The 1971–72 season was Newport County's tenth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 44th overall in the Football League.
Season review County briefly wore tangerine and black striped shorts in February 1972 before fan reaction caused the club to revert to black shorts soon after.
Results summary
Results by round
Fixtures and results
Fourth Division
DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance14 Aug 1971Doncaster RoversA2–4Coldrick, Thomas4,79721 Aug 1971Peterborough UnitedH1–1R.Jones3,96328 Aug 1971Lincoln CityA1–3Brown5,26531 Aug 1971Colchester UnitedH2–1Sprague, Brown4,1684 Sep 1971Northampton TownH1–1Thomas4,30010 Sep 1971SouthportA2–4Young, Brown4,20618 Sep 1971AldershotH2–3White, Aizlewood3,38025 Sep 1971DarlingtonA0–02,25427 Sep 1971Southend UnitedA1–3White7,1452 Oct 1971BuryH2–1Thomas, Young2,9959 Oct 1971HartlepoolA1–0White2,99016 Oct 1971Doncaster RoversH1–3Brown2,77023 Oct 1971GillinghamA2–1Brown, Coldrick5,81730 Oct 1971Cambridge UnitedH3–0Thomas 2, Williams3,8246 Nov 1971BrentfordA1–3Thomas10,48013 Nov 1971BarrowH2–1Brown 23,44327 Nov 1971WorkingtonH0–12,9184 Dec 1971ReadingA2–4D.Jones, Young3,68011 Dec 1971Lincoln CityH2–0Brown 22,98718 Dec 1971Northampton TownA1–1Hooper4,15127 Dec 1971ChesterH1–0Thomas7,6641 Jan 1972AldershotA0–33,12015 Jan 1972Grimsby TownA2–4D.Jones8,11222 Jan 1972Southend UnitedH2–0Hill, Thomas3,53529 Jan 1972Scunthorpe UnitedA0–14,5805 Feb 1972Exeter CityA0–13,73212 Feb 1972GillinghamH1–2D.Jones3,14319 Feb 1972Cambridge UnitedA1–0D.Jones4,61826 Feb 1972BrentfordH0–03,2714 Mar 1972BarrowA0–12,19610 Mar 1972HartlepoolH0–23,17013 Mar 1972Grimsby TownH2–1White, R.Jones2,87018 Mar 1972Peterborough UnitedA1–3Hill4,02824 Mar 1972SouthportH2–2Brown, D.Jones2,69931 Mar 1972BuryA0–35,7191 Apr 1972ChesterA0–32,5634 Apr 1972DarlingtonH4–0Thomas 2, White, Young3,1968 Apr 1972Exeter CityH0–02,36311 Apr 1972Stockport CountyH1–0Hill3,35915 Apr 1972WorkingtonA0–31,34218 Apr 1972Crewe AlexandraH2–0Thomas, White2,95822 Apr 1972ReadingH2–1R.Jones, Hill3,06524 Apr 1972Colchester UnitedA3–2Brown, Hill, R.Jones4,31128 Apr 1972Stockport CountyA4–4D.Jones, 2, R.Jones, OG1,8241 May 1972Scunthorpe UnitedH1–0Hill3,6863 May 1972Crewe AlexandraA2–1R.Jones1,028
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance120 Nov 1971Notts CountyA0–611,976
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance117 Aug 1971Torquay UnitedH1–2R.Jones4,316
Welsh Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance58 Jan 1972Ebbw ValeH3–1Thomas, Brown, Hooper1,42068 Feb 1972Bangor CityA2–1Brown, D.Jones2,609SF22 Mar 1972WrexhamA0–23,869
League table
References
Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County.
External links Newport County 1971-1972 : Results Newport County football club match record: 1972 Welsh Cup 1971/72