1914–15 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County 1914–15 football season

Newport County

1914–15 season

Manager

Sam Hollis

Stadium

Somerton Park

Southern League Second Division

10th

FA Cup

4th qualifying round

Welsh Cup

Scratched

Top goalscorer

E.Hammett (7)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1914–15 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Southern League.

Season review

League

Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave
24	7	3	14	27	42	0.64	17	7	1	4	19	7	2.71	0	2	10	8	35	0.23

Last updated: 24 Apr 1915.
Source: []

Fixtures and results

Southern League Second Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 Sep 1914	Stalybridge Celtic	H	0–1		2,000
19 Sep 1914	Merthyr Town	H	1–0	Hammett
22 Sep 1914	Ebbw Vale	A	2–3	Flanders 2
3 Oct 1914	Llanelly	H	2–0	Jarvis, Hammett
17 Oct 1914	Mid Rhondda	A	0–0
31 Oct 1914	Pontypridd	A	1–1	Evans
14 Nov 1914	Brentford	A	0–1		3,000
28 Nov 1914	Coventry City	A	1–10	Evans	4,000
5 Dec 1914	Stoke	H	0–1
19 Dec 1914	Ton Pentre	H	1–2	Spittle
2 Jan 1915	Stalybridge Celtic	A	0–1
9 Jan 1915	Stoke	H	1–3	Flanders
16 Jan 1915	Swansea Town	H	1–0	Groves
23 Jan 1915	Merthyr Town	A	1–2	Messer
30 Jan 1915	Ebbw Vale	H	3–0	Hammett 2, Jarvis
6 Feb 1915	Llanelly	A	1–3	Preece
13 Feb 1915	Barry	A	1–3	Hammett
20 Feb 1915	Mid Rhondda	H	3–1	Spittle 2, Hammett
6 Mar 1915	Pontypridd	H	1–1	Hammett
13 Mar 1915	Swansea Town	A	0–2		4,000
20 Mar 1915	Brentford	H	5–0	Williams 3, Howells, Jarvis
3 Apr 1915	Coventry City	H	0–1
5 Apr 1915	Barry	H	2–0	Groves, Williams
24 Apr 1915	Ton Pentre	A	0–6

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
P	26 Sep 1914	Rhiwderin	H	8–0
1Q	10 Oct 1914	Milford	H	6–0	Hammett 3, Evans 2, Edwards
2Q	24 Oct 1914	Rhymney	H	3–1	Evans 2, Groves
3Q	7 Nov 1914	Barry	H	4–2	Hammett 2, Evans, Groves
4Q	21 Nov 1914	Swansea Town	A	0–1		5,000

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	22 Oct 1914	Abertillery	H	3–0	Groves, Williams, Johnson	3,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Stoke	24	17	4	3	62	15	38
2	Stalybridge Celtic	24	17	3	4	47	22	37
3	Merthyr Town	24	15	5	4	46	20	35
4	Swansea Town	24	16	1	7	48	21	33
5	Coventry City	24	13	2	9	56	33	28
6	Ton Pentre	24	11	6	7	42	43	28
7	Brentford	24	8	7	9	35	45	23
8	Llanelly	24	10	1	13	39	32	21
9	Barry	24	6	5	13	30	35	17
10	Newport County	24	7	3	14	27	42	17
11	Pontypridd	24	5	6	13	31	58	16
12	Mid Rhondda	24	3	6	15	17	49	12
13	Ebbw Vale	24	3	1	20	23	88	7

External links

Newport County Archives^{[permanent dead link]}

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7

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