page_title: List of Newport County A.F.C. managers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Newport County A.F.C. managers
caption_attribution_description: A cropped portrait of Newport County A.F.C. football head coach Michael Flynn.
context_page_description: Newport County A.F.C. is a professional Association football club based in Newport, Wales. The club was founded in 1912 as The Newport & Monmouth County Association Football Club, nicknamed The Ironsides after the Lysaght's Orb Works in the town. The club began in the Southern League but was reformed in 1919 and elected into the Football League in 1920.
  The first manager of Newport County A.F.C. was Davy McDougall, appointed in 1912. The club's current manager, Michael Flynn, was appointed on 9 March 2017, following the sacking of Graham Westley by the club. Newport have had a total of 44 managers, of whom 7 have been caretaker managers, and 3 have been player-managers. Flynn is currently the club’s permanent manager, having previously been a player, caretaker manager, and registered as a player-manager.
context_section_description: Newport County A.F.C. is a professional Association football club based in Newport, Wales. The club was founded in 1912 as The Newport & Monmouth County Association Football Club, nicknamed The Ironsides after the Lysaght's Orb Works in the town. The club began in the Southern League but was reformed in 1919 and elected into the Football League in 1920.
  The first manager of Newport County A.F.C. was Davy McDougall, appointed in 1912. The club's current manager, Michael Flynn, was appointed on 9 March 2017, following the sacking of Graham Westley by the club. Newport have had a total of 44 managers, of whom 7 have been caretaker managers, and 3 have been player-managers. Flynn is currently the club’s permanent manager, having previously been a player (until January 2017), caretaker manager (until May 2017), and registered as a player-manager (until 2019).
caption: In the 2018–19 season Michael Flynn led the club to its joint best performance in the FA Cup, reaching the 5th Round for only the second time. The last time County reached that stage was in 1948–49.
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