2001–02 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Southern League Premier Division. The club finished the season in 5th place in the league and reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time since the 1988–89 season.

Season review

League

Results summary

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Fri 13 Jul 2001

A

2–0

Paul

Sat 14 Jul 2001

A

6–0

Donovan 2, Edwards, Ryan, OG, Plant

Sat 21 Jul 2001

A

1–1

Thomas

Mon 23 Jul 2001

H

2–1

Ryan, Shephard

Wed 25 Jul 2001

H

0–3

Sat 28 Jul 2001

A

2–1

Paul, Eckhardt

Wed 1 Aug 2001

H

1–1

Walker

Wed 8 Aug 2001

H

2–3

Walker, Paul (P)

Sat 11 Aug 2001

A

4–1

Griffin, Walker, Souter, Shephard (P)

Southern League Premier

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Sat 18 Aug 2001

A

2–4

G.Shephard 2

1,023

Mon 20 Aug 2001

H

0–0

810

Sat 25 Aug 2001

H

2–2

S.Walker, J.Eckhardt

774

Mon 27 Aug 2001

A

1–1

S.James

848

Sat 1 Sep 2001

A

2–1

S.Walker, R.Souter

1,324

Mon 3 Sep 2001

H

1–0

M.Paul

902

Sat 8 Sep 2001

A

1–3

J.Eckhardt

602

Tue 11 Sep 2001

A

1–2

S.Walker

804

Sat 15 Sep 2001

H

2–1

G.Shephard, R.Souter

661

Tue 18 Sep 2001

A

2–0

M.Rose, J.Eckhardt

460

Sat 22 Sep 2001

H

2–2

G.Shephard (P), S.Walker

669

Sat 6 Oct 2001

A

0–2

812

Tue 9 Oct 2001

A

1–2

R.Plant

708

Sat 20 Oct 2001

H

2–1

M.Paul (P), S.Cowe

702

Mon 22 Oct 2001

H

1–2

M.Paul (P)

716

Sat 10 Nov 2001

H

0–2

709

Sat 24 Nov 2001

H

1–1

M.Rose

807

Sat 8 Dec 2001

A

0–0

1,047

Sat 15 Dec 2001

H

2–1

G.Shephard, M.Paul

655

Wed 26 Dec 2001

H

3–0

A.Carter, S.Cowe, M.Paul

1,059

Sat 29 Dec 2001

H

2–1

G.Shephard 2

883

Sat 19 Jan 2002

H

0–0

651

Wed 30 Jan 2002

A

0–2

642

Sat 9 Feb 2002

A

2–0

S.Walker, M.Rose

417

Sat 16 Feb 2002

H

1–2

S.Walker

722

Tue 19 Feb 2002

A

1–2

M.Rose

502

Sat 23 Feb 2002

A

1–0

M.Paul

1,146

Sat 2 Mar 2002

H

3–0

M.Rose, S.Cowe, OG

610

Tue 5 Mar 2002

A

4–0

S.Walker 2, L.Phillips, D.Ryan

443

Sat 16 Mar 2002

H

0–2

752

Tue 19 Mar 2002

A

2–1

S.Walker (P), M.Rose

477

Sat 23 Mar 2002

A

1–3

M.Rose

434

Mon 25 Mar 2002

A

2–3

J.Eckhardt, M.Paul

602

Sat 30 Mar 2002

A

3–1

M.Paul 2, S.Walker

726

Mon 1 Apr 2002

H

0–1

722

Sat 6 Apr 2002

H

1–0

OG

496

Tue 9 Apr 2002

A

2–1

B.Clark, S.Cowe

324

Sat 13 Apr 2002

H

1–1

A.Stevenson

653

Mon 15 Apr 2002

H

4–1

M.Rose, M.Paul, S.Walker, OG

526

Sat 20 Apr 2002

A

0–0

649

Mon 22 Apr 2002

H

2–0

L.Phillips 2

525

Sat 27 Apr 2002

A

3–0

M.Paul, A.Stevenson, L.Phillips

804

FA Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2Q

Sat 29 Sep 2001

A

1–1

J.Eckhardt

569

2Qr

Mon 1 Oct 2001

H

3–1

G.Shephard, M.Paul 2

455

3Q

Sat 13 Oct 2001

A

4–0

R.Plant 2, B.Clark, D.Ryan

642

4Q

Sat 27 Oct 2001

A

0–0

2,119

4Qr

Mon 29 Oct 2001

H

3–1

D.Ryan 2, M.Paul

1,431

1

Sat 17 Nov 2001

A

2–2

B.Clark, OG

5,005

1r

Wed 28 Nov 2001

H

1–4 a.e.t.

M.Rose

3,721

FA Trophy

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

1

Sat 3 Nov 2001

A

3–2

M.Paul, D.Ryan, G.Shephard

877

2

Thu 6 Dec 2001

A

3–2

M.Paul, OG, S.Cowe

136

3

Sat 12 Jan 2002

A

0–2

505

Southern League Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

1

Mon 12 Nov 2001

H

1–3

R.Jones

333

FAW Premier Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Grp B

Tue 16 Oct 2001

A

1–0

D.Ryan

622

Grp B

Mon 5 Nov 2001

H

0–0

519

Grp B

Mon 19 Nov 2001

H

0–0

810

Grp B

Tue 11 Dec 2001

A

3–2

B.Clark, M.Rose, J.Eckhardt

248

Grp B

Mon 17 Dec 2001

H

2–0

S.Cowe, M.Paul

409

Grp B

Tue 8 Jan 2002

A

2–1

L.Sommers, A.Carter

93

QF

Tue 15 Jan 2002

H

0–3

848

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Notes |- ! style="background:#d0f0c0;"

1

42

27

6

9

80

41

+39

87

Promoted to Football Conference

2

42

24

13

5

81

41

+40

85

3

42

22

9

11

74

50

+24

75

4

42

22

9

11

67

47

+20

75

5

42

19

9

14

61

48

+13

66

6

42

17

10

15

70

63

+13

61

7

42

18

7

17

64

62

+2

61

8

42

16

12

14

65

54

+11

60

9

42

17

9

16

70

62

+8

60

10

42

14

16

12

58

61

−3

58

11

42

15

11

16

59

67

−8

56

12

42

14

13

15

64

62

+2

55

13

42

14

12

16

51

61

−10

54

14

42

12

16

14

60

70

−10

52

15

42

13

12

17

69

66

−3

51

16

42

15

6

21

59

70

−11

51

17

42

13

11

18

56

65

−9

50

18

42

13

11

18

63

75

−12

50

19

42

12

12

18

38

61

−23

48

Relegated

20

42

11

12

19

43

57

−14

45

Relegated

21

42

12

8

22

53

71

−18

44

Relegated

22

42

6

8

28

36

87

−57

26

Relegated

Key

Division Champions

Relegated