1996–97 Newport A.F.C. season

The 1996–97 season was Newport's second consecutive season in the Southern League Premier Division. They finished the season in 21st position and were relegated to the Southern Division.

Season review

League

Results summary

Fixtures and results

Southern League Premier

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

17 Aug 1996

H

2–2

A.Evans, R.Nicholls

742

20 Aug 1996

A

0–1

1,203

24 Aug 1996

Ashford Town

A

1–1

P.Burton

643

26 Aug 1996

H

3–0

A.Evans 3

729

31 Aug 1996

A

0–1

448

4 Sep 1996

H

0–4

932

7 Sep 1996

A

0–3

575

21 Sep 1996

A

0–3

656

25 Sep 1996

H

0–0

635

5 Oct 1996

A

0–2

916

12 Oct 1996

H

2–2

P.Burton, S.Misbah

617

15 Oct 1996

A

3–1

R.John, P.Burton 2

486

26 Oct 1996

H

1–1

N.Parselle

788

2 Nov 1996

A

3–1

P.Burton 2, S.Misbah

922

9 Nov 1996

H

0–3

769

16 Nov 1996

A

1–0

A.Evans

792

23 Nov 1996

H

3–1

L.Brown 3

674

26 Nov 1996

A

1–2

M.Tucker

816

7 Dec 1996

H

0–1

775

14 Dec 1996

A

2–2

L.Brown, P.Burton

362

18 Dec 1996

H

1–5

M.Tucker

511

26 Dec 1996

A

0–2

1,109

28 Dec 1996

A

1–1

L.Brown

963

1 Jan 1997

H

3–1

A.Evans, N.Parselle, L. Brown

563

25 Jan 1997

A

0–1

341

1 Feb 1997

H

2–3

M.Tucker, R.John

504

15 Feb 1997

H

0–0

560

22 Feb 1997

A

0–3

714

26 Feb 1997

H

1–3

A.Evans

432

1 Mar 1997

H

0–1

601

8 Mar 1997

A

0–1

788

12 Mar 1997

Ashford Town

H

3–0

A.Evans, OG, P.Burton

504

15 Mar 1997

H

0–2

562

22 Mar 1997

A

1–1

OG

420

29 Mar 1997

A

0–0

472

31 Mar 1997

H

3–1

P.Burton, P.Thorpe, M.Tucker

944

9 Apr 1997

H

2–0

D.Porretta, OG

626

12 Apr 1997

A

0–0

454

14 Apr 1997

A

1–1

D.Brazil

760

19 Apr 1997

H

0–1

781

26 Apr 1997

A

0–0

1,595

3 May 1997

H

0–2

805

FA Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Q1

14 Sep 1996

H

5–2

S.Lowndes, R.John, R.Nicholls, L.Brown 2

542

Q2

28 Sep 1996

A

2–5

D.Brazil, P.Burton

728

FA Trophy

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Q3

30 Nov 1996

A

1–1

S.Misbah

346

Q3r

4 Dec 1996

H

4–1

N.Parselle 2, M.Tucker, P.Burton

414

1

18 Jan 1997

A

0–1

501

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Notes

1

42

25

10

7

75

40

+35

85

Champions, not promoted due to ground issues

2

42

21

11

10

76

44

+32

74

Promoted to Football Conference

3

42

21

10

11

81

56

+25

73

4

42

21

10

11

77

54

+23

73

5

42

20

8

14

65

61

+4

68

6

42

18

12

12

70

53

+17

66

7

42

19

9

14

61

52

+8

66

8

42

19

7

16

76

65

+11

64

9

42

17

9

16

69

61

+8

60

10

42

15

14

13

52

50

+2

59

11

42

15

13

14

46

47

−1

58

12

42

15

13

14

57

66

−9

58

13

42

16

7

19

72

72

0

55

Resigned

14

42

16

7

19

63

73

−10

55

15

42

14

9

19

62

66

−4

51

16

42

12

15

15

49

60

−11

51

17

42

13

8

21

49

67

−18

47

18

42

11

13

18

57

65

−18

46

19

Ashford Town

42

9

18

15

53

79

−24

45

20

42

11

8

23

52

90

−38

41

Relegated

21

Newport

42

9

13

20

40

60

−20

40

Relegated

22

42

6

14

22

49

70

−21

32

Relegated