Newport County
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now and we are looking to move forward
each game that comes along. We ideally
would like to be in the play offs at the
end of the season but any more than that
would be a massive achievement.”
Community
“We have a big community project going
on at the moment going into a much more
widespread area. We also now do more
soccer schools and soccer tots courses
along with match day visits for local clubs
and schools.
We have grown a good working
relationship with Swansea City this season
and our links with Cardiff City have also
got better over the last 24 months. Ideally
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we would like to strengthen ties with both
clubs as we progress to the next stage.”
Youth
“Youth football has become more and
more important with us over the past
few years with the success of Lee Evans
who is now at Wolves along with Regan
Poole who made his first team debut for
Newport County AFC at the age of 16
this season. We are always looking at
developing our academy structure so we
can bring more players into our first team
set up.”
Challenges/Ambitions
“The development of the stadium will be
a big challenge for us along with trying to
grow our fan base with so many big clubs
in the local area. Newport has always fell
foul of the TV culture of people watching
their premiership clubs on a Saturday
rather than supporting their home town
side but we are working as hard as
possible to change it.
The club would love to be in League One
in the next 5 years with gates of 4,500-5,000
per home game and we will continue to
work as hard as possible in pulling this
off. We would also like to get a few cup )