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The Opponent:   Newport County

Not much left to say about Saturday apart from wow. We sit 4th in the League and rightfully so, which in one sense reels out the old cliché, “I don’t care if we go out tonight, concentrate on the league”, which is all very true as we want out of League 1 as soon as possible,, but on the other hand, we don’t want us to lose any games, especially against the Welsh.

Newport has been a port since medieval times, when a castle was built by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, immediately upstream, and gained its first charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern valleys of South Wales. Until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. It was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839 led by the Chartists. During the 20th century, the docks declined in importance, but Newport remained an important centre for manufacturing and engineering.   It was granted city status in 2002 and even hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010. Newport is the 3rd largest city in Wales. At the mouth of the River Usk, the Sims Metal Management plant hosts the world's largest industrial shredder for scrap metal with access by road, rail and sea. The plant, which is also the world's largest car crusher which was featured in the TV series, How do they do it.

Last Time Out –  Shrewsbury 0 Newport 0. The battle of the Welsh lower league powerhouses proved to be rather dull.
Starting XI –  Day, Jones, Hughes, Poole (Jackson), Chapman, Byrne, Minshull, Sandell, Willmott, Piggot, Zebroski. I’m guessing that must be journeyman local Chris Zebroski?

They have served us both – Andy Gurney, Ashan Holgate, Stuart James. Jimmy Kelso, Louis Lean, Billy Lucas, Alan Mayes, Louis Page, Ken Stroud, Rod Thomas, Jack Webb, Bert Young, Bobby Woodruff, Gary Thorne, Chris Taylor, Bob Scott, Ken McPherson, Gary Marshall, Norman Low, Alec Lambie, Steve Jenkins, Wynne Hooper, Jon Hallworth, Bobby Weale, Pat Terry, Michael Smith, Kevin Moore, Harry Martin, Syd Lowry, Ray Lawrance, Dai Jones, Ralph Hunt, Tom Helsby, Steve Aizelwood, Paul Bodin, Lance Carr, Gary Emmanuel, Mark Draycott, Steve Cowe, David Cole, George Barker, Jimmy Gilligan, Arthur Briggs, Roy Carter, Bob Collins, David Cunningham, Dai Edwards, Will Evans, Howard Goddard, Steve Berry, Charlie Griffin, Alex Ferguson, John Emanuel, Albert Derrick, Chris Collins, William Chivers, Jack Brinton.

One From The Past – December 26th 1980 – Att 7’086. Newport 0 Swindon 2. A goal in either half from Chris Kamara and Russell Lewis made it a happy journey home for the travelling fans. Both teams were battling near the wrong end of Division Three at the time.

The Odds –  Newport 5/2 Draw 12/5 Swindon 11/8

The Son Says – After the thrashing of The Blades, he seems confident we will keep scoring hatfuls. 3-0 victory.

The Prediction – Tougher than it looks on paper, big night for Ty Belford, good luck. 0-2 win, goals from Smith and Kasim, 2’980 in attendance with 444 from Swindon.

And Finally – As part of the city's "Big Splash" festival, on 30 August 2010, 45-year-old French circus star Olivier Roustan from Toulouse, performed the highest ever wirewalk in Europe, along the top cable of the Newport City Footbridge. Sod that.


COYR COYR COYR COYR

Kasim is suspended.

 Wynne Hooper in the "they served us both"  :(  Wynne would have to be up in my top 5 worse ever players.

The first time I clapped eyes on him, he came on as sub in a 0-4 home defeat to Posh in in 77, and was terrible. A shame because we'd been on a decent run and had on paper a decent side...Wynne followed it up 3 days later with a start at Selhurst Park and an 0-5 defeat....what was Danny Williams thinking?  Danny, didn't get them all right, in the same way our present lot don't get them all right....the secret is get more right than you get wrong.

Moral of the story, beware of players called Hooper.....see Dean.

Also didn't Robert Woodruff play for Newport as well as 1 game for us.  Dad Bobby, would in this day and age be an STFC hero for his 180 appearances, who it was reckoned had the longest throw in, in English football.

His spirit will motivate someone else.

You are correct with the Woodruff's Reg.

Dean Hooper was mighty quick - that sums up his prowess as a player.

0-1, 1899, 524 travelling Reds, Williams would be an appropriate scorer

Sept 86 last time town were in Newport for a game.
2 all, Wade with both.
We got promotion that year they were on the slide to obscurity.

Was there for that one, hired z hire van which we went clubbing that night to Brizzle in.
Happy days.

New ground this one for me and expecting town to be strong enough even with changes for  2 nil win. Williams brace.
1950 with 600 English in attendance.

Who were the other four Reg?

Only went to Somerton Park once, a 0-0 or 0-1 defeat in D4 days followed by a poisonous pint of Brain's bitter on the way home. Bad barrel, or does it always taste like sick?

Enjoyed our previous two runs in this competition but won't be overly bothered if we go out tonight.

The most important thing about tonight is to come out of it without any injures/suspensions. I would rest entire starting XI from Saturday if it was allowed. Barnsley game is 10 times more important.

Normally want to see us win every game, but I'd also settle for the above tonight.

0-1
Att: 1,422 (533)

Newport has a lovely RSPB reserve. Supposedly a great place to see bearded tit...

It's ok saying you don't mind if we lose and consider the barnsley game more important,but surely if we're going to play Belford,Reeves,Williams,Lelan etc,then you don't want them having their confidence dented. A win will keep the run going and I think we will have too much for Newport. 2-0 Reeves free-kick and Barker

Reeves has given a taste of  what he is about and look forward to seeing him over a full 90 minutes.

Barker??  cloud cuckoo land!!  I suppose he must score at some point in his career - tonight would be as good a chance as any if he gets on.

Barker used to play for them aswell i think, not very well mind

With the way we're playing and the squad we have, we should really be winning this easily. 3-0 with a Williams brace and a goal from Reeeeeeeeves, who I am really looking forward to getting a full 90 mins as his cameo on Saturday was bloody impressive.

Expect to see Lelan, Barker, and maybe even a youth/development squad member or two in there tonight.

So did Michael Smith he got 4 in 9 games for them.

Hopefully Barker gets a start and a proper chance to priove himself. Already had a titful of people writing him off based on 20 minute cameos here & there!

I hope Barker scores. His last goal was for Great Ormsby Comprehensive under 13's. He deserves a chance.  ;)

Well we've already sold about 450 so I think it'll be 1-3 after going 1-0 down. With an attendance of 1,845 (594).

What re the rules on how many players we have to play from our last game

5 changes maximum from starting 11.

Kasim
Luongo
Wes
Branco
Smith

I can see being the ones to sit out

3-1 win!

Draw

Think that's accurate. Is Gladwin injured? Could see him coming in alongside King Louis and Reeeeeves in midfield. Belford in for Wes, Lelan for Branco, probably Barker for Smith and then Williams on the bench.

It's still not exactly a shit team lads.

Gladwin's out for another few weeks. He tore ligaments off his ankle. He's currently training with 'light running'.

I'm just sat here at work clock watching with my Town shirt on my desk... THIS IS UNBEARABLE

COME ON BOYS!!! COYR

jeeez....is this the final or the first round against newport away in front of less than 2k fans?

I like JayBox's enthusiasm...what's the point of being a fan if you can't get a bit excited?

I'm pretty excited. I even put some new batteries in the radio.

Well there you go....do you have any spares at the ready, just in case you bought a dud?

Nowt wrong with getting excited for a game. I just can't imagine what he is like before a big match.

Yeah leave him alone, it's nice to see enthusiasm. A few more weeks on here will knock that out of him ;)

I remember when I had such enthusiasm about football.

Halcyon days.

If you are going then fine...if you are not please withdraw this statement!

Corrected for you.

It's my first away day of the season which helps raise the profile of tonight's game.

But I'm sure a few years of "shut the fuck up" and "what's the point, we're fucking bollocks" being spewed at my on here will bring me back down to the regular level.

You didn't want to know me when we played Chelsea or beat QPR. Get a few drinks and I'm singing in the pub. Less so recently because my mates have caught on that it was becoming a regular occurrence and nip it straight in the bud with "don't start singing football songs."

Would be good to meet some of you tonight if you're about.

TBF, I really look forward to the home games - excited is probably a bit much - and I may get a little damp when Shitty come calling.

Yeovil away will be one of very few away games for me until, and unless, we remain there or thereabouts for a while.

Getting a knee replacement in early Jan so not sure how that will impact on attending

After Lord Mayors show....through in ET

Adver are saying we are playing Chesterfield in the next round if we win..

Time to put the adver down. It's the best thing for it. ><

We're playing Plymouth if we go through. Which is probably another away game for me to not be allowed to get excited about!

Ha the dumbasses have changed it now, I cant believe how inept they are now, shocking.

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A few lads got on the train at Swindon. Will there be a fire drill about 2120 as people head for the last train? I had to use loyalty points for a hotel in Bristol and a £7 megabus back to London in the morning to get this new ground.

You fucking hid it well.

Made me chuckle :D

No ET...goes straight to pens.

Flash is going in fancy dress, he missed "costume" on the end of his sentence  :)

2-0 town - Williams x2 1,418 with 489 from swindon

I'm not that excited  :)

On the train as I type. Went to the pub from work and had all the jäger-bombs. Now with beer on the train... COME ON TOWN!!!!!

Belford, Lelan, Thompson N (C), Turnbull, Byrne, Barthram, Reeves, Thompson L, Smith B, Obika, Williams

Subs: Foderingham, Marshall, Rodgers, Waldon, Barker

Are you on the bus ;)

I like this bloke.

Team's pretty much what we expected, minus Barker's benching. Presume Barthram will be in central midfield with Thompson and Reeeeeeeves?

JayBox is ace. I'd like to go for a few beers with him, he sounds like great fun.

Suddenly, Louis Thompson is the experienced head in the midfield...times have changed quickly!

Glad I've endeared myself to you. >< I got told my music taste was 'bent' when I uploaded that goals montage ><.

See you all there. I'll be the pissed guy.

Shame we only have him for one more season, he has come on in leaps and bounds in 2 years.

Still possible he might be here next season if us and Norwich go up, as cant they only have 25 registered?

he's better than his brother for sure

Sky bet are offering silly prices on Town tonight, not on a straight win but i got Obika to score first & town to win 3-0 @80/1. 11/2 on Obika & Williams both to score.
So i am going for a 3-0 win with Obika to score first & also Williams & i don't care who gets the 3rd.

Yeah that was me :) Your music taste is still bent. Enjoy the game.

That's what I get for spending all those hours in a car with you.

2-0 town Reeves scores first. 100-1, will take that.

Louis Thompson & 2-0 135/1, that is worth £2.00

Postby Exile 1976 » September 23rd, 2014, 7:26 pm

One CB and he's only 16. Zoiks. This could be a tonking. Nevermind, maybe that'll put the scouts off Poole

They don't seem to confident with the back 4 looks like they have made as many changes as us

I've done Arsenal, Norwich and Sheff Utd all to score 2 or more at 8/1

Barker on for Byrne is that cooper being clever or is byrne injured?

Sneaky fucker

I loved that goal montage, can you stick another link on ?

We don't sound at the races yet tonight, sounds mostly Newport controlling things so far.

I think we sound alright considering the changes. Brad Smith and Williams already missed good chances.

Obika's just done a Sabin...

And now Obika's missed one!

Reeves hits the bar, it's almost like he knows I have money on him...

Barker sounding lively...

Not having much luck so far.

there he goes again...

Obiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Obika 4 games in a row

Get in Beeker....got the record.

Obikaaaaaaaaaaa

5 in 4 boom!

£10 at 5/1 on obika first goal scorer

JayBox must be tripping right now

put down £600 at 11/2 on Obika first scorer  :pint:

3900 quid winnings?

Jammy cunt

Are you glad all over?

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Fair play if true, but don't believe it for a second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaGNAL_u-SU

what record?

First player ever to score in his first 4 games for the Town.

But, but, but.....2011 man, 2011.

Loan games dont count?

Apparently not.

oh

2-0

Too good too be true...

andy "adje" williams!!!!!!!!

Easyyyyy.

Created by Anton Rogers according to Sky

Not according to Shaun Hodgetts :)

1-2

FFS 2-1

This week's Adver Mis-spelt Ex-Town Player is Chris "Zebrowski". Will they be able to keep it up all season I wonder? They've really never heard of any of these have they?

Hooooray, never in doubt

Get in!!! My JPT prediction remains in tact!!! Sounds like we should have been 4/5-0 up before they got an inevitable goal. Plymouth away will be tricky but I'd back us to get through

Yayyy

A good bet this season might well be both teams to score, Swindon to win.
Usually around 3/1 - 4/1 odds. (4/1 for Saturday at Barnsley)

1822 attendance

Just saw that Barker hit the Inside of the post late on as well.

Get the fuck in. Monkey @ 5/4......☺

I've lived up here 20 years and still don't know what a monkey amounts to?

Good result.

Oh...Fair play to the Newport fans who, in the face of adversity, and facing defeat, continued to sing and tried to maintain an atmosphere. If only....

Fair play IF true, but I suspect this is bullshit  :hmmm:

£50 - hardly going to make that up

Oops £500

How did Bath get on?

Played well for the most part, tried to lose it at the end with loose passes but managed to hold on. Should have scored more. Reeves and barker both looked decent to me. Decent turnout + atmosphere from our lot.

Belford is a cheeky bastard, great skill from him

I read that a really drunken man was escorted out by the stewards, he could barely stand  :sherlock:

Pissed the first half should have had a hatfull
Let them play second half and hit them on the break for the second.
After that they pressed and we fucked about passing the ball across the box and back to Belford far too many times.
I guess they deserved the goal, they missed a couple when easier to score too.

Decent turnout on a Tuesday from the town fans
Bedtime now  :zzz:

Here you go....

Archer       = £2000
Bag of Sand  = £1000
Grand        = £1000
Monkey       = £500
Carpet       = £300 in car dealing,
Ton          = £100
Carpet       = £30
Pony         = £25
Macaroni     = £25
Apple Core   = £20
Score        = £20      
Speckled Hen = £10
Uncle Ben    = £10
Nigel Ben    = £10
Paul McKenna = £10
Ayrton Senna = Tenner = £10
Lady Godiva  = Fiver = £5
Taxi Driver  = Fiver = £5

Hope that helps :-)

I've lived here 30... Maybe those extra ten years of financial astuteness have made the diff

Well I enjoyed that as a night.

We made fucking hard work of it though...should of been out of sight at halftime.

What the fuck has Barker got to do to score? Even I felt for him tonight...

Obika scoring again is a right result...goal machine!

Oh yeah..parked in Harrow road and invited ourselves into the St Julian's HIgh School old boys Social Club......excellent welcome....

That was fun, should have been out of sight by half-time really, the first ten
minutes had me in mind to create a game titled 'flappy belford'

seems Byrne was tried in a new position for the opening 20 to see how he looked there, decent I think.  must have been a pre-arranged substitution to get by the jpt rules on starters.

Belford, after his shaky first ten seemed to really enjoy the evening, taking the piss in Kasim's absence

two gentlemen in the row in front of me had four quid on us, stoke, I think Southampton and another a away side this evening, all added up to a £1600 win, almost enough to treat everyone in the ground to a pint....

would have liked to have known the Swindon contingent of the crowd?

Just got home in Bath after a few post-match bevvies. Sorry to disappoint but I didn't get escorted out. The stewards were all really sound. Telling us if we managed to jump over the advertising board we deserved to be on the pitch. Had some banter with Belford all game & chatted with him after. Sound bloke. I'd feel if wes got swept away we'd be ok (after a while).

Great turn out from the town lads, see you all at Orient. Could do with a lift for it though... ;)

You like Black Dahlia Murder. You're alright by me.

According to someone on their forum, it was 524 (of which I was one).  Sounds about right.

648 apparently

Since most people don't get to the see the press links much these days, I thought this brief piece from Sam about last night was worth sharing:

www.swindonlinksport.com/swindon_sports_news/newporttownthings (http://www.swindonlinksport.com/swindon_sports_news/newporttownthings)

Also this tweet:

Ended up in that clubhouse, £2.80 a pint and the natives were friendly enough

Loving what I'm hearing about Jake Reeves. Sounds like another sublime piece of work in the market by Cooper/Power.

Yeah, he looked really bright. And he represents the top-knot when he plays. I don't feel alone anymore!

Needs to sort out his hair....nobody seems to have mentioned that Anton Rodgers got on. Looked a bit rusty, but did OK.

At the end last night night we probably had a smaller team than Barca on the park.

Yeah he's looked great when I've seen him, I hope they add another 18 months to his contract as he does seem to have fit in already.

You have one of them in a non-ironic fashion? Dear God...

What's a top knot?  ???

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Or Croydon facelift as its also known

Reeves compounds his error with an alice band. now Smeeton's 1st Rule is never have more than one player, with a headband in the side. Dossevi and Prutton proving why....

Aden Flint, just about showed that one was doable....but I feel in these days of austerity, a rule change is necessary and it should be zero players with a headband....harsh I know, but I'm thinking of the player here.

 :)

Oh dear  :(

Haha. I have relatively long hair and gets in my face when I play football so I have to knot it. It's getting more of a ponytail length now though, which is better. It's either I tie it up, or can't see. I'd rather look like a dick for an hour every Monday and get to play.

He needs an 'Andy Gurney' all over...

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That's a proper hair cut.

Brian Clough would never have allowed any of this long hair/alice band nonsense.

A short back and sides is perfectly acceptable.

Maybe the football league could send the hair stylist from Breaking Bad around every club to make them all the same...?

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Here is the playlist. September goals will be up on Sunday after the Barnsley game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CMVi2kGxIE&index=1&list=PLKrE4bZoaNAiEgVBjCKAFL9rgLAn8-2PZ

Ahh, I thought you meant as a lifestyle choice!

Here's the highlights from the night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z58Y0lXIJ5k

 Another thing that doesn't seem to have been mentioned is the fact that last night was the first time the referee's spray can was used in a Town game....history right there.

 Got to love the reaction of Town fans  :)

"Just like watching Brazil" when the spray was used the first time was probably the best chant last night.

Lord knows why it's not been brought in everywhere in the league yet.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zHUA7nb0eJE

Haha that is class.

It would take some confidence to do that! Especially as a #2 keeper. Fair play to him. I'm pretty confident with him as our #2, last season started a bit shaky, but he's good and experienced now.

Shame I can't make the Barnsley game!

Cracking pass for Williams' goal.

Very nice (when they go right)  Do Soccer Am, still do that "taxi" thing? If they do we might be hogging that this week, with that, and Yas from Saturday.

On page 34 of today's wonderful, fault-free  Swindon Advertiser they inform us the score was Newport 2 Swindon 1 - bet it was some fucking yellow-bellied tool in Oxford trying to wind us up!!  The paper has really gone downhill in the last few years.

Well a major cock up like that should really bang the nail in the coffin then. That's just idiocy whatever happened.

I don't bother reading it now.

Not likely...

 

What kind of idiot gets the score wrong in such a public setting??!

Eh Sonic? ;)

Ouch, burn  :blowup:

Super George Barker nearly got a goal too. It's coming...

That would be on the 'Show boating' bit. If he'd fucked it up, it would have been on the 'taxi' bit. Assume they still do both items, haven't seen it for years. It deserves to be on there though, sublime piece of skill.

Hasn't he played less than 10 games professionally? :hmmm:

He's had a whole season of training for full fitness, all the travelling, and yeah he hasn't had masses of game time exactly, but he's looking really sharp.

I take it you missed the Sammy the sea lion impression in the first ten minutes then.

In all honesty we missed the first 5-6 minutes. But you can't deny he kept us in the game at the end.

Too busy on the old  :pint: ?

I've seen enough of Belford to say that if Wes left, I'd just give him the job.

I've not seen enough of him to comment on his shot-stopping abilities, however his distribution is very good.
Reckon he fancies himself as bit of a Manuel Neuer, he should cut out the show boating - he is a second choice keeper for a League 1 team and would do well to remember that

Got to have fun with it, otherwise whats the point?  ;)

I like Belford, he seems to have a great personality and he's not a shit goalkeeper by any means but I'd be disappointed if he was number 1.

TBH though, anyone after Wes is gonna seem shit!

Jebus...

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Fuck that. I want to see him doing scorpion kicks next.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

Too fat!

he isn't good enough to be pissing around like that, one day he will get caught out.

Hahah! Unfortunately not. The train was delayed leaving Bath so we just missed kick off.

And nice totty. :eek:

I liked the one with the fucking great big harris....