2014–15 Newport County A.F.C. season

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Newport County
2014–15 season
Chairman Les Scadding
Manager Justin Edinburgh
(until 7 February 2015)
Jimmy Dack
(from 7 February 2015)
Stadium Rodney Parade
League Two 9th
FA Cup 1st round
League Cup 1st round
League Trophy 1st round
Top goalscorer League: Aaron O'Connor 11
All: Aaron O'Connor 12
Highest home attendance 5,020 vs Plymouth Argyle (26 December 2014)
Lowest home attendance 1,882 vs Swindon Town (23 September 2014) Football League Trophy round 1
Average home league attendance 3,213
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 season was Newport County Association Football Club's second consecutive season in Football League Two, 62nd season in the Football League and 94th season of league football overall. They finished the season in 9th place, narrowly missing out on the play-offs.

Season Review

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 18 11 17 50 52  −2 65 9 7 7 29 23  +6 9 4 10 21 29  −8

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round 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
Ground H A A H A H H A A H A H A H H A H A A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H
Result L L L D W D W D D W L W W W D D D W W W L W W W W L L L L D W L W L L D W D W D L L L L W L
Position 23 21 22 22 19 19 17 17 16 15 18 13 9 8 7 8 9 8 7 6 7 7 5 4 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 8 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League Table

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Squad statistics

Squad information

Caps and goals as at 10 May 2015 as per Soccerbase.

No. Name Position Nationality Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club caps
all competitions
Club goals
all competitions
Previous club Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Lenny Pidgeley GK England Twickenham (1984-02-07) 7 February 1984 (age 40) 74 0 Exeter City 1 August 2012 Free 2015
22 Simon Thomas GK Canada Victoria, British Columbia (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Vancouver Whitecaps 8 August 2014 Free 2014
25 Jamie Stephens GK England Wotton-under-Edge (1993-08-24) 24 August 1993 (age 31) 13 0 Liverpool 10 July 2013 Free 2015
30 Joe Day GK England Brighton (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990 (age 34) 38 0 Peterborough United 29 December 2014 Undisclosed 2017
Defenders
2 Ryan Jackson RB England Streatham (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34) 73 0 Macclesfield Town 24 July 2013 Compensation 2015
3 Kevin Feely CB Republic of Ireland Kildare (1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 (age 31) 34 1 Charlton Athletic 30 May 2014 Free 2016
5 Darren Jones CB Wales Newport (1983-08-26) 26 August 1983 (age 40) 45 4 AFC Wimbledon 20 May 2014 Free 2016
6 Ismail Yakubu CB England Nigeria Kano (1985-04-08) 8 April 1985 (age 39) 131 16 AFC Wimbledon 1 July 2011 Free 2015
13 Andy Sandell LB England Calne (1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 40) 121 14 Chippenham Town 1 January 2012 Free 2015
15 Scott Tancock CB Wales Swansea (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) 4 0 Swansea City 26 September 2014 Loan 2014
16 Andrew Hughes LB Wales Cardiff (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) 123 4 Youth system 1 July 2009 Trainee 2015
21 Curtis Obeng RB England Stretford (1989-02-14) 14 February 1989 (age 35) 6 0 Swansea City 24 October 2014 Loan 2014
26 Regan Poole CB Wales Cardiff (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 26) 12 0 Youth system 15 September 2014 Trainee 2015
27 David Tutonda CB Democratic Republic of the Congo (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28) 12 2 Cardiff City 13 February 2015 Loan 2015
31 Kieran Parselle DF England England Portishead 0 0 Youth system 21 March 2015 Trainee 2015
Byron Anthony CB Wales Newport (1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 (age 39) 32 3 Hereford United 16 Nov 2012 Free 2014
Midfielders
4 Max Porter CM England Hornchurch (1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 37) 88 4 AFC Wimbledon 1 July 2012 Free 2015
7 Adam Chapman CM Northern Ireland England Doncaster (1989-11-29) 29 November 1989 (age 34) 89 6 Oxford United 1 July 2013 Undisclosed 2015
8 Lee Minshull CM England Chatham (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 38) 135 14 AFC Wimbledon 1 July 2012 Free 2015
12 Robbie Willmott MF England Harlow (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 34) 92 13 Cambridge United 10 January 2013 Free 2015
17 Michael Flynn CM Wales Newport (1980-10-12) 12 October 1980 (age 43) 94 5 Bradford City 26 July 2012 Free 2015
18 Yan Klukowski CM England Chippenham (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 37) 41 6 Forest Green Rovers 20 May 2014 Free 2016
19 Kyle Patten MF Wales (1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Youth system 23 August 2014 Trainee 2015
22 Tom Owen-Evans MF Wales (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Youth system 15 September 2014 Trainee 2015
33 Mark Byrne CM Republic of Ireland Dublin (1988-11-09) 9 November 1988 (age 35) 44 4 Barnet 14 July 2014 Free 2015
Forwards
9 Rene Howe CF England Bedford (1986-10-22) 22 October 1986 (age 37) 30 3 Burton Albion 9 January 2014 Free 2015
10 Aaron O'Connor FW England Nottingham (1983-08-09) 9 August 1983 (age 41) 87 31 Luton Town 24 July 2012 Free 2015
11 Chris Zebroski FW England Swindon (1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 (age 37) 77 20 Eastleigh 1 July 2013 Free 2015
14 Shaun Jeffers FW England Bedford (1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 32) 35 3 Peterborough United 28 January 2014 Free 2015
20 James Loveridge FW Wales Llanelli (1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 (age 30) 8 0 Swansea City 3 October 2014 Loan 2014
20 Miles Storey FW England West Bromwich (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30) 18 2 Swindon Town 30 January 2015 Loan 2015
23 Christian Jolley FW England Fleet (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 36) 72 17 AFC Wimbledon 11 January 2013 Undisclosed 2015
24 Joe Parker FW England (1995-03-11) 11 March 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Gloucester City 19 November 2013 Free 2015
28 Danny Crow CF England Great Yarmouth (1986-01-26) 26 January 1986 (age 38) 65 8 Luton Town 1 July 2012 Free 2015
39 Aaron Collins FW Wales Newport (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27) 3 0 Youth system 15 September 2014 Trainee 2015
45 Joe Pigott FW England Maidstone (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30) 11 3 Charlton Athletic 11 September 2014 Loan 2014

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
20 May 2014 DF Wales Darren Jones England AFC Wimbledon Free [1]
20 May 2014 MF England Yan Klukowski England Forest Green Rovers Free [1]
30 May 2014 DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Feely England Charlton Athletic Free [2]
14 July 2014 MF Republic of Ireland Mark Byrne England Barnet Free [3]
8 August 2014 GK Canada Simon Thomas Canada Vancouver Whitecaps Free
29 December 2014 GK England Joe Day England Peterborough United Undisclosed record [4]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
1 September 2014 GK Canada Simon Thomas Released
15 January 2015 FW England Danny Crow Released [5][6]
21 January 2015 FW England Christian Jolley Released [7]
25 March 2015 FW England Rene Howe Released [7]
17 April 2015 FW England Chris Zebroski Released [7]
12 May 2015 MF Wales Mike Flynn Released [7]
12 May 2015 FW England Shaun Jeffers Released [7]
12 May 2015 FW England Aaron O'Connor Released [7]
12 May 2015 MF England Lee Minshull Released [7]
12 May 2015 MF Wales Kyle Patten Released [7]
12 May 2015 GK England Lenny Pidgeley Released [7]
12 May 2015 GK England Jamie Stephens Released [7]
12 May 2015 MF England Max Porter Released [7]
12 May 2015 FW England Joe Parker Released [7]
12 May 2015 DF England Andy Sandell Released [7]
12 May 2015 FW England Robbie Willmott Released [7]
12 May 2015 DF England Ismail Yakubu Released [7]
15 May 2015 MF Northern Ireland Adam Chapman Mansfield Town free [8]
15 May 2015 DF Wales Darren Jones Forest Green free [9]
26 May 2015 DF England Ryan Jackson Gillingham free [10]

Loans in

Date Pos. Name From Expiry
28 August 2014 GK England Joe Day England Peterborough United 28 November 2014
11 September 2014 FW England Joe Pigott England Charlton Athletic 22 November 2014[11]
26 September 2014 DF Wales Scott Tancock Wales Swansea City 21 November 2014[12][13]
2 October 2014 FW Wales James Loveridge Wales Swansea City 31 November 2014[14]
23 October 2014 DF England Curtis Obeng Wales Swansea City 18 December 2014[13][15]
30 January 2015 FW England Miles Storey England Swindon Town End of season
13 February 2015 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo David Tutonda Wales Cardiff City End of season[16][17]

Loans out

Date Pos. Name To Expiry
12 September 2014 MF Wales Kyle Patten England Bath City 12 October 2014
18 September 2014 FW England Joe Parker England Gloucester City 18 November 2014
19 September 2014 FW England Shaun Jeffers England Brackley Town 19 November 2014
25 September 2014 FW England Christian Jolley England Forest Green Rovers 25 November 2014
17 October 2014 GK England Jamie Stephens England Gloucester City 17 November 2014
10 December 2014 FW England Joe Parker England Gloucester City 10 January 2015
8 January 2015 MF Wales Kyle Patten Wales Merthyr Town 12 April 2015
8 January 2015 FW Wales Aaron Collins Wales Merthyr Town 8 March 2015
2 February 2015 GK England Lenny Pidgeley England Mansfield Town End of Season

Match details

Pre-season friendlies

[18][19]

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Reports
Tuesday 8 July 2014 Evesham United Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium 4–2 Byrne Goal 32', Howe Goal 40', Klukowski Goal 61', Zebroski Goal 81' Report
Saturday 12 July 2014 Cirencester Town Corinium Stadium 5–0 O'Connor Goal 37', Howe Goal 50'58', Parker Goal 69', Flynn Goal 82' Report
Tuesday 15 July 2014 Weston-super-Mare Woodspring Stadium 2–0 O'Connor Goal 46', Jolley Goal 81' Report
Saturday 19 July 2014 Gloucester City Causeway Ground 2–0 Howe Goal 73'86' Report
Tuesday 22 July 2014 Basingstoke Town The Camrose 1–1 O'Connor Goal 30' Report
Saturday 26 July 2014 Germany Carl Zeiss Jena Newport Stadium 1–0 Jones Goal 63' 2,630 Report
Tuesday 29 July 2014 Coventry City Newport Stadium 1–0 Yakubu Goal 20' 828 Report
Saturday 2 August 2014 West Ham United U-21 Little Heath Sports Ground 3–0 Klukowski Goal 28', Zebroski Goal 64', Howe Goal 67' Report

League Two

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Football League Cup

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Football League Trophy

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FA Cup

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External links

References

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  8. Chapman joins Mansfield
  9. Jones joins Forest Green players
  10. Gills sign Jackson
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