2003–04 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
2003–04 season
Chairman	Wallace Brown
Manager	Peter Nicholas
Stadium	Newport Stadium
Southern League Premier	7th
FA Cup	Third qualifying round
FA Trophy	Second round
FAW Premier Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Neil Davis; Jeff Eckhardt; (7 each); All: Jeff Eckhardt; G. Lloyd; J. Phillips; (8 each)
Highest home attendance	935 vs Merthyr Tydfil (25 August 2003)
Lowest home attendance	523 vs Hednesford Town (21 April 2004)
Average home league attendance	657
Home colours	Away colours

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

Season review

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	15	14	13	52	50	+2	59	6	9	6	23	30	−7	9	5	7	29	20	+9

Last updated: 1 May 2004.
Source:

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	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D
Position	17	20	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	20	20	15	19	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	9	7	8	8	9	11	7	7	11	12	12	12	14	11	8	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 30 Apr 2004. Source: newportcounty-mad.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Fri 18 Jul 2003	Newport YMCA	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	Caerleon	A	1–0	R.Plant
Tue 29 Jul 2003	Carmarthen Town	A	1–2	F.Zhiyi
Sat 2 Aug 2003	AFC Wimbledon	H	1–1	N.Davis	1,012
Tue 5 Aug 2003	Mangotsfield United	A	1–1	N.Davis
Fri 8 Aug 2003	Llanelli	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	Welling United	H	0–0		820
Tue 19 Aug 2003	Weymouth	A	1–2	N.Davis	1,453
Sat 23 Aug 2003	Stafford Rangers	A	0–1		771
Mon 25 Aug 2003	Merthyr Tydfil	H	1–1	OG	935
Sat 30 Aug 2003	Grantham Town	A	1–2	G.Phillips	423
Wed 3 Sep 2003	Chippenham Town	H	2–2	R.Plant 2	751
Sat 6 Sep 2003	Nuneaton Borough	A	0–2		1,097
Tue 9 Sep 2003	Moor Green	A	1–1	J.Eckhardt	296
Sat 13 Sep 2003	Crawley Town	H	1–2	M.Dickeson	632
Wed 17 Sep 2003	Weymouth	H	1–1	A.Stevenson	658
Sat 20 Sep 2003	Hinckley United	A	4–1	J.Eckhardt 2, G.Shephard, M.Dickeson	480
Sat 4 Oct 2003	Dover Athletic	H	2–1	N.Davis, A.Mumford	725
Sat 18 Oct 2003	Welling United	A	2–0	N.Davis 2	550
Wed 22 Oct 2003	Weston-super-Mare	H	1–4	J.Eckhardt	539
Sat 25 Oct 2003	Chelmsford City	H	1–0	S.Morgan	648
Sat 1 Nov 2003	Worcester City	A	5–1	N.Davis 2, J.Phillips 2, G.Phillips	1,180
Sat 8 Nov 2003	Eastbourne Borough	A	2–1	J.Eckhardt, OG	451
Sat 15 Nov 2003	Dorchester Town	H	0–0		637
Sat 22 Nov 2003	Hednesford Town	A	2–1	J.Eckhardt, N.Davis	565
Sat 6 Dec 2003	Hinckley United	H	0–3		676
Sat 13 Dec 2003	Tiverton Town	A	0–0		600
Fri 26 Dec 2003	Merthyr Tydfil	A	1–1	S.Morgan	871
Thu 1 Jan 2004	Bath City	H	2–1	G.Phillips, J.Moralee	928
Sat 3 Jan 2004	Havant & Waterlooville	A	3–0	G.Shephard, G.Phillips, J.Phillips	385
Sat 10 Jan 2004	Worcester City	H	0–4		641
Sat 17 Jan 2004	Cambridge City	A	2–0	G.Shephard, A.Stevenson	494
Sat 31 Jan 2004	Chippenham Town	A	1–2	G.Lloyd	739
Sat 7 Feb 2004	Grantham Town	H	2–2	S.O'Sullivan, G.Shephard	560
Wed 25 Feb 2004	Stafford Rangers	H	3–1	G.Shephard, G.Jones, G.Lloyd (P)	541
Sat 28 Feb 2004	Dover Athletic	A	0–2		902
Sat 6 Mar 2004	Tiverton Town	H	2–1	N.Davis 2	668
Tue 9 Mar 2004	Weston-super-Mare	A	0–0		446
Sat 27 Mar 2004	Nuneaton Borough	H	1–2	G.Lloyd	644
Sat 3 Apr 2004	Chelmsford City	A	0–0		370
Sat 10 Apr 2004	Moor Green	H	1–1	J.Eckhardt	556
Mon 12 Apr 2004	Bath City	A	0–1		918
Sat 17 Apr 2004	Cambridge City	H	1–0	L.Phillips	541
Wed 21 Apr 2004	Hednesford Town	H	1–1	G.Lloyd (P)	523
Sat 24 Apr 2004	Dorchester Town	A	2–1	S.Bowen 2	771
Mon 26 Apr 2004	Crawley Town	A	2–1	S.Bowen, A.Williams	1,669
Wed 28 Apr 2004	Havant & Waterlooville	H	0–2		576
Sat 1 May 2004	Eastbourne Borough	H	1–1	S.Bowen	607

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2Q	Sat 27 Sep 2003	Weymouth	H	3–2	G.Lloyd (P), A.Mumford, R.Plant	769
3Q	Sat 11 Oct 2003	Mangotsfield United	H	3–6	G.Lloyd, R.Plant, J.Eckhardt	667

FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2	Sat 29 Nov 2003	Hornchurch	A	0–1		424

FAW Premier Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Grp B	Tue 30 Sep 2003	Connah's Quay Nomads	A	1–1	G.Lloyd (P)	157
Grp B	Tue 7 Oct 2003	Rhyl	A	0–1		233
Grp B	Wed 15 Oct 2003	Afan Lido	H	2–0	J.Phillips, G.Phillips	237
Grp B	Tue 4 Nov 2003	Afan Lido	A	5–2	J.Phillips 2, G.Shephard, A.Thomas, S.O'Sullivan	243
Grp B	Wed 12 Nov 2003	Connah's Quay Nomads	H	1–1	A.Mumford	287
Grp B	Mon 17 Nov 2003	Rhyl	H	3–0	J.Phillips, G.Lloyd, R.Plant	340
QF	Mon 26 Jan 2004	Cardiff City	H	0–1		812

Friendly

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Wed 31 Mar 2004	Manchester United XI	H	0–1		4,300

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Crawley Town	42	25	9	8	77	43	+34	84	Promoted to Conference National
2	Weymouth	42	20	12	10	76	47	+29	72	Qualified for Conference South
3	Stafford Rangers	42	19	11	12	55	43	+12	68	Qualified for Conference North
4	Nuneaton Borough	42	17	15	10	65	49	+16	66	Qualified for Conference North
5	Worcester City	42	18	9	15	71	50	+21	63	Qualified for Conference North
6	Hinckley United	42	15	14	13	55	46	+9	59	Qualified for Conference North
7	Newport County	42	15	14	13	52	50	+2	59	Qualified for Conference South
8	Cambridge City	42	14	15	13	54	53	+1	57	Qualified for Conference South
9	Welling United	42	16	8	18	56	58	−2	56	Qualified for Conference South
10	Weston-super-Mare	42	14	13	15	52	52	0	55	Qualified for Conference South
11	Eastbourne Borough	42	14	13	15	48	56	−8	55	Qualified for Conference South
12	Havant & Waterlooville	42	15	10	17	59	70	−11	55	Qualified for Conference South
13	Moor Green	42	14	12	16	42	54	−12	54	Qualified for Conference North
14	Merthyr Tydfil	42	13	14	15	60	66	−6	53
15	Tiverton Town	42	12	15	15	63	64	−1	51
16	Bath City	42	13	12	17	49	56	−7	51
17	Dorchester Town	42	14	9	19	56	69	−13	51	Qualified for Conference South
18	Chelmsford City	42	11	16	15	46	53	−7	49	Transferred to Isthmian League
19	Dover Athletic	42	12	13	17	50	59	−9	49	Transferred to Isthmian League
20	Hednesford Town	42	12	12	18	56	69	−13	48
21	Chippenham Town	42	10	17	15	51	63	−12	47
22	Grantham Town	42	10	15	17	45	67	−22	45

Key
	Division Champions
	Failed to qualify

External links

Newport County's results from season 2003/2004

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