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1973–74 Newport County A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Newport County
season	1973–74
manager	Billy Lucas
(until January 1974)
Brian Harris
(from January 1974)
stadium	Somerton Park
league	Fourth Division
league result	9th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
cup3	Welsh Cup
league topscorer	W.Brown (9)
season topscorer	H.J.Jarman (11)
highest attendance	6,007 vs Swindon Town (League Cup, 4 September 1973)
lowest attendance	1,785 vs Hartlepool (6 April 1974)
average attendance	3,018
prevseason	1972–73
nextseason	1974–75
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(until January 1974) Brian Harris (from January 1974) The 1973–74 season was Newport County's 12th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 46th overall in the Football League.

Season review

Results summary

Results by round

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Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1973–74 Football League#Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 Aug 1973	Reading	H	0–0		4,843
1 Sep 1973	Gillingham	A	1–1	Screen	3,971
8 Sep 1973	Chester	H	0–2		3,660
11 Sep 1973	Northampton Town	A	0–1		4,061
15 Sep 1973	Colchester United	A	1–4	Hill	3,523
18 Sep 1973	Crewe Alexandra	H	4–2	Aizlewood 2, Jarman 2	2,035
22 Sep 1973	Rotherham United	H	1–0	R.Jones	3,138
28 Sep 1973	Stockport County	A	1–1	Brown	2,780
3 Oct 1973	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4	Jarman	1,879
9 Oct 1973	Mansfield Town	H	2–0	Brown, R.Jones	3,004
13 Oct 1973	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0		2,607
20 Oct 1973	Barnsley	A	1–1	Brown	2,057
23 Oct 1973	Northampton Town	H	3–1	R.Jones, Aizelwood, Jarman	3,592
27 Oct 1973	Peterborough United	H	0–1		4,327
3 Nov 1973	Lincoln City	A	0–3		4,389
9 Nov 1973	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–1	R.Jones, Godfrey, Summerhayes	2,852
12 Nov 1973	Hartlepool	A	1–0	Aizelwood	1,641
17 Nov 1973	Darlington	H	2–0	Aizelwood, Godfrey	2,910
1 Dec 1973	Bury	H	1–0	Hill	2,346
8 Dec 1973	Exeter City	A	1–0	Godfrey	3,476
15 Dec 1973	Torquay United	A	2–3	Aizewood, Jarman	2,505
22 Dec 1973	Stockport County	H	3–1	Hooper, R.Jones, Brown	2,546
26 Dec 1973	Brentford	A	1–1	Hill	5,440
29 Dec 1973	Chester	A	0–3		2,661
1 Jan 1974	Gillingham	H	3–3	Brown, Hill, Summerhayes	5,888
5 Jan 1974	Workington	A	2–3	Hooper, Brown	749
12 Jan 1974	Colchester United	H	1–3	Hooper	3,304
19 Jan 1974	Reading	A	1–1	R.Jones	4,311
27 Jan 1974	Exeter City	H	2–1	Screen, Brown	3,812
3 Feb 1974	Torquay United	H	2–2	Aizelwood, Godfrey	3,480
10 Feb 1974	Rotherham United	A	1–1	OG	2.933
17 Feb 1974	Scunthorpe United	H	2–1	Hooper 2	3,051
24 Feb 1974	Mansfield Town	A	1–2	Jarman	3,006
2 Mar 1974	Brentford	H	1–1	D.Jones	2,167
9 Mar 1974	Peterborough United	A	0–2		7,354
17 Mar 1974	Barnsley	H	1–0	Jenkins	1,808
22 Mar 1974	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–2		1,163
25 Mar 1974	Workington	H	4–0	Godfrey 3, Coldrick	1,972
30 Mar 1974	Lincoln City	H	0–1		1,908
3 Apr 1974	Bradford City	A	0–3		2,681
6 Apr 1974	Hartlepool	H	0–0		1,785
13 Apr 1974	Darlington	A	1–0	Hooper	2,322
15 Apr 1974	Swansea City	A	1–1	White	2,303
16 Apr 1974	Swansea City	H	2–1	Brown, Jarman	3,108
22 Apr 1974	Bradford City	H	2–2	Jarman, Brown	1,890
27 Apr 1974	Bury	A	0–5		6,111

FA Cup

Main article: 1973–74 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	24 Nov 1973	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–3	Hooper	6,888

Football League Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	28 Aug 1973	Swindon Town	A	3–3	Jarman, Screen, Brown	6,873
1r	4 Sep 1973	Swindon Town	H	1–2	Jarman	6,007

League table

Main article: 1973–74 Football League#Fourth Division

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County.

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