The Newport County Courier
Market23 Aug 2027
Fabio Di Michele Sánchez puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Newport County, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Luke Le Roux due for a Newport County medical
Everything agreed with Portsmouth, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Kieran Morgan turns down Newport County
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Queens Park Rangers keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Jack Holmes runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Fabio Di Michele Sánchez 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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Door shut on Ben Tree
Newport County asked and Norwich City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Newport County
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market23 Aug 2027
Newport County promote Liam Ward from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Ward 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Newport County promote Oliver Edwards from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Edwards 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.
In brief
- Market Benjamin Moore steps up from the Newport County academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Aaron Nemane
- Match Salford City take the points off Newport County