2004–05 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was Newport County's first season in the newly-formed Conference South. The club finished in 18th place.

Season review

League

There were high hopes that County could prosper in the newly-formed division, but inconsistent early-season results led to the sacking of Peter Nicholas on September 13. The County board at the time stated that they didn't want to rush a replacement, but they'd rather get the right man. On September 29 John Cornforth was announced as that man. He inherited a side in 14th place in the table, but as the season went on results just got worse. By the end of February 2005 County were just one place above the relegation zone. With just one game remaining County were still not mathematically safe, but a final-day victory against was enough to keep them in Conference South for another season, and relegate their opponents.

Results summary

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Notes

Sat 17 Jul 2004

H

1–4

C. Wilson-Denis

Billy Lucas Memorial Trophy

Thur 22 Jul 2004

A

10–1

J.Phillips 4, C.Wilson-Denis 2, S.O'Sullivan 2, K.Aherne-Evans 2

Sat 24 Jul 2004

A

1–1

A.Williams

Tue 27 Jul 2004

A

1–0

J.Morallee

Sat 31 Jul 2004

H

5–1

C. Wilson-Denis 2, S.O'Sullivan, N.Passmore, J.Coates

Fri 6 Aug 2004

A

0–0

Conference South

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Sat 14 Aug 2004

A

0–1

696

Wed 18 Aug 2004

H

2–0

J.Bowen (P), C. Wilson-Denis

894

Sat 21 Aug 2004

H

4–1

J.Moralee 2, S.Young 2

860

Tue 24 Aug 2004

A

1–3

J.Moralee

311

Sat 28 Aug 2004

A

2–2

J.Moralee, D.Jones

331

Mon 30 Aug 2004

H

2–4

J.Coates, J.Moralee

1,080

Sat 4 Sep 2004

H

1–0

J.Moralee

712

Sat 11 Sep 2004

A

0–3

601

Tue 14 Sep 2004

A

0–1

490

Sat 18 Sep 2004

H

0–1

803

Tue 21 Sep 2004

A

1–0

C. Wilson-Denis

337

Sat 25 Sep 2004

H

2–2

J.Bowen, C.Wilson-Denis

797

Sat 9 Oct 2004

A

1–1

J.Bowen (P)

203

Sat 23 Oct 2004

H

0–1

665

Sat 13 Nov 2004

H

2–2

J.Bowen, S.Morgan

603

Tue 16 Nov 2004

A

0–1

545

Sat 20 Nov 2004

H

2–3

J.Bowen (P), L.Phillips

464

Sat 27 Nov 2004

A

2–0

J.Phillips, J.Moralee

306

Sat 4 Dec 2004

A

0–3

381

Wed 8 Dec 2004

H

3–2

J.Moralee, C. Wilson-Denis, S.O'Sullivan

524

Sat 11 Dec 2004

A

2–0

S.O'Sullivan, C. Wilson-Denis

332

Wed 15 Dec 2004

H

1–4

C. Wilson-Denis

641

Sat 18 Dec 2004

H

0–1

535

Sun 26 Dec 2004

A

1–3

J.Phillips

743

Sat 1 Jan 2005

H

2–2

J.Phillips, A.Williams

708

Sat 8 Jan 2005

A

0–2

430

Sat 22 Jan 2005

A

1–1

J.Phillips

707

Sat 29 Jan 2005

H

1–0

J.Bowen

661

Sat 5 Feb 2005

A

0–1

442

Sat 12 Feb 2005

H

2–0

C.Bond, S.O'Sullivan

543

Sat 19 Feb 2005

A

0–0

610

Sat 26 Feb 2005

H

1–3

OG

526

Sat 19 Mar 2005

A

1–0

J.Bowen

1,013

Fri 25 Mar 2005

H

1–1

N.Davies

968

Mon 28 Mar 2005

A

0–0

665

Sat 2 Apr 2005

H

1–1

J.Bowen

631

Wed 6 Apr 2005

H

6–3

C.Belle 2, C.Taylor 2, J.Bowen, A.Corbisiero

608

Sat 9 Apr 2005

A

1–3

N.Harrhy

608

Tue 12 Apr 2005

A

5–0

N.Harrhy, J.Bowen 2, J.Phillips 2

176

Sat 16 Apr 2005

H

1–2

J.Moralee

712

Sat 23 Apr 2005

A

2–2

J.Moralee, J.Bowen (P)

612

Sat 30 Apr 2005

H

2–1

J.Bowen, J.Moralee

1,228

FA Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2Q

Sat 2 Oct 2004

A

2–0

J.Moralee, A.Williams

550

3Q

Sat 16 Oct 2004

A

0–0

426

3Qr

Sat 16 Oct 2004

H

6–2

J.Moralee 3, J.Bowen, J.Coates, J.Phillips

634

4Q

Sat 30 Oct 2004

H

1–4

J.Bowen

1,007

FA Trophy

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

1

Sat 6 Nov 2004

H

0–4

528

FAW Premier Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2

Wed 10 Nov 2004

A

0–1

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

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1

Grays Athletic

42

30

8

4

118

31

87

98

Promoted

2

Cambridge City

42

23

6

13

60

44

16

75

Play-offs

3

Thurrock

42

21

6

15

61

56

5

69

Play-offs

4

Lewes

42

18

11

13

73

64

9

65

Could not participate in the play-offs due to ground issues

5

Eastbourne Borough

42

18

10

14

65

47

18

64

Play-off winner; Lost North/South play-off

6

Basingstoke Town

42

19

6

17

57

52

5

63

7

Weymouth

42

17

11

14

62

59

3

62

8

Dorchester Town

42

17

11

14

77

81

−4

62

9

Bognor Regis Town

42

17

9

16

70

65

5

60

10

Bishop's Stortford

42

17

8

17

70

66

4

59

11

Weston-super-Mare

42

15

13

14

55

60

−5

58

12

Hayes

42

15

11

16

55

57

−2

56

13

Havant & Waterlooville

42

16

7

19

64

69

−5

55

14

St Albans City

42

16

6

20

64

76

−12

54

15

Sutton United

42

14

11

17

60

71

−11

53

16

Welling United

42

15

7

20

64

68

−4

52

17

Hornchurch

42

17

10

15

71

63

8

51

Club folded at end of season

18

Newport County

42

13

11

18

56

61

-5

50

19

Carshalton Athletic

42

13

9

20

44

72

−28

48

20

Maidenhead United

42

12

10

20

54

81

−27

46

Reprieved due to Hornchurch folding

21

Margate

42

12

8

22

54

75

−21

34

Relegated

22

Redbridge

42

11

3

28

50

86

−36

33

Relegated

Key

Division Champions

Into play-offs

Relegated