The Newport County Courier
Market19 Feb 2035
Andrew Collins hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Newport County can pretend not to have heard.
Match17 Feb 2035
5 matches without a win for Newport County
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Newport County are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Feb 2035
Words exchanged at Newport County
Julian Kuijpers and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad19 Feb 2035
Ernesto Pontoriero falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market19 Feb 2035
One of our own: Nicholas Foster joins the Newport County first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicholas Foster is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Feb 2035
Thomas Ross steps up from the Newport County academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Ross 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.
Market19 Feb 2035
Jack Bennett steps up from the Newport County academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack Bennett 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.
Match13 Feb 2035
Plymouth Argyle take the points off Newport County
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout19 Feb 2035
Richard Morris 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.
In brief
- The dugout The team sheet said everything about Leo Ramírez-Espain
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The form table has caught Leo Ramírez-Espain