2015–16 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
2015–16 season
Chairman Tony Pring (interim)
Manager Terry Butcher until 1 October 2015
John Sheridan until 13 January 2016
Warren Feeney from 15 January 2016
Stadium Rodney Parade
League Two 22nd
FA Cup 3rd Round
League Cup 1st Round
League Trophy 1st Round
Top goalscorer League: Scott Boden (13)
All: Scott Boden (15)
Highest home attendance 5,083 v Blackburn Rovers (18 January 2016), FA Cup round 3
Lowest home attendance 1,434 v Swindon Town (1 September 2015), Football League Trophy round 1
Average home league attendance 2,731
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in League Two and 63rd season in the Football League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. It was their 95th season of league football and 27th since reforming in 1989.[1] They finished the season in 22nd place. The club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy, reaching the Round 3 of the FA Cup for the first time since 1986.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 MF England Tom Owen-Evans Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 MF England Kieran Parselle Academy Trainee [3]
1 July 2015 DF Wales Scott Barrow Macclesfield Town Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 GK Wales Rhys Taylor Macclesfield Town Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 FW England Lenell John-Lewis Grimsby Town Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 MF England Alex Rodman Gateshead Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 DF England Danny Holmes Tranmere Rovers Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 DF England Nathan Ralph Yeovil Town Free transfer [7]
1 July 2015 DF Ghana Seth Nana Twumasi Yeovil Town Free transfer [7]
1 July 2015 MF Zaire Medy Elito VVV-Venlo Free transfer [8]
6 July 2015 DF England Matt Taylor Cheltenham Town Free transfer [9]
13 July 2015 FW England Scott Boden FC Halifax Town Free transfer [10]
1 September 2015 DF England Matt Partridge Basingstoke Town Free transfer [11]
6 November 2015 GK England Joe Green Unattached Free transfer
21 January 2016 FW France John-Christophe Ayina Unattached Free transfer
25 January 2016 DF Wales Darren Jones Unattached Free transfer
10 February 2016 FW Montserrat Dean Morgan Unattached Free transfer
18 February 2016 FW England Tom Meechan St Neots Town Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
6 August 2015 DF England Aaron Hayden Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 October 2015 [12]
19 August 2015 MF England Josh Laurent Brentford 8 October 2015 [13]
20 August 2015 FW England Zak Ansah Charlton Athletic 13 December 2015 [14]
24 September 2015 FW England Tyler Blackwood Queens Park Rangers 24 October 2015 [15]
24 September 2015 DF Saint Lucia Janoi Donacien Aston Villa End of season [16]
8 October 2015 MF England Scot Bennett Notts County 31 December 2015
13 October 2015 DF England Jazzi Barnum-Bobb Cardiff City 7 January 2016
13 October 2015 MF Wales Tommy O'Sullivan Cardiff City 7 January 2016
26 November 2015 FW Scotland Oliver McBurnie Swansea City 24 December 2015
7 January 2016 DF England Ben Davies Preston North End End of season
7 January 2016 MF England Connor Dymond Crystal Palace 14 February 2016
15 January 2016 GK England Mitchell Beeney Chelsea 25 February 2016
21 January 2016 FW England Deane Smalley Plymouth Argyle End of season
21 January 2016 FW Republic of Ireland Conor Wilkinson Bolton Wanderers 20 March 2016
26 February 2016 MF Gibraltar Jake Gosling Bristol Rovers 29 March 2016
11 March 2016 MF Wales Tommy O'Sullivan Cardiff City End of season
24 March 2016 FW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Peterborough United End of season

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 September 2015 CB Republic of Ireland Kevin Feely Free agent Mutual consent [17]
1 September 2015 CB Wales Regan Poole Manchester United Undisclosed
22 January 2016 FW Wales Aaron Collins Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
1 February 2016 DF England Matt Taylor Free agent Released
10 May 2016 GK England Joe Green Free agent Released [18]
10 May 2016 GK Wales Rhys Taylor Free agent Released [18]
10 May 2016 DF Wales Scott Barrow Free agent Released [18]
10 May 2016 DF England Matt Partridge Free agent Released [18]
10 May 2016 DF Ghana Seth Nana Twumasi Free agent Released [18]
10 May 2016 DF England Nathan Ralph Free agent Released [18]
10 May 2016 MF England Yan Klukowski Free agent Released [18]
10 May 2016 FW Montserrat Dean Morgan Free agent Released [18]
6 June 2016 DF Wales Andrew Hughes Free agent Released
9 June 2016 FW England Scott Boden Free agent Released
13 June 2016 FW France John-Christophe Ayina Free agent Released
13 June 2016 MF England Medy Elito Free agent Released
13 June 2016 MF Republic of Ireland Mark Byrne Free agent Released
13 June 2016 DF England Danny Holmes Free agent Released
18 June 2016 MF England Alex Rodman Free agent Released

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
29 October 2015 GK Wales Rhys Taylor Wrexham End of season
12 February 2016 DF England Nathan Ralph Aldershot Town End of season

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 20 May 2015, Newport County announced their first four friendlies against Undy, Port Talbot Town, Bath City and Eastleigh.[19] A fifth against Weston-super-Mare was added on 21 May.[19] On 11 July 2015, Newport County added a trip to Torquay United.[20]

League Two

League Cup

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott.

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

References

  1. "History". Statto.
  2. "BREAKING NEWS: Tom Owen-Evans Agrees Deal". Newport County AFC. 8 May 2015.
  3. "NEWS: Kieran Parselle Signs Newport County Contract". Newport County AFC. 5 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "BREAKING NEWS: Butcher Announces Trio Of New Arrivals". Newport County AFC. 29 May 2015.
  5. "SIGNING: Alex Rodman Signs For County". Newport County AFC. 9 June 2015.
  6. "Newport County sign Danny Holmes from Tranmere". BBC Sport. 24 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Newport County sign two Ghanaian defenders". News Ghana. 26 June 2015.
  8. "Medy Elito third signing of the day for County". South Wales Argus. 25 June 2015.
  9. "Newport County confirm the signing of Cheltenham Town defender Matt Taylor". Wales Online. 6 July 2015.
  10. "NEW SIGNING: Scott Boden signs for County". Newport County AFC. 13 July 2015.
  11. "County sign defender Matt Partridge". Newport County AFC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  12. "County sign Aaron Hayden on a youth loan deal". Newport County FC. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  13. "County sign Josh Laurent on loan". Newport County AFC. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  14. "County sign Zak Ansah". Newport County AFC. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  15. "County sign Tyler Blackwood". Newport County AFC. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  16. "County sign Janoi Donacien". Newport County AFC. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  17. "Kevin Feely mutually agrees to terminate contract". Newport County AFC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Retained List 16/17". Newport County AFC. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  19. 1 2 "FIXTURES: Friendly Fixtures Announced". Newport County AFC. 20 May 2015.
  20. "County add trip to Torquay". Newport County AFC. 11 July 2015.
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