1931–32 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1931–32 season
Manager	Jimmy Hindmarsh
Stadium	Somerton Park
Southern League Western Division	6th
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: Peed (24); All: Peed (24)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1930–31 1932–33 →

The 1931–32 season saw Newport County return to the Southern League following their failure to be re-elected to the Football League. However, after this one season hiatus they were re-elected for the 1932–33 season.

Season review

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	10	6	8	70	51	1.37	26	7	3	2	54	19	2.84	2	4	6	16	33	0.48

Last updated: 29 Mar 1932.
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Fixtures and results

Southern League Western Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 Aug 1931	Merthyr Town	H	4–2	Peed 2, Thomas, Bagley
7 Sep 1931	Yeovil & Petters United	H	1–1	Gittins
17 Sep 1931	Bath City	A	3–3	Peed 2, Brittan
21 Sep 1931	Llanelly	A	2–2	Peed, Brittan	4,000
26 Sep 1931	Bath City	H	2–2	Thomas, Brittan
10 Oct 1931	Exeter City reserves	H	1–1	Peed
17 Oct 1931	Bristol Rovers reserves	A	1–0	Gittins	3,000
24 Oct 1931	Llanelly	H	1–2	Peed
31 Oct 1931	Taunton Town	A	1–2	Peed
7 Nov 1931	Ebbw Vale	H	7–2	Gittins 3, Peed 3, Bagley
21 Nov 1931	Bristol Rovers reserves	H	6–2	Gittins 2, Thomas 2, Peed, W.Clarke
5 Dec 1931	Swindon Town reserves	H	6–1	S.Jones 2, Gittins, Thomas, Brittan, Bagley
25 Dec 1931	Barry	A	2–4	Bagley, Brittan
26 Dec 1931	Barry	H	11–1	Gittins 4, Peed 3, Thomas 2, Bagley
2 Jan 1932	Merthyr Town	A	3–3	S.Jones
16 Jan 1932	Taunton Town	H	10–2	Bagley, S.Jones, Gittins
20 Feb 1932	Exeter City reserves	A	1–3	Peed	3,000
27 Feb 1932	Torquay United reserves	H	3–0
5 Mar 1932	Torquay United reserves	A	0–6
19 Mar 1932	Swindon Town reserves	A	0–5
25 Mar 1932	Plymouth Argyle reserves	A	0–0
26 Mar 1932	Ebbw Vale	A	3–2	A.Clarke, Brittan
28 Mar 1932	Plymouth Argyle reserves	H	2–3	Peed, Brittan
29 Mar 1932	Yeovil & Petters United	A	0–3	Gittins	300

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers
5	6 Feb 1932	Cardiff Corinthians	H	2–0	Gittins, Bagley
6	17 Mar 1932	Swansea Town	H	0–0
6r	4 Apr 1932	Swansea Town	A	0–2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Yeovil & Petters United	24	16	4	4	65	31	36
2	Plymouth Argyle reserves	24	15	5	4	81	31	35
3	Bath City	24	12	7	5	50	33	31
4	Llanelly	24	12	4	8	65	46	28
5	Taunton Town	24	13	2	9	53	58	28
6	Newport County	24	10	6	8	70	51	26	Elected to Football League
7	Exeter City reserves	24	9	7	8	59	43	25
8	Merthyr Town	24	9	4	11	66	73	22
9	Bristol Rovers reserves	24	8	4	12	54	47	20
10	Swindon Town reserves	24	8	4	12	54	95	20	Resigned
11	Barry	24	7	3	14	58	76	17
12	Torquay United reserves	24	5	6	13	43	66	16
13	Ebbw Vale	24	3	2	19	34	102	8	Resigned

Election

Votes	Club	Fate
41	Gillingham	Re-elected to the League
36	Newport County	Elected to the League
35	Aldershot	Elected to the League
25	Llanelly	Not elected to the League
8	Guildford City	Not elected to the League
2	Merthyr Town	Not elected to the League

External links

References

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