A supporter owned football club v Cambridge United FC 17.04.21 KO 12.30PM SKYBET LEAGUE TWO ISSUE 32 - £2.00 WWW.NEWPORT-COUNTY.CO.UK MICHAEL FLYNN Chairman: Gavin Foxall Directors: Shaun Johnson, Mike Everett, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY Ryan Courtney, Kevin Ward, WELCOMING MARK BONNER AND Colin Faulkner, Bob Herrin, Mark Crook, Peter Madigan, Kelly Anderson, EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH Paul Marks. CAMBRIDGE UNITED TO Honorary Club President: David Hando RODNEY PARADE FOR THIS First Team AFTERNOON’S FIXTURE. Manager: Michael Flynn Assistant Manager/Coach: The games are coming thick and fast and we will be Wayne Hatswell looking to keep our unbeaten run going with another positive performance this afternoon. It was a fair result Senior Physiotherapist: Tom Gittoes against Carlisle on Tuesday because they edged the first Kit Man: Neil Leek half with the chances they created, but I thought we were the better team in the second half. They are one of General Manager: Nigel Stephenson the highest-scoring teams in the league this season, so Club Secretary: Ben Lucey it’s really positive that we were able to keep a clean Commercial Manager: Matthew Owen sheet against them. Media Manager: Callum Ellis We created some good opportunities late on in the game and could have nicked it in the final few minutes if SLO & Office Assistant: Donna Linton we had made some different decisions in the final third. Community Development Officer: There were some favourable results for us on Tuesday and Norman Parselle we have moved up to sixth in the table, but there is still a Academy Manager: Damien Broad long way to go and I am sure there will still be plenty of twists over the next six games. Academy Coaches: Ben Stait & Declan Flanagan We can still finish on 80 points, so we will be looking to get there or as close to there as we can with our Head Groundsman (Rodney Parade): remaining games. Cambridge have been right up the top Jon Raymond end of the table for the majority of the season and they Safety Officer (Rodney Parade): will be looking to bounce back from their defeat against Ian Wilkinson Exeter last weekend. We were unfortunate not to come Club Chaplain: Rev Keith Beardmore away with anything against them earlier in the season after getting ourselves back into the game in the second COnTACT US half, so we will be looking to put that right this afternoon. NEWPORT COuNTy AFC Finally, I want to congratulate Matty Dolan on being RODNEy PARADE RODNEy ROAD NP19 0uu named Sky Bet League Two’s PFA Player in the Community in the 2021 EFL Awards. Matty and other members of the squad have given up their time to support some of the brilliant work carried out by Norman Parselle and the rest of the County in the Community (01633) 302012 team. Enjoy the match. Michael Flynn [email protected] OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME | 03 AMBER fro m th e Attic with Chris Shingler IT IS JUST OVER FIFTY YEARS SINCE CAMBRIDGE UNITED ENJOYED THEIR FIRST TO TRIP TO SOMERTON PARK AS A FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLUB, SO IT’S PERHAPS FITTING TO LOOK BACK THIS AFTERNOON AT THE PROGRAMME THAT WAS ISSUED THAT DAY ON 12TH MARCH 1971. your matchday ‘Tangerine Topic’ beneath the would have cost you a shiny, new- Somerton lights. So, fangled five-pence piece and instead it looks back featured that now iconic at the previous scallywag “Tangerine Tommy” Saturday’s long and upon its bonny front cover. it ultimately pointless must be said, the Topic gave you trip to Workington, a lot of reading too for your hard- where despite a Jeff earned. Thomas goal, the Reds sneaked home Opening with ‘Somerton Editorial,’ 2-1. It seems their there was a look at that age-old winner went down as footballing conundrum of club or a John Macey own country, and poses the question … goal after our “Should a player be loyal to his normally reliable club or his country?” yes, it seems custodian had mis- that even back then … “Far more judged a cross and international games (Junior, youth punched the ball and Senior) are played today” … into his own net. and even wonders … “Is an international cap the coveted We also have a list prize it once was?” The piece also of match-ball states that recently a young donors here and player who had refused to play happily, at least two for his country was charged with local businesses to misconduct! Although, it seems my knowledge are the powers that be subsequently still going strong all had a change of heart and these moons later in dropped their charges. Beechwood Carpets and The Page three’s ‘The Somerton Windsor Castle and, following a brief history of Scene’ was written, so it tells us, public house. the club, we have a run-down of before our last home game with Bill Leivers’ squad. They were Notts County; a mid-week fixture A page followed next devoted in steadfastly holding their own and that ended in a 2-1 win for the its entirety to Cambridge, one hovered just under half-way in the Ironsides, with Alan Smith and that was written by the table, with 30 points from 33 Willie Brown on the scoresheet esteemed Terrace O’Donohue, matches. The u’s included a 04 | OFFICIAL MATCHDAy PROGRAMME WWW.NEWPORT-COUNTY.CO.UK former County player in their also noted that ranks in George Harris, who had yesterday was scored 9 goals in 34 matches for “Transfer Deadline us during the 1961/62 season. Day” and this Indeed, at one time he was in measure was fact united’s record signing. Alas, brought in after … he kept up that fine tradition of “Chelsea had ex-players scoring against us by spent wildly in an netting two during their 3-2 win unsuccessful over us the previous November at attempt to avoid the Abbey Stadium! the drop in 1909-10.” A look at our ‘Player Stats Charts’ on page five reveals that Rod There is a nigh- Jones led the scoring charts on on two-page nine league and cup goals, with look to end the partner-in-crime Willie Brown just issue, entitled behind on seven. We had ‘Our Greatest endured an absolute nightmare Triumph’ that was start to the season and, as very penned by well documented, our first league Richard win didn’t arrive until January 15th Shepherd who when Southend were beaten 3-0 was described in the ‘Port. as the clubs “Staff Historian”. After the teams that were printed It is a nostalgic in all their splendour on the feature on our middle pages, we have ‘Meet the Third Division County’ on page eight; and it is (South) winning 21-year-old George young’s turn side of 1938/39, to be featured. The fair-haired where, under the leadership of stewardship of acting-manager midfielder, who made his County Billy McCandless, we of course Billy Lucas - who had replaced debut in March 1968 against Notts entered the second tier of English beleaguered player-manager County as an amateur, had only football and even made a hugely Bobby Fergusson the previous just left school and was drafted promising start to life there; a win November - ensured we into the side to combat an injury a draw and a defeat, before Heir comfortably gathered enough crisis. Signing professional terms Hitler put paid to the ‘39-40 votes to keep our cherished the following season, George was campaign. league status. Cambridge capped by Wales u23s, playing in ended their first Football League a 2-0 defeat at Ashton Gate, Bouncing straight back to that journey just two places higher Bristol to England. Not pulling any early Seventies, spring-fresh, than us in 20th spot, but four punches, the piece suggests Welsh afternoon, and two ex- points ahead of Lincoln City George was a skilful player and Beatles were in the top five of who, like us and Hartlepool and had ability, but the main the singles charts; Macca with Barrow, were all duly re-elected. drawbacks were his slight build, “Another Day” at number two and he needed to add some and George one place behind Teams: extra tenacity and bite to his him with “My Sweet Lord.” Well, it game! was certainly a sweet afternoon County: John Macey, David for most of the 2,587 present that Williams, Martyn Sprague, In ‘News and Views’ there is a day to witness only our sixth Graham Coldrick, John round-up of recent footballing maximum-point haul, when Saunders, Alan Smith, Jeff gossip which includes a Cardiff Lliswerry boy Alan Smith shot Thomas, George young, Willie City fan, who lived in Canada, down the u’s with a fine brace Brown, Ronnie Radford, Andy calling the County and saying during a comfortable 2-0 White. Sub: Wynne Hooper. that our recent upturn in form Ironsides win. was … “The best piece of news he Cambridge: Peter Vesper, Denis had heard all season!” The long- Nevertheless, we had to apply for Walker, Colin Meldrum, Jimmy distance caller went onto explain re-election come the summer, White, Terry Eades, Billy Cassidy, that he relied upon the BBC given our awful start, although Roly Horrey, John Collins, Ivan World Service every Saturday to thankfully, our decent run from Hollett, George Harris. Sub: find out the football scores. It’s January onwards under the Jimmy Thompson. OFFICIAL MATCHDAy PROGRAMME | 05 WWW.NEWPORT-COUNTY.CO.UK APPEARANCES & GOALSCORERS 2020-21 *NO LONGER AT THE CLuB.