1931–32 Newport County A.F.C. season
# 1931–32 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1931–32 season saw Newport County return to the Southern League following their failure to be re-elected to the Football League. However, after this one season hiatus they were re-elected for the 1932–33 season.

## Season review

### Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

| 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 | Ave | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Ave | W | D | L | GF | GA | Ave |
| 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 51 | 1.37 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 19 | 2.84 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 0.48 |

Last updated: 29 Mar 1932. Source:

## Fixtures and results

### Southern League Western Division

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 Aug 1931 | Merthyr Town | H | 4–2 | Peed 2, Thomas, Bagley | |
| 7 Sep 1931 | Yeovil & Petters United | H | 1–1 | Gittins | |
| 17 Sep 1931 | Bath City | A | 3–3 | Peed 2, Brittan | |
| 21 Sep 1931 | Llanelly | A | 2–2 | Peed, Brittan | 4,000 |
| 26 Sep 1931 | Bath City | H | 2–2 | Thomas, Brittan | |
| 10 Oct 1931 | Exeter City reserves | H | 1–1 | Peed | |
| 17 Oct 1931 | Bristol Rovers reserves | A | 1–0 | Gittins | 3,000 |
| 24 Oct 1931 | Llanelly | H | 1–2 | Peed | |
| 31 Oct 1931 | Taunton Town | A | 1–2 | Peed | |
| 7 Nov 1931 | Ebbw Vale | H | 7–2 | Gittins 3, Peed 3, Bagley | |
| 21 Nov 1931 | Bristol Rovers reserves | H | 6–2 | Gittins 2, Thomas 2, Peed, W.Clarke | |
| 5 Dec 1931 | Swindon Town reserves | H | 6–1 | S.Jones 2, Gittins, Thomas, Brittan, Bagley | |
| 25 Dec 1931 | Barry | A | 2–4 | Bagley, Brittan | |
| 26 Dec 1931 | Barry | H | 11–1 | Gittins 4, Peed 3, Thomas 2, Bagley | |
| 2 Jan 1932 | Merthyr Town | A | 3–3 | S.Jones | |
| 16 Jan 1932 | Taunton Town | H | 10–2 | Bagley, S.Jones, Gittins | |
| 20 Feb 1932 | Exeter City reserves | A | 1–3 | Peed | 3,000 |
| 27 Feb 1932 | Torquay United reserves | H | 3–0 | | |
| 5 Mar 1932 | Torquay United reserves | A | 0–6 | | |
| 19 Mar 1932 | Swindon Town reserves | A | 0–5 | | |
| 25 Mar 1932 | Plymouth Argyle reserves | A | 0–0 | | |
| 26 Mar 1932 | Ebbw Vale | A | 3–2 | A.Clarke, Brittan | |
| 28 Mar 1932 | Plymouth Argyle reserves | H | 2–3 | Peed, Brittan | |
| 29 Mar 1932 | Yeovil & Petters United | A | 0–3 | Gittins | 300 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 6 Feb 1932 | Cardiff Corinthians | H | 2–0 | Gittins, Bagley |
| 6 | 17 Mar 1932 | Swansea Town | H | 0–0 | |
| 6r | 4 Apr 1932 | Swansea Town | A | 0–2 | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yeovil & Petters United | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 31 | 36 | |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle reserves | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 81 | 31 | 35 | |
| 3 | Bath City | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 33 | 31 | |
| 4 | Llanelly | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 46 | 28 | |
| 5 | Taunton Town | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 58 | 28 | |
| 6 | Newport County | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 51 | 26 | Elected to Football League |
| 7 | Exeter City reserves | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 43 | 25 | |
| 8 | Merthyr Town | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 73 | 22 | |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers reserves | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 54 | 47 | 20 | |
| 10 | Swindon Town reserves | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 54 | 95 | 20 | Resigned |
| 11 | Barry | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 58 | 76 | 17 | |
| 12 | Torquay United reserves | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 66 | 16 | |
| 13 | Ebbw Vale | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 102 | 8 | Resigned |

### Election

| Votes | Club | Fate |
| - | - | - |
| 41 | Gillingham | Re-elected to the League |
| 36 | Newport County | Elected to the League |
| 35 | Aldershot | Elected to the League |
| 25 | Llanelly | Not elected to the League |
| 8 | Guildford City | Not elected to the League |
| 2 | Merthyr Town | Not elected to the League |
