926 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 1–2 | Nairn | 8,916 |
| 1 Jan 1927 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | Johnson | 5,006 |
| 8 Jan 1927 | Gillingham | A | 1–0 | Price | 4,611 |
| 15 Jan 1927 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 1–4 | Price | 8,943 |
| 22 Jan 1927 | Merthyr Town | H | 4–3 | Johnson, Price, Nairn, Forward | 5,083 |
| 29 Jan 1927 | Aberdare Athletic | H | 5–2 | Johnson 2, Drinnan, Forward, Gittins | 3,436 |
| 12 Feb 1927 | Watford | H | 2–1 | Gittins, Hiles | 4,291 |
| 19 Feb 1927 | Crystal Palace | A | 2–6 | Johnson, Weaver | 10,328 |
| 26 Feb 1927 | Coventry City | H | 4–1 | James 2, Bowsher, Gittins | 3,856 |
| 5 Mar 1927 | Luton Town | A | 1–4 | Johnson | 5,240 |
| 12 Mar 1927 | Southend United | H | 3–0 | Gittins, Hiles, Weaver | 4,725 |
| 19 Mar 1927 | Exeter City | A | 1–2 | James | 6,509 |
| 26 Mar 1927 | Swindon Town | H | 5–3 | James 2, Weaver 2, Hiles | 4,751 |
| 31 Mar 1927 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–1 | | 2,956 |
| 2 Apr 1927 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–4 | | 5,544 |
| 15 Apr 1927 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–2 | | 5,938 |
| 16 Apr 1927 | Brentford | A | 1–1 | Walker | 7,801 |
| 18 Apr 1927 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 9,057 |
| 25 Apr 1927 | Brentford | H | 0–0 | | 1,721 |
| 28 Apr 1927 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–3 | | 4,010 |
| 30 Apr 1927 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–1 | | 6,045 |
| 7 May 1927 | Norwich City | H | 0–0 | | 2,425 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 27 Nov 1926 | Poole Athletic | A | 0–1 | | 2,666 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 10 Mar 1927 | Lovells Athletic | A | 0–1 | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bristol City | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 104 | 54 | 1.926 | 62 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 95 | 61 | 1.557 | 60 |
| 3 | Millwall | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 89 | 51 | 1.745 | 56 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 79 | 50 | 1.580 | 53 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 100 | 85 | 1.176 | 51 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 84 | 81 | 1.037 | 45 |
| 7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 78 | 66 | 1.182 | 44 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 68 | 66 | 1.030 | 44 |
| 9 | Newport County | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 57 | 71 | 0.803 | 44 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 78 | 80 | 0.975 | 41 |
| 11 | Brentford | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 70 | 61 | 1.148 | 40 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 76 | 73 | 1.041 | 40 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 60 | 61 | 0.984 | 40 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 65 | 71 | 0.915 | 39 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 71 | 86 | 0.826 | 37 |
| 16 | Norwich City | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 59 | 71 | 0.831 | 35 |
| 17 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 80 | 0.787 | 35 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 59 | 87 | 0.678 | 35 |
| 19 | Southend United | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 64 | 77 | 0.831 | 34 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 32 |
| 21 | Watford | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 57 | 87 | 0.655 | 32 |
| 22 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 62 | 101 | 0.614 | 25 |

* 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

