# 2019–20 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Newport County's seventh consecutive season in Football League Two, after missing out on promotion at the 2019 EFL League Two play-off final. It was Newport's 67th season in the Football League and 99th season of league football overall. The 2019–20 season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic with Newport 15th in League Two. The League Two season was formally terminated on 9 June 2020 with Newport having ten league matches unplayed. Points per game was subsequently adopted to determine the final League Two table with Newport County rising one place to 14th in the league.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Marvel Ekpiteta | Hungerford Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Kyle Howkins | West Bromwich Albion | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Tom King | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Daniel Leadbitter | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Lazar Stojsavljevic | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Corey Whitely | Ebbsfleet United | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2019 | LB | Ryan Haynes | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2019 | FW | Tristan Abrahams | Norwich City | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2019 | FW | Dominic Poleon | Crawley Town | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2020 | RB | Ash Baker | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 12 July 2019 | LB | George Nurse | Bristol City | 15 May 2020 |
| 31 July 2019 | RB | Danny McNamara | Millwall | 6 January 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | MF | Taylor Maloney | Charlton Athletic | 3 January 2020 |
| 23 August 2019 | CB | Ryan Inniss | Crystal Palace | 9 June 2020 |
| 7 January 2020 | SS | Billy Waters | Northampton Town | 9 June 2020 |
| 9 January 2020 | CM | Dale Gorman | Leyton Orient | 9 June 2020 |
| 14 January 2020 | RW | Jordan Green | Barnsley | 9 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LW | Otis Khan | Mansfield Town | 9 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 11 July 2019 | CB | Jay Foulston | Chippenham Town | 22 April 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | CF | Momodou Touray | Torquay United | 2 September 2019 |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Momodou Touray | Barry Town United | 22 April 2020 |
| 12 October 2019 | CB | Marvel Ekpiteta | Ebbsfleet United | 22 April 2020 |
| 10 January 2020 | SS | Corey Whitely | Bromley | 22 April 2020 |
| 21 January 2020 | MF | Dom Jefferies | Salisbury | 18 February 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | CF | Dominic Poleon | Dover Athletic | 22 April 2020 |
| 10 February 2020 | CF | Ade Azeez | Torquay United | 22 April 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 12 August 2019 | LB | Jay Williams | Fulham | Undisclosed | |
| 3 September 2019 | CB | Lazar Stojsavljevic | Free agent | Released | \ |
| 23 December 2019 | RW | Keanu Marsh-Brown | Free agent | Released | |
| 15 June 2020 | CB | Mark O'Brien | Retired | N/A | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Jamille Matt | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Scot Bennett | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Dominic Poleon | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Dom Jefferies | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Momodou Touray | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Jay Foulston | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Elis Watts | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Ioan Evans | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Ryan George | Free agent | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Callum Jones | Free agent | Released | |

## Pre-season

On 24 June 2019, Newport announced their pre-season schedule. A XI friendly against Moreton Rangers was later confirmed. The Exiles also travelled to Spain for a week training camp where they faced Egyptian side Al Ahly.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 49 | 1.36 |
| 11 | Salford City | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | 1.35 |
| 12 | Walsall | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | 1.31 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | 1.30 |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | 1.27 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 45 | 1.22 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 | 1.17 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | 1.14 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 March 2020. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |

#### Fixtures

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports. The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Exeter City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Newport County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | West Ham United U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | |

## Squad statistics

    Source:
    As of 3 April 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Tom King | 35 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Daniel Leadbitter | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ryan Haynes | 40 | 1 | 32+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Joss Labadie | 32 | 4 | 24+3 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Kyle Howkins | 23 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Dale Gorman | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Robbie Willmott | 31 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Matt Dolan | 34 | 1 | 13+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Pádraig Amond | 41 | 13 | 25+7 | 8 | 3+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | WAL | Josh Sheehan | 43 | 2 | 34+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JAM | Jamille Matt | 40 | 6 | 26+7 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | WAL | Ash Baker | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Tristan Abrahams | 46 | 10 | 17+16 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 5+2 | 5 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | George Nurse | 27 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Scot Bennett | 37 | 2 | 25+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | WAL | Lewis Collins | 13 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Billy Waters | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IRL | Mark O'Brien | 28 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Ryan Inniss | 29 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Mickey Demetriou | 25 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Dom Jefferies | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Nick Townsend | 14 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Otis Khan | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Jordan Green | 13 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | WAL | Ioan Evans (footballer) | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | WAL | Ryan George | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | WAL | Ryan Hillier | 3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 47 | DF | ENG | Joe Woodiwiss | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| Players currently out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | ENG | Corey Whitely | 19 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Dominic Poleon | 12 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Marvel Ekpiteta | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | WAL | Elis Watts | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | WAL | Callum Jones | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | SRB | Lazar Stojsavljevic | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Danny McNamara | 23 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Taylor Maloney | 16 | 3 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 |

### Goals record

    As of 3 April 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 9 | | CF | Pádraig Amond | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 15 | | CF | Tristan Abrahams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | | CF | Jamille Matt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | | CM | Joss Labadie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 22 | | DM | Taylor Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | | CM | Josh Sheehan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | | CB | Scot Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | | LB | Ryan Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | | CB | Kyle Howkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | | CM | Dale Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | | CM | Matt Dolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | | CM | George Nurse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | | SS | Corey Whitely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 | | CF | Lewis Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 25 | | CB | Mark O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | | CB | Ryan Inniss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 33 | | RW | Jordan Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 39 | | CF | Ryan Hillier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 3 April 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League Two | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 4 | | CM | Joss Labadie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 27 | | CB | Ryan Inniss | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | | CM | Josh Sheehan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 11 | | CF | Jamille Matt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 15 | | CF | Tristan Abrahams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 | | RB | Danny McNamara | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | | LB | Ryan Haynes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | | CM | Matt Dolan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | | CB | Scot Bennett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | | CB | Kyle Howkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | | RM | Robbie Willmott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | | CM | George Nurse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | | CB | Mark O'Brien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 28 | | CB | Mickey Demetriou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | | GK | Tom King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | | CM | Dale Gorman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | | CF | Pádraig Amond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | | RB | Ash Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 29 | | CM | Dom Jefferies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 30 | | GK | Nick Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 33 | | RW | Jordan Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 2 |