Manager Graham Westley has left Newport County. The former Preston and Peterborough team boss was in charge for five months, having replaced Warren Feeney last October.. Assistant manager Dino Maamria has also left the club and coach Mike Flynn is in charge for the rest of this season. Newport are 11 points away from safety […]

Newport County appear to be giving up their Football League status with barely a whimper. Their 4-0 League Two home defeat against Leyton Orient left County adrift at the bottom, 11 pints from safety. Manager Graham Westley admitted it was a ‘devastating’ defeat, saying: “Not just the result but the manner of the performance because […]

Newport County 0, Leyton Orient 4 Newport County, like neighbours Cardiff City, can start planning for 2017-18. They are 11 points away from safety in League Two after a crushing four-goal defeat against crisis club Orient. This was a fixture County dare not lose if they were to hang on to hopes of avoiding relegation. […]

Graham Westley admits his Newport County team must win eight or nine of their remaining 13 League Two fixtures if they are to save their Football League lives. The Exiles have earned only five victories from the 33 matches played so far, but have to transform that record to have any chance of avoiding the […]

Former Newport County striker Andy Sandell is slowly choking off Merthyr Town hopes of earning automatic promotion  to National League football. Sandell is top scorer in the Southern League Premier Division with 27 goals and he is leading the Bluebirds on a charge which makes them hot favourites to be crowned champions. Merthyr are fourth, […]

Graham Westley can only sit and wait this evening (Tuesday) simply hoping that Newport County’s plight at the foot of League Two doesn’t get any worse. They are six points away from safety and all of their main relegation rivals are in action. Newport, though, do not have a fixture. Manager Westley, though, insists he […]

Mansfield Town 2 Newport County 1 Graham Westley admitted 10-man Newport County’s defeat at Mansfield was hard to take as they suffered another blow in their relegation fight.

Newport County are still looking across a chasm between themselves and safety in League Two after throwing away two points at home to Morecambe. County led through an Aaron Williams goal but failed to make the most of other opportunities after dominating the first-half.

Mitch Rose, Newport County’s highly talented midfield player, has been given the go-ahead to play against Morecambe at Rodney Parade on Tuesday (7.45pm). But Rose, the brother of Spurs’ full-back Danny, is not completely off the hook yet. The red card he was shown at Cambridge United has been overturned by the Football Association after […]

Cambridge United 3, Newport County 2 Mitch Rose, Newport County’s influential midfield player, showed his displeasure immediately and knocked the red card out of Mark Heywood’s hand. Rose walked off in injury time, having conceded the penalty which gave Cambridge their chance to complete a three-goal comeback , but there was plenty more anger to […]

Newport County are among six clubs still in danger of being relegated from League Two. Manager Graham Westley and his Exiles are bottom, four points from safety with a game in hand, but they are unbeaten in their last six matches. Westley believes Hartlepool United, where former Cardiff manager Dave Jones is in charge, Accrington […]

Winger Jack Compton has signed for Southern League Merthyr Town from Newport County. Cardiff-born Compton, 28, goes straight into the Martyrs squad for their Premier Division clash with Slough Town away on Saturday (3pm). Manager Gavin Williams said: “I am delighted to be able to add a player of Jack’s quality to the squad at […]