2021–22 Newport County A.F.C. season
2021–22 season | |
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Owner | Newport County AFC Supporters Trust |
Chairman | Gavin Foxall |
Manager | Michael Flynn (until 1 October 2021)[1] Wayne Hatswell (caretaker manager from 1 October 2021 to 19 October 2021) James Rowberry (from 19 October 2021) |
Stadium | Rodney Parade |
League Two | 11th |
FA Cup | First round |
EFL Cup | Second round |
EFL Trophy | Group stage |
Welsh League Cup | First round |
Top goalscorer | League: Dom Telford (25) All: Dom Telford (26) |
Highest home attendance | 7,002 v Southampton (25 August 2021), EFL Cup round 2 |
Lowest home attendance | 1,032 v Plymouth Argyle (31 August 2021), EFL Trophy Southern Group F |
Average home league attendance | 4,333 |
The 2021–22 Newport County A.F.C. season was the club's ninth consecutive season in the EFL League Two. It was Newport's 69th season in the Football League and 101st season of league football overall. Alongside League Two, they also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the EFL Trophy and the Welsh League Cup. On 25 August 2021 Newport County faced Southampton of the Premier League in the second round of the 2021–22 EFL Cup but they lost heavily 8–0.[2] Newport finished the 2021–22 League Two season in 11th place.[3]
Managerial changes
[edit ]On 1 October 2021, manager Michael Flynn resigned after nine league matches of the 2021–22 season with Newport 15th in League Two.[1] Newport County's Assistant Manager Wayne Hatswell was appointed as caretaker manager for five games.[4] On 19 October 2021 it was confirmed that the club had appointed Cardiff City First Team Coach James Rowberry as permanent manager with Newport 13th in League Two after 13 league games.[5] Hatswell was retained as assistant manager to Rowberry and Hatswell signed a contract extension in November 2021 until the end of the 2023–24 season.[6] In February 2022 Hatswell resigned his position at Newport and on 22 February 2022 Hatswell was appointed assistant head coach to Michael Flynn at Walsall. [7] On the same day, Cardiff City coach Carl Serrant was appointed assistant manager to Rowberry at Newport County.[8]
Pre-season friendlies
[edit ]The Exiles confirmed they would have friendly matches against Undy,[9] Blackpool,[9] Chippenham Town,[9] Cinderford Town [9] and Cardiff City [9] as part of their pre-season preparations.
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Competitions
[edit ]League Two
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 76 |
9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 75 |
10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 70 |
11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 69 |
12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 61 |
13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 58 |
14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 58 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[10]
Results summary
[edit ]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 69 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: [citation needed ]
Results by matchday
[edit ]Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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Ground | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
Result | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L |
Position | 6 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit ]Newport County's fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.[11] On 7 July, the fixture dates against Mansfield Town were reversed due to pitch renovation work at Newport's Rodney Parade ground during August 2021.[12]
Gordon 78' Report Azaz 10' Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 2,427
Referee: Bobby Madley
Baker-Richardson 69'
Telford 84' Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Steve Martin
Nombe 55' Report Willmott 12'
Baker-Richardson 28' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,078
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Telford 31', 61' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,515
Referee: Scott Oldham
Baker-Richardson 34'
Azaz 50' Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,439
Referee: Will Finnie
Telford 90+3' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,764
Referee: Samuel Barrott
Attendance: 1,483
Referee: Sam Allison
Attendance: 2,401
Referee: Christopher Pollard
Baker-Richardson 64'
Dolan 90+3' (pen.) Report Ajiboye 24', 42' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,368
Referee: Oliver Langford
Kelly 89' Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,232
Referee: Carl Boyeson
Dolan 65' (o.g.) Report Telford 4', 66'
Wilkinson 56' (o.g.) Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 4,946
Referee: Rebecca Welch
Thomas-Asante 52' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0 (Welsh Government Covid-19 crowd restriction)
Referee: Brett Huxtable
Telford 43', 49'
Baker-Richardson 55' Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0 (Welsh Government Covid-19 crowd restriction)
Referee: Ollie Yates
Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Craig Hicks
Telford 40'
Demetriou 89' Report Keillor-Dunn 28'
Fondop 49', 82' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,901
Referee: Robert Lewis
Telford 57' (pen.)
Azaz 87'
Telford 90+2' Report Dacres-Cogley 65'
Demetriou 84' (o.g.) Stadium: Rodney Parade
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Attendance: 4,448
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Francillette 21' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,137
Referee: Simon Mather
FA Cup
[edit ]EFL Cup
[edit ]Tella 25'
Walker-Peters 44'
Elyounoussi 48', 55', 90+1'
Redmond 69' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 7,002
Referee: Darren Drysdale
EFL Trophy
[edit ]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Newport County were drawn into Southern Group F.[13] The dates for the group stage fixtures were confirmed on 3 August 2021.[14] [15]
Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | L2 | Swindon Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
2 | ACA | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | L2 | Newport County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | L1 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |
Abraham 62'
Fisher 68' Report Giraud-Hutchinson 33'
Oulad M'Hand 53'
Olayinka 86'
Sagoe Jr. 90+2' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,426
Referee: Chris Sarginson
Welsh League Cup
[edit ]The draw for the Welsh League Cup sponsored by Nathaniel MG was made on 24 June 2021 with Newport County and Denbigh Town invited as wildcard entries.[16]
Transfers
[edit ]Transfers in
[edit ]Loans in
[edit ]Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 July 2021 | CM | England | Finn Azaz | England Aston Villa | End of season | [30] |
28 July 2021 | CF | England | Timmy Abraham | England Fulham | End of season | [31] |
31 August 2021 | CM | England | Jake Cain | England Liverpool | End of season | [32] |
31 August 2021 | AM | Wales | Oli Cooper | Wales Swansea City | End of season | [33] |
11 January 2022 | CB | England | Josh Pask | England Coventry City | End of season | [34] |
26 January 2022 | CF | England | Rob Street | England Crystal Palace | End of season | [35] |
Loans out
[edit ]Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 August 2021 | CF | Republic of Ireland | Pádraig Amond | England Exeter City | End of season | [36] |
10 January 2022 | LM | Wales | Lewys Twamley | England Salisbury | End of season | [37] |
14 January 2022 | CB | Wales | Joe Woodiwiss | Wales Merthyr Town | End of season | [38] |
25 January 2022 | LB | England | Louis Hall | England Gloucester City | End of season | [39] |
27 January 2022 | FW | Wales | Ryan Hillier | Wales Cardiff Metropolitan University | End of season | [40] |
Transfers out
[edit ]References
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- ^ Newport v Southampton
- ^ Newport 11th in League Two
- ^ Hatswell Newport caretaker manager
- ^ Rowberry appointed Newport manager
- ^ Hatswell retained by Newport
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- ^ Serrant joins Newport
- ^ a b c d e "Exiles scheduled to play five pre-season friendly fixtures". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Newport County AFC's 2021/22 fixture schedule released". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Details of Exiles' Sky Bet League Two fixtures against Mansfield Town". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Newport County AFC's Papa John's Trophy group stage fixtures confirmed". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Newport County AFC's Papa John's Trophy fixtures confirmed". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Northampton Town and Plymouth Argyle fixtures rearranged". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Nathaniel MG Cup draw
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- ^ "Jordan Greenidge joins Exiles on one-year deal". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "DONE DEAL | Alex Fisher joins Exiles on one-year deal". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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- ^ "Timmy Abraham joins Exiles on season-long loan deal". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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- ^ "Ollie Cooper joins Exiles on season-long loan deal". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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- ^ "Padraig Amond completes Exeter City loan switch". Newport County AFC. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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- ^ "Lewys Twamley loaned to Salisbury". Merthyr Town. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Louis Hall loaned to Gloucester". Newport County. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Ryan Hillier loaned to Cardiff Met". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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- ^ "Ed Upson departs for Stevenage". Newport County. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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- ^ "Weymouth complete Jordan Greenidge deal". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Jermaine Hylton: Striker leaves Newport County by mutual consent". BBC. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Amond joins Woking
- ^ "Courtney Baker-Richardson Becomes Third Summer Signing". Crewe Alexandra FC. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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- ^ "SIGNING: Yeovil reel in Fisher for second spell". www.ytfc.net. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Haynes joins Northampton
- ^ Maher joins Merthyr
- ^ Telford joins Crawley