Jump to content

2012–13 Newport County A.F.C. season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Newport County
2012–13 season
ChairmanChris Blight
(until 19 July 2012)
Les Scadding
(from 23 August 2012)
ManagerJustin Edinburgh
StadiumRodney Parade
Conference National3rd (promoted via play-offs)
FA CupFourth qualifying round
FA TrophyFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Aaron O'Connor (19)
All: Aaron O'Connor (21)
Highest home attendance6,615 vs Grimsby Town (28 April 2013)
Lowest home attendance1,479 vs Gateshead (1 December 2012)
Average home league attendance2,547

The 2012–13 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Conference National and 92nd season of league football overall. The season marked the return of association football to Rodney Parade for the first time in 72 years.[1] The club celebrated its centenary in the 2012–13 season by winning promotion to Football League Two after a 25-year absence.[2][3]

Season review

[edit]

Introduction

[edit]
Rodney Parade

In May 2012, Newport County announced that they had agreed a deal to move to the city's rugby stadium, Rodney Parade.[4] In August 2012 EuroMillions lottery winner Les Scadding succeeded Chris Blight as club Chairman.[5] In February 2013 a further 10-year lease to play at Rodney Parade was signed.[6]

The centenary 2012–13 season saw Newport County finish third in the Conference Premier league, reaching the play-offs for the first time. A 2–0 aggregate win over Grimsby Town in the two-legged play-off semi-final saw Newport County reach the 2013 Conference Premier play-off final at Wembley Stadium. The final versus Wrexham was the first Wembley final to feature two Welsh teams, and Newport County won 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to League Two.[7] County were awarded Freedom of the City of Newport on 17 August 2013 in recognition of this achievement.[8]

League

[edit]

2012

[edit]

The season started away to promotion hopefuls Mansfield Town. County were 2–0 up within 13 minutes, but found themselves level at 2–2 five minutes into the second half. Eventually winning 4–3 County were 3rd in the table.[9] After a 4–0 home win to Nuneaton Town[10] County were top of the table and stayed there during a run of five consecutive wins culminating in a 2–0 home victory to local rivals Hereford United[11] — their first visit to Newport since the Welsh Cup clash in 1989. County were now the only team in the division with a 100% record.[12] However, following defeats to 10th-placed Wrexham[13] and 12th-placed Dartford[14] County were back in 3rd place, but the next three games were won and County were back to the top. Following a 0–0 draw with Grimsby Town County were temporarily down to 2nd,[15] but were back at the top after the next six games. Following a shock home defeat to second-bottom Hyde[16] County were down to 2nd on goal difference, but back on top the following game after a 3–1 home win against Gateshead.[17] Despite leading Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 in the next game County lost 3–2 and they were back to 3rd.[18] The home match with Luton Town was won 5–2, taking County back to the top of the table. The last game of 2012 was won away at Forest Green Rovers, but with Grimsby Town having played an extra game County finished the year in 2nd place.[19]

2013

[edit]

The first fixture of the new year was the home visit of Forest Green Rovers. County were decisively beaten 5–0 and dropped to 3rd in the table as a result.[20] The next match at home to Wrexham ended in a 1–1 draw, which was enough to put Wrexham top of the table, with County staying 3rd, one point behind.[21] County rose to 2nd in the table following the 4–2 away win at Lincoln City, with débutant Robbie Willmott scoring a brace.[22] With momentum in their favour County were desperate to get the home match with bottom-placed Barrow on, but the Rodney Parade pitch was under several feet of snow on the morning of 19 January. Over 120 fans helped to clear the pitch but County went on to lose 2–0.[23] Following that setback, Newport then went on a seven-match unbeaten run, including completing the double over Mansfield Town[24] and Hereford United in the process. The Hereford match being particularly notable for the award of three penalties to Hereford, two of which were scored.[25] In the following match a 90th-minute winner for Kidderminster Harriers resulted in them being the only team to complete double victories over County and move into top place in the table as a result.[26] The next game resulted in a second consecutive County defeat away at Stockport County — Stockport winning 1–0 as a result of a Lee Minshull own goal.[27] County now faced the prospect of the remaining 10 matches in just 26 days. However they went on another unbeaten run, winning at Southport three days later,[28] followed by a 0–0 away draw with Gateshead two days after that. The Gateshead match was played at Boston United's York Street ground with the match having been postponed on four previous occasions.[29] A further 0–0 draw was played out with Dartford just two days later.[30] Newport got back to winning ways with their second victory over Nuneaton Town two days after that.[31] Following a 0–0 away draw with Cambridge United[32] a place in the play-offs was secured with a 1–0 home victory over Braintree Town which also represented the seventh double of the season.[33] Newport finished their home season with victories over Macclesfield Town[34] and Alfreton Town, the latter of which was played in torrential rain with large pools of standing water.[35] The penultimate game of the season was a 2–2 away draw with Luton Town[36] with the final game against fellow play-off contenders Grimsby Town. County manager Justin Edinburgh fielded a much-changed side, resting many first-team players ahead of the play-off matches. As a result, County lost 3–0 and set up a semi-final first leg back at Blundell Park four days later.[37]

Play-offs

[edit]

The County team that lined up against Grimsby in the semi-final first leg contained seven changes from the team that had played in the last league game. Grimsby, who boasted the best defensive record in the division, made only three changes. In a vastly different affair to the league game, County triumphed 1–0 as a result of an Ismail Yakubu header in the 89th minute.[38]

As the second of the two semi-final second legs played County already knew that their potential opponents in the final would be Wrexham who had beaten Kidderminster Harriers 5–2 on aggregate. Taking the 1–0 lead into the home game County would only need a draw to make it to Wembley. However, in front of a Rodney Parade record crowd Christian Jolley scored the only goal of the game to make it 2–0 on aggregate and book County's place in the final.[39]

In order to win the final and promotion County needed to beat Wrexham, something which they had failed to do on each of their previous six Conference meetings. The game was billed as a battle between the league's best midfield against the most potent strike force. [3] Wrexham's midfielders had shut out the County attack for 86 minutes, until Wrexham's David Artell got his head to a ball over the top but couldn't deal with it completely and Christian Jolley latched on to it and lifted the ball over Chris Maxwell to give County the late advantage.

As Wrexham pushed for a leveller they were caught on the counter-attack in injury time and their fate was sealed. Aaron O'Connor hammered the ball into the roof of the net, at the second attempt, after his initial effort was saved by Maxwell, to prompt wild celebrations from the County players, management and fans.[40]

Newport County win the Conference National play-off winners' trophy at Wembley

Results summary

[edit]
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 25 10 11 85 60  +25 85 13 5 5 43 27  +16 12 5 6 42 33  +9

Last updated: 20 April 2013.
Source: [1]

Results by round

[edit]
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHHHAHAAAHAAAHAAHHHAA
ResultWWWWWLLDWWWDWWDLWLLWLWWLDWLDWWWWWDLLWDDWDWWWDL
Position3111113411121111112131233225443434444443443333
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2013. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Cup

[edit]

FA Cup

[edit]

County were drawn away to Yate Town of the Southern League Division One South & West. When the match was played County were the highest-placed club left in the competition and Yate the lowest. Despite taking the lead as early as the 6th minute, County found themselves 3–1 down by the 69th. With two minutes of time remaining Aaron O'Connor scored County's second and Tony James the equaliser in the 4th minute of injury time to force a replay at Rodney Parade.[41]

The replay began in a similar fashion with O'Connor opening the scoring in the 43rd minute for County to lead 1–0 at half time. On 65 minutes David Pipe was sent off for a second yellow card and minutes later the visitors were awarded and scored a soft penalty. This tied the score at 1–1 and extra time was needed. With two late goals Yate progressed into the First Round proper.[42]

FA Trophy

[edit]

There was no repeat of the previous season's Wembley final for County as they lost their First Round FA Trophy match 0–2 away to Conference South Welling United. Welling themselves went on to become champions of Conference South.[43]

Squad statistics

[edit]
(Substitute appearances in brackets)
No. Pos. Name League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
21 DF Wales Byron Anthony 19 (2) 3 1 (0) 0 20 (2) 3
28 DF England Michael Boateng 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0
11 FW England Ryan Charles 2 (8) 1 0 (2) 0 2 (10) 1
9 FW England Danny Crow 20 (5) 3 0 (0) 0 20 (5) 3
26 MF England Scott Donnelly 16 (2) 1 0 (0) 0 16 (2) 1
16 MF Wales Lee Evans 18 (4) 3 2 (0) 0 20 (4) 3
34 FW England Will Evans 3 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (3) 0
17 MF Wales Michael Flynn 28 (10) 2 1 (0) 0 29 (10) 2
30 MF England Alex Gilbey 4 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (1) 0
27 FW Wales Rhys Griffiths 4 (6) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (6) 0
15 FW England Jake Harris 0 (5) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (7) 0
3 DF Wales Andrew Hughes 18 (8) 0 0 (1) 0 18 (9) 0
5 DF Wales Tony James 41 (0) 2 3 (0) 1 44 (0) 3
23 FW England Christian Jolley 22 (2) 14 1 (0) 0 20 (2) 14
1 GK Northern Ireland Alan Julian 10 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 11 (1) 0
10 FW Dominica Jefferson Louis 11 (6) 2 2 (0) 1 13 (6) 3
8 MF England Lee Minshull 28 (7) 6 3 (0) 0 31 (7) 6
7 FW England Aaron O'Connor 36 (3) 18 3 (0) 2 39 (3) 20
22 GK Wales Joe Perry 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
40 GK England Lenny Pidgeley 36 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 38 (0) 0
2 DF Wales David Pipe 41 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 42 (0) 0
4 MF England Max Porter 26 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 29 (0) 1
13 DF England Andy Sandell 42 (0) 9 3 (0) 0 45 (0) 9
20 FW England Michael Smith 9 (0) 4 1 (0) 0 10 (0) 4
12 MF Wales Ben Swallow 7 (13) 2 3 (0) 0 10 (13) 2
14 MF Trinidad and Tobago Jake Thomson 12 (10) 0 2 (0) 0 14 (10) 0
25 FW Northern Ireland Conor Washington 5 (9) 1 0 (0) 0 5 (9) 1
24 FW England Robbie Willmott 10 (9) 6 0 (0) 0 10 (9) 6
6 DF England Ismail Yakubu 35 (1) 5 1 (0) 0 36 (1) 5

Transfers

[edit]

In

[edit]
Date Pos. Name From Fee
3 June 2012 GK Northern Ireland Alan Julian Stevenage Free
11 June 2012 MF Trinidad and Tobago Jake Thomson Forest Green Rovers Free
11 June 2012 FW Dominica Jefferson Louis Lincoln City Free
13 June 2012 DF Wales Tony James Burton Albion Free
19 June 2012 FW England Danny Crow Luton Town Free
25 July 2012 FW England Aaron O'Connor Luton Town Free
26 July 2012 MF Wales Michael Flynn Bradford City Free
30 July 2012 GK England Lenny Pidgeley Exeter City Free
1 September 2012 FW Northern Ireland Conor Washington St Neots Town Undisclosed
15 November 2012 DF Wales Byron Anthony Hereford United Free
10 January 2013 FW England Robbie Willmott Cambridge United Undisclosed
11 January 2013 FW England Christian Jolley AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed
31 January 2013 MF England Scott Donnelly Farnborough Undisclosed
14 February 2013 FW Wales Rhys Griffiths Unattached Free
19 March 2013 DF England Michael Boateng Sutton United Free

Out

[edit]
Date Pos. Name To Fee
15 May 2012 GK England Glyn Thompson Released
15 May 2012 DF England Lee Baker Released
15 May 2012 FW England Elliott Buchanan Released
16 May 2012 MF England Darryl Knights Released
16 May 2012 MF Wales Troy Greening Released
16 May 2012 MF France Guillaume Velez Released
16 May 2012 DF England Paul Rodgers Released
29 May 2012 FW England Sam Foley Yeovil Town None
3 June 2012 DF England Gary Warren Inverness Caledonian Thistle None
27 June 2012 FW Scotland Craig McAllister Eastleigh None
31 Oct 2012 MF Wales Kris Fielden Released
31 Oct 2012 DF England Mark Cooper Released
31 January 2013 MF Wales Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
31 January 2013 FW Dominica Jefferson Louis Whitehawk None
5 February 2013 FW England Ryan Charles Released
1 May 2013 DF England Michael Boateng Released
1 May 2013 FW England Jake Harris Released
1 May 2013 GK Wales Joe Perry Released
10 May 2013 MF Trinidad and Tobago Jake Thomson Released
10 May 2013 GK Northern Ireland Alan Julian Released
10 May 2013 MF England Scott Donnelly Released
10 May 2013 MF Wales Ben Swallow Released

Loans in

[edit]
Date Pos. Name From Expiry
5 November 2012 FW England Michael Smith Charlton Athletic 4 January 2013
15 November 2012 FW England Christian Jolley AFC Wimbledon 12 January 2013
31 January 2013 FW England Will Evans Hereford United 1 May 2013
27 March 2013 MF England Alex Gilbey Colchester United 6 May 2013

Loans out

[edit]
Date Pos. Name To Expiry
5 October 2012 DF England Mark Cooper Frome Town 5 November 2012
22 November 2012 FW Dominica Jefferson Louis Whitehawk 1 January 2013
2 January 2013 MF Trinidad and Tobago Jake Thomson Lincoln City 31 January 2013

Fixtures and results

[edit]

Pre-season friendlies

[edit]
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes
Fri 6 Jul 2012 Undy Athletic Playing Fields 1–3 Hughes
Fri 13 Jul 2012 Moreton Rangers London Road 1–1 J. Jones
Sat 14 Jul 2012 Evesham United Jubilee Stadium 3–0 Harris, Sandell, Louis Carl Lewis Memorial Trophy
Sat 21 Jul 2012 Carmarthen Town Richmond Park 1–3 Harris
Tue 24 Jul 2012 Bristol Rovers Rodney Parade 2–0 Louis, Fielden 1,549
Fri 27 Jul 2012 Merthyr Town Rodney Parade 2–2 Louis, Harris 701
Tue 31 Jul 2012 Swansea City Rodney Parade 2–2 O'Connor, Louis 891
Fri 3 Aug 2012 Yeovil Town Rodney Parade 1–3 Sandell 729

Conference National

[edit]
11 August 2012 1 Mansfield Town 3–4 Newport County Mansfield
15:00 Speight 48'
Green 50'
Speight 89'
Report
Report
Report
Yakubu 10'
James 13'
O'Connor 56'
Louis 66'
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,924
Referee: C. Kavanagh
14 August 2012 2 Newport County 4–0 Nuneaton Town Newport
19:45 O'Connor 13' 52'
Louis 20'
Evans 86'
Report
Report
Report
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,646
Referee: B. Huxtable
18 August 2012 3 Newport County 2–1 Lincoln City Newport
15:00 O'Connor 7' 27' Report
Report
Report
Taylor 51' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Swabey
25 August 2012 4 Braintree Town 1–2 Newport County Braintree
15:00 Quinton 53' Porter 69'
Yakubu 84'
Stadium: Cressing Road
Attendance: 611
Referee: Treleaven
28 August 2012 5 Newport County 2–0 Hereford United Newport
19:45 Sandell 75'
O'Connor 90'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,365
Referee: G. Horwood
1 September 2012 6 Wrexham 2–0 Newport County Wrexham
13:00 Cieslewicz 24'
Wright 82'
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3,820
Referee: W. Barratt
4 September 2012 7 Dartford 2–1 Newport County Dartford
19:45 Crawford 49'
Rose 90'
O'Connor 54' Stadium: Princes Park
Attendance: 1,446
Referee: Bull
8 September 2012 8 Newport County 0–0 Stockport County Newport
15:00 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: C. Breakspear
15 September 2012 9 Barrow 0–3 Newport County Barrow-in-Furness
16:15 Evans 44'
Crow 70' 77'
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 802
Referee: B. Toner
22 September 2012 10 Newport County 2–1 Southport Newport
15:00 O'Connor 76'
Swallow 90'
Lever 18' (pen.) Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,802
Referee: Bromley
25 September 2012 11 Telford United 2–4 Newport County Telford
19:45 St Aimie 27'
James 81' (o.g.)
O'Connor 45'
Preston 49' (o.g.)
Yakubu 72'
Sandell 78'
Stadium: New Bucks Head
Attendance: 1,503
Referee: K. Johnson
29 September 2012 12 Newport County 0–0 Grimsby Town Newport
15:00 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,968
Referee: C. Knowles
6 October 2012 13 Tamworth 1–2 Newport County Tamworth
15:00 Cunnington 61' Yakubu 45+4'
O'Connor 63'
Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Attendance: 1,201
Referee: N. Kinsley
9 October 2012 14 Newport County 1–0 Ebbsfleet United Newport
19:45 Yakubu 30' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: P. Bankes
13 October 2012 15 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Newport County Macclesfield
12:30 Barnes-Homer 81' James 43' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,544
Referee: D. Handley
27 October 2012 16 Newport County 2–3 Woking Newport
15:00 Sandell 45'
Flynn 89'
Betsy 6' 15'
Bubb 67'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,088
Referee: B. Huxtable
6 November 2012 17 Newport County 6–2 Cambridge United Newport
19:45 Minshull 16'
Flynn 17'
Sandell 30'
O'Connor 62' 70'
Smith 90'
Elliott 28'
Berry 69'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: R. Whitton
9 November 2012 18 Alfreton Town 4–3 Newport County Alfreton
19:45 Arnold 6'
Clayton 17' 70'
Bradley 45 pen'
Smith 35'
O'Connor 60' 89'
Stadium: North Street
Attendance: 663
Referee: W. Barratt
17 November 2012 19 Newport County 1–3 Hyde Newport
15:00 Jolley 55' Jevons 29' (pen.)
Ashworth 76'
Spencer 90'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,096
Referee: L. Swabey
1 December 2012 20 Newport County 3–1 Gateshead Newport
12:30 Jolley 38' 56'
Smith 53'
Odubade 70' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,479
Referee: R. Martin
8 December 2012 21 Kidderminster Harriers 3–2 Newport County Kidderminster
15:00 Matt 23' 58' 78' Smith 31'
Evans 37'
Stadium: Aggborough Stadium
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: N. Kinseley
11 December 2012 22 Newport County 5–2 Luton Town Newport
19:45 O'Connor 12'
Jolley 23' 67'
Henry 38' (o.g.)
Sandell 64'
Gray 16'
Shaw 61'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,247
Referee: R. Whitton
26 December 2012 23 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Newport County Nailsworth
13:00 Brogan 47' Swallow 70'
Charles 74'
Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,332
Referee: W. Barratt
1 January 2013 24 Newport County 0–5 Forest Green Rovers Newport
13:00 Norwood 38' 68' 78'
Klukowski 45'
Styche 74'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,787
Referee: G. Horwood
4 January 2013 25 Newport County 1–1 Wrexham Newport
19:45 Porter 56' Wright 34' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Evans
12 January 2013 26 Lincoln City 2–4 Newport County Lincoln
15:00 Oliver 44'
Bush 78'
O'Connor 22' 37'
Willmott 40' 45'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 1,970
Referee: D. Handley
19 January 2013 27 Newport County 0–2 Barrow Newport
15:00 Flynn 41'
Rowe 68'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,107
Referee: L. Swabey
9 February 2013 28 Newport County 2–2 Tamworth Newport
15:00 Donnelly 1'
Anthony 26'
Hendrie 74'
Cunnington 90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,712
Referee: K. Johnson
12 February 2013 29 Newport County 2–0 Mansfield Town Newport
19:45 Sandell 66' (pen.)
Jolley 78'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,902
Referee: C. Breakspear
16 February 2013 30 Woking 1–3 Newport County Woking
15:00 Gavin McCallum 90+1' Minshull 19' 34'
Anthony 37'
Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: W. Barratt
23 February 2013 31 Newport County 2–1 Telford United Newport
15:00 Jolley 55'
Crow 75'
Trainer 90+1' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,761
Referee: L. Swabey
2 March 2013 32 Hyde 0–1 Newport County Hyde
15:00 Jolley 10' Stadium: Ewen Fields
Attendance: 640
Referee: G. Horwood
5 March 2013 33 Hereford United 2–3 Newport County Hereford
19:45 O'Keefe 42' (pen.) 75' (pen.) Minshull 72' 81'
Willmott 90+3'
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,519
Referee: R. Whitton
9 March 2013 34 Ebbsfleet United 1–1 Newport County Northfleet
15:00 Enver-Marum 55' Minshull 44' Stadium: Stonebridge Road
Attendance: 808
Referee: Breakspear
19 March 2013 35 Newport County 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers Newport
19:45 Sandell 30' Gash 27'
Dunkley 90+2'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,652
Referee: N. Kingsley
23 March 2013 36 Stockport County 1–0 Newport County Stockport
15:00 Minshull 60' (o.g.) Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 3,154
Referee: Barrett
26 March 2013 37 Southport 0–2 Newport County Southport
19:45 O'Connor 10'
Jolley 34'
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 606
Referee: S. Stockbridge
28 March 2013 38 Gateshead 0–0 Newport County Boston
19:45 Stadium: York Street
Attendance: 227
Referee: Ford
30 March 2013 39 Newport County 0–0 Dartford Newport
15:00 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,111
Referee: Horwood
1 April 2013 40 Nuneaton Town 1–2 Newport County Nuneaton
15:00 Forsdick 15' Willmott 58'
Armson 77' (o.g.)
Stadium: Liberty Way
Attendance: 1,068
Referee: Handley
5 April 2013 41 Cambridge United 0–0 Newport County Cambridge
19:45 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 2,012
Referee: Whitton
9 April 2013 42 Newport County 1–0 Braintree Town Newport
19:45 Washington 48' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Breakspear
11 April 2013 43 Newport County 4–1 Macclesfield Town Newport
19:45 Jolley 24'
Sandell 41' (pen.)
Willmott 45' 65'
Burgess 3' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,606
Referee: Huxtable
13 April 2013 44 Newport County 2–0 Alfreton Town Newport
15:00 Jolley 45'
Anthony 67'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Johnson
16 April 2013 45 Luton Town 2–2 Newport County Luton
19:45 Gray 12' 79' Jolley 52' 84' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 5,125
Referee: Bull
20 April 2013 46 Grimsby Town 3–0 Newport County Cleethorpes
17:15 Devitt 18'
Thanoj 24'
Hearn 44'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,555
Referee: Ford

Play-offs

[edit]
24 April 2013 1st Leg Grimsby Town 0–1 Newport County Cleethorpes
19:45 Report Yakubu 89' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5,414
Referee: Graham Horwood
28 April 2013 2nd Leg Newport County 1–0
(2–0 agg.)
Grimsby Town Newport
16:30 Jolley 31' Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 6,615
Referee: Kinsley

Final

Wrexham
Newport County
GK 24 Wales Chris Maxwell
RB 2 England Stephen Wright
CB 32 England David Artell
CB 6 England Martin Riley
LB 3 England Neil Ashton
RM 8 England Jay Harris downward-facing red arrow 89'
CM 12 England Dean Keates (C) downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 14 England Joe Clarke
LM 16 England Johnny Hunt
CF 10 England Brett Ormerod Yellow card 64'
CF 11 England Andy Morrell downward-facing red arrow 69'
Substitutes:
GK 13 England Andy Coughlin
DF 23 England Chris Westwood
MF 17 England Glen Little upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 7 Poland Adrian Cieslewicz upward-facing green arrow 69'
FW 31 Nigeria Dele Adebola upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
England Andy Morrell
GK 40 England Lenny Pidgeley
CB 5 Wales Tony James
CB 6 England Ismail Yakubu
CB 21 Wales Byron Anthony
RM 2 Wales David Pipe (C)
CM 8 England Lee Minshull
CM 30 England Alex Gilbey Yellow card 79'
CM 17 Wales Michael Flynn downward-facing red arrow 74'
LM 13 England Andy Sandell
CF 23 England Christian Jolley
CF 9 England Danny Crow downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Northern Ireland Alan Julian
DF 3 Wales Andrew Hughes
MF 26 England Scott Donnelly upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 7 England Aaron O'Connor upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 24 England Robbie Willmott
Manager:
England Justin Edinburgh

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

FA Cup

[edit]
20 October 2012 4Q Yate Town 3–3 Newport County Yate
15:00 Knighton 50'
Page 54'
Groves 69'
Louis 6'
O'Connor 89'
James 90+3'
Stadium: Lodge Road
Attendance: 1,190
Referee: M. Bull
23 October 2012 4QR Newport County 1–3 (a.e.t.) Yate Town Newport
19:45 O'Connor 43'
Pipe Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 65'
Pidgeley Yellow card 71'
Evans Yellow card 101'
Page Yellow card 44'
Knighton 71' (pen.)
Wring Yellow card 85'
Thomas 110'
Groves 115'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,463
Referee: P. Rees

FA Trophy

[edit]
24 November 2012 1 Welling United 2–0 Newport County Welling
15:00 Healy 37'
Martin 58'
Stadium: Park View Road
Attendance: 482
Referee: Chris Powell

League table

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Mansfield Town 46 30 5 11 92 52 +40 95 Champions, promoted
2 Kidderminster Harriers 46 28 9 9 82 40 +42 93 Play-offs
3 Newport County 46 25 10 11 85 60 +25 85 Play-off winners, promoted
4 Grimsby Town 46 23 14 9 70 38 +32 83 Play-offs
5 Wrexham 46 22 14 10 74 45 +29 80 Play-offs
6 Hereford United 46 19 13 14 73 63 +10 70
7 Luton Town 46 18 13 15 70 62 +8 67
8 Dartford 46 19 9 18 67 63 +4 66
9 Braintree Town 46 19 9 18 63 72 −9 66
10 Forest Green Rovers 46 18 11 17 63 49 +14 65
11 Macclesfield Town 46 17 12 17 65 70 −5 63
12 Woking 46 18 8 20 73 81 −8 62
13 Alfreton Town 46 16 12 18 69 74 −5 60
14 Cambridge United 46 15 14 17 68 69 −1 59
15 Nuneaton Town 46 14 15 17 55 63 −8 57
16 Lincoln City 46 15 11 20 66 73 −7 56
17 Gateshead 46 13 16 17 58 61 −3 55
18 Hyde 46 16 7 23 63 75 −12 55
19 Tamworth 46 15 10 21 55 69 −14 55
20 Southport 46 14 12 20 72 86 −14 54
21 Stockport County 46 13 11 22 57 80 −23 50 Relegated
22 Barrow 46 11 13 22 45 83 −38 46 Relegated
23 Ebbsfleet United 46 8 15 23 55 89 −34 39 Relegated
24 Telford United 46 6 17 23 52 79 −27 35 Relegated
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Into play-offs
Relegated
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Newport County 2–0 Bristol Rovers". Newport County A.F.C. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Newport Museum & Art Gallery Exhibition: Newport County AFC – 100 Years of Football". Newport City Council.
  3. ^ a b "Wrexham 0–2 Newport". BBC Sport. 5 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Newport County move to the Dragon's lair at Rodney Parade". BBC Sport. 1 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Millionaire Les Scadding takes over as Newport County chairman". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "Newport County extend Rodney Parade stay". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ Hughes, Dewi (5 May 2013). "Wrexham 0–2 Newport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Newport County AFC awarded freedom of the city" (PDF). Newport City Council. 17 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Mansfield 3–4 Newport". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Newport 4–0 Nuneaton". BBC Sport. 14 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Newport 2–0 Hereford". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Five-star County land award for boss Edinburgh". Football Conference. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Wrexham 2–0 Newport". BBC Sport. 1 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Dartford 2–1 Newport". BBC Sport. 4 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Newport 0–0 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 29 September 2012.
  16. ^ "Newport 1–3 Hyde". BBC Sport. 17 November 2012.
  17. ^ "Newport 3–1 Gateshead". BBC Sport. 1 December 2012.
  18. ^ "Kidderminster 3–2 Newport". BBC Sport. 8 December 2012.
  19. ^ "Forest Green 1–2 Newport". BBC Sport. 26 December 2012.
  20. ^ "Newport 0–5 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 1 January 2013.
  21. ^ "Newport 1–1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 4 January 2013.
  22. ^ "Lincoln 2–4 Newport". BBC Sport. 12 January 2013.
  23. ^ "Newport 0–2 Barrow". BBC Sport. 19 January 2013.
  24. ^ "Newport 2–0 Mansfield". BBC Sport. 12 February 2013.
  25. ^ "Hereford 2–3 Newport". BBC Sport. 5 March 2013.
  26. ^ "Newport 1–2 Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 19 March 2013.
  27. ^ "Stockport 1–0 Newport". BBC Sport. 23 March 2013.
  28. ^ "Southport 0–2 Newport". BBC Sport. 26 March 2013.
  29. ^ "Gateshead 0–0 Newport". BBC Sport. 28 March 2013.
  30. ^ "Newport 0–0 Dartford". BBC Sport. 30 March 2013.
  31. ^ "Nuneaton 1–2 Newport". BBC Sport. 1 April 2013.
  32. ^ "Cambridge 0–0 Newport". BBC Sport. 5 April 2013.
  33. ^ "Newport 1–0 Braintree". BBC Sport. 9 April 2013.
  34. ^ "Newport 4–1 Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 11 April 2013.
  35. ^ "Newport 2–0 Alfreton". BBC Sport. 13 April 2013.
  36. ^ "Luton 2–2 Newport". BBC Sport. 16 April 2013.
  37. ^ "Grimsby 3–0 Newport". BBC Sport. 20 April 2013.
  38. ^ "Grimsby 0–1 Newport". BBC Sport. 24 April 2013.
  39. ^ "Newport 1–0 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 28 April 2013.
  40. ^ "Newport promoted to The League". The Football League. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  41. ^ "Yate Town 3–3 Newport County". Newport County A.F.C. 20 October 2012.
  42. ^ "Newport County 1–3 Yate Town". Newport County A.F.C. 23 October 2012.
  43. ^ "Welling United 2–0 Newport County". Newport County A.F.C. 24 November 2012.