2006–07 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Conference South and they had been ever-present since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004.

Newport County missed out on a place in the promotion play-offs due to a last-day defeat to . The club also missed out on silverware following their second FAW Premier Cup Final defeat.

Season review

League

Results summary

Results by round

Cup

County reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the first time since the 2001–02 season. The first-round match with ended in defeat but set a new record attendance at Newport Stadium. The club also reached their second FAW Premier Cup final but were beaten one-nil at home to .

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

20 Jul 2006

A

2–0

J.Phillips, M.Green

22 Jul 2006

A

2–2

T.Toppar, C.Hughes

25 Jul 2006

A

4–0

T.Toppar, C.Hughes, M.Prosser 2

29 Jul 2006

A

1–3

C.Hughes

2 Aug 2006

A

1–1

M.Green

3 Aug 2006

H

5–0

C.Jones, C.Hartland 2, L.Waite, W.Archer

5 Aug 2006

H

4–1

C.Hughes 2, M.Green, J.Alsop

11 Aug 2006

H

4–1

R.Morgan, L.Toghill, C.Jones, M.Palmer

Conference South

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

12 Aug 2006

A

3–3

I.Hillier, J.Alsop, J.Brough

322

16 Aug 2006

H

3–0

J.Alsop, C.Hughes 2

928

19 Aug 2006

H

1–0

J.Alsop

856

22 Aug 2006

A

1–2

D.Searle

1,101

26 Aug 2006

A

2–0

J.Bowen 2

602

28 Aug 2006

H

2–0

C.Hughes, I.Hillier (P)

1,092

1 Sep 2006

H

4–1

S.O'Sullivan 2, C.Hughes, N.Davies

1,215

9 Sep 2006

A

0–1

1,189

13 Sep 2006

H

3–4

N.Blake, J.Bowen 2 (1P)

1,030

16 Sep 2006

A

0–2

494

23 Sep 2006

H

3–1

C.Hughes 2, J.Bowen (P)

828

7 Oct 2006

A

1–2

C.Hughes

416

21 Oct 2006

H

3–1

C.Hughes 2, J.Bowen (P)

821

18 Nov 2006

H

0–1

783

2 Dec 2006

A

3–2

R.Evans, M.Green, P.Cochlin

750

9 Dec 2006

H

4–1

M.Green 3, R.Evans

715

26 Dec 2006

H

0–1

1,243

30 Dec 2006

H

1–0

J.Alsop

802

1 Jan 2007

A

4–0

J.Alsop, J.Bowen 2, C.Hughes

708

6 Jan 2007

H

5–1

J.Alsop, N.Davies, J.Bowen 2 (1P), C.Hughes

1,065

20 Jan 2007

A

0–1

577

27 Jan 2007

H

1–1

J.Bowen

803

3 Feb 2007

H

1–3

M.Prosser

783

10 Feb 2007

A

1–2

C.Hughes

560

17 Feb 2007

H

3–1

D.Holdsworth 2, J.Bowen

756

24 Feb 2007

A

1–1

S.Edwards

310

10 Mar 2007

H

3–1

C.Hughes, OG, D.Holdsworth

755

12 Mar 2007

A

1–3

C.Hughes

623

17 Mar 2007

A

1–3

J.Bowen (P)

681

23 Mar 2007

H

4–2

OG, S.O'Sullivan, C.Hughes, C.Griffin

655

27 Mar 2007

A

1–1

C.Griffin

342

31 Mar 2007

A

1–0

C.Griffin

822

3 Apr 2007

A

2–2

D.Searle, C.Hughes

502

7 Apr 2007

H

2–0

C.Griffin, C.Hughes

776

11 Apr 2007

A

1–0

S.O'Sullivan

403

14 Apr 2007

H

4–3

C.Hughes, C.Griffin 2, J.Bowen (P)

1,014

16 Apr 2007

A

2–2

D.Searle, C.Griffin

231

18 Apr 2007

H

4–0

C.Hughes 2, S.O'Sullivan, J.Bowen (P)

1,051

21 Apr 2007

A

1–1

J.Bowen (P)

685

24 Apr 2007

A

1–2

OG

522

26 Apr 2007

A

4–3

C.Hughes, J.Alsop, OG, S.O'Sullivan

685

28 Apr 2007

H

1–2

S.Edwards

1,608

FA Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2Q

30 Sep 2006

A

3–0

J.Alsop, C.Hughes 2

680

3Q

14 Oct 2006

H

4–2

C.Hughes 2, J.Bowen 2 (1P)

809

4Q

28 Oct 2006

A

1–0

J.Alsop

1,549

1

11 Nov 2006

H

1–3

I.Hillier

4,616

FA Trophy

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

3Q

25 Nov 2006

A

3–0

R.Evans, M.Green, J.Alsop

632

1

16 Dec 2006

Sudbury

H

2–1

M.Green, I.Hillier

604

2

6 Jan 2007

H

0–0

752

2r

22 Jan 2007

A

1–3

M.Green

485

FAW Premier Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2

20 Nov 2006

A

2–1

J.Alsop, S.O'Sullivan

246

QF

28 Feb 2007

H

2–1

J.Bowen (P), C.Hughes

733

SF

7 Mar 2007

H

2–1

C.Griffin, J.Bowen

904

F

21 Mar 2007

H

0–1

1,809

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

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

1

Histon

42

30

4

8

85

44

+41

94

Champions, promoted

2

Salisbury City

42

21

12

9

65

37

+28

75

Play-off winners, promoted

3

Braintree Town

42

21

11

10

51

38

+13

74

Play-offs

4

Havant & Waterlooville

42

20

13

9

75

46

+29

73

Play-offs

5

Bishop's Stortford

42

21

10

11

72

61

+11

73

Play-offs

6

Newport County

42

21

7

14

83

57

+26

70

7

Eastbourne Borough

42

18

15

9

58

42

+16

69

8

Welling United

42

21

6

15

65

51

+14

69

9

Lewes

42

15

17

10

67

52

+15

62

10

Fisher Athletic

42

15

11

16

77

77

0

56

11

Farnborough Town

42

19

8

15

59

52

+7

55

10 points deducted, folded ¹

12

Bognor Regis Town

42

13

13

16

56

62

−6

52

13

Cambridge City

42

15

7

20

44

52

−8

52

14

Sutton United

42

14

9

19

58

63

−5

51

15

Eastleigh

42

11

15

16

48

53

−5

48

16

Yeading

42

12

9

21

56

78

−22

45

Merged with Hayes to form Hayes & Yeading United

17

Dorchester Town

42

11

12

19

49

77

−28

45

18

Thurrock

42

11

11

20

58

79

−21

44

19

Basingstoke Town

42

9

16

17

46

58

−12

43

20

Hayes

42

11

10

21

47

73

−26

43

Merged with Yeading to form Hayes & Yeading United

21

Weston-super-Mare

42

8

11

23

49

77

−28

35

Reprieved from relegation ²

22

Bedford Town

42

8

7

27

43

82

−39

31

Relegated

¹ Farnborough Town were reformed as Farnborough F.C. in the Southern Football League Division One South & West, two divisions below the Conference South.

² Weston-super-Mare were reprieved from relegation due to Farnborough Town folding and the merger of Hayes and Yeading.

Key

Division Champions

Promoted

Into play-offs

Relegated

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