The Newport County Courier
Squad5 Jul 2027
Real improvement from Aimar Flores at Newport County
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Aimar Flores is 17, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad5 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Newport County
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Harry Smith was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Newport County rebuffed over Alfred Gomis
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Palermo have kept their man, and Newport County go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market5 Jul 2027
Wycombe Wanderers expected to open talks for James Crole
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Newport County will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Cameron Evans has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Millenic Alli
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Millenic Alli, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Newport County are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Intake day at the Newport County academy
5 arrivals, an average age nobody would call a squad, and a set of parents being shown around a building their sons will spend more time in than at home. The scouting has already happened; today is only the paperwork.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
Shilow Tracey asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market The Harry Smith question follows Newport County around
- The dugout Tyler Walton has been promised minutes
- Market Oliver Samuels joins Newport County on a free