The Newport County Courier
Squad14 Jun 2027
Matt Smith damages knee ligaments — 81 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 81 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Newport County make their move for Josh Tymon
$5.3M on the table at Swansea City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
The terraces14 Jun 2027
Newport County sell a favourite for $600.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. James Crole was one of the reasons people came, and $600.0K does not replace that by itself.
Market14 Jun 2027
Tom Davies asks to leave Newport County
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Keenan Patten 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.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Newport County bid $1.3M for Siriki Dembélé
The offer went to Oxford United this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market14 Jun 2027
Jordan Wright 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
Newport County sell James Crole for $600.0K
James Crole has left for Doncaster Rovers in a $600.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A falling-out at Newport County
Ben Cisse and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Market Courtney Baker-Richardson attracts admirers
- The dugout Aaron Nemane gets it from the manager
- Squad Newport County count the cost of losing Harri Pugh