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2019–20 Newport County A.F.C. season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ65040784 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2019–20 season was Newport County's seventh consecutive season in Football League Two, after missing out on promotion at the 2019 EFL League Two play-off final. It was Newport's 67th season in the Football League and 99th season of league football overall. The 2019–20 season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Newport 15th in League Two. The League Two season was formally terminated on 9 June 2020 with Newport having ten league matches unplayed. Points per game was subsequently adopted to determine the final League Two table with Newport County rising one place to 14th in the league.

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Pre-season

On 24 June 2019, Newport announced their pre-season schedule. A XI friendly against Moreton Rangers was later confirmed. The Exiles also travelled to Spain for a week training camp where they faced Egyptian side Al Ahly.

Competitions

League Two

League table

Result summary

Results by matchday

Fixtures

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Newport, County and season can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “2019–20 Newport County A.F.C. season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.