2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
2017–18 season
Owner	Newport County AFC Supporters Trust
Chairman	Malcolm Temple (until 30 September 2017) & Gavin Foxall
Manager	Michael Flynn
Stadium	Rodney Parade
League Two	11th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Southern Group E
Top goalscorer	League: Pádraig Amond (13); All: Pádraig Amond (14)
Highest home attendance	9,836 v Tottenham Hotspur (27 January 2018) FA Cup round 4
Lowest home attendance	540 v Cheltenham Town (7 November 2017) EFL Trophy Southern Group E
Average home league attendance	3,489
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in Football League Two, 65th season in the Football League and 97th season of league football overall. They finished the season in 11th position in the league, and reached the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Season Review

League

The season began with three away matches in succession, as the Rodney Parade pitch was being relaid. Following two draws with Stevenage and Crewe Alexandra County found themselves in 16th place in the embryonic league table, the lowest they would ever be. The first visit to Coventry City since August 1961 resulted in a 1–0 win. In the homecoming game against Chesterfield Newport won 4–1 thanks to a 13-minute Frank Nouble hat-trick and County were now in 2nd place. Over the next 11 games, Newport remained in and around the play-off positions, recording five wins and two draws. However, County failed to record a win in the next four games, falling out of the play-off zone and extending the run to six games without a win in total. After this slump, form improved following the away win at Swindon Town, with only one loss in the next nine games. This included a run of three consecutive wins in January, culminating with a 2–1 win over Crawley Town that put County back in the play-offs in 5th place. This was not to last, as Newport then went winless for the next seven league games before recording their second 2–0 win of the season over Yeovil Town. The last ten games of the season saw only three more County victories, resulting in an 11th-place finish, with doubles over Cambridge United and Swindon Town, and victory over promoted Accrington Stanley along the way. During the season Newport managed the double against Grimsby Town, Crawley Town, Yeovil Town, Swindon Town and Cambridge United.

Cup

In the EFL Cup, County were drawn at home to League One Southend United in the first round. However, the fixture was switched to Roots Hall as the Rodney Parade pitch was still being relaid. County came away with a 2–0 victory as a result of a second-half brace from Shawn McCoulsky and were rewarded with a home draw against Championship side Leeds United. This too had to be switched to the away ground as Rodney Parade was still not ready. Despite taking the lead at Elland Road, County eventually lost 5–1 and were eliminated.

Newport were placed in Southern Group E for the EFL Trophy, alongside Forest Green Rovers, Swansea City U21s and Cheltenham Town. Losing 2–0, 2–1 and 2–1 respectively, County finished bottom of the group and failed to qualify for the knockout stage.

In the FA Cup, County were drawn at home to League One Walsall in the first round. Despite a late Walsall goal, goals from Frank Nouble and Shawn McCoulsky were enough to see Newport into the hat for the second round. County were again drawn at home, this time to fellow League Two side Cambridge United. Goals from captain Joss Labadie in the 2nd and 82nd minute gave Newport a 2–0 victory and passage to the third round. County were drawn at home to Leeds United for the second time this season, and this time the game was played at Rodney Parade. Gaetano Berardi scored in the 9th minute for Leeds, but in the 76th minute, Conor Shaughnessy put the ball into his own net to level the scores. With the clock ticking down to one minute remaining, Shawn McCoulsky leapt highest from a corner to head the winner, putting County into the fourth round for the first time since the 1978–79 season. In the fourth round, County were again drawn at home, this time to Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. In front of a Rodney Parade record crowd, Newport took the lead in the 38th minute courtesy of a Padraig Amond goal. Into the last 10 minutes, County were looking like recording a famous victory, only for Harry Kane to poke home an equaliser from an 82nd-minute corner. In the resulting replay at Wembley, Dan Butler conceded an own goal in the 26th minute, with Spurs' Erik Lamela adding a second on 34 minutes. That was the final score, with the 7,200 County fans in the crowd of 38,947 left to applaud the County players back to the dressing room.^[1]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	AM	Matt Dolan	Yeovil Town	Free	^[2]
1 July 2017	CF	Frank Nouble	Southend United	Free	^[3]
1 July 2017	RB	David Pipe	Eastleigh	Free	^[4]
1 July 2017	CF	Lamar Reynolds	Brentwood Town	Free	^[5]
1 July 2017	AM	Robbie Willmott	Chelmsford City	Free	^[4]
23 August 2017	CF	Pádraig Amond	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed	^[6]
17 October 2017	CF	Paul Hayes	Hemel Hempstead Town	Free	^[7]
5 January 2018	AM	Josh Sheehan	Swansea City	Free	^[8]
16 April 2018	CB	Jay Foulston	Youth system	—	^[9]
16 April 2018	CF	Momodou Touray	Youth system	—	^[9]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
24 August 2017	FW	Rhys Kavanagh	Bristol Rovers	Compensation	^[10]
4 September 2017	GK	Rhys Davies	Leicester City	Undisclosed	^[11]
12 January 2018	CF	Aaron Williams	Free agent	Released	^[12]
5 February 2018	FW	Sean Rigg	Free agent	Released	^[13]
21 February 2018	DF	Jazzi Barnum-Bobb	Free agent	Released	^[14]
18 June 2018	CM	Tom Owen-Evans	Falkirk	Undisclosed	^[15]
30 June 2018	GK	James Bittner	Free agent	Released	^[16]
30 June 2018	CF	Paul Hayes	Free agent	Released	^[16]
30 June 2018	CF	Marlon Jackson	Free agent	Released	^[16]
30 June 2018	LW	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	Free agent	Released	^[16]
30 June 2018	CB	Jamie Turley	Free agent	Released	^[16]
30 June 2018	MF	Ben Tozer	Free agent	Released	^[17]
30 June 2018	CF	Frank Nouble	Free agent	Released	^[18]
30 June 2018	MF	Joss Labadie	Free agent	Released	^[19]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
28 July 2017	CF	Shawn McCoulsky	Bristol City	1 January 2018	^[20]
1 August 2017	CB	Ben White	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2018	^[21]
10 August 2017	CM	Reece Cole	Brentford	29 September 2017	^[22]^[a]
18 August 2017	CF	Joe Quigley	AFC Bournemouth	1 January 2018	^[24]
4 January 2018	CF	Aaron Collins	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	^[25]
6 January 2018	FB	Tyler Reid	Swansea City	End of season	^[26]
18 January 2018	CM	Emmanuel Osadebe	Cambridge United	23 March 2018	^[27]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
2 August 2017	CB	Jamie Turley	Boreham Wood	30 June 2018	^[28]
15 August 2017	CF	Aaron Williams	Brackley Town	2 January 2018	^[29]
18 August 2017	FW	Momodou Touray	Merthyr Town	1 November 2017	^[30]
8 November 2017	RB	Jazzi Barnum-Bobb	Torquay United	7 January 2018	^[31]
4 January 2018	CF	Lamar Reynolds	Leyton Orient	End of season	^[32]
4 January 2018	MF	Evan Press	Undy Athletic	End of season	^[33]
4 January 2018	MF	Tom Savigar	Port Talbot Town	End of season	^[34]
28 February 2018	MF	Tom Owen-Evans	Truro City	End of season	^[35]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Newport County announced eight pre-season friendlies.^[36]^[37]^[38]

14 July 2017	Undy	1–1	Newport County	Undy
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Wood 56' (pen.)	Report	Bird 47'	Stadium: The Causeway

15 July 2017	Swindon Supermarine	3–4	Newport County	South Marston
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Thompson Bohane Campbell	Report	Reynolds Alexander o.g.' Willmott Jackson	Stadium: Webb's Wood Stadium

18 July 2017	Chippenham Town	1–2	Newport County	Chippenham
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Sandell 60'	Report	Willmott 6' Jackson 74'	Stadium: Hardenhuish Park

19 July 2017	Merthyr Town	1–1	Newport County	Merthyr Tydfil
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Fleetwood 83' (pen.)	Report	Trialist 15'	Stadium: Penydarren Park

22 July 2017	Gloucester City	1–4	Newport County	Evesham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Moore		Nouble Nouble Dolan Dolan	Stadium: Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium

25 July 2017	Barry Town United	2–0	Newport County	Barry
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	McLaggon 4', 22'	Report		Stadium: Jenner Park

29 July 2017	Northampton Town	2–1	Newport County	Northampton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Long Barnett	Report	Reynolds	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,346 Referee: Darren England

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Swindon Town	46	20	8	18	67	65	+2	68
10	Carlisle United	46	17	16	13	62	54	+8	67
11	Newport County	46	16	16	14	56	58	−2	64
12	Cambridge United	46	17	13	16	56	60	−4	64
13	Colchester United	46	16	14	16	53	52	+1	62

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	16	14	56	58	−2	64	9	10	4	32	24	+8	7	6	10	24	34	−10

Last updated: 23 January 2018..
Source: Statto.com

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D
Position	9	16	9	2	7	12	6	10	8	7	10	8	6	6	6	8	8	9	10	9	12	9	11	10	11	11	10	5	8	10	11	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	12	13	12	14	13	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 1	Stevenage	3–3	Newport County	Stevenage
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pett 11' Gorman 61' (pen.) Newton 72'	Report	Nouble 55' Demetriou 77' McCoulsky 90+4'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Martin Coy

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 2	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Newport County	Crewe
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dagnall 18'	Report	Nouble 13'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 3	Coventry City	0–1	Newport County	Coventry
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Cole 53'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,745 Referee: Paul Tierney

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 4	Newport County	4–1	Chesterfield	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Nouble 55', 66', 68' Amond 82'	Report	O'Grady 37'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,332 Referee: David Webb

2 September 2017 (2017-09-02) 5	Exeter City	1–0	Newport County	Exeter
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Holmes 57'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,193 Referee: John Brooks

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 6	Newport County	0–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,752 Referee: Ben Toner

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 7	Newport County	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Newport
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Amond 35'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 8	Morecambe	2–1	Newport County	Morecambe
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ellison 34', 80'	Report	Bennett 36'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Darren Drysdale

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 9	Newport County	1–0	Grimsby Town	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Amond 63'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,356 Referee: Antony Coggins

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 10	Crawley Town	1–2	Newport County	Crawley
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Connolly 30'	Report	Demetriou 40', 51'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,455 Referee: Craig Hicks

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 11	Luton Town	3–1	Newport County	Luton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sheehan 12' Hylton 22' (pen.) Hylton 35'	Report	Labadie 55'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,681 Referee: Mark Heywood

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07) 12	Newport County	2–0	Yeovil Town	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Amond 45' Labadie 55'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,689 Referee: Nick Kinseley

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 13	Forest Green Rovers	0–4	Newport County	Nailsworth
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Amond 14', 41' Bennett 78' McCoulsky 86'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,864 Referee: Carl Boyeson

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 14	Newport County	1–2	Colchester United	Newport
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McCoulsky 86'	Report	Jackson 72' Mandron 77'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,704 Referee: Darren England

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 15	Newport County	1–1	Mansfield Town	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McCoulsky 69'	Report	Rose 22'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,146 Referee: Charles Breakspear

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 16	Notts County	3–0	Newport County	Nottingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Grant 36', 55' Ameobi 52'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,019 Referee: Craig Hicks

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10) 17	Newport County	1–1	Port Vale	Newport
19:45 UTC	Dolan 54'	Report	Forrester 80'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,876 Referee: John Busby

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 18	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Newport County	Accrington
15:00 UTC	Wilks 88'	Report	Nouble 48'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,371 Referee: Darren Drysdale

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 19	Newport County	1–2	Barnet	Newport
19:45 UTC	White 73'	Report	Akinde 88' Coulthirst 90'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Michael Salisbury

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 20	Swindon Town	0–1	Newport County	Swindon
15:00 UTC		Report	Tozer 76'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,764 Referee: James Linington

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 21	Newport County	3–3	Carlisle United	Newport
15:00 UTC	McCoulsky 43' Dolan 56', 69'	Report	Joyce 46' Etuhu 52' Miller 62'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,176 Referee: Lee Swabey

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 22	Cambridge United	1–2	Newport County	Cambridge
15:00 UTC	Brown 72'	Report	McCoulsky 46' Labadie 90+4'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,632 Referee: Chris Sarginson

23 December 2017 23	Newport County	0–0	Lincoln City	Newport
15:00 UTC		Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,514 Referee: Brett Huxtable

26 December 2017 24	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	Newport County	High Wycombe
15:00 UTC	Tyson 15' Akinfenwa 78'	Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,629 Referee: Charles Breakspear

30 December 2017 25	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Newport County	Cheltenham
15:00 UTC	Eisa 77'	Report	Amond 55'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,637 Referee: Antony Coggins

1 January 2018 26	Newport County	2–1	Exeter City	Newport
15:00 UTC	Amond 6' Willmott 66'	Report	Stockley 52'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,318 Referee: Graham Horwood

13 January 2018 27	Grimsby Town	1–2	Newport County	Cleethorpes
15:00 UTC	Matt 80'	Report	Willmott 19' Nouble 56'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,397 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 January 2018 28	Newport County	2–1	Crawley Town	Newport
19:45 UTC	Amond 40' Demetriou 44' (pen.)	Report	Smith 48'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,741 Referee: Simon Hooper

23 January 2018 29	Newport County	1–1	Morecambe	Newport
19:45 UTC	Tozer 14'	Report	Rose 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Kevin Johnson

30 January 2018 30	Lincoln City	3–1	Newport County	Lincoln
19:45 UTC	Rhead 13' Green 51' Palmer 73'	Report	Amond 32'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 7,567 Referee: Scott Oldham

3 February 2018 31	Colchester United	2–0	Newport County	Colchester
15:00 UTC	Stevenson 59' Eastman 80'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 2,874 Referee: Gavin Ward

13 February 2018 32	Mansfield Town	5–0	Newport County	Mansfield
19:45 UTC	Rose 6' Potter 9', 28', 61' MacDonald 34'	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Ben Toner

17 February 2018 33	Newport County	0–0	Notts County	Newport
15:00 UTC		Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Robert Lewis

24 February 2018 34	Port Vale	0–0	Newport County	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 UTC		Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Tom Nield

6 March 2018 35	Newport County	3–3	Forest Green Rovers	Newport
19:45 UTC	Butler 9' Hayes 17', 38'	Report	Butler 6' (o.g.) Gunning 30' Collins 82'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Chris Sarginson

10 March 2018 36	Yeovil Town	0–2	Newport County	Yeovil
15:00 UTC		Report	Sheehan 57' Hayes 90+4'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Lee Collins

17 March 2018 37	Newport County	1–1	Luton Town	Newport
15:00 UTC	Sheehan 2'	Report	Potts 23'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Craig Hicks

24 March 2018 38	Newport County	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Newport
15:00 UTC	Demetriou 81'	Report	McKirdy 26' Bowery 60'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,638 Referee: Darren Handley

30 March 2018 39	Newport County	1–1	Coventry City	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Demetriou 40'	Report	Biamou 79'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,667 Referee: Dean Whitestone

7 April 2018 40	Newport County	0–1	Stevenage	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Whelpdale 43'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Ollie Yates

14 April 2018 41	Newport County	2–1	Swindon Town	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Amond 15' Tozer 35'	Report	Mullin 62'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,911 Referee: Charles Breakspear

21 April 2018 42	Barnet	2–0	Newport County	Edgware
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Coulthirst 10' Santos 82'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,816 Referee: Robert Lewis

24 April 2018 43	Newport County	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Newport
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Amond 30' Nouble 85'	Report	Kee 90'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,370 Referee: Lee Swabey

28 April 2018 44	Newport County	2–1	Cambridge United	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Demetriou 26' Nouble 59'	Report	Maris 81'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Graham Salisbury

1 May 2018 45	Chesterfield	1–0	Newport County	Chesterfield
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Dennis 71'	Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Gavin Ward

5 May 2018 46	Carlisle United	1–1	Newport County	Carlisle
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ellis 38'	Report	Amond 38'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,311 Referee: Mark Heywood

EFL Cup

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08) Round 1	Southend United	0–2	Newport County	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	McCoulsky 52', 58'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2,998 Referee: Antony Coggins

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) Round 2	Leeds United	5–1	Newport County	Leeds
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Roofe 44', 49', 65' Sáiz 78' Viera 89'	Report	Labadie 33'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,098 Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Swansea City U21 (Q)	3	3	0	6	2	+4	9	Round 2
2	L2	Forest Green Rovers (Q)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Round 2
3	L2	Cheltenham Town (E)	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	L2	Newport County (E)	3	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29) Southern Group E	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Newport County	Nailsworth
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Wishart 20' James 84'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,090

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03) Southern Group E	Newport County	1–2	Swansea City U21s	Newport
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McCoulsky 76'	Report	Gorré 70' Foulston 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 750 Referee: Brett Huxtable

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07) Southern Group E	Newport County	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Newport
19:30 UTC	Reynolds 48'	Report	Graham 3' Pell 11'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 540 Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Round 1	Newport County	2–1	Walsall	Newport
17:15 UTC	Nouble 17' McCoulsky 46'	Report	Bakayoko 77'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,701 Referee: Gavin Ward

3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) Round 2	Newport County	2–0	Cambridge United	Newport
14:00 UTC	Labadie 2', 82'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,748 Referee: Kevin Johnson

7 January 2018 (2018-01-07) Round 3	Newport County	2–1	Leeds United	Newport
12:00 UTC	Shaughnessy 76' (o.g.) McCoulsky 89'	Report	Berardi 9'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 6,887 Referee: Mike Dean

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) Round 4	Newport County	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newport
17:30 UTC	Amond 38'	Report	Kane 82'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 9,836 Referee: Roger East

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) Round 4 replay	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Newport County	London
20:00 UTC	Butler 26' (o.g.) Lamela 34'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 38,947 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Squad statistics

Source:^[39]^[40]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Newport County.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward


No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	ENG	Joe Day	46	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	54	0	0	0
2	DF	WAL	David Pipe	33 (2)	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	41 (2)	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Dan Butler	40 (4)	1	5	0	1	0	3	0	49 (4)	1	3	1
4	MF	ENG	Joss Labadie	24 (1)	3	4	2	1 (1)	1	0	0	29 (2)	6	9	1
6	DF	ENG	Ben White *	42	1	5	0	2	0	2	0	49	1	6	0
7	MF	ENG	Robbie Willmott	36 (3)	2	4 (1)	0	2	0	1	0	43 (4)	2	4	0
8	MF	ENG	Matthew Dolan	39 (1)	3	3 (2)	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	44 (2)	3	6	0
9	FW	IRL	Pádraig Amond	37 (6)	13	3 (2)	1	0	0	0 (3)	0	40 (11)	14	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Frank Nouble	38 (7)	9	5	1	0 (2)	0	0	0	43 (9)	10	9	0
11	FW	ENG	Lamar Reynolds	1 (9)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	5 (9)	1	1	0
12	MF	ENG	Ben Tozer	33 (6)	3	4	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	38 (7)	3	3	0
13	FW	ENG	Marlon Jackson	0 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (6)	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Jazzi Barnum-Bobb	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
15	FW	ENG	Shawn McCoulsky *	8 (19)	6	2 (3)	2	2	2	1	1	13 (22)	11	2	0
17	DF	ENG	Scot Bennett	21 (7)	2	3 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	28 (8)	2	2	0
18	DF	WAL	Jay Foulston	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
19 †	FW	ENG	Aaron Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Tyler Reid *	3 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (4)	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Tom Owen-Evans	3 (9)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6 (9)	0	2	0
21	MF	WAL	Lewis Collins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
22 †	MF	ENG	Reece Cole *	2 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	1	0	0
22	MF	IRL	Emmanuel Osadebe *	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
23	MF	WAL	Michael Flynn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	WAL	Momodou Touray	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
25	DF	IRL	Mark O'Brien	26 (2)	0	2 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	29 (4)	0	4	1
27	FW	ENG	Sean Rigg	9 (7)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	13 (8)	0	2	0
28	DF	ENG	Mickey Demetriou	46	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	46	7	5	0
29 †	FW	IRL	Joe Quigley *	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	3 (2)	0	1	0
30	GK	ENG	James Bittner	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
31	MF	WAL	Josh Sheehan	9 (4)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9 (4)	2	0	0
32	DF	ATG	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2 (2)	0	0	0
33	MF	WAL	Evan Press	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
34	MF	WAL	Tom Hillman	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	MF	WAL	Owen Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Paul Hayes	3 (10)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (10)	3	0	0
45	FW	WAL	Aaron Collins *	6 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (4)	0	0	0

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
16	DF	ENG	Jamie Turley

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