THE EXILE: Newport County vs Swindon Town by Newport County AFC

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Chairman: Gavin Foxall Directors: Bob Herrin, Colin Faulkner, Joe Crocker, Kevin Ward, Mark Crook, Mike Everett, Paul Marks, Peter Madigan, Shaun Johnson. Honorary Club President: David Hando Manager: James Rowberry Assistant Manager: Wayne Hatswell Goalkeeping Coach: James Hollman Senior Physiotherapist: Tom Gittoes Head of Analysis: Jason Windsor Kit Man: Neil Leek General Manager: Nigel Stephenson Club Secretary: TBC Academy Manager: Damien Broad Media Manager: Ben Wills Commercial Manager: Matthew Owen Supporter Liaison Officer: Donna Linton Community Development Officer: Norman Parselle Club Chaplain: Keith Beardmore

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JAMES ROWBERRY Good afternoon everyone and welcome to this afternoon’s game. I would like to also welcome Ben Garner and the rest of his staff at Swindon Town to Rodney Parade. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to address you all in this way, with our last home game coming almost a month ago, but my first match in charge here in front of a home crowd could not have gone better with a fantastic team performance in that 5-0 win over Stevenage. Since then, it has naturally been disappointing to exit two cup competitions, especially the Emirates FA Cup given this club’s proud recent history in it and it’s a competition that I have a lot of respect for, but I was really proud of how the lads played and how we responded to the brief setback. Last Friday’s win at Hartlepool United was a real test of this team’s character and to win it so late on was really pleasing. Me, my staff and the players would also like to thank the 114 who made that long trip up to the North East and we’re so glad we could reward you for your efforts, especially since we also had another long trip the previous weekend away to Morecambe. It was also a pleasure of mine to recently visit the academy and the community programme soccer schools as I value everyone’s hard work at the football club. The #OneClubOneCounty mantra is a really important one to me and, for this club to be successful, it requires every single member to be pulling in the same direction and working hard together. On that note, I will be in attendance at the Supporters’ Evening on the 25th of this month and I can’t wait to see you all there. It’s good to be home again after a fair bit of time away and I hope we can all have you smiling again at full-time. Enjoy the game, James O F F I C I A L M ATC H DAY P R O G R A M M E | 3

AMBER FROM THE ATTIC with Chris Shingler

A warm welcome back to Rodney Parade this afternoon as we host our M4 rivals Swindon Town, and in doing so, we turn back the pages of an old programme from their visit here nearly 41 years ago!

It was in fact Boxing Day of 1980 when the Robins flocked to Somerton Park for this Third Division fixture and our 25p tariffed‘Amber Note’is something of a treasure mine of information from that goldenera. The first two pages of the twentyat your perusal almost leave you breathless; there is just so much crammed into them! It’s our gaffer, the late Len Ashurst,who’s up first with his column and our bushybrowed general was singing the praises of our Wiltshire rivals, noting their proud history and ground that Len thought was capable of … “HousingSecond Division or even a First Division set-up.” He also picks out Alan Mayes, Brian Williams and David Peach as their standout players. Mr. Ashurst proudly records our home record in completive games from January 1980 to this Boxing Day, and it read Played 30,Won 18, Drew 7, with 4 losses. Not too shabby then and of course a promotion, Welsh Cup and European football had been achieved in that short time. Overleaf and Richard Shepherd had been busy in the Christmas build up compiling his ‘Inside Somerton’titbits of news. It seems

Karl Elsey wasn’t too pleased with a Sunday paper who referred to him as a Scot in their report from our recent clash with Barnsley; Rich pointing out that Karl was well and truly born in Swansea! There was news too that Tommy Tynan had become a father to twins whist playing for our Reserves at Ton Pentre! Apparently, the team coach dropped the ever-popular Tommy off at the Royal Gwent gates on its way back; and for the record, our Welsh League XI had won 4-0. Also worth a mention was our annual players visit to that very same h o s p i ta l w h i c h had taken place on December 17th where presents had been distributed to the excited children. S w i n d o n

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took up the next few pages and many names in their squad will be remembered by both sets of fans, even in 2021, with the likes of Jimmy Allen, John Trollope, Andy Rowland, Glenn Cockerill and Paul Rideout all in their ranks … and I’ve not even mentioned Kenny Stroud, Roy Carter and Alan Mayes who all went onto don ouramber shirt in future years,not forgetting either the now well-known TV pundit and presenter Chris Kamara, who, incidentally was a very good player in his day and a player I always hoped we would sign, but alas it was never to be. The traditional ‘Look Back in Amber’ feature took an in depth look at our 4-1 win over Swindon in the 1957/58 campaign, with manof-the-match Pat Terry bagging a brace, ably supported by a Harry Harris strike and a Alf Sherwood spot-kick which proved enough to see off the then league leaders. There is a lovely piece on page seven where a letter is published from a former South Wales Argus journalist John Roche, who was now living in Singapore. After tellinghis old memoires of the club, that included writing in the match day programme and of his son Ian, who’s described as “County mad,”John goes onto explain his delight of hearing a match report direct from Somerton Park on the BBC World Service on the night of our European Cup Winners Cup clash with Norwegians Haugar! T h e re a d i n g m a tte r continues to come thick & fast, and following pages of Diary Dates, match photos and Commercial News, we then have a feature on two youth team players in Ceri Williams (15) and Neil Knight (16), who are photographed with Reserve team coach Brian Clark. Ceri, who was known to most as “Georgie,” after some chap

named Best, of course did make a few Football League appearances but sadly never really kicked on as a professional. However, what a non-league career he had, not only with us but with Merthyr Tydfil as well. Ceri remains a very popular player from our past and in some games under Graham Rogers during our 1994/95 Beazer Homes championship season,he was completely unplayable for baffled defenders as he plundered in goal after goal; 36 in all competitions! Neil sadly never made our first team but both lads in the piece were honest enough to know how hard it was to become a pro in the days long before Academies were thought of. With the printed league table not including the previous Saturday’s matches, due to the holiday deadlines, we weresat in 16th spot, but were possibly now slightly lower as we had lost by a single goal at Colchester whilst Swindon were perched in a lowly 23rd spot. However, they pulled off a great 2-0 win against us that day. To be fair, we had been enduring a little sticky patch with no wins in the previous seven games after our fine 4-0 win over Hull City in November. Weirdly enough though, or maybe even ironically, our next victory was again a 4-0 success early in January when we absolutely destroyed Sheffield United. Like the late Jimmy Greaves said once or twice “It’s a funny old game!” Swindon, who had goalkeeper Allen taken off with only half an hour on the clock, dug in deep but were

already one up thanks to that man Kamara. The festive loving Robins added a second on the hour though Russell Lewis. Come May, both clubs were in higher positions; we ended in 12thspot on 43 points while Town were only one point off relegation, although they had a much better goal difference than Chester, Walsall and Sheffield United with all clubs sweating on 41 points. Teams: County:Gary Plumley, Richard Walden, John Relish, Grant Davies, Steve Warriner, Tommy Tynan, Karl Elsey, Steve Lowndes, Dave Gwyther, Nigel Vaughan, Kevin Moore. Sub:Bobby Ward. Swindon Town: Jimmy Allen, Charlie Henry, David Peach, Chris Kamara, Russell Lewis, Kenny Stroud, Ian Miller, Roy Carter, Andy Rowland, Roy Greenwood, Brian Williams. Sub:Brian Hughes.

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boardroom A warm welcome to all the Directors, Players and Officials of Swindon Town FC for this afternoon’s EFL League Two home fixture. Today’s game is our remembrance fixture, and we welcome our friends from the Newport Veterans Hub to mark the occasion. Director Bob Herrin and I recently joined a number of local dignitaries to open their new meeting place within Spytty Stadium. The group are providing valuable support to those veterans in and around the area. CEO David Watkins shared some of the work the group are undertaking and the importance of the work to the veterans and their families. The club is delighted it is able to play a small part in partnering with the group. In addition, this weekend is the FA, EFL and NSPCC ‘Play Safe’ campaign. We are lending our full support to ‘Play Safe’ - the nationally led campaign to raise awareness of safeguarding in football. We want everyone to be able to enjoy the game, without the fear of harm or abuse. As a Club we have worked hard to ensure that the recent recommendations from The Sheldon Report and safeguarding as a whole has become embedded within the DNA of our Club, to ensure that no one has to face the horrific abuse that has been endured

by so many in the game previously. We owe it to our young and vulnerable people in particular to ensure that football remains a safe space for them to embrace the game, to make friends and have fun, enjoying their time as part of the football family here at Newport County AFC. Thank you to the 114 supporters who made the long trip to Hartlepool. It was a great effort on a Friday night. Whilst it is a long way to go, the 93rd minute winner by Dom Telford made the journey home more pleasurable. Well done to Dom on being awarded League Two player of the Month. Well deserved! Finally, Caerleon FC will host a special memorial match on Sunday (21st) between Newport County AFC Legends v Shaftsbury Youth in memory of Rhys Griffiths who sadly passed away, aged 22, in 2006. The game kicks off at 1PM and all proceeds raised will be donated to Velindre Cancer Centre and Cancer Research UK. Thanks to everyone for the continued support. Good luck to the lads this afternoon. Gavin

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APPEARANCES & GOALSCORERS 2021-22 SEASON Statistics supplied by Gareth Swattridge League No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 24 27 28 29 30 31 41 42 43 49 50 55 56

Name Joe DAY Cameron NORMAN Ryan HAYNES Ed UPSON James CLARKE Priestley FARQUHARSON Robbie WILLMOTT Matty DOLAN Padraig AMOND * Courtney BAKER-RICHARDSON Jermaine HYLTON Alex FISHER Aaron LEWIS Louis HALL Timmy ABRAHAM Scot BENNETT Finn AZAZ Dom TELFORD Lewis COLLINS Kevin ELLISON Jake CAIN Christopher MISSILOU Mickey DEMETRIOU Jordan GREENIDGE Nick TOWNSEND Ollie COOPER Joe WOODIWISS Lewys TWAMLEY Ryan HILLIER Ieystyn EVANS Harrison BRIGHT Zack MAHER Aneurin LIVERMORE

Apps 14 (0) 16 (0) 13 (0) 13 (1) 12 (1) 6 (2) 14 (0) 11 (1) 0 (0) 8 (1) 3 (1) 6 (6) 4 (2) 0 (0) 3 (7) 7 (0) 5 (8) 8 (1) 2 (2) 0 (6) 3 (2) 2 (2) 12 (0) 0 (1) 2 (0) 10 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (1)

Goals 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*NO LONGER AT THE CLUB. **OUT ON LOAN UP TO AND INCLUDING: 12.11.21

Cup YC 0 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

RC 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Apps 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (2) 3 (0) 1 (0) 3 (0) 3 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 1 (2) 5 (0) 3 (1) 4 (1) 1 (0) 3 (0) 2 (1) 2 (2) 3 (2) 3 (0) 4 (0) 1 (0) 2 (2) 5 (0) 2 (0) 3 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 2 (0) 0 (1) 3 (0)

Goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LEAGUE TABLE 2021-22

Total YC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2

RC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Apps 15 (0) 17 (0) 14 (0) 14 (3) 15 (1) 7 (2) 17 (0) 14 (1) 0 (0) 9 (1) 5 (1) 7 (8) 9 (2) 3 (1) 7 (7) 8 (0) 8 (8) 10 (2) 4 (4) 3 (8) 6 (2) 6 (2) 13 (0) 2 (3) 7 (0) 12 (1) 3 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 2 (0) 0 (1) 5 (1)

Goals 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 11 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

YC 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3

RC 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Up to: 13.11.21

Pos

Team

Forest Green Rovers

PTS 31

Port Vale

Exeter City

Northampton Town

Harrogate Town

Newport County AFC

Swindon Town

Sutton United

Leyton Orient

Hartlepool United

-4

Bradford City

Tranmere Rovers

Rochdale

Bristol Rovers

-5

Walsall

-2

Barrow

Salford City

-1

Mansfield Town

-5

Colchester United

-7

Crawley Town

-8

Stevenage

-16

Carlisle United

-13

Oldham Athletic

-12

Scunthorpe United

-18

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MATCHBYMATCH

Follow The Exiles throughout the 2021/22 SEASON DATE AUGUST Sat 07 Tues 10 Sat 14 Sat 21 Wed 25 Sat 28 Tues 31 SEPTEMBER Sat 04 Fri 10 Tues 14 Sat 18 Fri 24 OCTOBER Sat 02 Sat 09 Tues 12 Sat 16 Tues 19 Sat 23 Sat 30 NOVEMBER Sat 06 Tues 09 Fri 12 Sat 20 Tues 23 Fri 26 DECEMBER Tues 07 Sat 11 Sat 18 Sun 26 Wed 29 JANUARY Sat 01 Sat 08 Sat 15 Sat 22 Sat 29 FEBRUARY Sat 05 Tues 08 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26 MARCH Sat 05 Sat 12 Tues 15 Fri 18 Sat 26 APRIL Sat 02 Sat 09 Fri 15 Mon 18 Fri 22 Sat 30 MAY Sat 07

OPPOSITION

COMP

ATT

AWAY F-A POS

Oldham Athletic Ipswich Town Mansfield Town Tranmere Rovers SOUTHAMPTON Salford City PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

A A A A H A H

L2 CCR1 L2 L2 CCR2 L2 PJT

4094 6144 3793 6160 5920 1687 1032

317 131 156 181 1031 277 155

1-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 0-8 0-3 2-0

6 -13 9 -15 --

Day Townsend Day Day Townsend n Day Townsend

Norman n A Lewis Norman Norman Lewis n Norman Bright n

Haynes Hall Haynes n Haynes Hall Haynes Lewis n

Farquharson Woodiwiss Farquharson Farquharson Farquharson Farquharsonl Woodiwiss

Dolan l J Clarke Bennett Bennett Dolan l (J)Clarke Dolan l

LEYTON ORIENT Harrogate Town NORTHAMPTON TOWN WALSALL Barrow AFC

H A H H A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

3845 2670 3168 3825 2427

396 110 161 547 91

2-2 2-2 0-1 2-1 1-2

15 14 19 12 14

Day Day Day Townsend Townsend

Willmott Norman l Norman Norman Norman

Haynes Haynes Haynes Lewis Lewis

Norman Farquharson Farquharson Clarke 1 Clarke

Dolan 1 l Demetriou Dolan l Demetriou n Demetriou Bennett l Demetriou 1 Dolan Dolan l Haynes

Bennett l n Bennett 1 Livermore n Upson l n Upson

SCUNTHORPE UNITED BRADFORD CITY ARSENAL U21 Exeter City CARLISLE UNITED Bristol Rovers STEVENAGE

H H H A H A H

L2 L2 PJT L2 L2 L2 L2

3213 4089 1426 5078 2962 7515 3439

98 450 91 614 108 1032 92

3-0 0-0 3-4 2-2 2-2 3-1 5-0

12 13 -14 13 12 8

Day Day Townsend Day Day Day Day

Norman Norman Lewis Norman Norman Norman Norman

Haynes Haynes Hall Haynes Haynes n n Lewis Lewis

Clarke Clarke Woodiwiss n Clarke Clarke Clarke n Clarke

Dolan Dolan Missilou n Dolan Dolan Dolan l Demetriou

Demetriou Demetriou Cain Demetriou Demetriou Demetriou Willmott l

Upson Upson l Livermore Upson Upson n n Cain AZAZ 1

Morecambe Swindon Town Hartlepool United SWINDON TOWN Crawley Town Colchester United

A A A H A A

FACR1 PJT L2 L2 L2 L2

1879 2125 5764

167 157 114

0-1 0-1 2-1

--5

Day Townsend Day

Norman Bright Norman

Lewis l Haynes Haynes

Clarke Dolan l Clarke

Demetriou Missilou n Dolan

Willmott Upson n Demetriou n

Azaz Collins Upson n

SUTTON UNITED PORT VALE Rochdale FOREST GREEN ROVERS Leyton Orient

H H A H A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

Walsall SALFORD CITY HARROGATE TOWN Scunthorpe United BARROW AFC

A H H A H

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

Forest Green Rovers Northampton Town OLDHAM ATHLETIC MANSFIELD TOWN TRANMERE ROVERS

A A H H H

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

BRISTOL ROVERS Stevenage Carlisle United HARTLEPOOL UNITED Bradford City

H A A H A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

EXETER CITY Swindon Town CRAWLEY TOWN Sutton United COLCHESTER UNITED Port Vale

H A H A H A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

ROCHDALE

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STARTING XI Demetriou Missilou J Clarke l J Clarke J Clarke Bennett Livermore n

Upson Livermore l n Upson Upsonn Bennett l Missilou l Cain l

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Key: Goalscorer(s) in Bold1; Sub 1 l; 1 Sub 2 l; Sub 3 l; Sub 4 l; Sub 5 l; Yellow Card n; Red Card n; * Own Goal.

Key: Goalscorer(s) in Bold ; Sub 1 l; Sub 2 l; Sub 3 l; Sub 4 l; Sub 5 l

Statistics byn;Gareth Swattridge Yellow Cardsupplied n; Red Card * Own Goal; (P) Penalty.

Statistics supplied by Gareth Swattridge Subs

Bennett Abraham 1 Azaz l Hylton Azaz l Greenidge Missilou ln Abraham Upson Fishe 1l Cooper

SUBSTITUTES L Collins l Willmott Azaz l Willmott J Clarkel1 Willmott Upsonl Azaz Fisherll Hylton Abrahaml Abraham 1

Upson Cooper Upson Cooper Cain l Willmott Livermore l Cooper Azaz 1 l Willmott Willmott Willmott Collins WILLMOTT 1 Willmott Willmott n Cain

Cooper 1 l Cooper n Hylton l Cooper l Cooper l Cooper Cooper

Cain l Ellison Cooper l n

Cooper l Hylton l n Azaz

Referee Ellison 1 l Telford l Collins l Missilou l Ovendale Greenidgel Townsend Abraham l Townsend Maher l

MissilouREFEREE Greenridge Townsend

Hylton l Ellison l Greenidge Missilou l n ln Abrahamsl EllisonAbraham 1l Missilou Hylton l l L Collinsln TelfordFishe1 l Hillier Willmott l L Collins Abraham Greenridge l Lewis Willmott Fisher Ellison l l Missilou l Lewis Telford 1 Willmott l

J Clarke l Abrahams l Upson l L Collins l n FisherGreenridge l Greenridge Townsendl Abraham l S Lewis Ellisonl Karadogan UpsonWoodiwiss l n Ellison l Livermore DolanLl Collins LewisGreenridge Ovendale Bullock

Abraham l Willmott 1 Collins l Telford

Fisher Fisher l Abraham Fisher l Baker-Richardson l Fisher

Townsend Townsend Townsend Haynes Day

(J)Clarke (J)Clarke (J) Clarke Farquharson Farquharson l n

Farquharsonl Lewis l Dolan

Lewis Abraham l Lewis Baker-Richardson l Abraham Hylton l Abraham l

l Telford 1 l Telford l GREENIDGE 1 l Ellison BAKER-RICHARDSON 1 n l Telford l Baker-Richardson TELFORD 2 l BAKER-RICHARDSON TELFORD 2 l 1ln BAKER-RICHARDSON TELFORD 3 l 1l

Fisher l Fisher l Ovendale Townsend Townsend Townsend Townsend

Lewis Lewis FISHER 1 l Fisher l Fisher l Fisher Haynes

Abraham l Abraham ABRAHAM 1 l Lewis Lewis Abraham l n Upson l

Azaz l Azaz l Twamley Abraham Abraham Azaz l Fisher l

Telford Abraham l Telford

Townsend Ovendale Townsend

Haynes Hall l Fisher

Upson Greenidge l Lewis

Baker-Richardson 1

Baker-Richardson n

Baker-Richardson

Fisher Baker-Richardson l

Karadogan Livermore Greenridge Hylton Townsend Hiller l

Ovendale Townsend Townsend Day Evans l

Mr T Nield Mr N Hair Mr A Blackhouse Mr R Lewis Mr D Drysdale Mr. B. Speedie Mr. T. Reeves

Telford 1 l Azaz l Azaz l Azaz l Ellison

Cain Telford Ellison l Ellison Missilou

Livermore l Cain Cooper l Missilou l Cooper

Mr. L. Doughty Mr. S. Allison Mr. C. Hicks Mr. L. Swabey Mr. R. Madley

Ellison Ellison Hillier Azaz l Azaz l Collins Abraham

Missilou Cain

Townsend Townsend

Ellison Ellison Ellison l Collins

Cain l Cain Missilou Ellison l

Mr. S. Martin Mr. S. Purkiss Mr. C. Sarginson Mr. T. Kettle Mr. D. Rock Mr. S. Oldham Mr. W. Finnie

Dolan Fisher l Woodiwiss l Twamley Abraham Ellison l

Ellison l

Collins l Livermore Missilou

Mr. C. Sarginson Mr. J. Oldham Mr. S. Barrott

Hillier S Lewis Lewis Mr T NieldWoodiwiss Lewis Mr N Hair L Collins L Collins Haynes Mr A Blackhouse (L)Collins Mr l R LewisEllison Stokes Williams

Ryan-Phillips

Cain l

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SWINDON TOWN by Richard Taylor ROBINS STATS…

2018-19

League Two

7024

Formed:

1879.

2019-20

League Two

7787

Previous Names:

windon AFC (1879-80), Spartans (1880S 83).

2020-21

League One

Ground:

T he County Ground, County Road, Swindon SN1 2ED.

ROBINS’LAST 10 GAMES…

F-A

Att:

25 Sep: Colchester United

0-0

8436

02 Oct: Bristol Rovers

3-1

7625

09 Oct: Forest Green Rovers

2-0

3442

12 Oct:

Plymouth Argyle (EFL Trophy)

3-1

1556

Best League Position: 20th, FA Premier League, 1993-94.

16 Oct:

Rochdale

H 2-2 9310

Best in FA Cup:

Semi-Final, 1909-10 and 1911-12.

19 Oct:

Sutton United

2-1

3443

Best in League Cup:

Winners, 1968-69.

23 Oct:

Bradford City

1-3

9461

Best in FL Trophy:

Runners-up 2011-12.

30 Oct: Oldham Athletic

3-1

4085

06 Nov: Crewe Alexandra (FA Cup Round 1) A

3-0

2303

10 Nov: Newport County (EFL Trophy)

1-0

2068

Capacity:

15,547 (all seated).

Previous Grounds:

radford’s Field (1879-81), Globe Field B (1881-84), The Croft (1884-93), County (cricket) Ground (1893-96).

Best in Anglo-Italian Cup: Record Win:

Winners 1969-70.

1 0-1 v Farnham United Breweries, FA Cup Round 1 (replay) November 1925.

Record Defeat:

1-10 v Manchester City, FA Cup Round 4 (replay), January 1930.

Record Attendance:

2,000 v Arsenal, FA Cup Round 3, 3 January 1972.

Record Appearances: John Trollope, 889 (1960-80). Record Scorer:

Harry Morris, 215 (1926-33).

Record Signing:

oey Beauchamp, £800,000 from West J Ham United, August 1994.

Record Departures:

en Gladwin and Massimo Luongo, £4m B combined to Queen’s Park Rangers, May 2015.

Most Capped Player: Rod Thomas, 30 (50) (Wales).

ROBINS’LEAGUE JOURNEY …

1894-1920 Southern League; 1920-21 Division 3; 1921-58 Division 3 (S); 1958-63 Division 3; 1963-65 Division 2; 1965-69 Division 3; 1969-74 Division 2; 1974-82 Division 3; 1982-86 Division 4; 1986-87 Division 3; 1987-92 Division 2; 1992-93 Division 1 (second tier); 1993-94 FA Premier League; 1994-95 Division 1; 1995-96 Division 2; 1996-2000 Division 1; 2000-04 Division 2; 2004-06 League One; 2006-07 League Two; 2007-11 League One; 2011-12 League Two; 2012-17 League One; 2017-20 League Two; 2020-21 League One; 2021- League Two.

ROBINS’LAST 10 SEASONS … Season

League

2011-12

League Two

Position 1 (prom.)

8410

2012-13

League One

6 (p/off)

8963

2013-14

League One

8129

2014-15

League One

4 (p/off)

7940

2015-16

League One

2016-17

League One 22 (rel.)

7025

2017-18

League Two

6436

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Scorers: Simpson 7, McKirdy 5, Payne 5, Gladwin 3, Reed 3, Williams 2, Crichlow 1, Dabre 1, Lyden 1, Mitchell-Lawson 1. Two own goals.

IN THE BEGINNING …

Most football historians accept that this afternoon’s visitors were formed in 1879as Swindon AFC by the Reverend William Pitt of nearby Liddington as an off-shoot of Spartans Cricket Club. The sporting cleric immediately declared himself captain of the fledgling club from the ‘old town’, who soon became known as Spartans, and four years later amalgamated with St Mark’s Young Men’s Friendly Society, a church team from the railway village of New Town Swindon. Records from 1883 refer to the club as ‘Swindon Town’ for the first time, and in 1894 they became founder members of the Southern League, moving into their current County Ground home two years later.

HIGHLIGHTS

Third Division Swindon famously defeated a flu-hit Arsenal 3-1 on a Wembley quagmire to secure the 1969 League Cup. Roger Smart put Robins’ ahead on that rainy afternoon in March, only for Bobby Gould to equalise for the Gunners with four minutes remaining. However, Don Rogers ensured that buying his own drinks in the Wiltshire town would never be an option with an extra time brace. The 76-year-old subsequently ‘did a John Macey’ and bought a sports shop in his adopted footballing home town, Don Rogers Sports, while the South Stand at the County Ground is named in his honour.Four months ago, he became Robins’ football ambassador, with a club statement commenting: ‘Swindon Town are delighted to announce that club legend Don Rogers is to become our first official club ambassador. Rogers sits among the greatest players to ever appear for the club - scoring 190 times in 490 appearances over two spells spanning more than 14 years.’ Robins won the inaugural Anglo-Italian Cup Final in the summer of 1980, though the match only lasted 79 minutes. With Second Division Swindon leading 3-0 against Napoli at the latter’s Stadio

W W W. N E W P O RT- CO U N T Y.CO. U K San Paolo home, courtesy of a Peter Noble brace and an Arthur Horsfield goal, home fans hurled concrete bench seats onto the pitch. Austrian referee Paul Schiller led the players off the field never to return with 11 minutes remaining, as police used teargas to allow the teams to return to the dressing room. Swindon’s lineup included Wales international Rod Thomas, who played three games for County towards the end of the 1981-82 campaign. It was a double for Swindon, who the previous season had won the Anglo-Italian League cup, a two-legged encounter with Copa Italia winners Roma arranged as ‘compensation’ for UEFA’s refusal to grant then Third Division Robins a place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup after their League Cup Final victory over Arsenal. Robins reached the top tier for the first time in 1993-94 after Glenn Hoddle’s side defeated Leicester City 4-3 in the First Division Play-off Final. Unfortunately, Swindon – minus Hoddle who departed for Chelsea shortly after the Wembley triumph – won just one of their final 14 games to become the first top-flight side in 31 years to concede over 100 goals. It was a season to remember though for Norwegian striker Jan Åge Fjørtoft, who scored 12 goals for John Gorman’s side, including a hat-trick in a 3–1 win over Coventry City. Now 54, the 71-times-capped international is a journalist and an advisor to the Norwegian Football Association as well as a pundit for ESPN FC.

DON’T MENTION

• T he summer of 1990. While Newport AFC were celebrating promotion from the Hellenic League, Swindon were partying too following their Division 2 Play-off Final victory over Blackburn Rovers. Sadly, the champagne soon lost its sparkle, as Ossie Ardiles’ side were denied a first ever taste of top level football and relegated to Division 3 after the club admitted 36 charges of breaking Football League rules, 35 linked to illegal payments to players. The relegation was rescinded on appeal, though the following campaign saw Town finish one place above the drop zone. • S windon slipped into the Fourth Division for the first time in their history on ther final day of the 1981-82 campaign, courtesy of a 1-0 defeat at Newport County. Tommy Tynan sealed Town’s fate from the penalty spot after future County midfielder Roy Carter fisted away a goal bound Tynan effort. Deflated manager and club legend John Trollope reflected: ‘It was my worst experience in football. I did not speak to the press afterwards as I was so deflated going down to the Fourth Division for the first time in the club’s history.’

ROBINS TODAY Away Champions

Swindon are the League Two away kings, unbeaten and with six victories and two draws on their travels. They eliminated us from the Papa John’s Trophy 11 days ago at the County Ground, with a 57th minute strike from Australian born Jordan Lyden. The 25-yearold defensive midfielder is hoping that his goal and performance put him in contention for a squad place this afternoon, telling the official club website: ‘It is a patience game at the moment. We have a very big squad and quality players, so it is about biding my time.I have had many chats with the gaffer and the assistants about biding my time and waiting for my opportunity, hopefully I took that (in the Papa John’s Trophy) and fingers crossed I am back involved with the group against Newport.’

MANAGER’S VIEW

Former Bristol Rovers boss Ben Garner has made an impressive start since arriving in the summer following Town’s relegation from League One. He explained to ‘Sky Sports’ some of the challenges

he faced: ‘It is amazing how things change in football. People were talking about us dropping out of the Football League. We have a reasonable start and suddenly people are talking about how we should be getting promoted.The aim is to stay in the league, build strong foundations and allow the club to move forwards, improving in every area. We are trying to create an elite environment here. In terms of sports science, medical, nutrition and obviously from a coaching perspective, we try to give them the best possible. ‘There was a lot of damage that had been done. The owner inherited that and has set about putting that right by bringing some clear direction. I would imagine for the football club and the town, he has been a breath of fresh air, really.There has been a thread of positivity running among the local community. It is nice to see the impact that it has on people’s lives.The number of people who have come up to me and said they are happy to have their football club back, that is what it is all about.’

FANS’ VIEWS

There are eight pages on Swindon’s ‘Town End Forum’ devoted to this afternoon’s encounter, including a lively debate as to the validity of vaccine passes. Here is a preview, with thanks to the contributors named. ‘I quite fancy doing an away trip and this is a favourable one. Train is only £22.’ Looks like ‘4D’ will be one of the 1,000 plus Robins fans in attendance this afternoon. ‘Train station about a 10-minute walk, parking not too bad, plenty of side streets close to the ground.’ ‘swindonmaniac’ listing the positives. ‘Guessing this will need the vaccine passport, so likely to be slow getting in. Utterly pointless in my opinion and I hope it never comes in here.’ ‘theakston2k’ will presumably be arriving early. ‘There are people stating that they have been vaccinated but are not willing to show proof to Newport stewards as they are against health passports. Perhaps I am missing something but what’s the big deal?’ A Covid pass is clearly not a problem for ‘Bob’s Orange’ ‘As there’s been trouble over the years between the supporters, I would be surprised if they sold home tickets on the day, but I may be wrong.’ ‘Jimmy Quinn’ correctly advising no pay on the day. ‘Would have been good to have got McKirdy’s suspension out of the way, would have preferred him to miss Crawley than Newport.’ ‘swindonmaniac’ disappointed that last week’s international weekend postponement means no RP return for former County loan player Harry McKirdy.

THE COUNTY CONNECTION

This afternoon is the 97th competitive encounter between County and Town, with the series starting in 1919-20 in Southern League Division 1. Swindon are currently ahead with 41 wins in all competitions compared to County’s 31. Highlights from a Robins perspective include a remarkable 8-0 County Ground Christmas Day victory in Newport’s 1938-39 Division 3 (South) championship season, though the champagne was back on ice the following day as they lost 6-4 in front of a 20,586 attendance at Somerton Park! The six League Two clashes since County’s return to League Two see four Newport wins to a single Swindon success.

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MEET THE PLAYERS & STAFF OF

SWINDON TOWN by PHIL TANNER

01 Joseph Wollacott

GOALKEEPER

Joined Town on a free transfer from Bristol City in the summer of 2021, signing a one-year contract. It began a second stint with the Reds, following an emergency loan last season when Jojo impressed in two games before injury cut short his stay. The 25-year-old had 10 previous loans away from Ashton Gate, including nine games for Forest Green in 2019-20. He made his debut for Ghana in the recent October break.

04 Dion Conroy DEFENDER

Club captain now closing in on 100 EFL appearances. Centreback Dion signed from Chelsea in January 2017, having been on loan at National League Aldershot. His 2017-18 was cut short by a cruciate injury but he returned to make 30 appearances in League Two in 2018-19. He started 2019-20 as skipper but his involvement in Town’s promotion campaign was curtailed by a further serious injury against County that September.

02 Akin Odimayo

05 Romoney Crichlow

Turning 22 shortly and in his second season at the County Ground. Akin began his career with Reading, turning pro in 2018, and made his senior debut a year later in the EFL Cup. He was freed in summer 2020 after loans to Hungerford Town and Irish club Waterford and spent last season with Swindon, playing 30 games in League One. He initially turned down a new deal to pursue one with Portsmouth, but re-signed in August.

On a season-long loan from Huddersfield Town in the Championship. The 22-yearold, born in Luton, can play at centreback or on the left. Romoney was picked up by Huddersfield from Enfield Borough in 2017. He spent the 2019-20 season cutting his teeth in professional football via a loan with Hartlepool, also going on loan to Welling United. To date he has made six appearances for the Terriers across all competitions.

DEFENDER

03 Ellis Iandolo MIDFIELDER

Town’s longest-serving player having joined the club in July 2015 and now nearing 100 EFL games. A junior with Gillingham and Maidstone United, Ellis was offered a trial after impressing against Swindon’s U18s, followed by a contract. He made his debut as a sub against County early in 2015-16 in the Football League Trophy tie here which Town won 7–6 on penalties and his league debut came the same season.

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DEFENDER

06 Mathieu Baudry DEFENDER

The veteran French ce n t re b a c k , 33, ca m e to Britain in 2011 to join Bournemouth after five years with Troyes in his home country. He spent 18 months on the South Coast, with a dozen games on loan at Dagenham, then joined Orient where he made 128 league appearances. Mathieu then spent two years with Doncaster and one with MK Dons and joined Swindon when he was freed at the end of the 2018-19 campaign.

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07 Ben Gladwin

10 Jack Payne

Including two loans, in his fourth stint at the County Ground. Before the first of these Ben played for a string of non-league clubs in the Thames Valley including AFC Wallingford and Marlow. After more than 50 appearances he moved to QPR, who loaned him back twice. He joined Blackburn in 2017 but his time there was hit by injury and next came 18 months at MK Dons where he played 26 games in League One last season.

Club vice-captain. Londoner Jack began his EFL career with 77 appearances and 15 goals for Southend United, where he came through the youth programme. After being named 2015-16 Player of the Year he moved to Huddersfield Town, but he spent most of his time there on loan at Oxford, Blackburn and Bradford where he spent the 2018-19 season. He moved on to Lincoln City and joined Swindon ahead of last season.

MIDFIELDER

08 Jordan Lyden

11 Harry McKirdy

West Australian from Perth, capped at U20 level, who joined Town from Aston Villa in summer 2019. Jordan came to England aged 16 to join Villa and made four Premier League appearances for them. He spent the first half of the 2018-19 season on loan at Oldham Athletic, making 14 appearances in League One. He left Villa in March 2019 and signed for Swindon that July on a one-year deal, later extended.

G o a l - p o a c h e r d u e to miss out today through suspension, familiar after a 2018-19 loan from Aston Villa to County when he started two league games and came off the bench 10 times. Harry then joined Carlisle for 2019-20 and signed for Town from Port Vale in August. He joined Villa’s academy from Stoke’s at age 14 and made his League Two debut on loan at Stevenage in 2016-17, and the next season was loaned to Crewe.

MIDFIELDER

09 Tyreece Simpson STRIKER

Big frontman on loan for the season from hometown club Ipswich Town, where he made his EFL debut in 2019-20 and clocked up seven games before making the move. Tyreece, also a sprinter at school, turned down an offer from Leicester Tigers at age 17 to pursue a career in football rather than on the wing in rugby. He hit the ground running in League Two with six goals in his first 15 appearances for today’s visitors.

STRIKER

12 Lewis Ward GOALKEEPER

Summer signing from Exeter City, where he made 28 appearances in two years, missing months in 2019-20 with a broken arm. Lewis came through Reading’s academy with loans to a series of clubs including 26 games for Aldershot in the National League and also time in Iceland. He spent 2018-19 on loan at Northampton and Forest Green Rovers. He has a sports journalism degree from the University of Staffordshire.

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13 Steve Mildenhall

22 Kaine Hayden

Goalkeeping coach who has been on the bench in this season’s EFL Trophy. From Swindon, Steve started in Town’s youth team and played on loan for Salisbury against Newport AFC as long ago as 1996-97. He went on to a 400-plus game career at a dozen clubs. We most recently crossed paths when he was with Bristol Rovers - including the game in 2013-14 when the wind put a Lenny Pidgeley goal kick out for a corner.

On loan for the season from Aston Villa, where he helped win the FA Youth Cup last season. Kaine was one of a number of Villa academy players who debuted in the FA Cup against Liverpool in January when several first-teamers were isolating and who signed five-year professional contracts in July. He was called up to train with England’s U19s this time last year and was first capped by the U21s in September.

GOALKEEPER

17 Jayden Mitchell-Lawson MIDFIELDER

Started his career at Swindon’s academy and joined Derby County in January 2016 at the age of 16. Jayden made two Championship appearances for the Rams as a sub and another in the EFL Cup. He went out on loan twice to Bristol Rovers, ending 201920 there and returning for the first half of last season before joining Town in August. At the time of writing his eight Swindon appearances have all been off the bench.

19 Alex Gilbert STRIKER

Left winger who was with West Brom’s academy and progressed to a two-year scholarship. Alex was offered a pro contract at the end of 2019-20 but preferred to leave for Brentford, where he started in the B team but made the EFL bench and played two FA Cup ties. He ended last season with 10 goals in 22 appearances for the second string and joined Town on loan on August deadline day. Capped by Ireland up to U21.

20 Jonny Williams MIDFIELDER

Wales international with more than 30 caps signed in the summer on a free transfer from Cardiff City, who he joined from Charlton Athletic last January. Jonny, 28, came through the youth ranks at Crystal Palace to play 70 first-team games in all competitions. He also had a series of loans, to Ipswich Town (three times), Nottingham F o re s t , M K D o n s a n d Sunderland, before spending two and a half seasons with Charlton.

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DEFENDER

24 Rob Hunt DEFENDER

Summer 2019 signing from Oldham Athletic, having left Boundary Park by mutual consent. Initially loaned to the Latics by Brighton in January 2017, the Londoner moved permanently the following July. Rob can play at either right or left back and was a near-ever present for Oldham, with more than 70 EFL appearances in his time there. He made 34 appearances when Town won L2 two seasons ago.

25 Louis Reed MIDFIELDER

Signed as a free agent the day before the season started, having been released by Peterborough United. Louis also had a pre-season trial at Doncaster. He came through the ranks at Sheffield United and was their youngest ever EFL debutant in April 2014 at 16 years and 257 days old. He spent 2017-18 on loan at Chesterfield and then had three years with Peterborough from summer 2018. Capped by England up to U20.

26 Ryan East MIDFIELDER

Another eve of season signing, making the short hop down the M4 from Reading. Ryan came through the academy at what was then called the Madejski and signed pro in 2016, staying with the club until the relatively late age of 23 while making only a single EFL appearance. He was the only ever-present for the Royals’ U23s in 2017-18 as he featured in the PL2, the Premier League International Cup and the EFL Trophy.

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29 Harry Parsons STRIKER

Academy graduate, now 19, who signed his first senior contract in June, a two-year deal with an option to extend. Harry trained with the first team during the latter part of last season after impressing in the academy side in the Youth Alliance League. He made his EFL debut off the bench under John Sheridan in December last year and was a key player in the U18 side that reached round four in last season’s FA Youth Cup.

35 Callum Winchcombe MIDFIELDER

Turned 18 a few days ago. Callum formed a formidable par tne rship in ce ntral defence with fellow youth team player Harrison Minturn when County lost at the County Ground in the EFL Trophy earlier this month, helping keep a clean sheet despite our corner count running into double figures. Surprisingly, it was a senior debut for both.

30 Mo Dabre

42 Anthony Grant

A rare Italian in League Two, who played junior football in Lecco, Lombardy. The 18-year-old signed in August from the London-based Volenti Academy, which has links to Crystal Palace, as Swindon started emerging from a transfer embargo. At the time of writing Mo has made three appearances, all in the EFL Trophy including Swindon’s recent win against County, and he scored against Arsenal in the opening group game.

S i g n e d o n l o a n f ro m S h r e w s b u r y To w n i n September 2019 and made the move permanent the following January. Anthony was named Player of the Year as Town won League Two that season. The 34-year-old Jamaica international began his career at Chelsea and including loans has played for nine other clubs including Southend United, Stevenage, Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale and Peterborough United.

MIDFIELDER

MEET THE ROBINS HEAD COACH – BEN GARNER

Appointed in late July in new Swindon owner Clem Morfuni’s first move at the County Ground. In common with our own James Rowberry, Ben never played professionally but made an early start on his coaching qualifications. Now 41, he began as a youth coach at Crystal Palace from 2005 to 2012 and graduated to coaching the first team. He was part of the group that won promotion back to the Premier League in 2012-13. He then spent 2015 to 2017 at West Bromwich Albion as assistant head coach. Following a brief spell in the Indian Super League as assistant head coach under Steve Coppell at ATK in Kolkata, he took his first head coach role with Bristol Rovers in December 2019, but he left a year later after recording only six wins in 33 games. Ben took over with Swindon in a difficult situation, needing to rebuild the squad after relegation while under a transfer embargo and amid a protracted change of ownership. He hit the ground running with an attractive style of football which earned a nomination for the League Two Manager of the Month award in his first month in charge and Town continue to press for an immediate return to League One.

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Carol Service

Newport County's annual Carol Service will be held at: St. John's church in Maindee at 7pm on Monday 13th December. Players and club staff will be present. Masks should be worn. All are welcome to attend.

TRUST CORPORATE MEMBER Keeping an eye on County

R.W. Cole Opticians is one of the longest-established opticians in Newport. Founded in 1955 by Robert Cole D.F.C., who qualified as an optician after serving with distinction as a fighter pilot in the RAF in WWII. Mr Cole retired in the 1995 and the practice was taken over by the current owners, who were working with him at the time. Richard Young, now the practice’s senior optometrist, started working at the practice in 1992, and is a life-long County fan. The first game Richard attended was the famous FA Cup victory over the star-studded West Ham United at Somerton Park in January 1979. When the structure of the Supporters' Trust was changed a few seasons ago, we were the first business to sign up for corporate membership. The practice is still based in Commercial Road in Pill, and has been proud to provide high quality, affordable eye-care to the people of Newport for over 60 years. We offer a comprehensive range of optical services. On top of providing our patients with a huge choice of frames for single vision, bifocal and varifocal glasses we also supply prescription sunglasses, sports glasses, safety glasses and contact lenses.

If you are a Newport County season ticket holder or Trust member, bring your card along to us and you’ll get

10% off any new glasses. For more information about the practice, have a look at our website www.rwcoleoptician.co.uk

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www.kidscape.org.uk Kidscape are really pleased to have been invited to be at the home game against Swindon this weekend to mark the end of anti-bullying week, and to continue to send the message of One Kind Word which is the theme this year. Kidscape has been a charity partner with Newport County AFC since 2019 and we have delivered some of our training programmes to their coaching staff and we continue to be proud working with them. Founded in 1984, Kidscape are passionate about working with and supporting children and families who through no fault of their own, have been faced with bullying and the trauma felt when going through it, which can last for several years. Through our work, we have been fortunate to meet so many children who we have helped deal with negative behaviour and who have gained strength, confidence, and resilience after attending one of our ZAP workshops. The workshops are about having fun but throughout the workshops, we deliver a set of Kidscape tools which we share with children in learning how to deal with and manage conflict and behaviour that has negative connotations and teach them that responding in a negative way, only serves to escalate the problem. When bullied, children lose all sense of worth, value, confidence, feel lonely and isolated and the pandemic has heightened the sense of segregation as children are unsure where they fit into previous friendship groups and as a result, feel distant from friends. Kidscape also deliver online ZAP workshops, as well as face to face which gives families a diverse way in which they can engage in our workshops. I am pleased to say that we can return to delivering our Community ZAP full day workshops in Newport on Monday 21st February 2022, venue yet to be confirmed, that we would encourage families to access, free of charge.

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The objectives of the Community ZAP workshops are:

• Raising self-esteem

• Exploring bullying roles • Assertiveness skills • Positive body language • Cyberbullying e run alongside the children workshop, a session for W parents which has the following objectives:

• Assertiveness training • Open discussion

• Understanding modelling behaviour • Support sources. If you feel your child would benefit from attending one of the Community ZAP workshops, please do get in touch. carole@kidscape.org.uk Please look at our website and get in touch if you want to access any of our training, and be part of the journey of Kidscape in Wales, as we are always welcome volunteers to support and help us deliver our message of hope and courage to all children and young people who have been bullied. We strive to make children feel wanted, loved, valued and be a part of the Kidscape family. The Kidscape Team

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FUN

KEEP FOOTBALL

You should always be able to enjoy your football. If you ever feel worried, or like you’re not safe, please tell an adult you trust, like a parent, carer, teacher or coach. They will be happy to listen and help you. Find out more at TheFA.com/PlaySafe

PLAY SAFE Supported by

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We’re backing Play Safe Newport County AFC is lending its full support to Play Safe – a national FA-led campaign to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding in football.

Play Safe is being run in partnership with the NSPCC and has the full backing of the Premier League, EFL, Barclays FA Women’s Super League and the FA Women’s Championship. It’s also supported and being run across every other level of the game. The main element of Play Safe is a series of short films which emphasise the importance of clubs such as ours having safeguarding embedded in all that we do. The films also explain to parents/carers and children themselves know what to do if they feel unsafe or worried, because nothing matters more than making sure football is safe for everyone, especially children and young people. You can see these films on our club website and we’ve also broadcast them on our social media channels. “As a youth team coach, I will be working with my club to ensure we support the Play Safe messaging,” says FA Chief Executive Mark Bullingham. “I am also pleased that the campaign has the support of the former footballers with lived experience of abuse in football, who are on

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our Survivor Support and Safeguarding Advisory Group. The Group has collectively said: “Learning from the past is crucial, so that we can prevent the horrific experiences that happened to us and so many others in football, from happening again. “As a group of survivors, we fully support the ethos and important messages that Play Safe conveys – whether to club officials, parents/carers and or vitally, children and young people themselves. Equally important is that Play Safe is not a one-off campaign – it will be used at key points in the football calendar to remind everyone in football, that children’s welfare and keeping them safe, should be at the heart of all that we do.” As the Survivor Group points out, you’ll see Play Safe appearing at various points throughout the season to keep safeguarding front of mind in football. Together, we want to do everything we can so everyone – particularly children and young people – has a consistently positive experience of our great game.

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Together we’ll help every child enjoy the beautiful game. Find out more at TheFA.com/PlaySafe

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH

County forward Dom Telford was awarded the League Two Player of the Month after a stellar goalscoring streak in the month of October. Telford scored a whopping eight goals in only six games over the month of October, while also registering an assist, which unsurprisingly landed him the gong for League Two’s Player of the Month. His scoring streak started in the convincing 3-0 win over Scunthorpe on the 2nd of the month, although it was the 2-2 draw with Carlisle on the 19th where he truly became impossible to stop in October. A brace in that draw was followed by two more goals in a 3-1 win at Bristol Rovers and then he went one better in a 5-0 demolition of Stevenage as the 24-year-old bagged a hat-trick and also provided an assist to round off a sensational month. His manager, James Rowberry said of Telford getting the award: "I can't take any credit for [the form], that's down to Wayne [Hatswell, assistant manager] and the

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guys that were here before me. He's scored a few since I came in against Bristol Rovers and Stevenage. "First and foremost he's a great, great lad. He's 24, he comes in every day with a smile on his face - I see him and he makes me smile and makes me laugh! He's a great lad and the lads love him. "He works every day, always wants to get better, he's always asking questions, asking me questions. He's engaged and he deserves. I know Dom will continue and that journey and continue to want to get better and better." Telford has also started November perfectly with a goal in the first game of the month coming late on in the dramatic 2-1 win over Hartlepool last Friday night. Fingers crossed he is on the scoresheet again this afternoon!

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SQUADCHECK NEWPORT COUNTY AFC

SWINDON TOWN

1. Joe Day (GK) 2. Cameron Norman 3. Ryan Haynes 4. Ed Upson 5. James Clarke 6. Priestley Farquharson 7. Robbie Willmott 8. Matty Dolan 10. Courtney Baker-Richardson 11. Jermaine Hylton 12. Alex Fisher 14. Aaron Lewis 15. Louis Hall 16. Timmy Abraham 17. Scot Bennett 18. Finn Azaz 19. Dom Telford 20. Courtney Senior 21. Lewis Collins 22. Kevin Ellison 24. Jake Cain 27. Christopher Missilou 28. Mickey Demetriou 29. Jordan Greenidge 30. Nick Townsend (GK) 31. Ollie Cooper 41. Joe Woodiwiss 42. Lewys Twamley 43. Ryan Hillier

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Manager: James Rowberry

TODAY’S SKYBET LEAGUE TWO FIXTURES

(All games kick-off at 3.00 unless stated otherwise) BARROW vs CRAWLEY TOWN BRADFORD CITY vs NORTHAMPTON TOWN EXETER CITY vs CARLISLE UNITED HARROGATE TOWN vs SALFORD CITY HARTLEPOOL UNITED vs FOREST GREEN ROVERS LEYTON ORIENT vs SUTTON UNITED MANSFIELD TOWN vs SCUNTHORPE UNITED NEWPORT COUNTY AFC vs SWINDON TOWN OLDHAM ATHLETIC vs PORT VALE STEVENAGE vs COLCHESTER UNITED WALSALL vs ROCHDALE

HEAD COACH: BEN GARNER

Jojo Wollacott Akin Odimayo Ellis Iandolo Dion Conroy Romoney Crichlow Mathieu Baudry Ben Gladwin Jordan Lyden Tyreece Simpson Jack Payne Harry McKirdy Lewis Ward Steve Mildenhall Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Alex Gilbert Jonny Williams Kaine Hayden Rob Hunt Louis Reed Ryan East Harry Parsons Mo Dabre Donell Gordon George Cowmeadow Levi Francis Harrison Minturn Callum Winchcombe Anthony Grant

INCHARGE Assistant - Joe Clark

Referee - James Bell Assistant - Andrew Laver

NEXT UP AT HOME SUTTON UNITED

TUESDAY 7 DECEMBER 2021 KICK-OFF 7.45PM SKYBET LEAGUE TWO

Fourth Official - Thomas Harty

ON THE ROAD

CRAWLEY TOWN

TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2021 KICK-OFF 7.45PM SKYBET LEAGUE TWO

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