1935–36 Newport County A.F.C. season
# 1935–36 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1935–36 season was Newport County's fourth consecutive season in the Third Division South and their 15th in the Football League. County finished in the re-election places for the second consecutive season, but as with the previous season, were comfortably re-elected.

## Season review

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 111 | 0.541 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 67 | 11 |

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 |
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| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |

## Fixtures and results

### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Aug 1935 | Swindon Town | H | 2–2 | Green, Smith | 11,408 |
| 4 Sep 1935 | Bristol City | A | 2–1 | Green, McKay | 14,933 |
| 7 Sep 1935 | Coventry City | A | 1–7 | Thomas | 17,138 |
| 9 Sep 1935 | Bristol City | H | 2–0 | McKay, White | 7,885 |
| 14 Sep 1935 | Cardiff City | H | 0–0 | | 15,858 |
| 16 Sep 1935 | Millwall | A | 2–2 | Smith 2 | 3,751 |
| 21 Sep 1935 | Exeter City | H | 2–1 | Smith, Thomas | 8,232 |
| 28 Sep 1935 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–7 | Green | 7,246 |
| 5 Oct 1935 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 3–4 | Burgess 2, Parle | 6,033 |
| 12 Oct 1935 | Watford | A | 5–2 | Smith 3, Parle 2 | 8,110 |
| 19 Oct 1935 | Gillingham | A | 0–3 | | 5,025 |
| 26 Oct 1935 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 0–0 | | 6,320 |
| 2 Nov 1935 | Luton Town | A | 0–7 | | 10,085 |
| 9 Nov 1935 | Reading | H | 1–5 | McKay | 6,471 |
| 16 Nov 1935 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–3 | | 7,698 |
| 23 Nov 1935 | Clapton Orient | H | 2–3 | Thomas, Derrick | 4,724 |
| 7 Dec 1935 | Northampton Town | H | 5–1 | Derrick 3, Burgess 2 | 3,780 |
| 18 Dec 1935 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–6 | | 2,165 |
| 25 Dec 1935 | Torquay United | H | 1–6 | Burgess | 5,459 |
| 26 Dec 1935 | Torquay United | A | 2–3 | Parle 2 | 5,233 |
| 28 Dec 1935 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | D.Jones | 5,629 |
| 4 Jan 1936 | Coventry City | H | 2–1 | Derrick, Parle | 5,166 |
| 18 Jan 1936 | Cardiff City | A | 0–2 | | 10,981 |
| 22 Jan 1936 | Southend United | A | 2–1 | Smith, Appleby | 3,328 |
| 25 Jan 1936 | Exeter City | A | 3–3 | Derrick 2, Appleby | 3,688 |
| 1 Feb 1936 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–2 | | 4,751 |
| 8 Feb 1936 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–1 | Derrick | 10,419 |
| 15 Feb 1936 | Watford | H | 0–5 | | 5,405 |
| 27 Feb 1936 | Notts County | H | 1–2 | Thomas | 2,818 |
| 29 Feb 1936 | Reading | A | 1–2 | Appleby | 5,607 |
| 7 Mar 1936 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–5 | Thomas, Derrick | 3,232 |
| 14 Mar 1936 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–2 | | 5,396 |
| 19 Mar 1936 | Gillingham | H | 4–2 | Parle 2, Smith, Thomas | 2,515 |
| 21 Mar 1936 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–0 | Smith | 5,890 |
| 28 Mar 1936 | Clapton Orient | A | 0–4 | | 7,449 |
| 4 Apr 1936 | Southend United | H | 3–1 | Clarke 2, Thomas | 3,445 |
| 10 Apr 1936 | Aldershot | A | 1–1 | Derrick | 6,239 |
| 11 Apr 1936 | Northampton Town | A | 0–3 | | 5,219 |
| 13 Apr 1936 | Aldershot | H | 1–1 | Derrick | 5,368 |
| 18 Apr 1936 | Luton Town | H | 0–2 | | 6,356 |
| 25 Apr 1936 | Notts County | A | 2–6 | Derrick 2 | 2,180 |
| 2 May 1936 | Millwall | H | 4–1 | Derrick 2, Appleby, Thomas | 2,617 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 Nov 1935 | Southend United | H | 0–1 | | 4,000 |

### Third Division South Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 Oct 1935 | Southend United | A | 0–3 | | 4,000 |

### Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 6 Feb 1936 | Swansea Town | A | 0–1 | | 1,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Coventry City | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 102 | 45 | 2.267 | 57 |
| 2 | Luton Town | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 81 | 45 | 1.800 | 56 |
| 3 | Reading | 42 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 54 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 84 | 53 | 1.585 | 53 |
| 5 | Watford | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 80 | 54 | 1.481 | 49 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 96 | 74 | 1.297 | 49 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 63 | 1.111 | 44 |
| 8 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 56 | 1.071 | 43 |
| 9 | Notts County | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 57 | 1.053 | 42 |
| 10 | Torquay United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 62 | 1.000 | 41 |
| 11 | Aldershot | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 61 | 0.869 | 40 |
| 12 | Millwall | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 71 | 0.817 | 40 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 59 | 0.814 | 40 |
| 14 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 55 | 61 | 0.902 | 38 |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 62 | 90 | 0.689 | 38 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 77 | 0.857 | 37 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 69 | 95 | 0.726 | 37 |
| 18 | Southend United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 62 | 0.984 | 36 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 73 | 0.877 | 36 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 60 | 73 | 0.822 | 36 |
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 111 | 0.541 | 31 |
| 22 | Exeter City | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 59 | 93 | 0.634 | 27 |

* Division Champions
* Re-elected
* Failed re-election

### Election

| Votes | Club | Fate |
| - | - | - |
| 48 | Exeter City | Re-elected to the Football League |
| 40 | Newport County | Re-elected to the Football League |
| 9 | Bath City | Not elected to the Football League |
| 1 | Dartford | Not elected to the Football League |
| 1 | Folkestone | Not elected to the Football League |
