2008–09 Newport County A.F.C. season
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 18th May 2008. 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
Results by round
Fixtures and results
Pre-season friendlies
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thu 10 Jul 2008 |
A |
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Sat 19 Jul 2008 |
A |
D.Collins |
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Tue 22 Jul 2008 |
H |
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Thu 14 Jul 2008 |
A |
C.Hughes 2, P.Walsh, R.Duffy |
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Sat 26 Jul 2008 |
A |
D.Rose |
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Wed 30 Jul 2008 |
H |
D.Collins (P), P.Hall |
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Sat 8 Aug 2008 |
XI |
H |
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 |
A |
2–3 |
K.Cooper, D.Rose |
787 |
|
Sat 16 Aug 2008 |
A |
0–0 |
1,093 |
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Sat 23 Aug 2008 |
H |
4–4 |
D.Rose, A.Harris, J.Easter, C.Hughes |
852 |
|
Mon 25 Aug 2008 |
A |
0–2 |
563 |
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Sat 30 Aug 2008 |
H |
1–0 |
C.Hughes |
931 |
|
Wed 3 Sep 2008 |
H |
0–2 |
859 |
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Sat 13 Sep 2008 |
A |
1–1 |
R.Duffy (P) |
414 |
|
Sat 20 Sep 2008 |
H |
0–1 |
886 |
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 |
H |
3–0 |
P.Bignot, C.Reid (P), C.Hughes |
746 |
|
Sat 18 Oct 2008 |
A |
2–3 |
J.Roberts, C.Reid |
626 |
|
Mon 20 Oct 2008 |
A |
1–1 |
D.Rose |
528 |
|
Sat 25 Oct 2008 |
H |
0–0 |
772 |
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Sat 1 Nov 2008 |
A |
0–0 |
419 |
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Sat 8 Nov 2008 |
H |
1–5 |
C.Reid |
679 |
|
Sat 15 Nov 2008 |
A |
1–1 |
P.Cochlin |
601 |
|
Tue 18 Nov 2008 |
A |
1–0 |
C.Reid |
315 |
|
Sat 29 Nov 2008 |
H |
0–1 |
654 |
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Sat 6 Dec 2008 |
A |
0–0 |
309 |
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Sat 20 Dec 2008 |
AFC Wimbledon |
A |
0–3 |
2,945 |
|
Fri 26 Dec 2008 |
H |
1–0 |
A.Harris |
822 |
|
Sat 3 Jan 2009 |
H |
3–1 |
C.Reid 3 |
902 |
|
Sat 17 Jan 2009 |
A |
3–1 |
S.Butterworth, C.Reid (P), M.Giles |
249 |
|
Mon 19 Jan 2009 |
A |
0–0 |
759 |
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Sat 24 Jan 2009 |
H |
3–0 |
A.Cook, D.Rose, C.Reid |
841 |
|
Wed 28 Jan 2009 |
H |
1–0 |
A.Cook |
913 |
|
Sat 31 Jan 2009 |
A |
1–2 |
C.Reid |
1,137 |
|
Wed 11 Feb 2009 |
H |
2–1 |
D.Rose, P.Cochlin |
618 |
|
Sat 14 Feb 2009 |
H |
0–1 |
672 |
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 |
A |
1–2 |
D.Rose (P) |
561 |
|
Wed 25 Feb 2009 |
H |
0–1 |
540 |
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Sat 28 Feb 2009 |
A |
0–2 |
311 |
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Tue 3 Mar 2009 |
A |
1–0 |
P.Cochlin |
409 |
|
Sat 7 Mar 2009 |
H |
2–1 |
C.Reid (P), P.Cochlin |
712 |
|
Wed 18 Mar 2009 |
H |
0–4 |
734 |
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Sat 21 Mar 2009 |
A |
1–1 |
S.Foley |
494 |
|
Sat 28 Mar 2009 |
A |
1–0 |
C.Reid |
362 |
|
Sat 4 Apr 2009 |
H |
4–0 |
M.Giles, C.Reid, S.Foley, D.Rose |
641 |
|
Sat 11 Apr 2009 |
A |
1–0 |
C.Reid |
519 |
|
Mon 13 Apr 2009 |
H |
4–2 |
C.Reid, W.Turk, P.Cochlin, D.Rose |
758 |
|
Sat 18 Apr 2009 |
H |
1–1 |
C.Reid |
809 |
|
Sat 25 Apr 2009 |
A |
2–0 |
S.Foley 2 |
724 |
FA Cup
Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2Q |
24 Sep 2008 |
A |
R.Duffy (P), D.Rose |
396 |
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2Qr |
1 Oct 2008 |
H |
C.Reid |
653 |
FA Trophy
Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3Q |
22 Nov 2008 |
A |
D.Rose, C.Reid, C.Hughes |
264 |
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1 |
13 Dec 2008 |
H |
C.Reid |
603 |
|||
1r |
13 Dec 2008 |
H |
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 |
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |- ! style="background:#d0f0c0;" |
1 |
AFC Wimbledon |
42 |
26 |
10 |
6 |
86 |
36 |
+50 |
88 |
Champions, promoted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
42 |
25 |
10 |
7 |
74 |
37 |
+37 |
85 |
Play-offs |
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3 |
42 |
25 |
8 |
9 |
69 |
49 |
+20 |
83 |
Play-offs |
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4 |
42 |
24 |
9 |
9 |
74 |
43 |
+31 |
81 |
Play-off winners, promoted |
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5 |
42 |
23 |
8 |
11 |
72 |
52 |
+20 |
77 |
Play-offs |
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6 |
42 |
21 |
8 |
13 |
57 |
46 |
+11 |
71 |
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7 |
42 |
20 |
8 |
14 |
56 |
45 |
+11 |
68 |
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8 |
42 |
19 |
11 |
12 |
61 |
44 |
+17 |
68 |
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9 |
42 |
17 |
8 |
17 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
59 |
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10 |
42 |
16 |
11 |
15 |
50 |
51 |
−1 |
59 |
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11 |
42 |
16 |
7 |
19 |
62 |
64 |
−2 |
55 |
Resigned ¹ |
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12 |
42 |
14 |
12 |
16 |
56 |
50 |
+6 |
54 |
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13 |
42 |
15 |
9 |
18 |
60 |
64 |
−4 |
54 |
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14 |
42 |
14 |
10 |
18 |
57 |
54 |
+3 |
52 |
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15 |
42 |
11 |
15 |
16 |
59 |
58 |
+1 |
48 |
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16 |
42 |
12 |
11 |
19 |
38 |
53 |
−15 |
47 |
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17 |
42 |
12 |
11 |
19 |
43 |
68 |
−25 |
47 |
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18 |
42 |
10 |
16 |
16 |
36 |
55 |
−19 |
46 |
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19 |
42 |
10 |
12 |
20 |
39 |
61 |
−22 |
42 |
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20 |
42 |
9 |
13 |
20 |
54 |
60 |
−6 |
40 |
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21 |
42 |
7 |
12 |
23 |
33 |
68 |
−35 |
26 |
7 points deducted, relegated ² |
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22 |
42 |
5 |
3 |
34 |
22 |
100 |
−78 |
18 |
Relegated |
¹ Team Bath resigned from the league
² Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points
Key |
|
|---|---|
Division Champions |
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Promoted |
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Into play-offs |
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Relegated |