2003–04 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Southern League Premier Division. The club finished seventh in the league.

Season review

League

The advent of the new Conference North and South at the end of the season gave an added edge to the campaign. The top team in the Southern League Premier Division would be promoted to the newly-named Conference National and the next twelve teams would qualify for the new regional divisions. County started the season with a run of 10 games before recording a victory but eventually finished seventh and secured a place in the Conference South for the 2004–05 season.

Results summary

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Fri 18 Jul 2003

A

8–1

N.Davis 3, J.Phillips, F.Zhiyi, N.Davis, A.Thomas, K.Hanbury

Sat 19 Jul 2003

Chepstow Town

A

6–1

J.Perry 2 (1P), J.Phillips, K.Hanbury, S.O'Sullivan, N.Palmer

Tue 22 Jul 2003

Pill

A

2–0

K.Hanbury, Zhang Jia Ping

Sat 26 Jul 2003

A

1–0

R.Plant

Tue 29 Jul 2003

A

1–2

F.Zhiyi

Sat 2 Aug 2003

AFC Wimbledon

H

1–1

N.Davis

1,012

Tue 5 Aug 2003

A

1–1

N.Davis

Fri 8 Aug 2003

A

2–2

G.Lloyd 2

Wed 13 Aug 2003

Spencer Youth

H

2–1

C.Rogers 2

Southern League Premier

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Sat 16 Aug 2003

H

0–0

820

Tue 19 Aug 2003

A

1–2

N.Davis

1,453

Sat 23 Aug 2003

A

0–1

771

Mon 25 Aug 2003

H

1–1

OG

935

Sat 30 Aug 2003

A

1–2

G.Phillips

423

Wed 3 Sep 2003

H

2–2

R.Plant 2

751

Sat 6 Sep 2003

A

0–2

1,097

Tue 9 Sep 2003

A

1–1

J.Eckhardt

296

Sat 13 Sep 2003

H

1–2

M.Dickeson

632

Wed 17 Sep 2003

H

1–1

A.Stevenson

658

Sat 20 Sep 2003

A

4–1

J.Eckhardt 2, G.Shephard, M.Dickeson

480

Sat 4 Oct 2003

H

2–1

N.Davis, A.Mumford

725

Sat 18 Oct 2003

A

2–0

N.Davis 2

550

Wed 22 Oct 2003

H

1–4

J.Eckhardt

539

Sat 25 Oct 2003

H

1–0

S.Morgan

648

Sat 1 Nov 2003

A

5–1

N.Davis 2, J.Phillips 2, G.Phillips

1,180

Sat 8 Nov 2003

A

2–1

J.Eckhardt, OG

451

Sat 15 Nov 2003

H

0–0

637

Sat 22 Nov 2003

A

2–1

J.Eckhardt, N.Davis

565

Sat 6 Dec 2003

H

0–3

676

Sat 13 Dec 2003

A

0–0

600

Fri 26 Dec 2003

A

1–1

S.Morgan

871

Thu 1 Jan 2004

H

2–1

G.Phillips, J.Moralee

928

Sat 3 Jan 2004

A

3–0

G.Shephard, G.Phillips, J.Phillips

385

Sat 10 Jan 2004

H

0–4

641

Sat 17 Jan 2004

A

2–0

G.Shephard, A.Stevenson

494

Sat 31 Jan 2004

A

1–2

G.Lloyd

739

Sat 7 Feb 2004

H

2–2

S.O'Sullivan, G.Shephard

560

Wed 25 Feb 2004

H

3–1

G.Shephard, G.Jones, G.Lloyd (P)

541

Sat 28 Feb 2004

A

0–2

902

Sat 6 Mar 2004

H

2–1

N.Davis 2

668

Tue 9 Mar 2004

A

0–0

446

Sat 27 Mar 2004

H

1–2

G.Lloyd

644

Sat 3 Apr 2004

A

0–0

370

Sat 10 Apr 2004

H

1–1

J.Eckhardt

556

Mon 12 Apr 2004

A

0–1

918

Sat 17 Apr 2004

H

1–0

L.Phillips

541

Wed 21 Apr 2004

H

1–1

G.Lloyd (P)

523

Sat 24 Apr 2004

A

2–1

S.Bowen 2

771

Mon 26 Apr 2004

A

2–1

S.Bowen, A.Williams

1,669

Wed 28 Apr 2004

H

0–2

576

Sat 1 May 2004

H

1–1

S.Bowen

607

FA Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2Q

Sat 27 Sep 2003

H

3–2

G.Lloyd (P), A.Mumford, R.Plant

769

3Q

Sat 11 Oct 2003

H

3–6

G.Lloyd, R.Plant, J.Eckhardt

667

FA Trophy

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2

Sat 29 Nov 2003

A

0–1

424

FAW Premier Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Grp B

|Tue 30 Sep 2003

A

1–1

G.Lloyd (P)

157

Grp B

Tue 7 Oct 2003

A

0–1

233

Grp B

Wed 15 Oct 2003

H

2–0

J.Phillips, G.Phillips

237

Grp B

Tue 4 Nov 2003

A

5–2

J.Phillips 2, G.Shephard, A.Thomas, S.O'Sullivan

243

Grp B

Wed 12 Nov 2003

H

1–1

A.Mumford

287

Grp B

Mon 17 Nov 2003

H

3–0

J.Phillips, G.Lloyd, R.Plant

340

QF

Mon 26 Jan 2004

H

0–1

812

Friendly

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Wed 31 Mar 2004

XI

H

0–1

4,300

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

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

1

42

25

9

8

77

43

+34

84

Promoted to Conference National

2

42

20

12

10

76

47

+29

72

Qualified for Conference South

3

42

19

11

12

55

43

+12

68

Qualified for Conference North

4

42

17

15

10

65

49

+16

66

Qualified for Conference North

5

42

18

9

15

71

50

+21

63

Qualified for Conference North

6

42

15

14

13

55

46

+9

59

Qualified for Conference North

7

42

15

14

13

52

50

+2

59

Qualified for Conference South

8

42

14

15

13

54

53

+1

57

Qualified for Conference South

9

|42

16

8

18

56

58

−2

56

Qualified for Conference South

10

42

14

13

15

52

52

0

55

Qualified for Conference South

11

42

14

13

15

48

56

−8

55

Qualified for Conference South

12

42

15

10

17

59

70

−11

55

Qualified for Conference South

13

42

14

12

16

42

54

−12

54

Qualified for Conference North

14

42

13

14

15

60

66

−6

53

15

42

12

15

15

63

64

−1

51

16

42

13

12

17

49

56

−7

51

17

42

14

9

19

56

69

−13

51

Qualified for Conference South

18

42

11

16

15

46

53

−7

49

Transferred to Isthmian League

19

42

12

13

17

50

59

−9

49

Transferred to Isthmian League

20

42

12

12

18

56

69

−13

48

21

42

10

17

15

51

63

−12

47

22

42

10

15

17

45

67

−22

45

Key

Division Champions

Failed to qualify

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