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Newcastle United 13–0 Newport Countu
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Event	1946–47 Football League Second Division
Newcastle United F.C. Newport County A.F.C. 13 0
Date	5 October 1946
Venue	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Referee	H. Hartley
Attendance	52,137

In a Football League Second Division match on 5 October 1946 Newcastle United beat Newport County at St James' Park by 13 goals to 0. The game remains (as of 2021) a record scoreline both in number of goals and in winning margin in the top two divisions of English football, and featured either five or six goals (the exact number is disputed) for Len Shackleton and a hat-trick for Charlie Wayman. It marked a nadir for Newport, who were relegated from the division at the end of the season and who are yet to play higher than the third tier of English football as of 2021.

Background

The match took place in the first full season of English football following the Second World War following a limited football programme in the preceding year. Even Second Division fixtures such as this, Newcastle's ninth game of the season, saw extremely large attendances; Newcastle's average home attendance figure of 56,298 this season would remain an English record until the expansion of Old Trafford in the 1990s allowed Manchester United F.C. to record an average attendance of 58,014 in the 1999-2000 Premier League.

A crowd of 52,137 attended St James' Park for a Saturday 3pm kickoff. Newcastle entered the match in relatively good form, with 12 points from their preceding 8 games. The visitors had struggled for form, with 3 points coming from a sole win against Coventry City F.C. and a draw against Birmingham City F.C.. Their defence had already shown signs of frailty, having conceded 23 goals in their six games to date, including seven against West Bromwich Albion F.C. and six against Nottingham Forest F.C..

The match was the first meeting between the two sides and as of 2021 they have only played each other once since, in a League Cup fourth round match in 2020, which Newcastle won 5-4 on penalties (having finished 1-1 at full time at Rodney Parade.

The match

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Details

5 October 1946

15:00 BST

Newcastle United F.C.	13–0	Newport County F.C.
Wayman 5, 26, 30, 73' Shackleton 7, 31, 33, 36, 53, 87' Milburn 64, 69', Bentley 82'

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 52,137

Referee: H. Hartley (Bolton)

GK 1 Eric Garbutt DF 2 Bobby Cowell DF 3 Doug Graham DF 4 Joe Harvey DF 5 Frank Brennan MF 6 John Wright MF 7 Jackie Milburn MF 8 Roy Bentley MF 9 Charlie Wayman FW 10 Len Shackleton FW 11 Thomas Pearson Manager: Stan Seymour GK 30 Gavin Goalkeeper DF 2 Devin Defense (c) DF 14 Cedric Centerback DF 6 Bobby Bastille DF 29 Barry Badman  87' MF 12 Marvin Midfield  81' MF 16 Osmosis Jones  41' MF 17 Paul Passmaster MF 15 Blake Ballwinner  78' FW 32 John Spot  78' FW 7 Golden Goalscorer  87' Substitutes: GK 1 Bill Backup DF 4 Evan Excluded FW 10 Rufus Reserve  78' MF 18 Daniel Disregarded  81' FW 20 Axel Alternate  78' MF 22 Nevil Neglected DF 23 Igor Ignored Manager: Mister Bossman Man of the Match: Freddy Footballer Assistant referees: Larry Linesman Owen Official Fourth official: Phil Fourth Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Statistics First half Statistic Team A Team B Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 4 4 Shots on target 3 1 Saves 0 2 Corner kicks 1 0 Fouls committed 6 5 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0 Second half Statistic Team A Team B Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 6 6 Shots on target 2 0 Saves 1 1 Corner kicks 5 2 Fouls committed 5 5 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 2 1 Red cards 0 1 Overall Statistic Team A Team B Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 10 10 Shots on target 5 1 Saves 1 3 Corner kicks 6 2 Fouls committed 11 10 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 3 3 Red cards 0 1 Post-match Discuss the ramifications of the match's outcome including prizes, monetary rewards, trophies, qualification for other competitions, other recognition, etc.