The Newport County Courier
Squad12 Oct 2026
Amin Nabizada in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newport County this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Matt Smith signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matt Smith and Newport County agree another 3 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Time is catching up with Adrián Flores
Everybody at Newport County saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 39 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Too much change too quickly at Newport County
18 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Jordan Wright gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Michael Spellman has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Newport County will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Newport County and Marc Castells
- The dugout James Crole knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Newport County travel to Shrewsbury Town
- The dugout The manager comes out for Liam Shephard