The 1977–78 season was Newport County's 16th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 50th season overall in the Football League. Despite the eventual lowly 16th-place finish, this season was a much-improved performance over the previous season 's relegation battle. The club was actually in third place with promotion looking likely with ten games to go, but those games yielded a mere three points and County missed out again on a return to the Third Division .
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
16
11
19
65
73
−8
43
14
6
3
43
22
+21
2
5
16
22
51
−29
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 43 44 45 46 Ground A H A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A A H A A H H H A H A H A H A A H A H H Result D W L W D L W W L W W D D L D W W D W L W D L W L W L L W L L W W W L D L L L D L L D D L L Position 11 7 12 7 7 10 8 7 9 7 6 6 6 7 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 4 5 7 6 4 3 3 3 5 10 10 9 10 11 10 13 15 16
Updated to match(es) played on 29 Apr 1978. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures and results
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Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
20 Aug 1977
Doncaster Rovers
A
2–2
Preece, Clark
3,041
27 Aug 1977
Huddersfield Town
H
2–0
Woods, S.Walker
3,367
3 Sep 1977
Barnsley
A
0–1
4,009
6 Sep 1977
York City
H
2–1
Woods, OG
2,987
10 Sep 1977
Darlington
H
1–1
Woods
2,776
14 Sep 1977
Crewe Alexandra
A
0–2
1,812
17 Sep 1977
Rochdale
A
1–0
Woods
1,116
24 Sep 1977
Swansea City
H
1–0
Goddard
5,156
27 Sep 1977
Wimbledon
A
0–3
3,941
1 Oct 1977
Grimsby Town
H
3–0
Preece 2, Woods
2,746
4 Oct 1977
Scunthorpe United
H
3–1
Woods 3
3,191
8 Oct 1977
Aldershot
A
2–2
Preece, Woods
3,452
15 Oct 1977
Stockport County
H
2–2
Preece, S.Walker
4,083
22 Oct 1977
Watford
A
0–2
10,475
29 Oct 1977
Torquay United
H
0–0
4,137
5 Nov 1977
Northampton Town
A
4–2
Goddard 2, Emmanuel, R.Walker
3,568
12 Nov 1977
Halifax Town
H
2–0
Guscott, Woods
3,992
19 Nov 1977
Southport
A
3–3
Clark. Goddard, Williams
1,167
3 Dec 1977
Hartlepool United
H
4–2
R.Walker, Goddard, Clark, Emmanuel
3,233
9 Dec 1977
Southend United
A
2–4
Clark, Goddard
5,840
26 Dec 1977
Bournemouth
H
3–2
Williams 2, Clark
7,629
27 Dec 1977
Brentford
A
3–3
Williams 2, Preece
8,970
31 Dec 1977
Reading
A
0–2
5,808
2 Jan 1978
Northampton Town
H
5–3
Goddard 2, Clark 2, Jones
7,160
7 Jan 1978
York City
A
0–2
1,971
14 Jan 1978
Doncaster Rovers
H
1–0
Williams
4,029
21 Jan 1978
Huddersfield Town
A
0–2
4,894
4 Feb 1978
Darlington
A
1–2
Clark
1,744
11 Feb 1978
Rochdale
H
3–0
Goddard 3
4,288
17 Feb 1978
Swansea City
A
0–4
6,056
25 Feb 1978
Grimsby Town
A
0–1
3,937
28 Feb 1978
Barnsley
H
3–1
Goddard 2, R.Walker
3,523
4 Mar 1978
Aldershot
H
2–1
Aizlewood, Clark
3,737
7 Mar 1978
Crewe Alexandra
H
1–0
Preece
4,774
10 Mar 1978
Stockport County
A
0–2
3,863
17 Mar 1978
Watford
H
2–2
Goddard, R.Walker
8,409
22 Mar 1978
Torquay United
A
0–2
3,055
25 Mar 1978
Brentford
H
1–2
Goddard
4,953
28 Mar 1978
Bournemouth
A
2–4
Williams, Jones
2,479
1 Apr 1978
Reading
H
0–0
2,333
4 Apr 1978
Scunthorpe United
A
0–2
2,457
8 Apr 1978
Halifax Town
A
1–3
Goddard
1,653
15 Apr 1978
Southport
H
1–1
Sinclair
2,440
22 Apr 1978
Hartlepool United
A
1–1
Goddard
1,988
25 Apr 1978
Wimbledon
H
0–1
2,112
29 Apr 1978
Southend United
H
1–2
Emmanuel
2,364
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
26 Nov 1977
Exeter City
H
1–1
Goddard
6,229
1r
30 Nov 1977
Exeter City
A
2–4
Goddard, Clark
5,713
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Notes
1–1
13 Aug 1977
Portsmouth
A
1–3
Woods
7,541
1–2
16 Aug 1977
Portsmouth
H
3–2
R.Walker, Preece, Clark
2,895
4–5 agg
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
4
17 Jan 1978
Swansea City
A
0–0
7,504
4r
24 Jan 1978
Swansea City
H
1–0
Williams
6,098
5
14 Feb 1978
Bangor City
H
1–3
R.Walker
3,604
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Re-elected
Failed re-election
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points