Newport County 1986–87 football season
The1986–87 season wasNewport County' s seventh consecutive season in theThird Division , their 40th in the third tier and 59th overall in the Football League. They finished the season in 24th place and were relegated to theFourth Division for the1987–88 season .
Caretaker managerJohn Relish surprisingly wasn't chosen to continue as manager despite saving the club from relegation the previous year, andJimmy Mullen was instead brought in as player-manager. The club started the season okay, albeit somewhat inconsistently, and occupied mid-table until the start of November. Things went horribly wrong after that however, and the club ensured a second successive season spending three months without a win. A 1–0 win over Doncaster on Valentine's Day saw a temporary improvement in form, but a 5–2 thumping at the hands of Notts County cost Mullen his job, withJohn Lewis stepping up to the manager's job for the rest of the season. The club picked up enough points here and there to maintain an outside chance of survival until the final weeks of the season, but a dismal return of just one point from the last six games saw them finish rock-bottom.
Last updated: 9 May 1987. Source:[1]
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 43 44 45 46 Ground H A H A A H A A H A H H H A H A A H A H A H H A A A A H H A A H A H A H H H A H A H A H A H Result L L D W W W L L D L D D D W L L D L D L L L D L L W D D L D L W L L L L W D L W L L L D L L Position 19 21 21 18 11 9 10 14 16 23 19 19 19 16 18 18 20 20 19 21 22 23 23 23 24 22 22 22 22 22 23 22 22 22 23 24 22 22 24 22 22 22 23 23 23 24
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 1987. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossFixtures and results [ edit ] Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 23 Aug 1986 Gillingham H 1–2 Lewis 2,533 30 Aug 1986 Bournemouth A 1–2 Carter 2,799 6 Sep 1986 Swindon Town H 2–2 Berry, Mardenborough 3,796 13 Sep 1986 Wigan Athletic A 2–1 Lewis, Berry 2,004 16 Sep 1986 Darlington A 3–1 Staniforth, Carter, Berry 1,805 20 Sep 1986 Doncaster Rovers H 3–2 Carter, Lewis, Vinter 2,382 27 Sep 1986 Bury A 3–4 Mardenborough, Carter, Vinter 2,136 4 Oct 1986 Brentford A 0–2 3,231 11 Oct 1986 Chester City H 2–2 Carter, Gibbins 2,119 25 Oct 1986 Chesterfield A 2–3 Carter, Vinter 1,895 28 Oct 1986 Carlisle United H 1–1 Gibbins 1,540 1 Nov 1986 Notts County H 1–1 Mardenborough 1,960 4 Nov 1986 York City H 1–1 Vinter 2,079 8 Nov 1986 Bolton Wanderers A 1–0 Millett 4,530 22 Nov 1986 Middlesbrough H 0–1 2,788 25 Nov 1986 Mansfield Town A 0–1 2,319 29 Nov 1986 Blackpool A 1–1 Mardenborough 3,281 2 Dec 1986 Bristol City H 0–1 3,205 14 Dec 1986 Bristol Rovers A 2–2 Gibbins 2 2,660 20 Dec 1986 Rotherham United H 1–2 OG 1,760 26 Dec 1986 Walsall A 0–2 6,855 27 Dec 1986 Port Vale H 0–2 2,103 1 Jan 1987 Fulham H 0–0 2,388 3 Jan 1987 Middlesbrough A 0–2 9,585 25 Jan 1987 Swindon Town A 0–3 6,620 14 Feb 1987 Doncaster Rovers A 1–0 Gibbins 1,837 17 Feb 1987 Gillingham A 1–1 Gibbins 3,542 21 Feb 1987 Bury H 2–2 Gibbins 2 1,914 24 Feb 1987 Bournemouth H 0–1 2,143 28 Feb 1987 Carlisle United A 2–2 Gilligan, Vinter 2,192 3 Mar 1987 Notts County A 2–5 Staniforth, Vinter 3,814 8 Mar 1987 Chesterfield H 1–0 Carter 1,567 14 Mar 1987 Bristol City A 0–4 9,137 17 Mar 1987 Mansfield Town H 0–3 1,383 21 Mar 1987 Chester City A 0–2 2,561 31 Mar 1987 Wigan Athletic H 1–2 Balley 1,428 4 Apr 1987 Bolton Wanderers H 2–1 Taylor, Thackeray 1,193 7 Apr 1987 Brentford H 2–2 Giles, Staniforth 1,596 11 Apr 1987 York City A 0–3 2,202 14 Apr 1987 Darlington H 3–0 Lewis, Thackeray, Taylor 1,315 18 Apr 1987 Fulham A 0–2 4,234 20 Apr 1987 Walsall H 2–4 Taylor, Thackeray 2,003 25 Apr 1987 Rotherham United A 1–3 Compton 2,555 2 May 1987 Blackpool H 1–1 Staniforth 1,247 4 May 1987 Port Vale A 1–6 Compton 2,733 9 May 1987 Bristol Rovers H 0–1 3,165
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance 1 15 Nov 1986 Bromsgrove Rovers A 1–0 Vinter 3,440 2 6 Dec 1986 Fulham A 0–2 4,052
Football League Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Aggregate 1–1 27 Aug 1986 Exeter City A 0–0 1,545 1–2 2 Sep 1986 Exeter City H 1–0 Gibbins 1,620 1–0 2–1 24 Sep 1986 Everton A 0–4 11,959 2–2 7 Oct 1986 Everton H 1–5 Carter 7,172 1–9
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes 3 11 Nov 1986 Swansea City A 3–1 P.Jones, Millett, OG 4,756 4 10 Feb 1987 Shrewsbury Town A 1–0 Vintner 634 5 11 Mar 1987 Aberystwyth Town A 3–3 Gibbins, Vintner, Millett 3,000 5r 24 Mar 1987 Aberystwyth Town H 3–0 Gibbins, Vintner, Compton 1,420 SF-1 16 Apr 1987 Wrexham H 2–1 Thackeray, Taylor 2,109 SF-2 22 Apr 1987 Wrexham A 2–2 Thackeray, Gibbins 1,989 4–3 aggregate F 17 May 1987 Merthyr Tydfil N 2–2 Thackeray 2 7,150 AtNinian Park Fr 21 May 1987 Merthyr Tydfil N 0–1 6,010 AtNinian Park
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