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 COVID-19 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 Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 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 Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 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 Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 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 Nationality 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
Result summary
Results by matchday
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.
Squad statistics Source:
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Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total1 9CFPádraig Amond 831113215CFTristan Abrahams 401510311CFJamille Matt 600064 4CMJoss Labadie 31004522DMTaylor Maloney 00033610CMJosh Sheehan 2000217CBScot Bennett 100128 3LBRyan Haynes 10001 5CBKyle Howkins 10001 6CMDale Gorman 10001 8CMMatt Dolan 0001116CMGeorge Nurse 1000120SSCorey Whitely 0001121CFLewis Collins 0001125CBMark O'Brien 1000127CBRyan Inniss 1000133RWJordan Green 1000139CFRyan Hillier 00011Own Goals 10011Total 32421553
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total 14 CMJoss Labadie 10001000000001100227CBRyan Inniss 701000000001702310CMJosh Sheehan 60010000010080011CFJamille Matt 410100000100610515CFTristan Abrahams 500200000000700612RBDanny McNamara 60000000000060073 LBRyan Haynes 50000000000050088 CMMatt Dolan 30000000010040017CBScot Bennett 200100000100400105 CBKyle Howkins 2000001000003007 RMRobbie Willmott 20000000010030016CMGeorge Nurse 10010000010030025CBMark O'Brien 30000000000030028CBMickey Demetriou 200000000100300151 GKTom King 2000000000002006 CMDale Gorman 2000000000002009 CFPádraig Amond 2000000000002001812RBAsh Baker 10000000000010029CMDom Jefferies 00000000010010030GKNick Townsend 10000000000010033RWJordan Green 100000000000100Total 65117001009018212
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