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. PlayerInductedNewport County careerLeague AppearancesLeague GoalsNotes Tommy Tynan3 Apr 20091978–198318366 Albert Derrick (Senior)18 Sep 20091935–194514557Posthumous Roddy Jones18 Sep 20091969–197932371 Chris Lilygreen18 Sep 20091983–199321198 Ken Morgans18 Sep 20091964–196714146 Kevin Moore18 Sep 20091978–198314814 Dave Williams18 Sep 20091960–19733062 John Relish18 Sep 20091974–19873389 Keith Oakes27 Oct 20121978–198423227 Mark Price27 Oct 20121990–199627546 Nathan Davies27 Oct 20121998–201038316 Len Weare27 Oct 20121955–19705250Posthumous Craig Reid27 Oct 20122008–201111266 Tony Gilbert27 Oct 20121970–2013N/AN/AKit Manager David Pipe2 Apr 20152011–20141000 Gary Plumley2 Apr 20151976–1982, 1984–1985, 19871870 Graham Coldrick2 Apr 20151970–197515710 Richard Walden2 Apr 20151978–19821512Posthumous Christian Jolley2 Apr 20152012–20156115 Steve Lowndes2 Apr 20151977–1983, 1992–199635851 Norman Parselle2 Apr 20151986–1988, 1989–1991, mid 90sN/AN/A David Hando2 Apr 2015N/AN/AN/AHonorary President Andrew Taylor17 Oct 2015N/AN/AN/AClub Historian, Secretary of Former Players' Association Justin Edinburgh29 Dec 20192011–2015 (manager)N/AN/APosthumous
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 Ben Lloyd Tanatswa Nyakuhwa
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 Trust 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 2025 Nick Townsend 2026 Lee Jenkins
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
Matty Dolan 175 Nick Townsend* 169 Pádraig Amond 162 Josh Sheehan* 142 Matt Baker 129 Dan Butler 129 Joss Labadie 122 James Clarke 119 David Pipe* 110 Ryan Haynes 103 Mark O'Brien 103 Cameron Norman 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
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