The
2001–02 season was
Newport County's third consecutive season in the
Southern League Premier DivisionThe Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
. The club finished the season in 5th place in the league and reached the first round proper of the
FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
for the first time since the
1988–89 seasonThe 1988–89 season was the first season played in the Football Conference by Newport County since their relegation from the Football League at the end of the 1987–88 season...
.
Results summary
Results by round
Pre-season friendlies
| Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
| Fri 13 Jul 2001 |
|
A |
2–0 |
Paul |
| Sat 14 Jul 2001 |
|
A |
6–0 |
Donovan 2, Edwards, Ryan, OG, Plant |
| Sat 21 Jul 2001 |
|
A |
1–1 |
Thomas |
| Mon 23 Jul 2001 |
|
H |
2–1 |
Ryan, Shephard |
| Wed 25 Jul 2001 |
|
H |
0–3 |
|
| Sat 28 Jul 2001 |
|
A |
2–1 |
Paul, Eckhardt |
| Wed 1 Aug 2001 |
|
H |
1–1 |
Walker |
| Wed 8 Aug 2001 |
|
H |
2–3 |
Walker, Paul (P) |
| Sat 11 Aug 2001 |
|
A |
4–1 |
Griffin, Walker, Souter, Shephard (P) |
Southern League Premier
| Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
| Sat 18 Aug 2001 |
|
A |
2–4 |
G.Shephard 2 |
1,023 |
| Mon 20 Aug 2001 |
|
H |
0–0 |
|
810 |
| Sat 25 Aug 2001 |
|
H |
2–2 |
S.Walker, J.Eckhardt |
774 |
| Mon 27 Aug 2001 |
|
A |
1–1 |
S.James |
848 |
| Sat 1 Sep 2001 |
|
A |
2–1 |
S.Walker, R.Souter |
1,324 |
| Mon 3 Sep 2001 |
|
H |
1–0 |
M.Paul |
902 |
| Sat 8 Sep 2001 |
|
A |
1–3 |
J.Eckhardt |
602 |
| Tue 11 Sep 2001 |
|
A |
1–2 |
S.Walker |
804 |
| Sat 15 Sep 2001 |
|
H |
2–1 |
G.Shephard, R.Souter |
661 |
| Tue 18 Sep 2001 |
|
A |
2–0 |
M.Rose, J.Eckhardt |
460 |
| Sat 22 Sep 2001 |
|
H |
2–2 |
G.Shephard (P), S.Walker |
669 |
| Sat 6 Oct 2001 |
|
A |
0–2 |
|
812 |
| Tue 9 Oct 2001 |
|
A |
1–2 |
R.Plant |
708 |
| Sat 20 Oct 2001 |
|
H |
2–1 |
M.Paul (P), S.Cowe |
702 |
| Mon 22 Oct 2001 |
|
H |
1–2 |
M.Paul (P) |
716 |
| Sat 10 Nov 2001 |
|
H |
0–2 |
|
709 |
| Sat 24 Nov 2001 |
|
H |
1–1 |
M.Rose |
807 |
| Sat 8 Dec 2001 |
|
A |
0–0 |
|
1,047 |
| Sat 15 Dec 2001 |
|
H |
2–1 |
G.Shephard, M.Paul |
655 |
| Wed 26 Dec 2001 |
|
H |
3–0 |
A.Carter, S.Cowe, M.Paul |
1,059 |
| Sat 29 Dec 2001 |
|
H |
2–1 |
G.Shephard 2 |
883 |
| Sat 19 Jan 2002 |
|
H |
0–0 |
|
651 |
| Wed 30 Jan 2002 |
|
A |
0–2 |
|
642 |
| Sat 9 Feb 2002 |
|
A |
2–0 |
S.Walker, M.Rose |
417 |
| Sat 16 Feb 2002 |
|
H |
1–2 |
S.Walker |
722 |
| Tue 19 Feb 2002 |
|
A |
1–2 |
M.Rose |
502 |
| Sat 23 Feb 2002 |
|
A |
1–0 |
M.Paul |
1,146 |
| Sat 2 Mar 2002 |
|
H |
3–0 |
M.Rose, S.Cowe, OG |
610 |
| Tue 5 Mar 2002 |
|
A |
4–0 |
S.Walker 2, L.Phillips, D.Ryan |
443 |
| Sat 16 Mar 2002 |
|
H |
0–2 |
|
752 |
| Tue 19 Mar 2002 |
|
A |
2–1 |
S.Walker (P), M.Rose |
477 |
| Sat 23 Mar 2002 |
|
A |
1–3 |
M.Rose |
434 |
| Mon 25 Mar 2002 |
|
A |
2–3 |
J.Eckhardt, M.Paul |
602 |
| Sat 30 Mar 2002 |
|
A |
3–1 |
M.Paul 2, S.Walker |
726 |
| Mon 1 Apr 2002 |
|
H |
0–1 |
|
722 |
| Sat 6 Apr 2002 |
|
H |
1–0 |
OG |
496 |
| Tue 9 Apr 2002 |
|
A |
2–1 |
B.Clark, S.Cowe |
324 |
| Sat 13 Apr 2002 |
|
H |
1–1 |
A.Stevenson |
653 |
| Mon 15 Apr 2002 |
|
H |
4–1 |
M.Rose, M.Paul, S.Walker, OG |
526 |
| Sat 20 Apr 2002 |
|
A |
0–0 |
|
649 |
| Mon 22 Apr 2002 |
|
H |
2–0 |
L.Phillips 2 |
525 |
| Sat 27 Apr 2002 |
|
A |
3–0 |
M.Paul, A.Stevenson, L.Phillips |
804 |
FA Cup
| Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
| 2Q |
Sat 29 Sep 2001 |
|
A |
1–1 |
J.Eckhardt |
569 |
| 2Qr |
Mon 1 Oct 2001 |
|
H |
3–1 |
G.Shephard, M.Paul 2 |
455 |
| 3Q |
Sat 13 Oct 2001 |
|
A |
4–0 |
R.Plant 2, B.Clark, D.Ryan |
642 |
| 4Q |
Sat 27 Oct 2001 |
|
A |
0–0 |
|
2,119 |
| 4Qr |
Mon 29 Oct 2001 |
|
H |
3–1 |
D.Ryan 2, M.Paul |
1,431 |
| 1 |
Sat 17 Nov 2001 |
|
A |
2–2 |
B.Clark, OG |
5,005 |
| 1r |
Wed 28 Nov 2001 |
|
H |
1–4 a.e.t. |
M.Rose |
3,721 |
FA Trophy
| Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
| 1 |
Sat 3 Nov 2001 |
|
A |
3–2 |
M.Paul, D.Ryan, G.Shephard |
877 |
| 2 |
Thu 6 Dec 2001 |
|
A |
3–2 |
M.Paul, OG, S.Cowe |
136 |
| 3 |
Sat 12 Jan 2002 |
|
A |
0–2 |
|
505 |
Southern League Cup
| Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
| 1 |
Mon 12 Nov 2001 |
|
H |
1–3 |
R.Jones |
333 |
FAW Premier Cup
| Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
| Grp B |
Tue 16 Oct 2001 |
|
A |
1–0 |
D.Ryan |
622 |
| Grp B |
Mon 5 Nov 2001 |
|
H |
0–0 |
|
519 |
| Grp B |
Mon 19 Nov 2001 |
|
H |
0–0 |
|
810 |
| Grp B |
Tue 11 Dec 2001 |
|
A |
3–2 |
B.Clark, M.Rose, J.Eckhardt |
248 |
| Grp B |
Mon 17 Dec 2001 |
|
H |
2–0 |
S.Cowe, M.Paul |
409 |
| Grp B |
Tue 8 Jan 2002 |
|
A |
2–1 |
L.Sommers, A.Carter |
93 |
| QF |
Tue 15 Jan 2002 |
|
H |
0–3 |
|
848 |
League table
| Pos | |Team | |Pld | |W | |D | |L | |F | |A | |GD | |Pts | Notes |
| 1 |
|
42 |
27 |
6 |
9 |
80 |
41 |
39
87 |
Promoted to Football Conference Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
|
| 2 |
|
42 |
24 |
13 |
5 |
81 |
41 |
40
85 |
|
| 3 |
|
42 |
22 |
9 |
11 |
74 |
50 |
24
75 |
|
| 4 |
|
42 |
22 |
9 |
11 |
67 |
47 |
20
75 |
|
| 5 |
|
42 |
19 |
9 |
14 |
61 |
48 |
+13 |
66 |
|
| 6 |
|
42 |
17 |
10 |
15 |
70 |
63 |
13
61 |
|
| 7 |
|
42 |
18 |
7 |
17 |
64 |
62 |
2
61 |
|
| 8 |
|
42 |
16 |
12 |
14 |
65 |
54 |
11
60 |
|
| 9 |
|
42 |
17 |
9 |
16 |
70 |
62 |
8
60 |
|
| 10 |
|
42 |
14 |
16 |
12 |
58 |
61 |
−3 |
58 |
|
| 11 |
|
42 |
15 |
11 |
16 |
59 |
67 |
−8 |
56 |
|
| 12 |
|
42 |
14 |
13 |
15 |
64 |
62 |
2
55 |
|
| 13 |
|
42 |
14 |
12 |
16 |
51 |
61 |
−10 |
54 |
|
| 14 |
|
42 |
12 |
16 |
14 |
60 |
70 |
−10 |
52 |
|
| 15 |
|
42 |
13 |
12 |
17 |
69 |
66 |
−3 |
51 |
|
| 16 |
|
42 |
15 |
6 |
21 |
59 |
70 |
−11 |
51 |
|
| 17 |
|
42 |
13 |
11 |
18 |
56 |
65 |
−9 |
50 |
|
| 18 |
|
42 |
13 |
11 |
18 |
63 |
75 |
−12 |
50 |
|
| 19 |
|
42 |
12 |
12 |
18 |
38 |
61 |
−23 |
48 |
Relegated |
| 20 |
|
42 |
11 |
12 |
19 |
43 |
57 |
−14 |
45 |
Relegated |
| 21 |
|
42 |
12 |
8 |
22 |
53 |
71 |
−18 |
44 |
Relegated |
| 22 |
|
42 |
6 |
8 |
28 |
36 |
87 |
−57 |
26 |
Relegated |
| Key | |
|
Division Champions |
|
Relegated |
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