2005–06 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Newport County's second consecutive season in the Conference South and they had been ever-present since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004. The club finished in 18th place for the second consecutive season.

Season review

League

County struggled early on in the season in much the same fashion as the previous season's relegation battle. This was to prove the end for manager John Cornforth who was sacked on September 13th after accumulating only four points from the first seven matches. He was replaced by Peter Beadle on October 9th with the team in the middle of a ten-game losing streak.

Results gradually improved and the team eventually climbed out of the relegation zone with five games remaining. A win away at in the penultimate game of the season eventually securing Conference South status with a game to spare.

Results summary

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Sat 16 Jul 2005

A

3–5

R.Shuger, J.Bowen, A.Williams

Wed 20 Jul 2005

A

1–0

M.Draycott (P)

Fri 22 Jul 2005

A

2–1

OG, N.Harrhy

Tue 26 Jul 2005

A

5–0

P.Bonner, M. Gorden, C.Belle, W. O'Sullivan

Thu 28 Jul 2005

A

5–0

R.Shuger, J.Bowen, A.Williams

Sat 30 Jul 2005

A

3–1

M.Green, A.Corbisiero, N.Harrhy

Tue 2 Aug 2005

A

4–1

S.O'Sullivan, C.Belle, N.Harrhy, A.Thomas

Sat 6 Aug 2005

A

1–0

N.Harrhy

Conference South

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Sat 13 Aug 2005

H

4–1

A.Corbisiero, N.Harrhy, J.Bowen, M.Draycott

886

Tue 16 Aug 2005

A

1–1

OG

434

Sat 20 Aug 2005

A

0–2

578

Sat 27 Aug 2005

H

2–3

W.O'Sullivan, A.Corbisiero

720

Mon 29 Aug 2005

A

1–2

A.Thomas

610

Sun 4 Sep 2005

H

0–1

604

Sat 10 Sep 2005

A

0–1

485

Sat 17 Sep 2005

H

0–3

724

Sat 1 Oct 2005

A

0–2

580

Sat 15 Oct 2005

H

1–3

A.Thomas

703

Wed 19 Oct 2005

H

0–2

587

Sat 22 Oct 2005

A

0–1

531

Sat 29 Oct 2005

H

1–0

M.Draycott

604

Sat 5 Nov 2005

A

0–1

471

Tue 8 Nov 2005

A

2–3

C.Hughes, J.Bowen (P)

264

Sat 12 Nov 2005

H

1–0

J.Bowen (P)

649

Sat 19 Nov 2005

A

1–1

C.Belle

581

Sat 10 Dec 2005

A

2–4

S.O'Sullivan, C.Belle

231

Mon 26 Dec 2005

H

2–2

L.Jenkins, C.Hughes

754

Mon 2 Jan 2006

A

1–2

T.Toppar

680

Sat 7 Jan 2006

A

0–1

431

Sat 14 Jan 2006

H

3–0

J.Bowen, C.Hughes, N.Davies

625

Wed 18 Jan 2006

H

2–2

M.Green, OG

602

Sat 21 Jan 2006

H

0–2

675

Sat 28 Jan 2006

A

2–1

C.Hughes, G.Fisken

524

Sat 4 Feb 2006

H

1–1

M.Green

548

Wed 8 Feb 2006

H

0–2

522

Sat 11 Feb 2006

A

2–1

G.Fisken, C.Hughes

201

Sat 18 Feb 2006

H

1–3

M.Green

665

Tue 21 Feb 2006

A

2–2

C.Hughes, M.Green

452

Sat 25 Feb 2006

H

2–3

S.O'Sullivan, C.Hughes

534

Sat 4 Mar 2006

A

0–4

2,110

Sat 11 Mar 2006

A

1–1

I.Hillier (P)

425

Sat 18 Mar 2006

H

2–0

J.Bowen, C.Hughes

504

Sat 25 Mar 2006

A

1–0

C.Hughes

370

Sat 1 Apr 2006

H

1–0

J.Bowen

632

Wed 5 Apr 2006

H

1–0

P.Cochlin

702

Sat 8 Apr 2006

A

1–1

J.Bowen

629

Sat 15 Apr 2006

A

3–2

P.Cochlin, G.Fisken, A.Thomas

1,092

Mon 17 Apr 2006

H

1–2

J.Bowen (P)

1,059

Sat 22 Apr 2006

A

2–0

C.Hughes, G.Fisken

507

Sat 29 Apr 2006

H

3–4

C.Hughes, M.Prosser, N.Davies

1,148

FA Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2Q

24 Sep 2005

A

0–4

949

FA Trophy

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

3Q

28 Nov 2005

A

0–3

806

FAW Premier Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2

29 Nov 2005

H

1–0

I.Hillier

258

QF

25 Jan 2006

H

0–2

442

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

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1

Weymouth

42

30

4

8

80

34

+46

90

4 points deducted, promoted

2

St Albans City

42

27

5

10

94

47

+47

86

Play-off winners, promoted

3

Farnborough Town

42

23

9

10

65

41

+24

78

Play-offs

4

Lewes

42

21

10

11

78

57

+21

73

Could not participate in the play-offs due to ground issues

5

Histon

42

21

8

13

70

56

+14

71

Play-offs

6

Havant & Waterlooville

42

21

10

11

64

48

+16

70

3 points deducted

7

Cambridge City

42

20

10

12

78

46

+32

67

3 points deducted

8

Eastleigh

42

21

3

18

65

58

+7

66

9

Welling United

42

16

17

9

58

44

+14

65

10

Thurrock

42

16

10

16

60

60

0

58

11

Dorchester Town

42

16

7

19

60

72

−12

55

12

Bognor Regis Town

42

12

13

17

54

55

−1

49

13

Sutton United

42

13

10

19

48

61

−13

49

14

Weston-super-Mare

42

14

7

21

57

88

−31

49

15

Bishop's Stortford

42

11

15

16

55

63

−8

48

16

Yeading

42

13

8

21

47

62

−15

47

17

Eastbourne Borough

42

10

16

16

51

61

−10

46

18

Newport County

42

12

8

22

50

67

−17

44

19

Basingstoke Town

42

12

8

22

47

72

−25

44

20

Hayes

42

11

9

22

47

60

−13

42

21

Carshalton Athletic

42

8

16

18

42

68

−26

40

Relegated

22

Maidenhead United

42

8

9

25

49

99

−50

31

2 points deducted, relegated

Key

Division Champions

Promoted

Into play-offs

Relegated

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