# List of Newport County A.F.C. players

This is a list of notable players of Newport County Football Club.

## Newport County Hall of Fame

The Newport County Hall of Fame was launched on 3 April 2009 by Andrew Taylor, club programme columnist and author of Look Back in Amber: Memories of Newport County. Fans can nominate players to be considered by a committee. To date there have been five sets of inductions with further inductions planned regularly.
| Player | Inducted | Newport County career | League Appearances | League Goals | Notes |
| Tommy Tynan | 3 Apr 2009 | 1978–1983 | 183 | 66 | |
| Albert Derrick (Senior) | 18 Sep 2009 | 1935–1945 | 145 | 57 | Posthumous |
| Roddy Jones | 18 Sep 2009 | 1969–1979 | 323 | 71 | |
| Chris Lilygreen | 18 Sep 2009 | 1983–1993 | 211 | 98 | |
| Ken Morgans | 18 Sep 2009 | 1964–1967 | 141 | 46 | |
| Kevin Moore | 18 Sep 2009 | 1978–1983 | 148 | 14 | |
| Dave Williams | 18 Sep 2009 | 1960–1973 | 306 | 2 | |
| John Relish | 18 Sep 2009 | 1974–1987 | 338 | 9 | |
| Keith Oakes | 27 Oct 2012 | 1978–1984 | 232 | 27 | |
| Mark Price | 27 Oct 2012 | 1990–1996 | 275 | 46 | |
| Nathan Davies | 27 Oct 2012 | 1998–2010 | 383 | 16 | |
| Len Weare | 27 Oct 2012 | 1955–1970 | 525 | 0 | Posthumous |
| Craig Reid | 27 Oct 2012 | 2008–2011 | 112 | 66 | |
| Tony Gilbert | 27 Oct 2012 | 1970–2013 | N/A | N/A | Kit Manager |
| David Pipe | 2 Apr 2015 | 2011–2014 | 100 | 0 | |
| Gary Plumley | 2 Apr 2015 | 1976–1982, 1984–1985, 1987 | 187 | 0 | |
| Graham Coldrick | 2 Apr 2015 | 1970–1975 | 157 | 10 | |
| Richard Walden | 2 Apr 2015 | 1978–1982 | 151 | 2 | Posthumous |
| Christian Jolley | 2 Apr 2015 | 2012–2015 | 61 | 15 | |
| Steve Lowndes | 2 Apr 2015 | 1977–1983, 1992–1996 | 358 | 51 | |
| Norman Parselle | 2 Apr 2015 | 1986–1988, 1989–1991, mid 90s | N/A | N/A | |
| David Hando | 2 Apr 2015 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Honorary President |
| Andrew Taylor | 17 Oct 2015 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Club Historian, Secretary of Former Players' Association |
| Justin Edinburgh | 29 Dec 2019 | 2011–2015 (manager) | N/A | N/A | Posthumous |

## International honours
### Full internationals

The following players received the following full international caps while playing for Newport County:
| Ron Hugh (1 cap) Tudor Martin (1 cap) Jack Nicholls (2 caps) Fred Cook (2 caps) Harold Williams (2 caps) Alf Sherwood (2 caps) Steve Lowndes (2 caps) | Nigel Vaughan (3 caps) Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (1 cap) Keanu Marsh-Brown (1 caps) Josh Sheehan (2 caps) Luke Gambin (1 cap) Nick Townsend (8 caps) Nathan Moriah-Welsh (1 cap) |

### Semi-pro internationals

The following players have received semi-pro international caps while playing for Newport County:
| Paul Bignot Nathan Davies Lee Evans Charlie Henry Andrew Hughes Craig Hughes | Christian Jolley Ian Hillier Danny Rose Garry Shephard Ben Swallow Andrew Thomas |

### Youth internationals

The following players have received schoolboy, under 17, under 19 or under 21 international caps while playing for Newport County:
| Gethin Jones Andrew Hughes Keiron Blackburn Ryan Newman Jamie Davies Lee Evans Regan Poole Aaron Collins Liam Angel Josh Sheehan | Jay Foulston Momodou Touray Mark Harris Danny McNamara Lewis Collins Brandon Cooper Lewys Twamley Sonny Lewis Matt Baker |

## PFA Team of the Year

The following players were selected for the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Newport County:
* 1973–74 Brian Godfrey (Fourth Division)
* 1979–80 Keith Oakes (Fourth Division)
* 1985–86 Terry Boyle (Third Division)
* 2020–21 Josh Sheehan (League Two)
* 2021–22 Dom Telford (League Two)

## Newport County Player of the Year

The following players were selected by the Supporters Club as the official Newport County player of the year at the club's annual end of season awards presentation evening:
* 2010 Gary Warren
* 2011 Paul Bignot
* 2012 David Pipe
* 2013 Tony James
* 2014 Chris Zebroski
* 2015 Darren Jones
* 2016 Mark Byrne
* 2017 Dan Butler
* 2018 Dan Butler
* 2019 Pádraig Amond
* 2020 Scot Bennett
* 2021 Matty Dolan
* 2022 Cameron Norman
* 2023 Cameron Norman
* 2024 Nick Townsend

## Football League appearances for Newport County
### Over 200 football league appearances since 1989

| Scot Bennett 300 Joe Day 266 | Mickey Demetriou 258 Robbie Willmott 223 |

### Over 100 football league appearances since 1989 (as at 15 March 2025)

| Matty Dolan 175 Pádraig Amond 162 Nick Townsend 160 Josh Sheehan 142 Dan Butler 129 | Joss Labadie 122 David Pipe 110 Ryan Haynes 103 Mark O'Brien 103 James Clarke 101 |

### Over 200 football league appearances before 1989

| Len Weare 525 Ray Wilcox 488 John Rowland 463 Len Hill 366 John Relish 337 Dave Williams 306 Roddy Jones 288 John Bird 276 Billy Shergold 274 Mark Kendall 272 Doug Hayward 260 | Andy White 253 Granville Smith 241 Danny Newall 233 Keith Oakes 232 Ken Hollyman 231 Nigel Vaughan* 224 Jeff Thomas 209 Steve Lowndes* 208 Alf Sherwood* 205 Reg Parker 201 |

### Over 100 football league appearances before 1989

| Steve Aizlewood John Aldridge* Neil Bailey George Beattie Gary Bell Cliff Birch Stan Bowsher* Terry Boyle* Gordon Brown Willie Brown Roy Carter Graham Coldrick Grant Davies Albert Derrick (Senior) Cecil Dixon Tom Docherty Harry Duggan* Ernie Edwards Karl Elsey Harry Fearnley Howard Goddard Dave Gwyther Bobby Harper Wynne Hooper Harry Harris | Linden Jones John Lewis Norman Low John Macey Ken McPherson John McSeveney Beriah Moore Kevin Moore Ken Morgans Peter Passey Dudley Peake Gary Plumley Graham Rathbone Les Riggs Guido Roffi Alan Smith Martyn Sprague Len Staples George Thomas Tommy Tynan Richard Walden Allen Wood Eddie Woods George Young |

## Other notable former players

Note: Inclusion criteria should be stated
| Paul Bignot Dave Bruton Darren Campbell Jeff Eckhardt Lee Evans Sam Foley Trevor Ford# Brian Harris Dean Holdsworth Andrew Hughes Christian Jolley Joe Ledley Lee Minshull Aaron O'Connor | Darren Peacock Lenny Pidgeley Bob Pugh Tony Pulis Ronnie Radford Craig Reid Danny Rose Andy Sandell Albert Scanlon Dom Telford Glyn Thompson Gary Warren Conor Washington Ismail Yakubu |
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