The 1938–39 season was Newport County's 17th season in the Football League Third Division South

Football League Third Division South

The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....

 and 18th overall in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. They had been ever-present in the third tier except for the 1931–32 season

1931–32 Newport County A.F.C. season

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.-Results summary:...

 since the introduction of the Football League Third Division

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

 in 1920.

Newport County attained promotion to the Football League Second Division

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

 for the 1939–40 season on 15 April 1939 with two league games remaining following a 3–0 win over .

Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

Overall								|						|	|	|	|	|	15	4	2	37	16	2.31	7	7	7	21	29	0.72

Results by round

Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Sat 27 Aug 1938	Clapton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...	A	3–1	Carr, Duggan, Hearty (OG)	10,596
Mon 29 Aug 1938		A	1–2	Hickman	6,240
Sat 3 Sep 1938		H	3–0	Hydes 2, Carr	18,892
Thu 8 Sep 1938		H	1–0	Derrick	8,500
Sat 10 Sep 1938		H	1–1	Hickman	11,534
Wed 14 Sep 1938		A	1–1	Derrick	5,310
Sat 17 Sep 1938		A	0–2		10,834
Sat 24 Sep 1938		H	1–0	Duggan	9,652
Sat 1 Oct 1938		A	2–0	Hickman, Duggan	14,497
Sat 8 Oct 1938		H	2–0	Wood, Derrick	10,631
Sat 15 Oct 1938		A	4–1	Wood 2, Hickman, Derrick	13,843
Sat 22 Oct 1938		H	0–0		11,423
Sat 29 Oct 1938		A	0–0		12,546
Sat 5 Nov 1938		H	2–0	Duggan, Derrick	11,290
Sat 12 Nov 1938	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....	A	1–0	Derrick	7,857
Sat 19 Nov 1938		H	2–1	Wood 2	9,870
Sat 3 Dec 1938		H	2–0	Carr, Hydes	12,338
Sat 17 Dec 1938		H	2–0	Derrick, Hydes	9,870
Sat 24 Dec 1938	Clapton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...	H	2–1	Hydes 2	9,323
Mon 26 Dec 1938		A	0–8		9,023
Tue 27 Dec 1938		H	6–4	Carr 3, Hickman, Hydes, Parkhouse (OG)	20,261
Sat 31 Dec 1938		A	2–1	Hydes, Carr	40,187
Wed 11 Jan 1939		A	2–0	Hydes, Hickman	1,419
Thu 14 Jan 1939		A	0–1		9,025
Sat 21 Jan 1939		A	1–0	Hydes	11,292
Sat 28 Jan 1939		A	0–1		7,999
Thu 2 Feb 1939		H	2–1	Brinton, Carr	7,010
Sat 4 Feb 1939		H	0–2		12,436
Sat 11 Feb 1939		A	1–1	Derrick	29,155
Sat 18 Feb 1939		H	3–2	Hydes 2, Wood	12,257
Sat 25 Feb 1939		A	1–3	Brinton	9,370
Sat 4 Mar 1939		H	2–0	W.M.Owen, Warren (OG)	9,722
Sat 11 Mar 1939		A	0–0		15,157
Sat 18 Mar 1939	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....	H	2–2	Carr, Hickman	11,637
Sat 25 Mar 1939		A	1–1	Hydes	7,500
Sat 1 Apr 1939		H	0–0		10,600
Fri 7 Apr 1939		H	1–0	Brinton	14,677
Sat 8 Apr 1939		A	0–0		14,864
Mon 10 Apr 1939		A	1–1	Derrick	6,863
Sat 15 Apr 1939		H	3–0	Derrick, Hickman, Wood	11,397
Sat 29 Apr 1939		H	0–2		7,260
Tue 2 May 1939		A	0–5		2,815

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	26 Nov 1938		Elm Park Elm Park (stadium) Elm Park was a football stadium in the West Reading district of the English town of Reading. It was the home of Reading Football Club from 1896 until 1998, when they moved to the new Madejski Stadium....	3–3	Hydes 2, Derrick	19,106
1r	5 Dec 1938		Somerton Park Somerton Park Somerton Park was a football, greyhound and speedway stadium in Newport, Monmouthshire. In April 1912 Newport County had been accepted to play in the Southern League for the 1912–13 season. Shortly afterwards, the site for the ground was obtained by the Club's chairman Bert Moss...	3–1	Wood 2, Hydes	10,760
2	10 Dec 1938		Horden Welfare Park	3–2	Wood 2, Hickman	7,180
3	7 Jan 1939		Somerton Park	0–2		9,645

Third Division South Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	29 Sep 1938		Somerton Park	1–0	Duggan	709
2	8 Feb 1939		Plainmoor Plainmoor Plainmoor is a suburb of Torquay, Devon, but is best known as the name of the stadium in which Torquay United Football Club currently play.-History:...	0–0
2r	22 Feb 1939		Somerton Park	1–3	Brinton	618

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6	8 Mar 1939		Ninian Park	1–5	Higgins

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newport County Newport County A.F.C. Newport County Association Football Club are a professional football club based in the city of Newport, south Wales, who currently play in the Conference National, the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...	42	22	11	9	58	45	1.289	+13	55
2	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	42	20	12	10	71	52	1.365	+19	52
3	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....	42	19	11	12	68	49	1.388	+19	49
4	Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...	42	17	12	13	62	51	1.216	+11	46
5	Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...	42	16	14	12	69	59	1.169	+10	46
6	Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...	42	15	14	13	68	49	1.388	+19	44
7	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....	42	16	12	14	62	52	1.192	+10	44
8	Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...	42	16	12	14	61	63	0.968	–2	44
9	Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...	42	18	8	16	72	77	0.935	–5	44
10	Aldershot Aldershot F.C. Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...	42	16	12	14	53	66	0.803	–13	44
11	Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	42	17	9	16	59	54	1.093	+4	43
12	Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...	42	16	9	17	61	64	0.953	–3	41
13	Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...	42	15	11	16	61	65	0.938	–4	41
14	Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...	42	13	14	15	65	82	0.793	–17	40
15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....	42	13	13	16	52	58	0.897	–6	39
16	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town F.C. Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...	42	12	15	15	44	62	0.710	–18	39
17	Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...	42	15	8	19	51	58	0.879	–7	38
18	Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...	42	14	9	19	52	58	0.897	–6	37
19	Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...	42	14	9	19	54	70	0.771	–16	37
20	Clapton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...	42	11	13	18	53	55	0.964	–2	35
21	Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...	42	11	11	20	68	69	0.986	–1	33
22	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....	42	10	13	19	55	61	0.902	–6	33

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

External links

• Newport County Archives