2010–11 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Newport County's first season back in the Conference National since the club was expelled mid-season in 1989. County confirmed promotion on 15 March the previous season — the first team in senior football in Britain to do so. The club finished the season in 9th place.

Newport County

2010–11 season
Chairman	Chris Blight
Manager	Dean Holdsworth (until 11 January) Tim Harris (caretaker from 13 January) Anthony Hudson (from 4 April)
Stadium	Newport Stadium
Conference National	9th
FA Cup	Fourth qualifying round
FA Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Reid (18) All: Craig Reid (18)
Highest home attendance	3,462 vs AFC Wimbledon (3 Jan 2011)
Lowest home attendance	1,027 vs Gateshead (29 Mar 2011)
Average home league attendance	2,090
Home colours Away colours

Season review

League

2010

The season began with the second-longest trip of the season and County's first visit to Darlington since the 2–0 victory in May 1988. This time however the home side came away with a 1–0 win, with home 'keeper Sam Russell putting in a man-of-the-match performance.[1] The first home game against Tamworth was drawn 1–1 with Craig Reid scoring the first Conference National point with a 71st-minute penalty.[2] In the following home game with Histon, County looked on course to record their first victory, with the scoreline 2–0 within the first 18 minutes. However the visitors got back into the game, with the score 2–1 at half time and the equaliser coming in the second half, the game was drawn.[3] The next game was County's first visit to the Kenilworth Road home of Luton Town since the 1–1 draw in January 1968. Despite former Luton youth player Charlie Henry firing Newport into the lead that game too was drawn 1–1 and County were still without a win in the new campaign.[4] That win eventually came with the 3–0 defeat of visitors Kidderminster Harriers[5] and County then embarked on an unbeaten run culminating with the club going second in the table following the 3–1 home win against Forest Green Rovers.[6] County's first visit to Grimsby Town's Blundell Park ground since December 1978 resulted in only the second defeat of the season, but County had slipped to sixth.[7] However, following the 28 December away 3–2 victory at Kidderminster, County were back in second place,[8] beating top-of-the-table Crawley Town along the way.[9]

2011

The new year began with optimism that County could cement themselves in the play-off positions, but instead began with a run of 12 games without a win and the loss of their manager, slipping down to 11th place in the process. The home game with Bath City on New Year's Day was lost 2–1 thanks to an injury-time winner by the visitors.[10] County were leading AFC Wimbledon 3–2 in the following home game, in front of a season's best crowd but they conceded an equaliser in the 82nd minute, eventually drawing 3–3.[11] County were again winning away at Southport until an 87th-minute equaliser and a penalty in the sixth minute of injury time, losing 2–1 seconds later.[12] On the morning of the away match with Tamworth it had been announced that manager Dean Holdsworth had left to take up the managers post at Aldershot Town, but he would manage the County game later in the day.[13] Newport were leading 2–1 until a 76th-minute equaliser and another 90th-minute penalty meant Holdsworth's last game in charge would end in a 3–2 defeat.[14] Former County boss and latterly Director of Football Tim Harris took over as caretaker manager but the bad run continued. At home to Rushden & Diamonds when trailing 1–2 Danny Rose missed an 88th-minute penalty which would have gained County a point. To make matters worse the visitors scored again in the 89th minute leaving the final score 1–3.[15] In the next game away to Histon Craig Reid missed an 83rd-minute penalty leaving the final score 0–0.[16] Away to Mansfield Town County were two up within two minutes. With the score 3–0 by 28 minutes this looked like the end of the win-less run, but after the sending off of Chris Todd and resultant penalty in the 33rd minute the score was only 3–2 in County's favour. Almost inevitably the equaliser came and the game ended 3–3.[17] The next game at home to Fleetwood Town was heading for a 1–1 draw until the visitors' 84th and 90th-minute goals resulted in yet another last-gasp loss.[18] The bad luck finally came to an end at home to Altrincham. Finding themselves 1–0 behind after only 46 seconds, County finally won the game 2–1.[19] The then Tottenham Hotspur coach Anthony Hudson was announced as new manager on 1 April.[20] His appointment coincided with a revival in form where revenge victories were exacted over Grimsby Town,[21] Darlington[22] and Barrow,[23] culminating in the season's best 7–1 victory away at Gateshead.[24] County finished the season 9th in the table.[25]

Results 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	18	15	13	78	60	+18	69	11	7	5	44	29	+15	7	8	8	34	31	+3

Last updated: 30 Apr 2011.
Source:

Results by round

Round	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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Position	18	21	19	20	13	13	15	9	8	7	5	2	6	5	3	3	4	6	5	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	7	7	8	10	11	11	11	12	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 30 Apr 2011. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	Lee Baker	0 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	1
2	DF	Paul Bignot	41 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	43 (0)	1
41	DF	Michael Burns	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
24	MF	Jon Challinor	0 (3)	0	0 (1)	1	0 (4)	1
23	MF	Charlie Clough	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (3)	0
4	DF	Jamie Collins	44 (1)	10	3 (0)	0	47 (1)	10
35	MF	Sam Deering	3 (0)	0	1 (1)	0	4 (1)	0
10	FW	Sam Foley	22 (18)	5	3 (1)	0	25 (19)	5
38	MF	Mike Fowler	1 (2)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (2)	0
34	DF	Alan Goodall	8 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	10 (0)	0
21	GK	Glyn Garner	7 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (1)	0
43	FW	Charlie Griffin	13 (2)	3	0 (0)	0	13 (2)	3
37	DF	Wayne Hatswell	11 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	11 (0)	1
11	FW	Charlie Henry	16 (4)	2	0 (1)	0	16 (5)	2
18	DF	Andrew Hughes	10 (0)	1	0 (1)	0	10 (1)	1
22	DF	Martin John	9 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (0)	0
20	FW	Darryl Knights	27 (13)	7	3 (1)	0	30 (14)	7
45	FW	Steven Lennon	6 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (3)	0
39	DF	Curtis McDonald	2 (2)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (2)	0
19	FW	Robbie Matthews	19 (15)	5	3 (1)	1	22 (16)	6
42	MF	Tom Miller	9 (4)	1	0 (0)	0	9 (4)	1
40	MF	Graeme Montgomery	5 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (3)	0
27	FW	Kerry Morgan	15 (18)	1	1 (2)	0	16 (20)	1
16	DF	Eddie Odhiambo	24 (8)	0	4 (0)	0	28 (8)	0
44	FW	Yemi Odubade	6 (8)	1	0 (0)	0	6 (8)	1
9	FW	Craig Reid	29 (0)	18	4 (0)	0	33 (0)	18
8	MF	Scott Rogers	10 (10)	1	0 (1)	0	10 (11)	1
7	MF	Danny Rose	46 (0)	6	4 (0)	0	50 (0)	6
36	MF	Christian Smith	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
12	MF	Giuseppe Sole	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
17	MF	Tony Taggart	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0
1	GK	Glyn Thompson	39 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	43 (0)	0
6	DF	Chris Todd	40 (1)	5	4 (0)	0	44 (1)	5
5	DF	Gary Warren	39 (2)	6	3 (0)	0	42 (2)	6
25	FW	Ben Wright	3 (2)	1	1 (1)	0	4 (3)	1

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
21 May 2010	DF	Ollie Thorne	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed[26]
21 May 2010	MF	Giuseppe Sole	Woking	Undisclosed[26]
23 May 2010	MF	Tony Taggart	Eastleigh	Undisclosed[26]
4 Jun 2010	DF	Lee Baker	Kidderminster Harriers	Undisclosed[26]
1 Jul 2010	FW	Robbie Matthews	Kidderminster Harriers	Undisclosed[26]
9 Jul 2010	DF	Eddie Odhiambo	Stevenage	Free[26]
15 Jul 2010	GK	Glyn Garner	Grays Athletic	Free[26]
16 Jul 2010	FW	Darryl Knights	Kidderminster Harriers	Undisclosed[26]
Jul 2010	FW	Jake Harris	Weston-super-Mare	Undisclosed
1 Jan 2011	DF	Wayne Hatswell	Dundalk	Undisclosed
1 Jan 2011	MF	Mike Fowler	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed
1 Jan 2011	DF	Curtis McDonald	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed
27 Jan 2011	MF	Michael Burns	Carlisle United	Undisclosed
28 Jan 2011	DF	Tom Miller	Dundalk	Undisclosed
10 Feb 2011	FW	Steven Lennon	Dundalk	Free[27]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
30 Apr 2010	DF	Martyn Giles	Llanelli	Undisclosed
19 May 2010	DF	Paul Cochlin	Neath	Undisclosed
2 Jun 2010	FW	Dave Gilroy	Woking	Undisclosed[28]
12 Jul 2010	DF	Gary Colbourne	Mangotsfield United	Undisclosed
6 Aug 2010	MF	Nathan Davies	Cinderford Town	Free[29]
31 Aug 2010	DF	Ollie Thorne	Kidderminster Harriers	Free[30]
1 Jan 2011	MF	Wayne Turk	Forest Green Rovers	Free
4 Jan 2011	MF	Charlie Henry	Luton Town	£15,000
31 Jan 2011	FW	Craig Reid	Stevenage	£90,000[31]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Expiry
20 Aug 2010	FW	Kerry Morgan	Swansea City	January transfer window
9 Sep 2010	DF	Martin John	Cardiff City	10 Dec 2010
27 Sep 2010	MF	Charlie Clough	Bristol Rovers	28 Oct 2010
3 Nov 2010	MF	Ben Wright	Crawley Town	7 Jan 2011
4 Nov 2010	DF	Alan Goodall	Rochdale	January transfer window
18 Nov 2010	MF	Sam Deering	Oxford United	30 Dec 2010
25 Nov 2010	MF	Christian Smith	Wrexham	January transfer window
31 Dec 2010	MF	Graeme Montgomery	Dagenham & Redbridge	End of season
13 Jan 2011	FW	Kerry Morgan	Swansea City	End of season
31 Jan 2011	FW	Charlie Griffin	Stevenage	End of season
31 Jan 2011	FW	Yemi Odubade	Stevenage	End of season

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Expiry
9 Sep 2010	FW	Giuseppe Sole	Dorchester Town	End of season
18 Aug 2010	GK	Keiron Blackburn	Caerleon	End of season
Aug 2010	FW	Jake Harris	Gloucester City	End of season
Oct 2010	MF	Tony Taggart	Eastleigh	Jan 2011
21 Oct 2010	FW	Giuseppe Sole	Havant & Waterlooville	Jan 2011
21 Oct 2010	MF	Wayne Turk	Forest Green Rovers	End of season
21 Oct 2010	DF	Andrew Hughes	Mangotsfield United	End of season
25 Nov 2010	MF	Charlie Henry	Luton Town	4 Jan 2011
1 Jan 2011	MF	Scott Rogers	Weymouth	11 Mar 2011
26 Mar 2011	MF	Mike Fowler	Weymouth	End of season
26 Mar 2011	FW	Robbie Matthews	Forest Green Rovers	End of season
26 Mar 2011	FW	Curtis McDonald	Forest Green Rovers	End of season

Managerial statistics

Only competitive games from the 2010–11 season are included.

Name	Nat.	From	To	Record								Honours
				PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Dean Holdsworth		18 May 2008	11 January 2011	30	12	10	8	46	36	+10	040.0	Manager of the Month, September 2010
Tim Harris		13 January 2011	2 April 2011	14	3	6	5	17	23	−6	021.4
Anthony Hudson		4 April 2011	—	6	4	0	2	18	6	+12	066.7
Total				50	19	16	15	81	65	+16	038.0

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

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Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Sat 10 Jul 2010	Aberystwyth Town	Park Avenue	3–1	Todd, Bond, Foley	378
Fri 16 Jul 2010	Bishop's Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1–0	Reid	180
Sat 17 Jul 2010	Port Talbot Town	Victoria Road	1–1	Foley	400
Tue 20 Jul 2010	Chippenham Town	Hardenhuish Park	3–0	Matthews, Frater, Casey (OG)	400
Fri 23 Jul 2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers XI	Newport Stadium	2–0	Reid 2 (1P)	1,250
Sat 24 Jul 2010	Caerleon	Cold Bath Road	1–0	Greening	300
Wed 28 Jul 2010	Nathan Davies XI	Newport Stadium	4–0	Todd, Foley, Knights, Reid	702
Sat 31 Jul 2010	Stevenage	Newport Stadium	1–0	Reid	837
Sat 7 Aug 2010	Gloucester City	Whaddon Road	1–1	Sole	316
Tue 15 Feb 2011	Merthyr Town	Penydarren Park	1–0	Odubade	203

Conference National

Main article: 2010–11 Football Conference § Conference National

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Sat 14 Aug 2010	Darlington	A	0–1		2,597
Tue 17 Aug 2010	Tamworth	H	1–1	Reid (P)	2,217
Sat 21 Aug 2010	Histon	H	2–2	Rose, Matthews	1,927
Tue 24 Aug 2010	Luton Town	A	1–1	Henry	6,945
Sat 28 Aug 2010	Kidderminster Harriers	H	3–0	Matthews, Reid 2 (2P)	2,026
Mon 30 Aug 2010	AFC Wimbledon	A	2–2	Reid 2 (1P)	3,828
Sun 5 Sep 2010	Wrexham	H	1–1	Knights	3,206
Sat 11 Sep 2010	Rushden & Diamonds	A	1–0	Reid	1,351
Sat 18 Sep 2010	Mansfield Town	H	1–0	Rose	2,713
Tue 21 Sep 2010	Hayes & Yeading	A	2–1	Reid, Warren	478
Sat 25 Sep 2010	Cambridge United	A	1–0	Collins	2,648
Tue 28 Sep 2010	Forest Green Rovers	H	3–1	Reid 2, Foley	2,677
Sat 2 Oct 2010	Grimsby Town	A	0–2		3,246
Tue 5 Oct 2010	Eastbourne Borough	H	3–3	Matthews, Collins, Rogers	2,403
Sat 9 Oct 2010	York City	H	4–0	Foley 2, Reid 2	2,802
Sat 16 Oct 2010	Crawley Town	A	3–2	Rose, Reid, Knights	2,566
Sat 30 Oct 2010	Kettering Town	H	1–2	Henry	2,230
Sat 6 Nov 2010	Barrow	A	1–2	Warren	1,089
Sat 13 Nov 2010	Eastbourne Borough	A	0–0		1,065
Sat 20 Nov 2010	Southport	H	2–0	Wright, Reid	1,867
Sat 27 Nov 2010	Hayes & Yeading	H	2–1	Knights, Reid (P)	1,601
Sat 18 Dec 2010	Fleetwood Town	A	1–1	Matthews	1,142
Tue 28 Dec 2010	Kidderminster Harriers	A	3–2	Reid 2, Bignot	1,757
Sat 1 Jan 2011	Bath City	H	1–2	Reid	2,903
Mon 3 Jan 2011	AFC Wimbledon	H	3–3	Todd, Collins 2	3,462
Sat 8 Jan 2011	Southport	A	1–2	Todd	1,032
Tue 11 Jan 2011	Tamworth	A	2–3	Reid 2	803
Sat 22 Jan 2011	Rushden & Diamonds	H	1–3	Rose (P)	1,743
Sat 29 Jan 2011	Histon	A	0–0		452
Sat 12 Feb 2011	Mansfield Town	A	3–3	Matthews, Griffin, Rose	1,986
Fri 18 Feb 2011	Luton Town	H	1–1	Collins (P)	2,834
Tue 22 Feb 2011	Bath City	A	2–2	Odubade, Hatswell	1,551
Sat 26 Feb 2011	Kettering Town	A	0–2		1,056
Tue 1 Mar 2011	Cambridge United	H	1–1	Collins (P)	1,360
Sat 5 Mar 2011	Fleetwood Town	H	1–3	Warren	1,716
Sat 12 Mar 2011	Altrincham	H	2–1	OG, Warren	1,201
Sat 19 Mar 2011	Forest Green Rovers	A	0–0		1,362
Sun 27 Mar 2011	Wrexham	A	0–1		3,685
Tue 29 Mar 2011	Gateshead	H	2–1	Todd, Hughes	1,027
Sat 2 Apr 2011	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	Knights, Todd	1,506
Tue 5 Apr 2011	Darlington	H	2–1	Griffin, Knights	1,300
Sat 9 Apr 2011	York City	A	1–2	Collins	2,565
Sat 16 Apr 2011	Barrow	H	5–0	Warren, Knights 2, Foley, Morgan	1,331
Sat 23 Apr 2011	Altrincham	A	3–1	Warren, Collins, Foley	963
Mon 25 Apr 2011	Crawley Town	H	0–1		2,026
Sat 30 Apr 2011	Gateshead	A	7–1	Collins 2 (1P), Todd, Miller, Rose, Baker, Griffin	824

FA Cup

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4Q	23 Oct 2010	Crawley Town	H	0–1		2,247

FA Trophy

Main article: 2010–11 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	11 Dec 2010	Wealdstone	H	0–0		1,070
1r	13 Dec 2010	Wealdstone	A	1–0 a.e.t.	Challinor	324
2	15 Jan 2011	Mansfield Town	A	2–4	OG, Matthews	1,137

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Crawley Town	46	31	12	3	93	30	+63	105	Champions, promoted
2	AFC Wimbledon	46	27	9	10	83	47	+36	90	Play-off winners, promoted
3	Luton Town	46	23	15	8	85	37	+48	84	Play-offs
4	Wrexham	46	22	15	9	66	49	+17	81	Play-offs
5	Fleetwood Town	46	22	12	12	68	42	+26	78	Play-offs
6	Kidderminster Harriers	46	20	17	9	74	60	+14	72	Five points deducted
7	Darlington	46	18	17	11	61	42	+19	71
8	York City	46	19	14	13	55	50	+5	71
9	Newport County	46	18	15	13	78	60	+18	69
10	Bath City	46	16	15	15	64	68	−4	63
11	Grimsby Town	46	15	17	14	72	62	+10	62
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	10	19	73	75	−2	61
13	Rushden & Diamonds	46	16	14	16	65	62	+3	57	Five points deducted, expelled
14	Gateshead	46	14	15	17	65	68	−3	57
15	Kettering Town	46	15	13	18	64	75	−11	56	Two points deducted
16	Hayes & Yeading United	46	15	6	25	57	81	−24	51
17	Cambridge United	46	11	17	18	53	61	−8	50
18	Barrow	46	12	14	20	52	67	−15	50
19	Tamworth	46	12	13	21	62	83	−21	49
20	Forest Green Rovers	46	10	16	20	53	72	−19	46
21	Southport	46	11	13	22	56	77	−21	46	Reprieved from relegation
22	Altrincham	46	11	11	24	47	87	−40	44	Relegated
23	Eastbourne Borough	46	10	9	27	62	104	−42	39	Relegated
24	Histon	46	8	9	29	41	90	−49	28	Five points deducted, relegated

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Into play-offs
	Relegated

External links

• Newport County AFC 2010-2011 : Results
• Newport County's results from season 2010/2011

References

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