NEWPORT COUNTY 

(''The Exiles'', ''The Ironside'', "The Port", "The County")

Year formed1912 (reformed 1989)
Turned professional 
Limited company1989
Previous names

Newport AFC: 1989 - 1999

Newport County: 1999 to date

Ground

Rodney Parade, Newport, South Wales NP19 0UU

(for pictures of the ground click here)

Pitch measurements112 x 72 yards (102 x 66 metres)
Ground capacity11,676 (reduced to 7,012 for football)
Record attendance at present ground9,836 v Tottenham Hotspur, FA Cup 4th round, 27th January 2018 (drew 1-1)

Record League Cup attendance at

present ground

7,002 v Southampton, Carabao Cup 2nd round, 25th August 2021 (lost 0-8)

Lowest League Cup attendance at

present ground

1,402 v Milton Keynes Dons, EFL Cup 1st round, 9th August 2016 (lost 2-3)
Previous grounds

Original club:

Somerton Park: 1912 - 1989

 

Current club:

London Road ground, Moreton-in-Marsh: 1989 - 1990

Somerton Park: 1990 - 1992

Meadow Park, Gloucester: 1992 - 1994

Newport Stadium: 1994 - 2012

Rodney Parade: 2012 to date.

League career

Original club:

Southern League Division Two: 1912 - 1914

Southern League Division One: 1914 - 1920

Division Three: 1920 - 1921

Division Three (South): 1921 - 1931 (not re-elected)

Southern League Western section: 1931 - 1932

Division Three (South): 1932 - 1939

Division Two: 1946 - 1947

Division Three (South): 1947 - 1958

Division Three: 1958 - 1962

Division Four: 1962 - 1980

Division Three: 1980 - 1987

Division Four: 1987 - 1988

Conference: 1988 - 1989 (expelled and record expunged)

 

Current club:

Hellenic League: 1989 - 1990

Southern League Midland Division: 1990 - 1995

Southern League Premier Division: 1995 - 1997

Southern League Southern Division: 1997 - 1998

Southern League Midland Division: 1998 - 1999

Southern League Premier Division: 1999 - 2004

Conference South: 2004 - 2010

Conference: 2010 - 2013

League Two: 2013 - .

First Football League game28 August 1920 v Reading, Division Three, lost 0-1
  
Honours 
European

None

Domestic - League

Division Three (South) champions: 1938-39

Conference South champions: 2009-10

Southern League Midland Division champions: 1994-95

Southern League Midland Division runners-up: 1998-99

Hellenic League champions: 1989-90

Domestic - Cup

Welsh Cup winners: 1979-80

Welsh Cup runners-up: 1962-63, 1986-87

FAW Premier Cup winners: 2007-08

FAW Premier Cup runners-up: 2002-03, 2006-07

FA Trophy runners-up: 2011-12

Best League position22nd, Division Two, 1946-47
Lowest League position24th, Division Four, 1987-88
Furthest in FA Cup5th round, 1948-49, 2018-19
Furthest in League Cup4th round, 2020-21
  
Most League points 
2 for a win61, Division Four, 1979-80
3 for a win78, Division Three, 1982-83 
Fewest League points 
2 for a win22, Division Three, 1961-62
3 for a win25, Division Four, 1987-88
Most League goals scored85, Division Four, 1964-65 
Most League goals conceded133, Division Two, 1946-47 
Fewest League goals scored32, League Two, 2019-20
Fewest League goals conceded39, League Two, 2019-20
Most wins in a League season

27, Division Four, 1979-80

Fewest wins in a League season

6, Division Four, 1987-88

Most draws in a League season18, Division Three, 1985-86 
Fewest draws in a League season

3, Division Two, 1946-47

Most losses in a League season33, Division Four, 1987-88 
Fewest losses in a League season9, Division Three (South), 1938-39
Record League win10-0 v Merthyr Town, Division Three (South), 10 April 1930
Record Cup win7-0 v Woking, 24 November 1928
Record League Cup win6-0 v Exeter City, League Cup 1st round 2nd leg, 14 September 1982
Record defeat

0-13 v Newcastle United, Division Two, 5 October 1946

Record League Cup defeat

0-8 v Southampton, Carabao Cup 2nd round, 25 August 2021

  
Highest number of League goals scored 
in a seasontbc
in total99, Reg Parker, 1948-54 
  
Most League goals scored in one matchtbc 
Top League Cup goalscorer

Original club: 7, Willie Brown, 1970-75

Current club: 5, Tristan Abrahams, 2019-21

Most League appearances526, Len Weare, 1955-70 

Most capped player

3, Nigel Vaughan for Wales
Youngest League player 
Highest transfer fee received

£100,000+ (undisclosed) for Craig Reid to Stevenage, 31 January 2011

£100,000+ (undisclosed) for Paul Bignot to Blackpool, 22 July 2011

£100,000+ (undisclosed) for Lee Evans to Wolverhampton Wanderers, 31 January 2013

Highest transfer fee paid£80,000 for Alan Waddle from Swansea City, December 1980