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Newport County A.F.C.


Today Newport Announced that Young Scottish Coach Gavin Miller a graduate of the Atholl Henderson Coaching clinic in Perth Scotland was announced as New Manager for the Welsh 3rd choice Newport County on a one year deal.


A shock too most of the Newport fans as Justin Edinburgh appeared to be on the right development track but chairmen Lee Scadding who bought the club using the money he won in a 45.5 million Euro Millions has said that the move comes as the club looks to work towards the "Newport class of 81" - Which reached the Cup Winners Cup quarter final.

Gavin Miller

Provided an overview of the team today to the Welsh media and Sky Sports
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Stadium

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Rodney Parade
7800 seater stadium
Redeveloped in 2007

The Fans

Have an average attendance of around 2,500

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Most famously supported by Goldie Lookin Chain


Expectations

This Year Newport are expected just to fight off relegation with a media prediction of 22nd

Key Players
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Rene Howe
"The big Target man is someone who we will be looking to help hold the ball up and bring others into play"

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Yan Klukowski

"Brought in by the previous regime but we believe he will be pivotal in the supply to our strikers with his hard work and good technique"
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Jamie Stephens

"Came through the ranks at Liverpool and at only 19 - regular football can help him get back to the top of the ladder"


The Mascot
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Spytty the Dog

" Came 4th in the mascot grand national - Aiming for the places this year just like the club"

New Asst Manager

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Neil Murray

"Neil got in a bit of trouble at Rangers but is looking to rebuild his reputation as the same man who played for Rangers, Sion , Lorient ,Mainz and Dundee Utd and His knowledge of youth development and football will be second to none at this level"

There will be further updates on Tactics, training and Transfers to come in the next update

( Thoughts so far?Feedback? any recommendations?)​
 
Sounds great, nice detail.


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Initial Summer update :


Chairmen
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Lee Scadding

"We have given Mr Miller 2k in wage budget and 40k transfer budget and 40% of any player sales with the other 60% being reinvested in the team"

Shortlist

Alvaro Gonzalez

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"He is a 21 year old Spanish attacking midfielder who came through the ranks at Recreativo , He is a good finisher , good passer and a hard worker someone we see as someone we can develop and someone we think can help the club and help his career"

Dean Santangelo

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" any player that get an opportunity at a club the size of Man Utd and able to work with some of there coaches is someone that we can see being an asset to us and would be a good challenge with Jamie Stephens for No.1"

Robbie Cotton

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"Robbie is a young versatile hard working midfielder and someone again we see that the club and the player can benefit from a deal"


Ryan Edwards

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"Ryan came through at Blackburn with Robbie and we feel that if we are able to get the two of them in it would be a massive coup for the club"

Gavin Miller Has said " These players are all young and will fit in with what we are trying to do at Newport , We are not Naive we know that we are a stepping stone club and for young players there is an opportunity to prove your worth and put yourself in the shop window - We wont stand in any way of our players moving to better things"

Miller has also confirmed the club have accepted an offer for Chris Jolly today and they expect him to complete his move to Rochdale

Tactics

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"We are trying to get these boys to play a good brand of football an exciting brand of football, It's quite a continental style with short moves and always looking for the man in space... we know at times it might be to our detriment but we believe we can show the fans a spectacle and develop our players better this way"

Pre season

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Miller Stated "We used some of our contacts at Birmingham with local lad David Cotterill able to help that Friendly out, Ben Davies from Spurs was able to help manufacture the big one with Spurs. These Friendlies were arranged to give the fans a show and see some big players come to Rodney Parade and help generate some more money for the club"



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Pre Season

first up...

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"We played well considering we had 7 trialists and a new formation against which was a full strength Spurs Squad , A couple of these boys on trial gave themself a good chance of something more - Jody Morris the veteran Midfielder came in and was excellent in the middle of the park and even put one past The france No.1 Lloris"

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Next up for Millers team was Championship side Birmingham

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"A great performance from the lads to show that they can give these big teams a run for the money and we never stopped trying right until the last kick with Big Chris Zebroski scored to level things up and give the fans something to cheer about. We were really impressed with Lewis Toshney at the back he was let go by Celtic and we think he could be a good fit for our side "

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VI for Villans

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"The less said about this game the better, We were poor and sold ourselves short and if you make it easy for quality opposition they punish you and that's exactly what happened"


Welsh derby

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"We gave Newport a sense of pride standing up to Swansea and going toe to toe with them and there big name stars and showed that we have a fight and desire to bring the same sort of success to Newport as Swansea have for their supporters and big Jody Morris done himself a lot of favors he has really impressed us again"


Summary

Some really encouraging performances against some better quality opposition than we will play for the season , We were impressed how we held our own baring the Villa result.

From the Trialists will be looking to offer deals to Lewis Toshney, Jody Morris and Alvaro Gonzalez


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Love it, hopefully you can dethrone Swansea as the kings of the welsh sides.
 
deathrelic said:
Love it, hopefully you can dethrone Swansea as the kings of the welsh sides.
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Thats one of the long term goals! :) hoping with a focus on bringing in players with sell on value can also make some profit every year will be utilising the loan market soon aswell!
 
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First up for Newport Was an away trip to last season's relegated Stevenage Who are expected to challenge to get straight back out of League 2


With an expected attendance of around 2,500 Newport Have brought an approx. 350 supporters with them for the 5 hour round trip.

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In today's Newport line up includes new summer signings

Alvaro Gonzalez
(free Transfer from Recreativo)

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Lewis Toshney
(Free Transfer from Celtic)
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Graham Burke (loan from Aston Villa)
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Pre Match comments
Gavin Miller
"I can't wait to get started , I can't wait to see how we compete against these teams - We have a no fear attitude , We will play football in the right way no matter what because we believe in our ability and we believe we can win that way"

Match report

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After all the positive feelings and comments that were made it took Stevenage only 5 minutes to break through when a slip from centre back Bryan Anthony allowed Darius Charles to be one on one with Jamie Stephens and the stevenage striker took the ball round the Stephens to make it 1-0 to Steveange

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It went from bad to worse for Newport when Byron Anthony made another mistake from a corner and let his man Jon Ashton free and allowed Stevenage to go 2-0 up after only 25 minutes

Cue the Newport fightback : It took only 8 minutes of screaming from Manager Gavin Miller to get his side back in the game when Graham Burke linked up with Chris Zebroski in a nice move to make it 2-1.

That goal changed the game and Newport were on the ascendancy after an early capitulation, The second half so Newport go close a couple of times for the equalizer.

On the 80th minute Newport drew level when Andy Sandell crossed for Chris Zebroski to net his brace with a bullet header past the helpless Chris Day

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An exciting game for the fans and is a good start to the Newport season

Post Match comments

"Byron did not have the game we normally expect from him but we will rally round him and support him and help him learn from today "

"I'am really impressed with how we showed character and fight in this game"

"Big Chris was outstanding he held the ball up well, was clinical and was a nuisance all game - He deserved Man of the Match"

League Table

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"If you offered me a point before the game I might not have bit your hand off but I certainly would accept it because we go out to win every game but we also know that it doesn't work like that in football"


(Thoughts on the first league game?)​
 
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Newport drew Charlton in the Capital One Cup first round.

A game in which Charlton were expected to win comfortably especially with there new signing like igor vetokele who has played in the champions league before and now finds himself up against lowly Newport.

Pre Match :

"This is a game where we will go out take it to Charlton and see where it takes us"
"we are throwing new signing Mark Bradley straight into the starting 11"
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Match Report

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A fairly even game with both teams having the same amount of shots on goal and there was only a little difference in the possession.

Charlton nearly took the lead with a header from Jordan Cousins being cleared off the line by Newport new boy Mark Bradley in the first half.

To the surprise of most in Rodney parade Newport took the lead when new signing Mark Bradley found space in the box with a 1-2 move with spanish midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez and the Welshmen on his debut blasted past Stephen Henderson.

This was to be the only goal of the game and send Newport into the second round with a tie against premier league club Stoke which is sure to be a good away day for the Newport faithful.

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Post Match:

Gavin Miller comments

"we played really well and gave as good as it gets and showed we are not easy to turnover."
"Mark has came straight into the line up and has shown his quality straight away , we are delighted with him"

"We are still working on a few deals for some of the trialists we had in but as soon as we know what's happening you will"​
 
Really good start! Just one thing maybe you could make the pictures a bit bigger?
 
First Home game of the season


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Pre match


"The whole town is excited and we hope to give a performance that matches there expectations"
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"Morgan Fox has came on loan from Charlton and again goes straight into the team"

Match report

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It took 33 minutes for Newport to break the deadlock and new signing Morgan Fox
Followed the same suit as last weeks new signing Mark Bradley by scoring on his debut with a well executed finish from the young left back.

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Chris Zebroski doubled there lead after half time with a brilliant ball from Morgan Fox and Zebroski headed home.

Cambridge scored what was to be a consolation by the end of this game with Ryan Donaldson finishing from close range from a parry from Jamie Stephens.

Another new signing making his home league debut in Lewis Toshney Scored his first goal with what was quite a strange goal with a long diagonal actually going staight in with Cambridge claiming for a foul.

Post Match

"I hope we gave the fans something to be excited about , we played good football , New signings and some good goals - hopefully this is a precedent for the year to follow"


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Good couple of results keep it up!


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August update:

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Pre match:

"Plymouth are a team who in recent years have started to develop into a better team it will be a tough game and we will have to play well to get anything."

Match report

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The only goal of the game came just after Half time with Newport Striker Rene Howe heading home from close range from a Mark Bradley cross.

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Post Match:

"I think we deserved the points today I thought we played really well and gave as good as it got today against a resolute Plymouth side, Rene was excellent and jack Stephens in goal kept us in it a few times"


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Pre Match :


"This is a league where anyone can beat anyone and this game is no different Morecambe will be tough and we don't have Alvaro as he picked up a niggle last game against Plymouth so Shaun Jeffers will play just behind the front two"

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"I'am really happy that we have managed to bring around 300 fans to a 8 hour round trip and these fans deserve a performance from us"

Match Report :

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Newport broke the deadlock on 58 minutes when summer loan signing Graham Burke scored with a neat finish from inside the box to score his first League goal for Newport.

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Morecambe hit back from the spot when Andy Wright was brought down in the box and the morecambe midfielder converted to level the score and to draw the game.


Post Match Comments:

"We played well again and if it wasn't for the penalty I think we would have won the game as Jack Stephens played a blinder again."

"We have picked up a few injuries now that's Alvaro and Zebby both doubts for the next game"

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Pre Match :

"We have started the season well and i hope we can continue that run and reward the fans and chairmen's loyality"

"We believe we are going to have our biggest turn out of the year so far with just over 3,300 expected for today's game with Burton"


Match Report:

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Newport got off to a poor start when Summer Loan signing Mark Bradley put through his own net with a clearance slicing into his own net from Stuart Beavon cross.

Newport never really recovered from the early set back and the points went to the Brewers when Stuart Beavon Headed home with a downwards header beating Lewis Toshney to the ball to make it 2-0.

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Post match:

" we were on the back foot so early and we tried to get back into the game but we just couldn't lift our heads high enough to get out of the mess we created for ourselves, We maybe deserved a draw but in this league if you don't take your chances you get punished and we got punished today."

"we picked up another injury today to Lee Minshull and im starting to get a little nervous about the size of the squad so we may look to bring in some new faces"

League Table:

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"We are doing well considering we are one of the favourites to go down , All we can do is keep plugging and working hard and the results will come."

" I think we can reach the playoff's this year it will take a lot of hard work and a little luck"


Newport fans player of the month:
(we ask our fans to Tweet to @newportcounty and the player with the most votes get's the player of the month)

"This month the award went to Chris Zebroski who scored 3 goals in 2 games and 1 asst before he got injured"

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Next Update Preview:

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  • [*=center]Stoke in the Capital one cup
    [*=center]Transfer round up
    [*=center]Last League game of August

(Thoughts and feedback is more than welcome)​
 
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Newport found themselves with a good size payday with a trip away to Stoke which was being covered Live on BBC

Pre Match Interview

"This is a great day for our fans to come see some of the names of the Premiership and for our players to go out and show that they are better than the league 2 level we are at."

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"Being a Welshmen myself if it wasn't us playing Newport I would want them to do well but We know we have to go out there and do a job as they have a few tricky players"


Match report

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A fantastic occasion for the Newport fans to see some of the Premiership regulars like Stephen Ireland , Steve Sidwell , Jonathan Walters and Stoke summer signing Anderson.

But it was on 33 minutes another man who belongs to the premiership in on loan Aston Villa man Graham Burke gave newport fans something to go crazy about with a great finish a flick on by Rene Howe to net past England u21 keeper Jack Butland

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Newport in dreamland leading a premiership team but that dream was dealt a blow when just before half time Jonathan Walters latched onto a Stephen Ireland pass to level the score just before half time

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After half time Stoke were doing everything they could to win this in 90 minutes but everything they were throwing at Newport Keeper Jack Stephens was being dealt with in a commendable way by the young Keeper.

That was until Stoke brought on Mame Biram Diouf who was on the pitch for less than 10 minutes before he scored the goal that won the match for Stoke with a burst of pace latching onto a long ball from Ryan Shotton and blasting past the Newport Keeper who was left helpless.

Post Match Comments:

"We gave it our all , We defended well considering the caliber of player we were up against - We can hold our heads high "

"Jack Stephens showed tonight why he was at liverpool before and showed us that he can be a number 1 for a top team if he continues to develop with us"


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Pre Match:

"We told our players before this game that if you can make Stoke a premiership team work as hard as that to beat us , We can give every single team in this division a game on our day"


Match Report :

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It looked like Newport had a cup hangover when after 10 minutes Billy Paynter put Carlisle ahead when he was left free at the back post to tap in.

Newport equalised through Young Striker Graham Burke who has now scored 4 goals in 5 games for Newport and is already looking like a good deal.

The teams were level until the 55th minute when Graham Burke was brought down in the box and Adam Chapman Stepped up to the spot and converted to make it 2-1

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Newport then looked like they had wrapped up all 3 points when Striker Rene Howe Slotted home from an Adam Chapman pass.

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There was to be a late goal for Carlisle when Josh Gilles scored a header late on but the ref blow the whistle straight after the goal.

Post Match Interview:

"we played well today and showed we have some good attacking options Graham Burke and Rene Howe were both excellent"

"We looked a little tired towards the end but we were able to hang on for the points"

"I don't think we will bring anyone else into the club , We have a budget and that's what we work towards"

Newport Transfers
(Summer window)

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"We are happy with the business we have done and we think the 6 players we brought in permanently are all under 22 so we are hoping these players develop with us and can either help us challenge for promotion but im also a realist if these players develop well and clubs look at them as long as we get the right money we will sell them on"



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