The 1976–77 season was Newport County's 15th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division and their 49th season overall in the Football League. The season became known as the "Great Escape" as County were entrenched in the re-election places until the last game of the season and would almost certainly have been voted out of the league had they finished there.

Season review

Results summary

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance21 Aug 1976Stockport CountyH0–12,74623 Aug 1976DarlingtonA0–12,68428 Aug 1976BarnsleyA0–24,1664 Sep 1976Huddersfield TownH1–1Bell2,28410 Sep 1976Doncaster RoversA0–13,73918 Sep 1976AldershotH2–1Clark 22,49025 Sep 1976SouthportA1–0Williams1,3132 Oct 1976Torquay UnitedH0–02,4609 Oct 1976BrentfordA1–1Woods5,89016 Oct 1976Bradford CityA1–3Jones5,05722 Oct 1976Swansea CityH0–23,41626 Oct 1976Hartlepool UnitedH1–1Woods2,33029 Oct 1976Southend UnitedA1–1Villars4,8212 Nov 1976BournemouthA0–13,57013 Nov 1976RochdaleA0–02,48227 Nov 1976Halifax TownH1–1Woods2,90127 Dec 1976Cambridge UnitedA1–3Woods4,8651 Jan 1977Colchester UnitedA0–54,61411 Jan 1977WatfordA0–24,60014 Jan 1977DarlingtonH0–11,42821 Jan 1977Stockport CountyA1–2Bell3,45028 Jan 1977Scunthorpe UnitedH0–01,60112 Feb 1977Huddersfield TownA0–35,45222 Feb 1977Colchester UnitedH1–2Emmanuel1,57526 Feb 1977AldershotA0–43,2851 Mar 1977Doncaster RoversH1–2Parsons1,7144 Mar 1977SouthportH3–1Parsons 2, Bruton1,56912 Mar 1977Torquay UnitedA0–13,28318 Mar 1977BrentfordH3–1Relish, Clark, White1,73723 Mar 1977Crewe AlexandraA0–22,11026 Mar 1977Bradford CityH2–0Clark, Woods2,09628 Mar 1977BarnsleyH1–1Walker2,3192 Apr 1977Swansea CityA1–3Relish3,5775 Apr 1977Cambridge UnitedH4–2Clark 3, Relish2,3069 Apr 1977Exeter CityA0–15,24312 Apr 1977BournemouthH1–0Preece2,96216 Apr 1977Hartlepool UnitedA1–0Woods1,50719 Apr 1977Scunthorpe UnitedA0–11,88323 Apr 1977RochdaleH3–0Woods 32,20626 Apr 1977Exeter CityH0–33,55030 Apr 1977Halifax TownA0–01,2993 May 1977WatfordH3–0Clark, Preece, Woods2,2187 May 1977Crewe AlexandraH2–1Woods, OG2,48410 May 1977Southend UnitedH3–0Preece 2, Relish3,35614 May 1977WorkingtonA1–0Preece1,28517 May 1977WorkingtonH1–0Woods8,313

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance120 Nov 1976BournemouthA0–04,8011r23 Nov 1976BournemouthH3–0Parsons 2, Woods3,807211 Dec 1976Southend UnitedA0–35,724

Football League Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceNotes1–114 Aug 1976Swansea CityA1–4Woods3,2811–217 Aug 1976Swansea CityH1–0Bell2,6922–4 agg

Welsh Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance418 Jan 1977Swansea CityH1–4Parsons3,755

League table

References

External links Newport County 1976-1977 : Results Newport County football club match record: 1977 Welsh Cup 1976/77