vs. Newport County
All matches in 1977/78

Match Details

Saturday, 22nd April 1978
The Victoria Ground, Hartlepool
1977/78 Football League Division Four
Match 44 of 46
HARTLEPOOL UNITED(1)1
Houchen 4' 
NEWPORT COUNTY(0)1
Goddard 62' 
Attendance: 2027
Ref: Colin Seel (Carlisle)
Substitution: Paul Bielby for Gordon Larkin GOAL: Keith Houchen (1-0) GOAL: Howard Goddard (1-1) Full time 75 min 60 min Half time 30 min 15 min Kick-off Substitution: Paul Bielby for Gordon Larkin GOAL: Keith Houchen (1-0) GOAL: Howard Goddard (1-1) Full time 75 min 60 min Half time 30 min 15 min Kick-off

Teams

HARTLEPOOL UNITED
Manager: Billy Horner
             
9010000901-1 flag flag0011Eddie Edgar
9020000901-1 flag flag0022Dick Malone
9030000901-1 flag flag0013Peter Creamer
9040000901-1 flag flag0014Mark Lawrence
9050000901-1 flag flag0015Billy Ayre
9060000901-1 flag flag0016Trevor Smith
9070000901-1 flag flag0017Terry Gaffney
9080000901-1 flag flag0018John Linacre
9091000901-1 flag flag0019Keith Houchen
9010000090196Southend Unitedflag flag00110Alan Foggon
90110000691-1 flag flag00111Gordon Larkin-69
901200069901-1 flag flag00112Paul Bielby+69
NEWPORT COUNTY
Manager: Colin Addison
             
9010000901-1 flag flag0011Gary Plumley
9020000901-1 flag flag0042Tony Byrne
9030000901-1 flag flag0013John Relish
9040000901-1 flag flag0034John Emanuel
9050000901-1 flag flag0015Ronnie Walker
9060000901-1 flag flag0036Rod Jones
9070000901-1 flag flag0037Nigel Vaughan
9081000901-1 flag flag0018Howard Goddard
9090000901-1 flag flag0019Brian Clark
90100000901-1 flag flag00210Colin Sinclair
90110000901-1 flag flag00111Mark Williams
90120010901-1 flag flag00312Steve Lowndes
  AgeThis CompAll Comps
GamesGoalsGamesGoals
10720800     1  flag flag0011Eddie Edgar21y 173d00
20310350     1  flag flag0022Dick Malone30y 243d22
30610640     1  flag flag0013Peter Creamer24y 214d33
401010     1  flag flag0014Mark Lawrence19y 139d00
50440510     1  flag flag0015Billy Ayre25y 350d1011
60124154     1  flag flag0016Trevor Smith19y 18d01
709395     1  flag flag0017Terry Gaffney26y 66d11
80273304     1  flag flag0018John Linacre22y 130d00
91110110     1  flag flag0019Keith Houchen17y 271d
100170170     1  flag flag00110Alan Foggon28y 58d22
1101010     1  flag flag00111Gordon Larkin19y 192d00
12074208620     1  flag flag00112Paul Bielby21y 149d811
Average age of starting eleven = 23y 69d

League Table

PPts
11Scunthorpe4342
12Newport4342
13Northampton4342
21York4336
22HARTLEPOOL4334
23Southport4330
PPts
12Scunthorpe4443
13Newport4443
14Doncaster4443
21York4436
22HARTLEPOOL4435
23Southport4431