The Newport County Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Elliot Myles is a medical away from Newport County
The deal with Norwich City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Lucien Mahovo rejects the move
Newport County had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Norwich City, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Market10 Aug 2026
Newport County promote Robert Pearson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Pearson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Joseph Ward steps up from the Newport County academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Ward has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Newport County promote Nicholas Butler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas Butler has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Luke Hall joins the Newport County first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luke Hall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
James Crole stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” James Crole and Newport County agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Newport County
Lee Jenkins was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Newport County are still strangers to each other
8 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Newport County training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets Newport County ask about Joe Hilton
- The dugout The manager makes an example of James Crole