2004–05 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

2004–05 season
Chairman	Chris Blight
Manager	Peter Nicholas (until 13 September) John Cornforth (after 29 September)
Conference South	18th
FA Cup	4th qualifying round
FA Trophy	1st round
FAW Premier Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Bowen (13) All: Bowen/Moralee (15)
Highest home attendance	1,228 vs Maidenhead United (30 April 2005)
Lowest home attendance	464 vs Redbridge (20 November 2004)
Average home league attendance	722
Home colours Away colours
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The 2004–05 season was Newport County's first season in the newly formed Conference South. The club finished in 18th place.

There were high hopes that County could prosper in the newly formed division, but inconsistent early-season results led to the sacking of Peter Nicholas on 13 September.^[1] The County board at the time stated that they didn't want to rush a replacement, but they'd rather get the right man. On 29 September John Cornforth was announced as that man.^[2] He inherited a side in 14th place in the table, but as the season went on results just got worse. By the end of February 2005 County were just one place above the relegation zone. With just one game remaining County were still not mathematically safe, but a final-day victory against Maidenhead United was enough to keep them in Conference South for another season, and relegate their opponents.^[3]

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	13	11	18	56	61	−5	50	8	5	8	36	34	+2	5	6	10	20	27	−7

Last updated: 30 Apr 2005.
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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	17	11	6	10	10	12	9	11	14	15	14	15	14	17	16	16	18	16	17	17	15	15	15	16	16	18	16	15	18	15	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18

Last updated: 30 Apr 2005.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Notes
Sat 17 Jul 2004	Bristol City	H	1–4	C. Wilson-Denis	Billy Lucas Memorial Trophy
Thur 22 Jul 2004	Abergavenny Thursdays	A	10–1	J.Phillips 4, C.Wilson-Denis 2, S.O'Sullivan 2, K.Aherne-Evans 2
Sat 24 Jul 2004	Newport YMCA	A	1–1	A.Williams
Tue 27 Jul 2004	Clevedon Town	A	1–0	J.Morallee
Sat 31 Jul 2004	Wimborne Town	H	5–1	C. Wilson-Denis 2, S.O'Sullivan, N.Passmore, J.Coates
Fri 6 Aug 2004	Tiverton Town	A	0–0

Conference South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Sat 14 Aug 2004	Havant & Waterlooville	A	0–1		696
Wed 18 Aug 2004	Weymouth	H	2–0	J.Bowen (P), C. Wilson-Denis	894
Sat 21 Aug 2004	Welling United	H	4–1	J.Moralee 2, S.Young 2	860
Tue 24 Aug 2004	Hayes	A	1–3	J.Moralee	311
Sat 28 Aug 2004	Thurrock	A	2–2	J.Moralee, D.Jones	331
Mon 30 Aug 2004	Sutton United	H	2–4	J.Coates, J.Moralee	1,080
Sat 4 Sep 2004	Bognor Regis Town	H	1–0	J.Moralee	712
Sat 11 Sep 2004	Basingstoke Town	A	0–3		601
Tue 14 Sep 2004	Dorchester Town	A	0–1		490
Sat 18 Sep 2004	Cambridge City	H	0–1		803
Tue 21 Sep 2004	St Albans City	A	1–0	C. Wilson-Denis	337
Sat 25 Sep 2004	Hornchurch	H	2–2	J.Bowen, C.Wilson-Denis	797
Sat 9 Oct 2004	Margate	A	1–1	J.Bowen (P)	203
Sat 23 Oct 2004	Carshalton Athletic	H	0–1		665
Sat 13 Nov 2004	Lewes	H	2–2	J.Bowen, S.Morgan	603
Tue 16 Nov 2004	Eastbourne Borough	A	0–1		545
Sat 20 Nov 2004	Redbridge	H	2–3	J.Bowen (P), L.Phillips	464
Sat 27 Nov 2004	Maidenhead United	A	2–0	J.Phillips, J.Moralee	306
Sat 4 Dec 2004	Bishops Stortford	A	0–3		381
Wed 8 Dec 2004	Dorchester Town	H	3–2	J.Moralee, C. Wilson-Denis, S.O'Sullivan	524
Sat 11 Dec 2004	Bognor Regis Town	A	2–0	S.O'Sullivan, C. Wilson-Denis	332
Wed 15 Dec 2004	Grays Athletic	H	1–4	C. Wilson-Denis	641
Sat 18 Dec 2004	Basingstoke Town	H	0–1		535
Sun 26 Dec 2004	Weston-super-Mare	A	1–3	J.Phillips	743
Sat 1 Jan 2005	Weston-super-Mare	H	2–2	J.Phillips, A.Williams	708
Sat 8 Jan 2005	Cambridge City	A	0–2		430
Sat 22 Jan 2005	Hornchurch	A	1–1	J.Phillips	707
Sat 29 Jan 2005	St Albans City	H	1–0	J.Bowen	661
Sat 5 Feb 2005	Carshalton Athletic	A	0–1		442
Sat 12 Feb 2005	Margate	H	2–0	C.Bond, S.O'Sullivan	543
Sat 19 Feb 2005	Grays Athletic	A	0–0		610
Sat 26 Feb 2005	Eastbourne Borough	H	1–3	OG	526
Sat 19 Mar 2005	Weymouth	A	1–0	J.Bowen	1,013
Fri 25 Mar 2005	Hayes	H	1–1	N.Davies	968
Mon 28 Mar 2005	Sutton United	A	0–0		665
Sat 2 Apr 2005	Havant & Waterlooville	H	1–1	J.Bowen	631
Wed 6 Apr 2005	Bishops Stortford	H	6–3	C.Belle 2, C.Taylor 2, J.Bowen, A.Corbisiero	608
Sat 9 Apr 2005	Welling United	A	1–3	N.Harrhy	608
Tue 12 Apr 2005	Redbridge	A	5–0	N.Harrhy, J.Bowen 2, J.Phillips 2	176
Sat 16 Apr 2005	Thurrock	H	1–2	J.Moralee	712
Sat 23 Apr 2005	Lewes	A	2–2	J.Moralee, J.Bowen (P)	612
Sat 30 Apr 2005	Maidenhead United	H	2–1	J.Bowen, J.Moralee	1,228

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2Q	Sat 2 Oct 2004	Corsham Town	A	2–0	J.Moralee, A.Williams	550
3Q	Sat 16 Oct 2004	North Leigh	A	0–0		426
3Qr	Sat 16 Oct 2004	North Leigh	H	6–2	J.Moralee 3, J.Bowen, J.Coates, J.Phillips	634
4Q	Sat 30 Oct 2004	Tiverton Town	H	1–4	J.Bowen	1,007

FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	Sat 6 Nov 2004	Kettering Town	H	0–4		528

FAW Premier Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2	Wed 10 Nov 2004	Caernarfon Town	A	0–1

Conference Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	Tue 2 Nov 2004	Weymouth	A	2–0	D.Jones, J.Phillips	454
2	Tue 30 Nov 2004	Dorchester Town	A	1–0	D.Jones	202
3	Tue 25 Jan 2005	Forest Green Rovers	A	3–4 (a.e.t)	J.Phillips (2), D.Jones	223

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Grays Athletic	42	30	8	4	118	31	87	98	Promoted
2	Cambridge City	42	23	6	13	60	44	16	75	Play-offs
3	Thurrock	42	21	6	15	61	56	5	69	Play-offs
4	Lewes	42	18	11	13	73	64	9	65	Could not participate in the play-offs due to ground issues
5	Eastbourne Borough	42	18	10	14	65	47	18	64	Play-off winner; Lost North/South play-off
6	Basingstoke Town	42	19	6	17	57	52	5	63
7	Weymouth	42	17	11	14	62	59	3	62
8	Dorchester Town	42	17	11	14	77	81	−4	62
9	Bognor Regis Town	42	17	9	16	70	65	5	60
10	Bishop's Stortford	42	17	8	17	70	66	4	59
11	Weston-super-Mare	42	15	13	14	55	60	−5	58
12	Hayes	42	15	11	16	55	57	−2	56
13	Havant & Waterlooville	42	16	7	19	64	69	−5	55
14	St Albans City	42	16	6	20	64	76	−12	54
15	Sutton United	42	14	11	17	60	71	−11	53
16	Welling United	42	15	7	20	64	68	−4	52
17	Hornchurch	42	17	10	15	71	63	8	51	Club folded at end of season
18	Newport County	42	13	11	18	56	61	-5	50
19	Carshalton Athletic	42	13	9	20	44	72	−28	48
20	Maidenhead United	42	12	10	20	54	81	−27	46	Reprieved due to Hornchurch folding
21	Margate	42	12	8	22	54	75	−21	34	Relegated
22	Redbridge	42	11	3	28	50	86	−36	33	Relegated

Key
	Division Champions
	Into play-offs
	Relegated

References

1. "Time runs out for Nicholas". South Wales Argus. 13 Sep 2004.
2. "Newport appoint Cornforth". BBC Sport. 29 Sep 2004.
3. "Sheer joy". South Wales Argus. 2 May 2005.

External links

• Newport County AFC 2004-2005 : Results
• Newport County's results from season 2004/2005