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1979–80 Newport County A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Newport County
season	1979–80
manager	Len Ashurst
stadium	Somerton Park
chairman	Richard Ford
league	Fourth Division
league result	3rd (Promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
cup3	Welsh Cup
cup3 result	Winners
league topscorer	Aldridge (14)
season topscorer	Aldridge (16)
highest attendance	9,950 vs Shrewsbury Town (Welsh Cup, 6 May 1980)
lowest attendance	3,185 vs Northampton Town (18 September 1979)
average attendance	5,137
prevseason	1978–79
nextseason	1980–81
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The 1979–80 season was Newport County's 18th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 52nd season overall in the Football League.

It was one of the most successful seasons in County's history. Finishing in third place in the Fourth Division the club attained promotion to the Football League Third Division for the 1980–81 season. After winning the Welsh Cup this season, County also earned a place in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup for the 1980–81 season.

Season review

Results summary

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1979–80 Football League#Fourth Division

Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 Aug 1979	Port Vale	H	2–1	Vaughan, Goddard	4,008
21 Aug 1979	Aldershot	A	1–0	Moore	3,537
25 Aug 1979	Bournemouth	A	2–3	Oakes, Goddard	5,428
1 Sep 1979	York City	H	2–0	Oakes, Goddard	3,818
8 Sep 1979	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	Oakes	3,134
15 Sep 1979	Bradford City	H	1–2	Vaughan	4,089
18 Sep 1979	Northampton Town	H	2–1	Tynan, Goddard (P)	3,185
22 Sep 1979	Doncaster Rovers	A	3–1	Thompson, Tynan, Goddard (P)	3,238
29 Sep 1979	Lincoln City	H	1–1	OG	4,035
2 Oct 1979	Northampton Town	A	2–3	Bailey, Warriner	2,346
6 Oct 1979	Halifax Town	A	1–2	Goddard	2,540
9 Oct 1979	Aldershot	H	4–2	Oakes, OG, Aldridge 2	3,782
13 Oct 1979	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	Aldridge, Lowndes	4,052
20 Oct 1979	Scunthorpe United	A	3–1	Aldridge 2, Lowndes	1,875
23 Oct 1979	Portsmouth	A	2–0	Lowndes, Oakes	20,755
27 Oct 1979	Wigan Athletic	H	3–2	Tynan 2, Oakes	4,914
3 Nov 1979	Port Vale	A	0–2		2,980
6 Nov 1979	Portsmouth	H	4–3	Oakes, Aldridge, Tynan 2	7,115
10 Nov 1979	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	D.Bruton	4,718
17 Nov 1979	Stockport County	A	5–0	Oakes, D.Bruton, Aldridge 3	3,407
1 Dec 1979	Darlington	H	4–0	Lowndes 2, Oakes, Relish	4,127
8 Dec 1979	Hartlepool United	A	0–0		2,587
15 Dec 1979	Scunthorpe United	H	2–1	Walden, D.Bruton	4,158
21 Dec 1979	Peterborough United	H	1–1	Tynan	4,653
26 Dec 1979	Torquay United	A	0–2		5,236
29 Dec 1979	Walsall	H	0–1		7,452
1 Jan 1980	Hereford United	H	1–0	Vaughan (P)	7,213
12 Jan 1980	York City	A	1–2	Aldridge	2,248
18 Jan 1980	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2	Oakes, M.Bruton	4,851
26 Jan 1980	Bournemouth	H	0–0		4,833
16 Feb 1980	Lincoln City	A	1–2	Lowndes	3,346
22 Feb 1980	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–0	Vaughan 2 (1P)	2,056
26 Feb 1980	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–1	Gwyther, Lowndes	4,652
8 Mar 1980	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	Oakes	6,128
14 Mar 1980	Halifax Town	H	5–2	Gwyther 2, Vaughan 2 (1P), Aldridge	4,777
22 Mar 1980	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–0	Vaughan (P), D.Bruton, Gwyther	2,595
29 Mar 1980	Stockport County	H	3–1	Gwyther, Moore, Vaughan (P)	4,727
5 Apr 1980	Torquay United	H	3–0	Moore, Gwyther, Vaughan	6,513
7 Apr 1980	Hereford United	A	2–0	Vaughan, Gwyther	7,945
8 Apr 1980	Peterborough United	A	1–0	Vaughan	5,033
12 Apr 1980	Rochdale	H	1–0	Moore	8,113
19 Apr 1980	Darlington	A	1–1	Moore	1,906
22 Apr 1980	Bradford City	A	0–3		8,853
26 Apr 1980	Hartlepool United	H	1–0	Aldridge	8,373
29 Apr 1980	Rochdale	A	0–2		1,616
3 May 1980	Walsall	A	4–2	Aldridge 2, Gwyther, Tynan	9,251

FA Cup

Main article: 1979–80 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
	1	24 Nov 1979	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	0–1		19,459

Football League Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Aggregate
	1–1	11 Aug 1979	Plymouth Argyle	Somerton Park	1–0	T.Tynan	4,574
	1–2	14 Aug 1979	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	0–2		4,505	1–2

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Welsh Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
4	22 Jan 1980	Cardiff City	Somerton Park	2–0	J.Aldridge, T.Tynan	7,709
5	4 Mar 1980	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	1–0	S.Lowndes	4,468
SF	25 Mar 1980	Merthyr Tydfil	Somerton Park	3–1	J.Aldridge, D.Gwyther 2	6,754

Final

First Leg

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ENG Len Ashurst

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
One named substitute.
Maximum of one substitution.

Second Leg Lowndes Gwyther

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ENG Len Ashurst

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
One named substitute.
Maximum of one substitution.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Huddersfield Town	46	27	12	7	101	48	+53	66	Champions, promoted
2	Walsall	46	23	18	5	75	47	+28	64	Promoted
3	Newport County	46	27	7	12	83	50	+33	61	Qualified for Cup Winners' Cup, promoted
4	Portsmouth	46	24	12	10	91	49	+42	60	Promoted
5	Bradford City	46	24	12	10	77	50	+27	60
6	Wigan Athletic	46	21	13	12	76	61	+15	55
7	Lincoln City	46	18	17	11	64	42	+22	53
8	Peterborough United	46	21	10	15	58	47	+11	52
9	Torquay United	46	15	17	14	70	69	+1	47
10	Aldershot	46	16	13	17	62	53	+9	45
11	Bournemouth	46	13	18	15	52	51	+1	44
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	14	17	62	63	−1	44
13	Northampton Town	46	16	12	18	51	66	−15	44
14	Scunthorpe United	46	14	15	17	58	75	−17	43
15	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	13	19	50	56	−6	41
16	Stockport County	46	14	12	20	48	72	−24	40
17	York City	46	14	11	21	65	82	−17	39
18	Halifax Town	46	13	13	20	46	72	−26	39
19	Hartlepool United	46	14	10	22	59	64	−5	38
20	Port Vale	46	12	12	22	56	70	−14	36
21	Hereford United	46	11	14	21	38	52	−14	36
22	Darlington	46	9	17	20	50	74	−24	35
23	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	13	22	35	68	−33	35
24	Rochdale	46	7	13	26	33	79	−46	27

Key

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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