2014–15_Newport_County_A.F.C._season

2014–15 Newport County A.F.C. season

2014–15 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County 2014–15 football season

The 2014–15 season was Newport County's second consecutive season in Football League Two, 62nd season in the Football League and 94th season of league football overall. They finished the season in 9th place, narrowly missing out on the play-offs.

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Season Review

League

The season started with three straight league defeats, including a 3–2 defeat at Morecambe where County were leading 2–0 at half time. However, with Newport lying just outside the relegation places they entered a run of form that saw them lose just two more games in the first half of the season. Highlights included home wins over Northampton Town, AFC Wimbledon, York City, Southend United, Stevenage and Plymouth Argyle; and away wins at Portsmouth, Dagenham & Redbridge, Bury, Carlisle United and Cheltenham Town. At the halfway point in the season County were in the play-off positions in 5th place, just three points from an automatic promotion spot.

In the new year, the good results kept coming: Home wins over Carlisle and Portsmouth put County in third place. However, there was speculation that County's success had led to interest in manager Justin Edinburgh from other clubs.[1] There had been approaches in the previous season: On 2 December 2013, County rejected an approach from Edinburgh's former club Portsmouth to be interviewed as a successor to Guy Whittingham as Portsmouth manager.[2] In January 2014 Edinburgh stated he had rebuffed an unofficial approach directly to himself to be considered as manager of Northampton Town[3] Following the win over Portsmouth, County had now lost three games in a row, as the speculation about Edinburgh's future grew. On 3 February Gillingham made an official approach, and on 7 February he was announced as the new Gills' boss. His departure was confirmed just two hours before kick-off at AFC Wimbledon and, under caretaker manager Jimmy Dack, County slipped to a fourth successive defeat.[4] County halted a run of four straight defeats with a 1–1 draw against Tranmere Rovers in Dack's first home game in charge. Despite the poor run of form Newport were still within the play-off positions, in 6th place.[5] However, with only five more wins in the remaining 16 games, County slipped out of the play-off places, eventually finishing 9th.

Results summary

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Last updated: 2 May 2015.
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Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: bbc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Squad statistics

Squad information

Caps and goals as at 10 May 2015 as per Soccerbase.

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Transfers

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Loans in

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Managerial statistics

Only competitive games from the 2014–15 season are included.
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Match details

Pre-season friendlies

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League Two

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Two
9 August 2014 1 Newport County 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Murphy 40'
Cowan-Hall 44'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,634
Referee: Peter Bankes
16 August 2014 2 Morecambe 3–2 Newport County Morecambe
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Ellison 58', 63'
Mullin 84'		 Report
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Report		 Chapman 27'
O'Connor 29'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,506
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
19 August 2014 3 Mansfield Town 1–0 Newport County Mansfield
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Clements 2' Report
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Report		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,448
Referee: Darren Bond
23 August 2014 4 Newport County 1–1 Burton Albion Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Zebroski 37' Report
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Report		 Mousinho 51' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,872
Referee: Kevin Johnson
30 August 2014 5 Portsmouth 0–1 Newport County Portsmouth
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Sandell 84' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,191
Referee: Lee Collins
8 September 2014 6 Newport County 1–1 Cambridge United Newport
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Willmott 90' Report
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Report		 Chadwick 48' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,594
Referee: Steve Martin
13 September 2014 7 Newport County 3–2 Northampton Town Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Zebroski 18'
Jones 33'
Minshull 53'		 Report
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Report		 D'Ath 76'
Richards 85'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,875
Referee: Chris Sarginson
16 September 2014 8 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Newport County Tranmere
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 3,948
Referee: Paul Tierney
20 September 2014 9 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Newport County Shrewsbury
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,904
Referee: Darren Handley
27 September 2014 10 Newport County 4–1 AFC Wimbledon Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Yakubu 18'
Pigott 46', 65'
O'Connor 91'		 Report
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Report		 Akinfenwa 78' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,804
Referee: Darren Deadman
4 October 2014 11 Oxford United 1–0 Newport County Oxford
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Collins 40' Report
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Report		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,072
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
11 October 2014 12 Newport County 3–1 York City Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Hughes 51'
Zebroski 65'
Jones 72'		 Report
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Report		 De Girolamo 7' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,822
Referee: Carl Berry
18 October 2014 13 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 Newport County Dagenham
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Zebroski 90' Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,654
Referee: Tim Robinson
21 October 2014 14 Newport County 1–0 Southend United Newport
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Byrne 74' Report
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Attendance: 2,558
Referee: Keith Hill
25 October 2014 15 Newport County 1–1 Accrington Stanley Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Pigott 72' Report
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Report		 Maguire 62' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Mark Haywood
1 November 2014 16 Hartlepool United 2–2 Newport County Hartlepool
15:00 UTC Walker 80'
Duckworth 87'		 Report
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Report		 Zebroski 38'
O'Connor 57'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,172
Referee: Mark Brown
16 November 2014 17 Newport County 2–2 Exeter City Newport
15:00 UTC Klukowski 49'
Porter 51'		 Report
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Report		 Nichols 22' (pen.)
Cummins 40'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,070
Referee: Scott Mathieson
22 November 2014 18 Bury 1–3 Newport County Bury
15:00 UTC Rose 61' Report
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Report		 O'Connor 3', 43', 93' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,166
Referee: Carl Boyeson
29 November 2014 19 Carlisle United 2–3 Newport County Carlisle
15:00 UTC Potts 52'
Amoo 90+8'		 Report
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Report		 Klukowski 9'
Yakubu 47'
Jeffers 90+2'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,642
Referee: Peter Bankes
13 December 2014 20 Newport County 2–0 Stevenage Newport
15:00 UTC O'Connor 26'
Jones 45'		 Report
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Report		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,976
Referee: Brendan Malone
20 December 2014 21 Luton Town 3–0 Newport County Luton
15:00 UTC Wilkinson 4'
Rooney 51'
Howells 90+3'		 Report
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Report		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,383
Referee: Darren Drysdale replaced by Dave Bushell
26 December 2014 22 Newport County 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Newport
15:00 UTC Zebroski 8'
Byrne 82'		 Report
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Report		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,020
Referee: Stephen Martin
28 December 2014 23 Cheltenham Town 0–1 Newport County Cheltenham
15:00 UTC Report
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Report		 Zebroski 11' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,417
Referee: Iain Williamson
3 January 2015 24 Newport County 2–1 Carlisle United Newport
15:00 UTC Chapman 45' (pen.)
Minshull 70'		 Report
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Report		 Meppen-Walter 11' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,273
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
10 January 2015 25 Newport County 1–0 Portsmouth Newport
15:00 UTC Byrne 68' Report
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Report		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,575
Referee: Michael Bull
17 January 2015 26 Cambridge United 4–0 Newport County Cambridge
15:00 UTC McGeehan 12', 64'
Kaikai 43'
Hughes 79'		 Report
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Report		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,076
Referee: Stuart Attwell
24 January 2015 27 Northampton Town 3–0 Newport County Northampton
15:00 UTC Cresswell 13'
O'Toole 29'
D'Ath 82'		 Report
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Report		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,226
Referee: Darren Deadman
31 January 2015 28 Newport County 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Newport
15:00 UTC Report
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Report		 Akpa Akpro 77' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,706
Referee: James Linington
7 February 2015 29 AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Newport County Kingston upon Thames
15:00 UTC Akinfenwa 11', 72' Report
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Report		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 3,817
Referee: Dean Whitestone
10 February 2015 30 Newport County 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Newport
19:45 UTC Byrne 83' Report
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Report		 Donnelly 45' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,327
Referee: Robert Lewis
14 February 2015 31 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Newport County High Wycombe
15:00 UTC Onyedinma 55' Report
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Report		 Klukowski 20', 79' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Michael Bull
21 February 2015 32 Newport County 0–1 Morecambe Newport
15:00 UTC Report
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Report		 Redshaw 8' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,883
Referee: Andy D'Urso
28 February 2015 33 Burton Albion 0–1 Newport County Burton upon Trent
15:00 UTC Report
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Report		 Storey 59' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Andrew Madley
3 March 2015 34 Newport County 0–1 Mansfield Town Newport
19:45 UTC Report
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Report		 Lambe 87' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,481
Referee: Andy Davies
7 March 2015 35 Stevenage 2–1 Newport County Stevenage
15:00 UTC Lee 31'
Dembélé 67'		 Report
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Report		 Chapman 88' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,941
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 March 2015 36 Newport County 1–1 Cheltenham Town Newport
19:45 UTC Storey 38' Report
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Report		 Burns 13' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,951
Referee: Wayne Barratt
17 March 2015 37 Newport County 1–0 Luton Town Newport
19:45 UTC O'Connor 21' Report
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Report		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,536
Referee: Brendan Malone
21 March 2015 38 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Newport County Plymouth
15:00 UTC Report
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Report		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 6,847
Referee: Charles Breakspear
27 March 2015 39 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Newport County Accrington
19:45 UTC Report
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Report		 O'Connor 66'
Jeffers 90+5'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,111
Referee: Kevin Wright
3 April 2015 40 Newport County 2–2 Hartlepool United Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Jones 44'
O'Connor 48'		 Report
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Report		 Minshull 15' (o.g.)
Hugill 37'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,531
Referee: Kevin Johnson
6 April 2015 41 Exeter City 2–0 Newport County Exeter
13:00 BST (UTC+1) Wheeler 77'
Harley 90+1' (pen.)		 Report
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Report		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,478
Referee: Gavin Ward
11 April 2015 42 Newport County 0–2 Bury Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Lowe 21'
Nardiello 88'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Oliver Langford
14 April 2015 43 Southend United 2–0 Newport County Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Bolger 45'
McLaughlin 51'		 Report
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Report		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 5,480
Referee: Robert Lewis
18 April 2015 44 Newport County 2–3 Dagenham & Redbridge Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Tutonda 90'
O'Connor 90'		 Report
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Report		 Hemmings 78'
Doidge 81'
Jakubiak 88'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,737
Referee: Andy Woolmer
25 April 2015 45 York City 0–2 Newport County York
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Tutonda 49'
Minshull 75'		 Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 3,459
Referee: Darren Deadman
2 May 2015 46 Newport County 0–1 Oxford United Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
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Report		 Roofe 30' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,295
Referee: Mark Heywood

Football League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup
12 August 2014 Round 1 Reading 3–1 Newport County Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Pogrebnyak 20'
Blackman 87'
Tanner 90'		 Report
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Report		 Jeffers 90' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: James Linington

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy
23 September 2014 Round 1 Newport County 1–2 Swindon Town Newport
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Klukowski 88' Report
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Report		 Obika 44'
Williams 62'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,822
Referee: Patrick Miller

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup
8 November 2014 Round 1 Luton Town 4–2 Newport County Luton
15:00 UTC Guttridge 40'
Benson 58'
Miller 77'
Howells 86'		 Report
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Report		 Klukowski 51'
O'Connor 64'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 3,656
Referee: Chris Sarginson

References

  1. [1]
    "Gillingham make approach for County manager Justin Edinburgh". South Wales Argus. 3 February 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Justin Edinburgh explains why he rejected Portsmouth approach – BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Justin Edinburgh 'approached to be Northampton boss' – BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Jimmy Dack remains positive despite defeat". South Wales Argus. 7 February 2015.
  5. [5]
    "We won't give up on promotion dream, says Jimmy Dack". South Wales Argus. 11 February 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Double delight at New Signings for County". Newport County. 20 May 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Welcome Back For New Signing". Newport County AFC. 30 May 2014.
  8. [8]
    "Byrne signs for County!". Newport County. 14 July 2014.
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    "County to sign Day". Newport County. 29 December 2014.
  10. [10]
    "Danny Crow leaves County". Newport County. 15 January 2015.
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    "Crow flies into the meadow". Lowestoft Town F.C. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015.
  12. [12]
    Newport county released players
  13. [13]
    Chapman joins Mansfield
  14. [14]
    Jones joins Forest Green players
  15. [15]
    Gills sign Jackson
  16. [16]
    "Joe Pigott signs for County". Newport County A.F.C. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  17. [17]
    "County swoop for Swans youngster on loan". South Wales Argus. 26 September 2014.
  18. [18]
    "Curtis Obeng signs on loan". Newport County A.F.C. 23 October 2014.
  19. [19]
    "James Loveridge signs on loan". Newport County A.F.C. 2 October 2014.
  20. [20]
    "Obeng makes Swansea return". TEAMtalk. 18 December 2014.
  21. [21]
    "Cardiff City youngster joins County on loan". South Wales Argus. 13 February 2015.
  22. [22]
    "David Tutonda extends stay with County". Newport County A.F.C. 17 March 2015.
  23. [23]
    "Pre Season Friendlies Announced". Newport County A.F.C. 2 May 2014.
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    "It's Jena in July". Newport County A.F.C. 2 May 2014.
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