Newport County manager Michael Flynn insists he will not sink too low after his side’s latest setback of an alarming slump that has seen them tumble down League Two. Three days after getting back on the horse with a first win in nine games, County slumped to shock defeat against Southend United. Having just about seen off the second worst team in the Football League last weekend, the next target for Flynn’s men was to make it back-to-back wins for the first time since the first week of December against the lowest ranked club in League Two.

Nicky Maynard has repaid the first instalment on his loan fees and will be aiming to hand back more when Newport County host Southend on Tuesday night. Former Cardiff striker Maynard, 34, scored on his Newport County debut to end a run of nine games without a win for the former League Two front runners as they beat Grimsby, 1-0, at the weekend. County boss Michael Flynn stayed until 11.00pm on transfer deadline day to ensure he finally got his man in from Mansfield and then gave him his first start alongside former Bury striking partner Dom Telford. 

Newport County boss Michael Flynn is hoping his sleepless night are over now the transfer window has closed. But he won’t be able to sleep like a baby until his team gets back to winning ways this month after failing to win in any of their last nine outings. The last team they beat was Grimsby Town on 8 December, their opponents today. “I signed off on transfer deadline day at 11.02pm and I was fast asleep at 11.05. It has been by far the most frustrating transfer window I’ve ever been involved in,” said Flynn.

Newport County striker Tristan Abrahams has joined fellow League Two club Leyton Orient on loan until the end of the season. Abrahams, who has made 28 appearances for County this season and scored eight goals, will spend the remainder of the campaign at the London club, where he began his career. The 22-year-old hit a purple patch earlier in the season when he scored six times in the month of September, including against both Watford and Newcastle in the Carabao Cup.

Newport County manager Michael Flynn has accused his players of allowing themselves to be bullied as they slipped further down the League Two table. Flynn looked demoralised as County lost 2-1 at Harrogate to drop to seventh place in the table. They began the year sitting at the top. You have to go back to December 8 for the last time the best team in the league up the New Year last tasted victory in any competition. That was a 2-0 win at Grimsby, the team they face next at the start of a seven-match sequence in February.

Newport County goalkeeper Tom King could be about to enter football’s record books after his incredible goal at Cheltenham. King scored directly from a goal-kick in the 1-1 draw at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium on Tuesday night – an estimated 95-metre yard effort that could smash the current record held by Asmir Begovic. Newport’s 25-year-old Wales squad keeper stunned the home side with his mighty effort that bounced once and then – wind-assisted – flew over the head of opposite number Josh Griffiths.

Newport County boss Mike Flynn said he feared for football after seeing Wales midfielder Josh Sheehan red-carded in the 0-0 draw with Salford City. The Exiles boss was unhappy with the performance of referee Anthony Backhouse saying his side were also denied a penalty at Rodney Parade.

Michael Flynn has told his Newport County players to forget their heartbreaking FA Cup exit – and concentrate on “26 Cup finals” that lay ahead of them. The County manager was proud of his team’s battling performance against Premier League Brighton that lasted for two hours before the sides were finally separated in a penalty shoot-out. Brighton eventually won close to 11pm on a Sunday night – 4-3 on penalties after 120 minutes of football on a difficult Rodney Parade surface had produced a 1-1 draw.

Padraig Amond can enter the Irish record books ths evening, but in many ways he already knows this has been the most productive season of his life. Amond will be in the Newport County side that host Premier League Brighton at Rodney Parade in the third round of the FA Cup.  The Irishman already feels he’s been blessed during lockdown, but another FA Cup goal would make him an Irish record-breaker.

FA Cup giantkillers Newport County are hoping their Rodney Pitch will be “awful” once again when they host Premier League Brighton on Sunday night. It is the fourth season in a row the League Two promotion candidates have reached the third round and their recent scalps include Leeds United, Middlesbrough and Leicester City. They also secured a draw with Tottenham.

Newport County have signed West Bromwich Albion teenage striker Owen Windsor on loan to the end of the season. The 19-year-old scored twice in 13 appearances for County’s League Two rivals Grimsby Town in the first half of the season before the Mariners’ then manager Ian Holloway sent him back to the Baggies. County boss Michael Flynn has been searching for a striker to add some extra firepower to his forward line as he bids to stay in the promotion race.

Newport County will be hoping to end 2020 on a high by getting back to winning ways against Exeter City at Rodney parade tonight. A blip in form of late has seen their lead at the top of League Two cut to a single point, but for the majority of the first-half of this strange season Michael Flynn’s men have been simply magnificent. Flynn will want to see his side move into 2021 as the leaders of the pack chasing promotion. A run of four home matches, three of which are in the league, will at least give them a great chance of ending a run of four games without a win.