# 2023–24 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2023–24 Newport County A.F.C. season is the club's 11th consecutive season in EFL League Two. Newport's 71st season in the English Football League and 103rd season of league football overall. They also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
Newport County reached the second round of the 2023–24 EFL Cup, losing on penalties to Brentford of the Premier League after drawing 1–1 in normal time.
In October 2023 Newport County Supporters Trust members voted by a 98% majority in favour of selling a controlling interest 52% of shares in the club to former Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins, subject to EFL approval. The Supporters Trust retained 27% of shares and other previous investors retained 21%. The takeover was confirmed as completed by EFL and the supporters trust on 24 January 2024 with Newport in 14th place in League Two.
Newport County reached the fourth round of the 2023–24 FA Cup, losing 4–2 to Manchester United of the Premier League.
Newport finished the season in 18th place in League Two. On 20 June 2024, team manager Graham Coughlan departed the club by mutual consent.

## Current squad

    As of 9 April 2024
| No. | Name | Position | Place of birth | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club | Date signed | Fee | Contract end |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Nick Townsend | GK | Solihull | (1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 30) | Barnsley | 4 August 2018 | Free | 30 June 2025 |
| 26 | Jonny Maxted | GK | Tadcaster | (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 31) | Northampton Town | 28 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2025 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Lewis Payne | RB | | (2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 20) | Southampton | 11 August 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 |
| 3 | Adam Lewis | LB | Liverpool | (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 25) | Liverpool | 28 July 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 |
| 4 | Ryan Delaney | CB | Wexford | (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 (age 28) | Morecambe | 21 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 5 | James Clarke | CB | Aylesbury | (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 35) | Walsall | 1 July 2021 | Free | 30 June 2025 |
| 6 | Declan Drysdale | CB | Birkenhead | (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 25) | Coventry City | 1 July 2022 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2024 |
| 14 | Harrison Bright | RB | Blaenavon | (2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 10 August 2020 | Trainee | 30 June 2024 |
| 15 | Josh Seberry | CB | London | (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 (age 19) | Shelbourne | 24 July 2023 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2025 |
| 19 | Shane McLoughlin | RB | The Bronx | (1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27) | Salford City | 10 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2025 |
| 23 | Kyle Jameson | CB | Urmston | (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 (age 26) | Tranmere Rovers | 1 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2025 |
| 28 | Matt Baker | CB | Kent | (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21) | Stoke City | 1 September 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 |
| 33 | Matty Bondswell | LB | Nottingham | (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22) | Newcastle United | 1 July 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 |
| 41 | Nelson Sanca | CB | Lisbon | (2006-10-10) 10 October 2006 (age 18) | Academy | 16 January 2024 | Trainee | 30 June 2024 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Bryn Morris | DM | Hartlepool | (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28) | Grimsby Town | 1 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2025 |
| 11 | James Waite | AM | Sebastopol | (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25) | Penybont | 12 January 2022 | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 17 | Scot Bennett | DM | Newquay | (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 34) | Notts County | 1 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 20 | Harry Charsley | CM | Wirral | (1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 28) | Port Vale | 17 January 2023 | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 24 | Aaron Wildig | CM | Hereford | (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 32) | Morecambe | 1 July 2022 | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 34 | Jac Norris | CM | | (2006-11-09) 9 November 2006 (age 18) | Academy | 1 July 2023 | Trainee | 30 June 2024 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Will Evans | CF | Llangedwyn | (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 27) | Bala Town | 1 July 2022 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2024 |
| 9 | Omar Bogle | CF | Sandwell | (1993-07-26) 26 July 1993 (age 31) | Hartlepool United | 1 July 2022 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2024 |
| 10 | Offrande Zanzala | CF | Brazzaville | (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28) | Barrow | 1 July 2022 | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 18 | Kiban Rai | CF | Brecon | (2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 19) | Academy | 1 July 2023 | Trainee | 30 June 2024 |
| 30 | Seb Palmer-Houlden | CF | Bristol | (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 20) | Bristol City | 20 July 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 |
| 31 | Luke Jephcott | CF | Aberystwyth | (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 24) | St Johnstone | 25 January 2024 | Free | 30 June 2025 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||
| 13 | Joe Day | GK | Brighton | (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990 (age 34) | Cardiff City | 1 July 2021 | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 16 | Sam Bowen | CM | | (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 23) | Cardiff City | 1 July 2022 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2024 |
| 22 | Nathan Wood | LW | Newport | (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 (age 27) | Penybont | 1 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2025 |

## Statistics

    As of 27 April 2024
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ATG | Nick Townsend | 52 | 0 | 43+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lewis Payne* | 42 | 2 | 20+12 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Adam Lewis* | 30 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Ryan Delaney | 41 | 1 | 30+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | James Clarke | 32 | 2 | 24+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Declan Drysdale | 14 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | WAL | Will Evans | 55 | 24 | 44+2 | 21 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Bryn Morris | 58 | 7 | 46+0 | 7 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Omar Bogle | 31 | 8 | 22+3 | 7 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CGO | Offrande Zanzala | 17 | 3 | 6+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | WAL | James Waite | 35 | 0 | 9+18 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | WAL | Harrison Bright | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRL | Josh Seberry | 12 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Scot Bennett | 56 | 0 | 44+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | WAL | Kiban Rai | 19 | 1 | 1+12 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | IRL | Shane McLoughlin | 43 | 6 | 32+2 | 3 | 6+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Harry Charsley | 39 | 5 | 22+10 | 5 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Olly Thomas* | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | WAL | Nathan Wood | 18 | 1 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Kyle Jameson | 19 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Aaron Wildig | 41 | 4 | 29+2 | 2 | 4+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Jonny Maxted | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | WAL | Matt Baker* | 38 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Seb Palmer-Houlden* | 42 | 9 | 25+9 | 7 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | WAL | Luke Jephcott* | 16 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Matty Bondswell* | 39 | 0 | 9+22 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | WAL | Jac Norris | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | POR | Nelson Sanca | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 27 April 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 7 | | FW | Will Evans | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 30 | | FW | Seb Palmer-Houlden | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | | MF | Bryn Morris | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 | | FW | Omar Bogle | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 19 | | DF | Shane McLoughlin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 20 | | MF | Harry Charsley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 24 | | MF | Aaron Wildig | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | | FW | Offrande Zanzala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | | DF | Lewis Payne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | | DF | Adam Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | | DF | James Clarke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | | DF | Ryan Delaney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 18 | | MF | Kiban Rai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 22 | | MF | Nathan Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 23 | | DF | Kyle Jameson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 79 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 16 January 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 2 | | DF | Lewis Payne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 7 | | FW | Will Evans | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 24 | | MF | Aaron Wildig | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | | MF | Bryn Morris | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | | FW | Omar Bogle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | | MF | Scot Bennett | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 20 | | MF | Harry Charsley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | | DF | Adam Lewis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | | DF | Ryan Delaney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 23 | | DF | Kyle Jameson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | | DF | Shane McLoughlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | | DF | Matty Bondswell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | | DF | James Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | | MF | James Waite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | | GK | Nick Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | | DF | Declan Drysdale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 28 | | DF | Matt Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | | FW | Offrande Zanzala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | | DF | Harrison Bright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | | MF | Nathan Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 30 | | FW | Seb Palmer-Houlden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 31 | | FW | Luke Jephcott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 41 | | DF | Nelson Sanca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 75 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 1 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 1 July 2023 | CB | Kyle Jameson | Tranmere Rovers | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2023 | DM | Bryn Morris | Grimsby Town | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2023 | AM | Nathan Wood | Penybont | Free Transfer |
| 10 July 2023 | RB | Shane McLoughlin | Salford City | Free Transfer |
| 21 July 2023 | CB | Ryan Delaney | Morecambe | Free Transfer |
| 24 July 2023 | CB | Josh Seberry | Shelbourne | Free Transfer |
| 28 July 2023 | GK | Jonny Maxted | Northampton Town | Free Transfer |
| 25 January 2024 | ST | Luke Jephcott | St Johnstone | Free Transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Omar Bogle | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Sam Bowen | Solihull Moors | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Harrison Bright | Salisbury | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Joe Day | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Declan Drysdale | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Jonny Maxted | Brackley Town | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | James Waite | Weston-super-Mare | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Offrande Zanzala | Fylde | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Scot Bennett | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Ryan Delaney | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Harry Charsley | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | Fee |
| 1 July 2023 | LB | Matty Bondswell | Newcastle United | End of Season |
| 20 July 2023 | CF | Seb Palmer-Houlden | Bristol City | End of Season |
| 28 July 2023 | LB | Adam Lewis | Liverpool | End of Season |
| 11 August 2023 | RB | Lewis Payne | Southampton | End of Season |
| 1 September 2023 | CB | Matt Baker | Stoke City | End of Season |
| 1 September 2023 | CF | Olly Thomas | Bristol City | 24 November 2023 |
* ↑ On 24 November, Olly Thomas returned to parent club Bristol City.

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Until |
| 28 July 2023 | GK | Joe Day | Woking | 1 September 2023 |
| 10 August 2023 | CM | Sam Bowen | Wealdstone | End of Season |
| 31 August 2023 | DF | Harrison Bright | Barry Town United | 31 December 2023 |
| 1 September 2023 | GK | Joe Day | Yeovil Town | End of Season |
| 1 February 2024 | LW | Nathan Wood | Cork City | End of Season |
* ↑ Day was recalled back early from his season-long at Woking to join Yeovil.
* ↑ On 31 December, Bright was recalled back early from his loan at Barry Town.

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 18 May, Newport County announced their first pre-season fixture, against Undy. A day later, a trip to face Bristol City was confirmed. On June 5, a third pre-season opposition was added, against Yeovil Town. The club later announced a fourth friendly, against Pontypridd United. On 20 June, County added a trip to face Sheffield.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League Two | Matchday 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 060.00 |
| FA Cup | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EFL Cup | First round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| EFL Trophy | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 057.14 |
Last updated: 29 August 2023 Source: Soccerway

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Morecambe | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 67 | 81 | −14 | 58 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 67 | 70 | −3 | 57 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 71 | −8 | 57 |
| 18 | Newport County | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 62 | 76 | −14 | 55 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 77 | 83 | −6 | 54 |
| 20 | Salford City | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 66 | 82 | −16 | 51 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 49 |
* ↑ On 11 April 2024, Morecambe were deducted three points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2023–24 season.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 30$^2$ | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 27$^1$ | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 23 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
* $^1$ Matchday 27 (vs Accrington Stanley) was postponed due FA Cup involvement.
* $^2$ Matchday 30 (vs Harrogate Town) was postponed due to FA Cup involvement.

#### Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### FA Cup

Newport were drawn at home to National League club Oldham Athletic in the first round, home to National League club Barnet in the second round, home to National League Eastleigh in the third round and home to Premier League Manchester United in the fourth round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Newport were drawn at home to EFL League One club Charlton Athletic in the first round and at home to Premier League club Brentford in the second round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

On 22 June 2023, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Newport County with Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town and West Ham United Under 21's.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | West Ham United U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Newport County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | L1 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures