2008–09 Newport County A.F.C. season

      Newport County
      2008–09 season
      Chairman Chris Blight
      Manager Dean Holdsworth
      Conference South 10th
      FA Cup 2nd qualifying round
      FA Trophy 1st round
      Top goalscorer League: Reid (16)
      All: Reid (21)
      Highest home attendance 2,546 vs AFC Wimbledon (9 August 2008)
      Lowest home attendance 540 vs Eastleigh (25 February 2009)
      Average home attendance 852
      Home colours
      Away colours
      ← 2007–08 2009–10 →

      The 2008–09 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Conference South and they had been ever-present since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004.

      Season review

      League

      After the sacking of Peter Beadle following the team's failure to make the play-offs for two consecutive seasons, Dean Holdsworth was announced as manager on 18 May 2008.[1] After a poor first half to the season where County only achieved four wins, the second half was a big improvement, with 12 wins and the beginning an unbeaten streak that would last a third of the way into the next season.

      Results summary

      Overall Home Away
      Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
      42 16 11 15 50 51 −1 59 10 3 8 31 29 +2 6 8 7 19 22 −3

      Last updated: 25 Apr 2009.
      Source: [1]

      Results by round

      Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
      Ground H A A H A H H A H H A A H A H A A H A A H H A A H H A H H A H A A H H A A H A H H A
      Result L L D D L W L D L W L D D D L D W L D L W W W D W W L W L L L L W W L D W W W W D W
      Position 20 20 19 17 18 17 17 18 20 17 17 17 16 18 19 19 17 17 18 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 14 10 11 12 14 15 14 12 15 15 14 12 12 10 10 10

      Last updated: 25 Apr 2009.
      Source: [2]
      Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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      Fixtures and results

      Pre-season friendlies

      Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
      Thu 10 Jul 2008 Cinderford Town A 0–0
      Sat 19 Jul 2008 Leamington A 1–1 D.Collins
      Tue 22 Jul 2008 Carmarthen Town H 0–1
      Thu 14 Jul 2008 Caldicot Town A 4–1 C.Hughes 2, P.Walsh, R.Duffy
      Sat 26 Jul 2008 Merthyr Tydfil A 1–1 D.Rose
      Wed 30 Jul 2008 Exeter City H 2–1 D.Collins (P), P.Hall
      Sat 8 Aug 2008 Leeds United XI H 0–1

      Conference South

      Main article: 2008–09 Football Conference#Conference South
      Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
      Sat 9 Aug 2008 AFC Wimbledon H 1–4 D.Collins 2,546
      Tue 12 Aug 2008 Eastleigh A 2–3 K.Cooper, D.Rose 787
      Sat 16 Aug 2008 Chelmsford City A 0–0 1,093
      Sat 23 Aug 2008 Dorchester Town H 4–4 D.Rose, A.Harris, J.Easter, C.Hughes 852
      Mon 25 Aug 2008 Team Bath A 0–2 563
      Sat 30 Aug 2008 Hampton & Richmond Borough H 1–0 C.Hughes 931
      Wed 3 Sep 2008 Havant & Waterlooville H 0–2 859
      Sat 13 Sep 2008 Bishop's Stortford A 1–1 R.Duffy (P) 414
      Sat 20 Sep 2008 St Albans City H 0–1 886
      Sat 4 Oct 2008 Bromley H 3–0 P.Bignot, C.Reid (P), C.Hughes 746
      Sat 18 Oct 2008 Braintree Town A 2–3 J.Roberts, C.Reid 626
      Mon 20 Oct 2008 Weston-super-Mare A 1–1 D.Rose 528
      Sat 25 Oct 2008 Welling United H 0–0 772
      Sat 1 Nov 2008 Basingstoke Town A 0–0 419
      Sat 8 Nov 2008 Hayes & Yeading H 1–5 C.Reid 679
      Sat 15 Nov 2008 Havant & Waterlooville A 1–1 P.Cochlin 601
      Tue 18 Nov 2008 Maidenhead United A 1–0 C.Reid 315
      Sat 29 Nov 2008 Bishop's Stortford H 0–1 654
      Sat 6 Dec 2008 Thurrock A 0–0 309
      Sat 20 Dec 2008 AFC Wimbledon A 0–3 2,945
      Fri 26 Dec 2008 Worcester City H 1–0 A.Harris 822
      Sat 3 Jan 2009 Chelmsford City H 3–1 C.Reid 3 902
      Sat 17 Jan 2009 Fisher Athletic A 3–1 S.Butterworth, C.Reid (P), M.Giles 249
      Mon 19 Jan 2009 Worcester City A 0–0 759
      Sat 24 Jan 2009 Basingstoke Town H 3–0 A.Cook, D.Rose, C.Reid 841
      Wed 28 Jan 2009 Weston-super-Mare H 1–0 A.Cook 913
      Sat 31 Jan 2009 Bath City A 1–2 C.Reid 1,137
      Wed 11 Feb 2009 Bognor Regis Town H 2–1 D.Rose, P.Cochlin 618
      Sat 14 Feb 2009 Maidenhead United H 0–1 672
      Sat 21 Feb 2009 Bromley A 1–2 D.Rose (P) 561
      Wed 25 Feb 2009 Eastleigh H 0–1 540
      Sat 28 Feb 2009 Hayes & Yeading A 0–2 311
      Tue 3 Mar 2009 Hampton & Richmond Borough A 1–0 P.Cochlin 409
      Sat 7 Mar 2009 Braintree Town H 2–1 C.Reid (P), P.Cochlin 712
      Wed 18 Mar 2009 Bath City H 0–4 734
      Sat 21 Mar 2009 St Albans City A 1–1 S.Foley 494
      Sat 28 Mar 2009 Bognor Regis Town A 1–0 C.Reid 362
      Sat 4 Apr 2009 Fisher Athletic H 4–0 M.Giles, C.Reid, S.Foley, D.Rose 641
      Sat 11 Apr 2009 Dorchester Town A 1–0 C.Reid 519
      Mon 13 Apr 2009 Team Bath H 4–2 C.Reid, W.Turk, P.Cochlin, D.Rose 758
      Sat 18 Apr 2009 Thurrock H 1–1 C.Reid 809
      Sat 25 Apr 2009 Welling United A 2–0 S.Foley 2 724

      FA Cup

      Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup
      Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
      2Q 24 Sep 2008 Dorchester Town A 2–2 R.Duffy (P), D.Rose 396
      2Qr 1 Oct 2008 Dorchester Town H 0–1 C.Reid 653

      FA Trophy

      Main article: 2008–09 FA Trophy
      Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes
      3Q 22 Nov 2008 Andover A 3–0 D.Rose, C.Reid, C.Hughes 264
      1 13 Dec 2008 Rushden & Diamonds H 1–1 C.Reid 603
      1r 13 Dec 2008 Rushden & Diamonds H 1–1 a.e.t. C.Reid 421 Lost 3–5 on penalties

      Gwent Senior Cup

      Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes
      R1 10 Dec 2008 Cwmbran Town A 4–1 A Harris, K Cooper, S Armitage, A Vickers 200
      SF 7 Apr 2009 Newport Civil Service A 0–1 250
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      League table

      Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
      1 AFC Wimbledon 42 26 10 6 86 36 +50 88 Champions, promoted
      2 Hampton & Richmond Borough 42 25 10 7 74 37 +37 85 Play-offs
      3 Eastleigh 42 25 8 9 69 49 +20 83 Play-offs
      4 Hayes & Yeading United 42 24 9 9 74 43 +31 81 Play-off winners, promoted
      5 Chelmsford City 42 23 8 11 72 52 +20 77 Play-offs
      6 Maidenhead United 42 21 8 13 57 46 +11 71
      7 Bath City 42 20 8 14 56 45 +11 68
      8 Welling United 42 19 11 12 61 44 +17 68
      9 Bishop's Stortford 42 17 8 17 60 60 0 59
      10 Newport County 42 16 11 15 50 51 −1 59
      11 Team Bath 42 16 7 19 62 64 −2 55 Resigned ¹
      12 St Albans City 42 14 12 16 56 50 +6 54
      13 Bromley 42 15 9 18 60 64 −4 54
      14 Braintree Town 42 14 10 18 57 54 +3 52
      15 Havant & Waterlooville 42 11 15 16 59 58 +1 48
      16 Worcester City 42 12 11 19 38 53 −15 47
      17 Weston-super-Mare 42 12 11 19 43 68 −25 47
      18 Basingstoke Town 42 10 16 16 36 55 −19 46
      19 Dorchester Town 42 10 12 20 39 61 −22 42
      20 Thurrock 42 9 13 20 54 60 −6 40
      21 Bognor Regis Town 42 7 12 23 33 68 −35 26 7 points deducted, relegated ²
      22 Fisher Athletic 42 5 3 34 22 100 −78 18 Relegated

      ¹ Team Bath resigned from the league[2]

      ² Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points[3]

      Key
      Division Champions
      Promoted
      Into play-offs
      Relegated
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      References

      1. ^ "Holdsworth takes on Newport job". BBC Sport. 18 May 2008. 
      2. ^ "Team Bath resign from Conference". BBC Sport. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009. 
      3. ^ "Bognor hit with seven point deduction". The Argus. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009. 
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