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1966–67 Newport County A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Newport County
season	1966–67
manager	Billy Lucas
stadium	Somerton Park
league	Fourth Division
league result	18th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
cup3	Welsh Cup
cup3 result	Semi-final
league topscorer	Jones (15)
season topscorer	Jones (19)
highest attendance	8,500 vs Cardiff City (15 March 1967)
lowest attendance	1,222 vs Bradford City (10 April 1967)
average attendance	2,885
prevseason	1965–66
nextseason	1967–68
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The 1966–67 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 39th overall in the Football League.

Season review

Results summary

Results by round

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Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1966–67 Football League#Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 Aug 1966	Lincoln City	A	2–2	Jones 2	4,037
27 Aug 1966	Barnsley	H	2–0	OG 2	2,939
3 Sep 1966	Luton Town	A	1–3	Fraser	5,377
5 Sep 1966	Chesterfield	A	1–0	Thomas	7,027
10 Sep 1966	Aldershot	H	1–2	Jones	2,521
17 Sep 1966	Wrexham	A	2–2	Pugh, Rathbone	5,935
19 Sep 1966	Hartlepools United	A	1–0	Jones	4,096
24 Sep 1966	Southend United	H	3–0	Morgan 2, Hill	2,944
26 Sep 1966	Chesterfield	H	4–1	Jones 3, Morgan	5,774
30 Sep 1966	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	Jones	5,952
7 Oct 1966	Stockport County	A	0–0		12,041
15 Oct 1966	Rochdale	H	2–2	Jones, Rathbone	4,615
17 Oct 1966	Hartlepools United	H	0–2		5,458
22 Oct 1966	Southport	A	0–1		6,205
24 Oct 1966	Luton Town	H	2–0	Fraser, Morgan	3,451
29 Oct 1966	Notts County	H	1–0	OG	3,670
5 Nov 1966	Chester	A	2–4	Hill, G.Smith	5,257
12 Nov 1966	Bradford Park Avenue	H	0–0		3,139
19 Nov 1966	Port Vale	A	0–2		3,883
10 Dec 1966	York City	H	4–2	Morgan 2, Hill, OG	1,872
26 Dec 1966	Exeter City	A	0–0		7,044
27 Dec 1966	Exeter City	H	3–2	Jones 2, Morgan	4,082
31 Dec 1966	Barnsley	A	1–1	Morgan	7,610
14 Jan 1967	Aldershot	A	0–5		4,403
21 Jan 1967	Wrexham	H	1–1	Wood	2,882
4 Feb 1967	Southend United	A	0–1		7,412
13 Feb 1967	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	Jones	2,453
25 Feb 1967	Stockport County	H	1–1	Melling	2,351
4 Mar 1967	Rochdale	A	0–2		2,041
6 Mar 1967	Barrow	A	0–1		5,186
11 Mar 1967	Halifax Town	A	2–2	G.Smith, Melling	3,454
13 Mar 1967	Lincoln City	H	0–0		2,245
18 Mar 1967	Southport	H	0–0		2,300
25 Mar 1967	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–3	G.Smith, Melling	4,690
27 Mar 1967	Brentford	A	1–1	Melling	9,600
28 Mar 1967	Brentford	H	1–1	Bird	2,546
3 Apr 1967	Chester	H	2–3	Jones, A.Williams	2,591
8 Apr 1967	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–3	Hill	2,724
10 Apr 1967	Bradford City	H	1–1	Reynolds	1,222
17 Apr 1967	Port Vale	H	1–1	G.Smith	1,912
22 Apr 1967	Notts County	A	1–2	Melling	3,455
26 Apr 1967	Bradford City	A	2–1	Wood, Jones	3,825
29 Apr 1967	Barrow	H	0–1		2,263
1 May 1967	Halifax Town	H	3–0	Bird, Morgan, Melling	1,600
5 May 1967	York City	A	1–2	Melling	2,605
13 May 1967	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–1	Jones, A.Williams	1,539

FA Cup

Main article: 1966–67 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	26 Nov 1966	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–2	Thomas	5,000

League Cup

Main article: 1966–67 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	24 Aug 1966	Swansea Town	H	1–2	Jones	3,816

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	7 Jan 1967	Llanelly	A	6–2	Jones 3, Pugh, Thomas 2	2,500
6	16 Feb 1967	Bangor City	H	0–0		1,479
6r	22 Feb 1967	Bangor City	A	1–0	Hill	1,500
SF	15 Mar 1967	Cardiff City	H	1–2	Melling	8,500

League table

Main article: 1966–67 Football League#Fourth Division

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County.

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