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1968–69 Newport County A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Newport County
season	1968–69
manager	Leslie Graham
stadium	Somerton Park
league	Fourth Division
league result	22nd (re-elected)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
cup3	Welsh Cup
cup3 result	5th round
league topscorer	Buck (13)
season topscorer	Buck (14)
highest attendance	6,065 vs Exeter City (FA Cup, 18 Nov 1968)
lowest attendance	1,192 vs Bradford Park Avenue (2 April 1969)
average attendance	2,478
prevseason	1967–68
nextseason	1969–70
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The 1968–69 season was Newport County's seventh consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 41st overall in the Football League. They finished in the re-election places, but were re-elected.

Season review

Results summary

Results by round

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Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1968–69 Football League#Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 Aug 1968	Grimsby Town	A	0–3		4,746
17 Aug 1968	Workington	H	0–0		3,080
24 Aug 1968	Lincoln City	A	0–1		8,038
26 Aug 1968	Darlington	H	0–0		3,164
31 Aug 1968	Southend United	H	4–1	Buck 2, McLelland, Hill	2,925
7 Sep 1968	Notts County	A	1–3	Hill	3,579
14 Sep 1968	Halifax Town	H	2–0	Hill, McLelland	1,564
16 Sep 1968	Swansea Town	H	2–1	McLelland, Robinson	5,106
21 Sep 1968	Bradford Park Avenue	A	5–1	Buck 5	3,007
28 Sep 1968	Aldershot	H	3–4	McLelland, Buck, Robinson	3,919
5 Oct 1968	Brentford	A	1–1	Buck	7,800
7 Oct 1968	Darlington	A	0–1		8,885
12 Oct 1968	Colchester United	H	1–0	McLelland	3,262
18 Oct 1968	Scunthorpe United	A	0–1		3,238
26 Oct 1968	York City	H	1–1	Buck	2,920
2 Nov 1968	Peterborough United	A	1–1	McLelland	4,792
4 Nov 1968	Rochdale	A	1–0	Hill	4,223
8 Nov 1968	Port Vale	H	0–0		3,137
23 Nov 1968	Chesterfield	H	1–2	Buck	1,776
30 Nov 1968	Bradford City	A	1–1	Hill	5,099
14 Dec 1968	Colchester United	A	1–2	Deacy	3,532
26 Dec 1968	Brentford	H	1–1	McLaughlin	3,750
28 Dec 1968	York City	A	0–0		2,787
4 Jan 1969	Aldershot	A	0–4		6,504
11 Jan 1969	Peterborough United	H	4–2	Buck, Hill, A.Jones, Deacy	1,649
18 Jan 1969	Port Vale	A	0–5		4,040
1 Feb 1969	Exeter City	H	2–1	Buck, Hill	1,427
4 Feb 1969	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–2	McLelland 2	8,321
10 Feb 1969	Rochdale	H	1–1	Wood	2,637
15 Feb 1969	Bradford City	H	1–3	Thomas	2,104
22 Feb 1969	Chester	A	0–4		4,519
24 Feb 1969	Scunthorpe United	H	1–1	Hill	1,504
28 Feb 1969	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	Hill, Hamilton	1,846
3 Mar 1969	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–0		2,649
12 Mar 1969	Exeter City	A	0–2		3,264
15 Mar 1969	Lincoln City	H	2–1	McLaughlin, OG	1,688
17 Mar 1969	Chester	H	2–5	McLelland, Hooper	2,100
29 Mar 1969	Notts County	H	0–0		1,749
7 Apr 1969	Swansea Town	A	2–3	McLelland, Thomas	4,753
8 Apr 1969	Wrexham	H	0–2		1,848
12 Apr 1969	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1–0	Hill	1,192
14 Apr 1969	Wrexham	A	0–4		3,240
19 Apr 1969	Halifax Town	A	0–3		6,445
21 Apr 1969	Chesterfield	A	1–2	Hill	2,402
28 Apr 1969	Southend United	A	0–1		11,905
8 May 1969	Workington	A	2–3	Rowland, Hamilton	1,225

FA Cup

Main article: 1968–69 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	16 Nov 1968	Exeter City	A	0–0		6,045
1r	18 Nov 1968	Exeter City	H	1–3	Buck	6,065

League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	13 Aug 1968	Bristol City	A	0–2		9,778

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	14 Jan 1969	Swansea Town	A	0–0		5,173
5r	21 Jan 1969	Swansea Town	H	0–0		3,872
5r2	28 Jan 1969	Swansea Town	A	1–2	Cooper	6,047

League table

Main article: 1968–69 Football League#Fourth Division

Election

Votes	Club	Fate
47	Grimsby Town	Re-elected to the League
45	York City	Re-elected to the League
38	Bradford Park Avenue	Re-elected to the League
27	Newport County	Re-elected to the League
16	Cambridge United	Not elected to the League
11	Wigan Athletic	Not elected to the League
3	Kettering Town	Not elected to the League
2	Cambridge City	Not elected to the League
2	Hereford United	Not elected to the League
2	Romford	Not elected to the League
1	Bedford Town	Not elected to the League
1	Chelmsford City	Not elected to the League
1	Worcester City	Not elected to the League
0	Nuneaton Borough	Not elected to the League
0	Wimbledon	Not elected to the League

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County.

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