1998–99 Newport A.F.C. season

Newport

1998–99 season
Manager	Tim Harris
Stadium	Newport Stadium
Southern League Midland	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Preliminary round
FA Trophy	1st round
Southern League Cup	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: K.Bayliss (29) All: K.Bayliss (31)
Highest home attendance	1,094 vs Solihull Borough (17 Apr 1999)
Lowest home attendance	418 vs Redditch United (16 Sep 1998)
Average home league attendance	691
Home colours Away colours

The 1998–99 season was played by Newport in the Southern League Midland Division since switching back from the Southern Division of the previous season. Newport won promotion back to the Premier Division and with it reverted to the traditional name of Newport County after ten seasons without the suffix.

Season review

League

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	26	7	9	92	51	+41	85	18	3	0	57	17	+40	8	4	9	35	34	+1

Last updated: 1 May 1999.
Source: [1]

Fixtures and results

Southern League Midland

Main article: 1998–99 Southern Football League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 Aug 1998	Sutton Coldfield Town	H	4–0	K.Bayliss 3, L.Brown	587
25 Aug 1998	Redditch United	A	1–1	L.Brown	345
29 Aug 1998	Stamford	A	1–3	K.Bayliss	270
31 Aug 1998	Stourbridge	H	4–2	D.Brazil, B.Thomas, G.Dicks, P.Evans	591
12 Sep 1998	Paget Rangers	A	1–0	K.Bayliss	323
16 Sep 1998	Redditch United	H	1–1	L.Brown	418
19 Sep 1998	VS Rugby	H	3–2	K.Bayliss, L.Brown, P. Evans	599
26 Sep 1998	Stafford Rangers	A	0–1		558
29 Sep 1998	Stourbridge	A	4–3	K.Bayliss 2, L.Brown 2	380
3 Oct 1998	Hinckley United	H	1–0	D.Robison	669
10 Oct 1998	Solihull Borough	A	1–3	K.Bayliss	251
17 Oct 1998	Bilston Town	H	5–0	K.Bayliss 2, L.Brown, S.Tapp, P.Preedy	537
31 Oct 1998	Evesham United	A	2–0	D.Hill, L.Brown	227
4 Nov 1998	Clevedon Town	H	1–1	K.Bayliss	631
7 Nov 1998	Racing Club Warwick	H	2–1	D.Robison, D.Hill	634
14 Nov 1998	Bloxwich Town	A	6–0	B.Thomas 2, L.Brown 2, D.Clarke, K. Bayliss	140
28 Nov 1998	Hinckley United	A	0–0		316
5 Dec 1998	Moor Green	A	1–4	K.Bayliss	273
12 Dec 1998	Bloxwich Town	H	4–0	OG, K.Bayliss, D.Hunt, M.Flynn	605
19 Dec 1998	Bedworth United	A	1–0	M.Flynn	279
28 Dec 1998	Weston-super-Mare	H	2–1	J.French, K.Bayliss	769
1 Jan 1999	Evesham United	H	3–0	D.Clarke, P.Light, J.French	944
2 Jan 1999	Sutton Coldfield Town	A	0–1		311
9 Jan 1999	Shepshed Dynamo	H	1–1	K.Bayliss	767
16 Jan 1999	Bilston Town	A	2–5	L.Brown, J.Donovan	302
23 Jan 1999	Wisbech Town	H	4–1	C.Lima, K.Bayliss, M.Flynn, J.French	624
30 Jan 1999	VS Rugby	A	2–1	J.Donovan, D.Clarke	300
6 Feb 1999	Stafford Rangers	H	3–1	J.Donovan, B.Thomas, K.Bayliss	659
20 Feb 1999	Bedworth United	H	1–0	J.French	665
23 Feb 1999	Clevedon Town	A	1–2	K.Bayliss	1,006
27 Feb 1999	Racing Club Warwick	A	0–0		280
6 Mar 1999	Stamford	H	2–1	D.Hill 2	628
10 Mar 1999	Paget Rangers	H	2–1	B.Thomas, G.Marshall	514
20 Mar 1999	Blakenall	H	3–0	G.Marshall, C.Dale, L.Brown	720
27 Mar 1999	Shepshed Dynamo	A	1–3	K.Bayliss	310
3 Apr 1999	Cinderford Town	H	4–1	K.Bayliss 3, D.Robison	839
5 Apr 1999	Weston-super-Mare	A	0–2		576
10 Apr 1999	Wisbech Town	A	3–0	K.Bayliss, C.Dale, G.Marshall	409
15 Apr 1999	Cinderford Town	A	5–2	K.Bayliss 3, D.Hill, B.Thomas	497
17 Apr 1999	Solihull Borough	H	4–1	C.Dale, K.Bayliss, B.Thomas, L.Brown	1,094
24 Apr 1999	Blakenall	A	3–3	L.Brown, C.Dale 2	231
1 May 1999	Moor Green	H	3–2	D.Hunt, G.Marshall, S.Tapp	1,015

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
P	5 Sep 1998	Weston-super-Mare	H	0–0		568
Pr	8 Sep 1998	Weston-super-Mare	A	0–1		334

FA Trophy

Main article: 1998–99 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	28 Oct 1998	Heybridge Swifts	H	2–4	K.Bayliss 2 (1P)	325

Southern League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	11 Nov 1998	Cinderford Town	H	4–2	S.Evans 2, D.Hill, M.Flynn	264
1–2	24 Nov 1998	Cinderford Town	A	1–1	A.Hopkins	178	5–3 aggregate
2	16 Dec 1998	Weston-super-Mare	H	2–0	S.Tapp, G.Marshall	232
3	27 Jan 1999	Bashley	H	0–2		273

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Clevedon Town	42	28	8	6	83	35	+48	92	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Newport	42	26	7	9	92	51	+41	85	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Redditch United	42	22	12	8	81	45	+36	75	Three points deducted*
4	Hinckley United	42	20	12	10	58	40	+18	72
5	Stafford Rangers	42	21	8	13	92	60	+32	71
6	Bilston Town	42	20	11	11	79	69	+10	71
7	Solihull Borough	42	19	12	11	76	53	+23	69
8	Moor Green	42	20	7	15	71	61	+10	67
9	Blakenall	42	17	14	11	65	54	+11	65
10	Shepshed Dynamo	42	17	12	13	61	53	+8	63
11	Sutton Coldfield Town	42	17	8	17	46	57	−11	59
12	Stourbridge	42	16	10	16	60	54	+6	58
13	Evesham United	42	16	9	17	63	63	0	57
14	Wisbech Town	42	16	9	17	59	66	−7	57	Transferred to Eastern Division
15	Weston-super-Mare	42	15	10	17	58	55	+3	55
16	Bedworth United	42	15	9	18	63	52	+11	54
17	Cinderford Town	42	13	8	21	61	74	−13	47
18	Stamford	42	13	7	22	60	75	−15	46	Transferred to Eastern Division
19	Paget Rangers	42	11	12	19	49	58	−9	45
20	VS Rugby	42	12	9	21	53	74	−21	45	Transferred to Eastern Division
21	Racing Club Warwick	42	5	8	29	38	93	−55	23
22	Bloxwich Town	42	1	2	39	26	151	−125	5	Relegated

^*Redditch United had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player

External links

• Dr Martens Midland 1998-99 Results

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