1982–83 Newport County A.F.C. season explained

The 1982–83 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division and their 55th season overall in the Football League. County achieved their highest post-war league finish, just four points behind third-placed Huddersfield Town in the Third Division. Huddersfield were promoted to the Second Division, along with champions Portsmouth and arch-rivals Cardiff City. County had actually gone top of the table on Easter Monday after a win over Cardiff in front of 16,052 fans at Somerton Park, but only one win and four defeats from the next five games set up the away game at Huddersfield as the promotion decider. That game too was lost, and with it the chance of a return to the Second Division for the first time since 1947.

Season review

Results summary

Note: Three points for a win

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 Aug 1982	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–0		3,471
4 Sep 1982	Chesterfield	H	1–0	Tynan	3,464
7 Sep 1982	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–2	Tynan, Gwyther	3,741
11 Sep 1982	Bradford City	A	2–4	Aldridge, Tynan	4,793
18 Sep 1982	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	Aldridge 2	3,536
25 Sep 1982	Portsmouth	A	2–1	Vaughan, Aldridge	10,833
28 Sep 1982	Brentford	A	0–2		5,706
2 Oct 1982	Lincoln City	H	1–0	Tynan	3,749
9 Oct 1982	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	Vaughan, Tynan	5,912
16 Oct 1982	Orient	A	5–1	Tynan 2, Elsey, Aldridge, Lowndes	2,040
19 Oct 1982	Preston North End	A	0–0		3,747
23 Oct 1982	Southend United	H	1–1	Oakes	4,338
30 Oct 1982	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	Aldridge	4,108
2 Nov 1982	Sheffield United	H	3–1	Aldridge, OG, Tynan	5,017
6 Nov 1982	Reading	A	2–4	Bailey, Tynan	3,058
13 Nov 1982	Bournemouth	H	5–1	Aldridge 3, Vaughan, Lowndes	4,071
27 Nov 1982	Wrexham	A	0–1		3,246
4 Dec 1982	Gillingham	H	2–1	Elsey, Lowndes	3,727
18 Dec 1982	Walsall	H	1–1	Vaughan	3,572
27 Dec 1982	Cardiff City	A	2–3	Bailey, Vaughan	15,972
28 Dec 1982	Oxford United	H	1–2	Tynan	5,836
1 Jan 1983	Exeter City	A	1–0	Elsey	3,505
3 Jan 1983	Millwall	H	2–2	Gwyther, Elsey	4,017
15 Jan 1983	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–2	Aldridge	3,482
22 Jan 1983	Plymouth Argyle	A	4–2	Tynan 2, Elsey, Lowndes	4,287
29 Jan 1983	Bradford City	H	1–1	Bailey	3,398
1 Feb 1983	Chesterfield	A	1–3	Tynan	1,645
6 Feb 1983	Brentford	H	0–0		3,401
15 Feb 1983	Preston North End	H	3–0	Tynan 2, Relish	2,317
19 Feb 1983	Bristol Rovers	A	3–1	Tynan 2, Aldridge	6,812
26 Feb 1983	Orient	H	4–1	Lowndes 3, Aldridge	3,202
1 Mar 1983	Sheffield United	A	0–2		8,704
4 Mar 1983	Southend United	A	4–1	Bailey, Vaughan, Lowndes, Aldridge	2,476
12 Mar 1983	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0	Aldridge	3,647
19 Mar 1983	Reading	H	1–0	Tynan	3,588
23 Mar 1983	Lincoln City	A	4–1	Tynan 2, Lowndes 2	4,742
26 Mar 1983	Bournemouth	A	1–0	Vaughan	9,121
2 Apr 1983	Oxford United	A	3–0	Tynan, Lowndes, Aldridge	6,640
4 Apr 1983	Cardiff City	H	1–0	Aldridge	16,052
9 Apr 1983	Gillingham	A	0–2		4,265
16 Apr 1983	Portsmouth	H	0–3		10,419
23 Apr 1983	Walsall	A	1–2	Tynan	5,141
30 Apr 1983	Wrexham	H	4–0	Tynan 3, Lowndes	4,344
2 May 1983	Millwall	A	0–3		5,515
7 May 1983	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1		16,509
14 May 1983	Exeter City	H	1–1	Williams	3,520

FA Cup

See main article: 1982–83 FA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	20 Nov 1982	Enfield	A	0–0		2,541
1r	23 Nov 1982	Enfield	H	4–2	Tynan 3, Aldridge	4,014
2	11 Dec 1982	Orient	H	1–0	Tynan (P)	4,013
3	8 Jan 1983	Everton	H	1–1	Gwyther	9,527
3r	11 Jan 1983	Everton	A	1–2	Aldridge	18,565

Football League Cup

See main article: 1982–83 Football League Cup.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	1 Sep 1982	Exeter City	A	2–1	Lowndes, Gwyther	2,292
1–2	14 Sep 1982	Exeter City	H	6–0	Vaughan 2, Lowndes, Aldridge, Tynan, Elsey	2,684	8–1 agg
2–1	5 Oct 1982	Everton	H	0–2		8,293
2–2	27 Oct 1982	Everton	A	2–2	Tynan 38', Oakes 53'	8,941	2–4 agg

Football League Trophy

See main article: 1982–83 Football League Trophy.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
Grp 8	14 Aug 1982	Torquay United	H	0–1
Grp 8	18 Aug 1982	Exeter City	H	5–1
Grp 8	21 Aug 1982	Bristol City	A	4–1
QF	26 Jan 1983	Chester	A	0–0 a.e.t.			Lost on penalties

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	30 Nov 1982	Cardiff City	H	1–0	Vaughan	7,800
4	19 Jan 1983	Wrexham	A	1–4	Aldridge	1,825

League table

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1	Portsmouth	46	27	10	9	74	41	+33	91
2	Cardiff City	46	25	11	10	76	50	+26	86
3	Huddersfield Town	46	23	13	10	84	49	+35	82
4	Newport County	46	23	9	14	76	54	+22	78
5	Oxford United	46	22	12	12	71	53	+18	78
6	Lincoln City	46	23	7	16	77	51	+26	76
7	Bristol Rovers	46	22	9	15	84	58	+26	75
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	8	19	61	66	−5	65
9	Brentford	46	18	10	18	88	77	+11	64
10	Walsall	46	17	13	16	64	63	+1	64
11	Sheffield United	46	19	7	20	62	64	−2	64
12	Bradford City	46	16	13	17	68	69	−1	61
13	Gillingham	46	16	13	17	58	59	−1	61
14	Bournemouth	46	16	13	17	59	68	−9	61
15	Southend United	46	15	14	17	66	65	+1	59
16	Preston North End	46	15	13	18	60	69	−9	58
17	Millwall	46	14	13	19	64	77	−13	55
18	Wigan Athletic	46	15	9	22	60	72	−12	54
19	Exeter City	46	14	12	20	81	104	−23	54
20	Orient	46	15	9	22	64	88	−24	54
21	Reading	46	12	17	17	64	79	−15	53
22	Wrexham	46	12	15	19	56	76	−20	51
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	9	11	26	57	97	−40	38
24	Chesterfield	46	8	13	25	43	68	−25	37

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	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Relegated

External links

• Newport County 1982-1983 : Results
• Newport County football club match record: 1983
• WELSH CUP 1982/83