The Newport County Courier
Market2 Jul 2029
Lewis Jamieson hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Newport County can pretend not to have heard.
Market2 Jul 2029
Janoi Donacien is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Newport County is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
Fee done, terms next for Rúben Rodrigues
Newport County and Bolton Wanderers have settled on $1.7M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
The scrutiny sharpens at Newport County
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Newport County is running low.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
Charlie Parks says Newport County went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Jul 2029
The step up is real for Rhys Chadwick
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad2 Jul 2029
A falling-out at Newport County
Hayden Matthews and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market2 Jul 2029
Stevenage are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Newport County will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
Milton Keynes Dons tell Newport County: Federico Serra is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Squad Words at Newport County training over how hard people work
- Squad A late step up for Ryan Carr
- Market Talks stall between Newport County and Janoi Donacien