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NEWPORT COUNTY AFC OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME 2021-22 | ISSUE 24 | £2.0 0

V EXETER CITY

02/04/22

Kick-Off 3.00pm SKYBET LEAGUE TWO

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Chairman: Gavin Foxall Directors: Bob Herrin, Colin Faulkner, Joe Crocker, Kevin Ward, Mark Crook, Mike Everett, Paul Marks, Peter Madigan, Shaun Johnson. Honorary Club President: David Hando Manager: James Rowberry Assistant Manager: Carl Serrant First Team Coach: Jarred Harvey Goalkeeping Coach: James Hollman Senior Physiotherapist: Tom Gittoes Head of Analysis: Jason Windsor Kit Man: Neil Leek General Manager: Nigel Stephenson Club Secretary: Matthew Higgins Academy Manager: Damien Broad Media Manager: Ben Wills Commercial Manager: Matthew Owen Supporter Liaison Officer: Donna Linton Community Development Officer: Norman Parselle Club Chaplain: Keith Beardmore

STADIUM ADDRESS NEWPORT COUNTY AFC RODNEY PARADE RODNEY ROAD, NP19 0UU CONTACT US t: 01633 302 012 e: office@newport-county.co.uk

JAMES ROWBERRY I would like to begin by offering you all a warm welcome back to Rodney Parade for today’s game. We have had a congested schedule as of late and it’s been good to have a full week to prepare ahead of today compared to the large amount of travel and midweek fixtures we’ve had recently. I want to thank all of fans who did make the journey up to Yorkshire last Saturday. The support was fantastic once again and I can only reaffirm how it means to myself, the players and the club that you consistently provide us with such great away support even on the furthest of trips. I felt that we did enough to win the game away at Bradford last Saturday but even coming away with a draw, I was satisfied with our performance and the aspects of our play which caused Bradford some real issues. The fact that we also kept a clean sheet was another pleasing aspect of our performance, especially as Bradford do certainly put you under pressure in every fixture at Valley Parade. Today will prove to be another competitive game, with Exeter providing a really stern test to our ambitions for this season as they currently sit 2nd in League 2 and looking to further their own progress towards their ambition of promotion this season. I want to welcome Matt Taylor, the technical staff, directors, players and supporters from Exeter City and hope they have a safe journey to and from Rodney Parade. We now enter April and the final month of the season and whilst it can be easy to look ahead to what may come, the key message from myself to the players and everyone else is that we must be laser like in our focus on focusing on each game as they come. It may sound cliché, but it really is the way we must be. The next game is the only one you can affect in the moment, and we must put all our efforts into being the best we can be for each game and sole focus on each fixture is the only way to do that. I’ve already touched on the away support, but we are delighted to be back at Rodney Parade today and I hope that we can really pack put the stadium and we can once again have the same vehement support that really drives the boys on when they step out in front of you on a Saturday afternoon. Get behind the boys and enjoy the game. James O F F I C I A L M AT C H DAY P R O G R A M M E | 3

AMBER FROM THE ATTIC WITH CHRIS SHINGLER

We welcome Exeter City to Rodney Parade this afternoon for this crucial clash, and a repeat of the score from our encounter in April 1981 will be very welcome indeed to the majority here today, I’m sure!

t was an Easter Saturday fixture when the Grecians made the shorthop up the M5 and across the bridge and the much maligned(in these parts) former Liverpool and Swansea City forward, Alan Waddle was featured on the cover of the 25p priced‘Amber Note,’ seen heading home our first goal against Blackpool at Somerton in a recent fixture, a match in which we had won 3-1. In a very busy opening pair of pages, gaffer Len Ashurst is up first. Len was frustrated by the late postponement of our match at Hull City the previous week, and he felt the referee could have left the decision a little later than 1:30pm to give the pitch a chance of draining the “Few pools of water” that were laying upon it. I recall being in a pub near Boothferry Park enjoying a frothy ale or two when it flashed up on the Grandstand TV programme, in between the racing, that the match was off! The coach load of hardy supporters ended up getting our football fix at nearby non-league Goole Town who were entertaining Runcorn that afternoon, and the look on the bemused officials of the home club were a picture as 50-odd amber-and-black-clad Welshmen turned into the car park! Len also welcomes our former player Brian Godfrey who was then his opposite number at St James Park and noted their recent FA Cup 4-0 victory over Newcastle United in front of an excited 13,000 crowd. Mr. Ashurst signs off by congratulating captain Keith Oakes who had been named Match Weekly magazine’s “Matchmanof the Month” for March and was due to be presented with his award before this match.

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Up next was ‘Inside Somerton’ and editor Richard Shepherd led with a sad story as he reported the death of former 1930s & 40s star Billy (WE) Owen,who, for many yearshad lived at the top of Somerton Lane near to our old ground. Billy had played for Exeter too and had been known as “W.E.” because, somewhat confusingly, we had another Billy Owen on our books at the time also, a former Manchester City “Billy” who was known as “W.M.”There was also news that with a ”Royal wedding on the horizon” a County XI would play a Hillview Crescent Ladies team to help raise money for a street party in honour of Charlie and Di’s forthcoming nuptials. Richard also notes that Steve Lowndes’ recordbreaking run of 160 consecutive

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games had come to an end when he was absent from our team who had faced Walsall on April 6th. Steve’s three-year run had started on the 2ndof September in a match at League new boys Wigan in 1978. A two-page look at Exeter is the next slice of eye fodder and, as mentioned, Brian Godfrey, a former record signing of ours (£10,000 from Bristol Rovers) was in charge. Brian had a few players of note at his disposal including goalkeeper Len Bond, a £12,000 signing from Brentford, former Chelsea man John Sparrow, midfielder Peter Hatch as well as forwards Tony Kellow and Ray Pratt, an ex-Merthyr fellow. Martyn and Peter Rogers are also in the squad, uncle& father respectively to our midfielder of more recent times, Scott. Andy White, our late 1960s to mid-70s winger is featured in ‘Look Back in Amber’as he was one of our scorers in a fine2-1 win at Exeter in a November 1975 FA Cup First Round clash. Newport-born Andy had joined his home-town club in the summer of ’69 (there’s surely a song in there somewhere?!) from Welsh League outfit Caerleon and went onto play nearly 300 league and cup games for the Ironsides. For the record, Wynne Hooper got the other goal with Bobby Hodge netting a late consolation for the home club. The current player featured in this issue was Steve Warriner, our Merseysidebred utility player who was in his third season with us. He had suffered his fair share of injuries and when not crocked, he found it hard to get a regular place in our successful side. Steve, who livedat the time in Caerleon with his wife Sharon, had made 37 appearances up to this point, scoring twice. He had been playing regularly at right-back for our Welsh League (reserve) team and had been grateful for some help from other first-team squad members such as Howard Goddard, Ray Bishop and Waddle in recent times. Indeed, even John Aldridge had netted in in the last match they had played, a 3-0 home win over Briton Ferry. Exeter headed to Wales in 9th spot on that spring afternoon,

while we hovered precariously over the dotted relegation line in 20thplace, so this was a vital two points with just five matches to play following this one. Tommy Tynan grabbed our first goal with Waddle adding the second, while 5,231 happily forwent a few hours of chocolate egg scoffing. Goal machine Tony Kellow, who of course had a spell with us in the mid-80s, scored City’s goal from the spot; his 30th of the season and sixth penalty. By the close of play in May, a resurgent Countyfinished the season in 12th spot, exactly halfway, with the Grecians just one place ahead in 11th. County: Mark Kendall, Richard Walden, John Relish, Grant Davies, Keith Oakes, Neil Bailey, Nigel Vaughan, Tommy Tynan, Alan Waddle, John Aldridge (Ray Bishop), Kevin Moore. Exeter City printed XI:Steve Nute, Martyn Rogers, John Sparrow, Dick Forbes, Lee Roberts, Phil Roberts, Ian Pearson, Ray Pratt, Tony Kellow, John Delve, Peter Hatch.

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BOARDROOM A warm welcome to all the Directors, Players and Officials of Exeter City for this afternoon’s EFL League Two home fixture. Our club of the day is Newport Corinthians (Corries) who offer opportunities for boys and girls junior grassroots football and have a number of teams that play in the Gwent County and Newport Junior Leagues. You can find more at their Twitter site: Newport Corinthians (@NptCorries) / Twitter In addition, our charity of the day is My Discombobulated Brain. Well known to the club, this charity aims to tackle the stigma associated with mental health headon while offering a source of support and education to those who are affected by these issues. The charity was born from the experience of what it was like to watch someone you love, and for you personally, go through mental health issues including the stigma that goes alongside it. More can be found about their important work at www.mydiscombobulatedbrain. com. Welcome to both and hope you have a great day with us. We are also joined today by a number of our fans who are holding a bucket collection for Ukraine. All monies raised will be donated to a fundraising effort that has been ongoing within the Czech Republic. James Ward, who used to be in our Academy and is the son of Director Kevin Ward, has been supporting Ukrainian refugees who have been displaced and travelled to the Czech Republic to escape the war.

James has written in today’s programme, and we hope today’s collection will add to the great work he and his wife are undertaking for the people of Ukraine. Thanks in advance to everyone for their generosity, to the lads who are undertaking the collection, and of course to James and his wife. Thank you to all those that travelled to Bradford last weekend. After the game Darren Kelly, Paul Marks and myself were invited by the Bangla Bantums to visit their community centre close to the ground. They have developed a close relationship with our Exiles Together and we were delighted to go and meet the group who shared some of the work they are undertaking within their community. It was a privilege to go and meet the community again who came to visit us at Rodney Parade early in the season. It’s a great example of how football is for everyone! This week saw us table our accounts for the year ending 30th June 2021, and these delivered a modest but acceptable operating profit of £25.9k. This was the season where we played all our games behind closed doors. Despite this the support we received from the fans was superb and helped navigate through this particularly turbulent period. On behalf of the Board, our thanks to everyone! Good luck to the lads this afternoon and thank you for the continued support. Gavin

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COUNTY

APPEARANCES & GOALSCORERS 2021-22 SEASON

* OUT ON LOAN. ** NO LONGER AT THE CLUB. UP TO AND INCLUDING: 29.3.22

Statistics supplied by Gareth Swattridge League No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 28 30 31 41 42 43 49 50 55 56 4 11 27 29

Name Joe DAY Cameron NORMAN Ryan HAYNES Josh PASK James CLARKE Priestley FARQUHARSON Robbie WILLMOTT Matty DOLAN Padraig AMOND * Courtney BAKER-RICHARDSON Rob STREET Alex FISHER Aaron LEWIS Louis HALL * Timmy ABRAHAM Scot BENNETT Finn AZAZ Dom TELFORD Courtney SENIOR Lewis COLLINS Kevin ELLISON Jake CAIN James WAITE Mickey DEMETRIOU Nick TOWNSEND Ollie COOPER Joe WOODIWISS * Lewys TWAMLEY * Ryan HILLIER * Iestyn EVANS Harrison BRIGHT Zack MAHER Aneurin LIVERMORE Ed UPSON** Jermaine HYLTON** Christopher MISSILOU** Jordan GREENIDGE**

Apps 22 (0) 38 (1) 27 (5) 7 (0) 27 (2) 6 (4) 24 (4) 21 (8) 0 (0) 23 (2) 7 (4) 7 (14) 15 (6) 0 (0) 3 (9) 24 (2) 27 (8) 29 (1) 0 (0) 3 (8) 1 (8) 14 (7) 4 (7) 34 (0) 17 (0) 27 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (1) 15 (1) 3 (1) 2 (2) 0 (1)

Goals 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 6 24 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cup YC 0 7 3 1 4 1 2 1 0 5 2 1 3 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0

RC 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Apps 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 3 (0) 1 (0) 3 (0) 3 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2) 5 (0) 3 (1) 4 (1) 1 (0) 3 (0) 2 (1) 0 (0) 2 (2) 3 (2) 3 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 5 (0) 2 (0) 3 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 2 (0) 0 (1) 3 (0) 1 (2) 2 (0) 4 (0) 2 (2)

Goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total YC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0

RC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LEAGUE TABLE 2021-22

Apps 23 (0) 39 (1) 28 (5) 7 (0) 30 (2) 7 (4) 27 (4) 24 (8) 0 (0) 24 (2) 7 (4) 8 (16) 20 (6) 3 (1) 7 (10) 25 (2) 30 (8) 31 (2) 0 (0) 5 (10) 4 (10) 17 (7) 4 (7) 35 (0) 22 (0) 29 (3) 3 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 2 (0) 0 (1) 5 (1) 16 (3) 5 (1) 6 (2) 2 (3)

Goals 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 8 2 2 1 0 3 1 6 25 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

YC 0 7 3 1 4 1 2 1 0 5 2 1 5 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 1 3 0

RC 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Up to: 29.3.22

Pos

Team

PTS

Forest Green Rovers

Exeter City

Northampton Town

Port Vale

Newport County AFC

Bristol Rovers

Tranmere Rovers

Mansfield Town

Swindon Town

Sutton United

Salford City

Hartlepool United

-11

Crawley Town

-6

Bradford City

-4

Harrogate Town

-5

Walsall

-9

Leyton Orient

Carlisle United

-18

Rochdale

-8

Colchester United

-15

Barrow

-12

Oldham Athletic

-22

Stevenage

-26

Scunthorpe United

-45

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ACADEMYUPDATE The Smile Council and Supermarket chain ASDA combined to donate £1,000 to the Newport County Academy side to purchase equipment for the Young Exiles. The cheque was presented to the Academy ahead of kick-off on Friday night. ASDA donated £500 of the £1000 Cheque because of a Community’s draw they held within the store which the Smile Council won. The Smile Council have raised around £3500 over the years to help support the Newport County Academy and pledge they will do so for many years to come. They would also like to thank all County supporters that support the club away from home as “If it wasn’t for our great away supporters that travel away with us all around the country then we wouldn’t be able to raise this money, so many thanks from the Smile Council Committee members for their continued support.” On the donation, Academy Manager Damien Broad said: “From myself and all involved with the Academy we would like to pass on our thanks to Chris, Asda and all the members and contributors to the Smile Council. “Their efforts to raise money for the Academy every year is greatly appreciated and will go into supporting the players development by purchasing new equipment. We were delighted you could all join us at Friday night’s game.“

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MATCHBYMATCH

FOLLOW THE EXILES THROUGHOUT THE 2021/22 SEASON DATE

OPPOSITION

COMP

ATT

AWAY F-A POS STARTING XI

Oldham Athletic Ipswich Town Mansfield Town Tranmere Rovers SOUTHAMPTON Salford City PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

A L2 A CCR1 A L2 A L2 H CCR2 A L2 H PJT

4094 6144 3793 6160 5920 1687 1032

317 131 156 181 1031 277 155

1-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 0-8 0-3 2-0

6 -13 9 -15 --

Day Townsend Day Day Townsend n Day Townsend

Norman n A Lewis Norman Norman Lewis n Norman Bright n

Haynes Hall Haynes n Haynes Hall Haynes Lewis n

Farquharson Woodiwiss Farquharson Farquharson Farquharson Farquharson l Woodiwiss

Dolan l J Clarke Bennett Bennett Dolan l (J)Clarke Dolan l

Demetriou Missilou J Clarke l J Clarke J Clarke Bennett Livermore n

Upson Livermore l n Upson Upsonn Bennett l Missilou l Cain l

LEYTON ORIENT Harrogate Town NORTHAMPTON TOWN WALSALL Barrow AFC

H A H H A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

3845 2670 3168 3825 2427

396 110 161 547 91

2-2 2-2 0-1 2-1 1-2

15 14 19 12 14

Day Day Day Townsend Townsend

Willmott Norman l Norman Norman Norman

Haynes Haynes Haynes Lewis Lewis

Norman Farquharson Farquharson Clarke 1 Clarke

Dolan 1 l Dolan l Demetriou Dolan Dolan l

Demetriou Demetriou n Bennett l Demetriou 1 Haynes

Bennett l n Bennett 1 Livermore n Upson l n Upson

SCUNTHORPE UNITED BRADFORD CITY ARSENAL U21 Exeter City CARLISLE UNITED Bristol Rovers STEVENAGE

H H H A H A H

L2 L2 PJT L2 L2 L2 L2

3213 4089 1426 5078 2962 7515 3439

98 450 91 614 108 1032 92

3-0 0-0 3-4 2-2 2-2 3-1 5-0

12 13 -14 13 12 8

Day Day Townsend Day Day Day Day

Norman Norman Lewis Norman Norman Norman Norman

Haynes Haynes Hall Haynes Haynes n n Lewis Lewis

Clarke Clarke Woodiwiss n Clarke Clarke Clarke n Clarke

Dolan Dolan Missilou n Dolan Dolan Dolan l Demetriou

Demetriou Demetriou Cain Demetriou Demetriou Demetriou Willmott l

Upson Upson l Livermore Upson Upson n n Cain AZAZ 1

Morecambe Swindon Town Hartlepool United SWINDON TOWN Crawley Town Colchester United

A A A H A A

FACR1 PJT L2 L2 L2 L2

1879 2125 5764 5141 1438 2401

167 157 114 1027 130 83

0-1 0-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 1-1

--5 8 9 9

Day Townsend Day Day Day Day

Norman Bright Norman Norman Norman n Norman

Lewis l Haynes Haynes Haynes Lewis n Haynes

Clarke Dolan l Clarke Clarke n Clarke n Clarke n

Demetriou Missilou n Dolan Dolan n Dolan l Bennett

Willmott Upson n Demetriou n Demetriou Demetriou Demetriou

Azaz Collins Upson n Upson l Upson l n Willmott

SUTTON UNITED PORT VALE Rochdale

H H A

L2 L2 L2

3368 4074 2232

90 340 344

3-2 2-1 0-3

8 4 6

Day Day Day

Norman Norman Norman n

Haynes l Lewis n Lewis l

Clarke l Clarke Clarke

DOLAN 1 Dolan Dolan l

Demetriou Demetriou Demetriou n

Willmott Willmott Willmott

Walsall SALFORD CITY HARROGATE TOWN Scunthorpe United Leyton Orient BARROW AFC

A H H A A H

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

4946 BCD BCD 2604 3413 4080

722 0 0 453 169 73

*3-3 0-2 4-0 1-0 1-0 2-1

7 7 6 5 3 3

Townsend Townsend Townsend Townsend Townsend Townsend

Norman l Norman n Norman n Norman NORMAN 1 Norman

Lewis Lewis l Haynes Haynes Haynes Haynes

Clarke Clarke Pask Pask l Pask Clarke

Dolan Demetriou

Bennett Willmott Bennett l Bennett Bennett Bennett

Willmott Cain l Cain Cain Cain l Cain l

Forest Green Rovers NorthamptonTown OLDHAM ATHLETIC MANSFIELD TOWN TRANMERE ROVERS

A A H H H

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

3817 4255 3901 3956 4018

1224 228 343 339 431

0-2 0-1 3-3 1-1 4-2

5 7 7 8 8

Townsend Townsend Townsend Townsend Townsend

Norman Norman n Norman l Lewis Norman

Haynes Haynes HAYNES 1 Haynes l LEWIS 1

Pask n Pask Pask Pask Clarke

Demetriou Demetriou

Bennett Bennett Dolan Dolan l Bennett

Cain n Cain l Bennett l n Bennett Willmott l

FOREST GREEN ROVERS BRISTOL ROVERS Stevenage Carlisle United HARTLEPOOL UNITED Bradford City

H H A A H A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

4448 6237 2733 4445 4768 14716

336 1035 309 144 156 297

1-1 1-0 2-0 2-1 *2-3 0-0

6 4 3 3 3 5

Townsend Townsend Townsend Townsend Day Day

Norman Lewis Norman Norman Norman Norman

Lewis n Haynes n Lewis l Haynes Haynes Lewis

Clarke n n Norman Clarke Clarke l Clarke l Clarke l

Demetriou Demetriou Demetriou DEMETRIOU 1 Demetriou Demetriou

Bennett n Bennett Bennett Bennett Bennett Bennett l

Cain Cain Cain l Dolan Dolan l Willmott

EXETER CITY Swindon Town CRAWLEY TOWN Sutton United COLCHESTER UNITED Port Vale

H A H A H A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

ROCHDALE

AUGUST

Sat 07 Tues 10 Sat 14 Sat 21 Wed 25 Sat 28 Tues 31 SEPTEMBER

Sat 04 Fri 10 Tues 14 Sat 18 Fri 24 OCTOBER

Sat 02 Sat 09 Tues 12 Sat 16 Tues 19 Sat 23 Sat 30 NOVEMBER

Sat 06 Tues 09 Fri 12 Sat 20 Tues 23 Fri 26 DECEMBER

Tues 07 Sat 11 Sat 18 JANUARY

Sat 01 Sat 08 Sat 15 Sat 22 Tue 25 Sat 29

DEMETRIOU 1

Demetriou Demetriou n

Demetriou

FEBRUARY

Sat 05 Tues 08 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26

Demetriou Demetriou DEMETRIOU 1

MARCH

Tue 01 Sat 05 Sat 12 Tues 15 Fri 18 Sat 26 APRIL

Sat 02 Sat 09 Fri 15 Mon 18 Fri 22 Sat 30 MAY

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Key: Goalscorer(s) in Bold1; Sub 1 1 l; Sub 2 l; Sub 3 l; Sub 4 l; Sub 5 l; Yellow Card n; Red Card n; * Own Goal.

Key: Goalscorer(s) in Bold ; Sub 1 l; Sub 2 l; Sub 3 l; Sub 4 l; Sub 5 l Yellow Card n; Red Card n; * Own Goal; (P) Penalty.

Statistics supplied by Gareth Swattridge

Statistics supplied by Gareth Subs Swattridge

Bennett Abraham 1 Azaz Hyltonl Azaz l Greenidge Missilou Abrahamln Upson Fishe 1l Cooper

SUBSTITUTESL Collins l Willmott Azaz l Willmott 1 J Clarkel Willmott Upsonl AzazFisher l l Hylton Abrahaml Abraham 1

Ellison l Missilou l nl Abrahams Hylton l ln L Collins Willmott Greenridgel Willmott Ellisonll Willmott l

Upson Upson Cain l Livermore l Azaz 1 l

Cooper Cooper Willmott Cooper Willmott

Abraham l Willmott 1 Collins l Telford Baker-Richardson l

Willmott Willmott Collins WILLMOTT 1 Willmott Willmott n Cain

Cooper 1 l Cooper n Hylton l Cooper l Cooper l Cooper Cooper

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Newport County AFC supporter and former Academy player James Ward has raised more than £23,000 in a month to help refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. James and his wife Liv both teach at primary schools in Prague and have lived and worked in the Czech capital for six years. With Prague just 360 miles from the Ukrainian border (less than last weekend’s round trip to Bradford), it has been one of the key cities for receiving refugees. Around 270,000 - almost all women and children - have arrived in the city since the Russian invasion began. James and Liv, both 28, were born and went to school in Newport and decided to do what they could to help after visiting a refugee centre in the city. They expected to raise a few hundred pounds, and have been amazed by how much friends, family and contacts have donated - both at home in Wales and in Prague. “It’s incredible and we can’t say how thankful

we are,” said James. “We’ve been able to work with local charities here in Prague, and also to provide money and equipment to refugees ourselves, meaning people arriving here are getting immediate and direct help. We’ve bought food, water, nappies, sanitary products, baby food and other essentials and distributed them to refugee centres and directly to people in need.” “We’ve also bought beds, towels, fresh food and vegetables, and toys for children; and we have bought medical supplies and sent them to Poland and Ukraine.” James said: “We are incredibly grateful to County for organising today’s bucket collection. Every penny raised will go directly to refugees here in Prague, so thank you in advance to fans for their generosity today.”

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2021/2022 STAT PACK ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - LEAGUE TWO TOP FIVES GOALS 2 3 4 5

ASSISTS 24

DOMINIC TELFORD

MATT STEVENS

MITCHELL PINNOCK

JAMILLE MATT

JEVANI BROWN

HARRY MCKIRDY

NICKY CADDEN

AARON DRINAN

OLIVER COOPER

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HARRY MCKIRDY

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JEVANI BROWN

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DOMINIC TELFORD

NICKY CADDEN

CALLUM COOKE

CONOR WILKINSON

ANDY COOK

GEORGE THOMSON

FINN AZAZ

KANE WILSON

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KANE WILSON

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GLENN MORRIS

JACK DIAMOND

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RORY WATSON

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JOSEPH WOLLACOTT

DAVID AJIBOYE

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LIAM ROBERTS

ALEX GILLIEAD

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ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - LEAGUE TWO SPOTLIGHT Stevenage are winless in their last 10 league games (D3 L7), failing to score on six occasions in that run.

Leyton Orient are looking to win a league game on three consecutive Saturdays for the first time since October 2019 (5th, 12th and 19th).

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EXETER CITY

MATCH FACTS & TOTAL CARDS Newport have lost just one of their last 13 Football League home games against Exeter (W4 D8), going down 4-1 on New Year’s Eve 2016.

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The Board of the Supporters' Trust currently consists of eight elected directors and two coopted directors. As the Trust is the majority shareholder in the club, all Trust directors ore also registered with the Football League as directors of the club having passed the EFL's Owners and Directors Test.

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EXETER CITY BY RICHARD TAYLOR GRECIANS’ STATS …

Formed: 1901 (1904 as Exeter City). Previous Name: St Sidwell’s United (1901-04). Ground: St James Park, Stadium Way, Exeter EX4 6PX. Capacity: 8696 (3715 seated). Best League Position: 2nd, Division 3 (South) 1932-33. Best in FA Cup: Round 6 (replay), 1930-31, Round 6 1980-81. Best in League Cup: Round 4 (replay) 1989-90; Round 4 1973-74, 1978-79 and 1979-80. Best in EFLTrophy: Southern Area Finalists 1992-93 and 2010-11. Best in FATrophy: Semi-Finalists 2005-06. Record Win: 14-0 v Weymouth, FA Cup First Qualifying Round, October 1938. Record Defeat: 0-9 v Notts County, Division 3 (South), October 1948 and v Northampton Town, Division 3 (South), April 1958. Record Attendance: 20,984 v Sunderland, FA Cup Round 6 (replay), March 1931. Record Signing: Jayden Stockley, £100,000 from Aberdeen, August 2017.. Record Departure: Ollie Watkins, £1.8m to Brentford, July 2017. Record Appearances: Arnold Mitchell, 495 (1952-66) Record Scorer: Tony Kellow, 129 (1976-78, 1980-83 and 1985-88). Most Capped Player: Joel Grant, 2 (14), Jamaica.

GRECIANS’ LEAGUE JOURNEY …

1901-03 Exeter & District Junior League; 1903-06 East Devon League; 1906-08 Plymouth & District League; 1908-20 Southern League Division 1; 1920-21 Division 3; 1921-1958 Division 3 (S); 1958-64 Division 4; 1964-66 Division 3; 1966-77 Division 4; 1977-84 Division 3; 1984-90 Division 4; 1990-92 Division 3; 1992-94 Division 2 (third tier); 1994-2003 Division 3; 2003-04 Conference; 2004-08 Conference Premier; 2008-09 League Two; 2009-12 League One; 2012-League Two.

GRECIANS’ LAST 10 SEASONS … Season 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21

League League One League Two League Two League Two League Two League Two League Two League Two League Two League Two

Position 23 (rel.) 10 16 10 14 5 (p/off) 4 (p/off) 9 5 (p/off) 8

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Average Att. 4474 4141 3706 3873 4008 4300 4072 4343 4847 ………

GRECIANS’ LAST 10 GAMES … 12 Feb: Bradford City A 15 Feb: Harrogate Town H 26 Feb: Bristol Rovers A 04 Mar: Mansfield Town A 08 Mar: Swindon Town H 12 Mar: Salford City H 16 Mar: Crawley Town H 19 Mar: Oldham Athletic A 22 Mar: Port Vale A 26 Mar: Stevenage H

F-A 1-0 4-3 1-3 1-2 3-1 0-0 2-1 2-0 0-0 2-1

Att: 15,058 3,852 9,689 6,702 5,958 5,775 4,042 5,111 5,301 5,923

Scorers: Jay 16 (1 pen.), Dieng 12, Nombe 9 (1 pen.), J. Brown 7 (1 pen.), Amond 4, Atangana 2, Coley 2, Collins 2, Diabate 2, Grounds 2, Kay 2, Ray (on loan to Leyton Orient) 2, Stubbs 2, Caprice 1, Daniel 1, Kite 1, Phillips 1, Sparkes 1, Taylor 1, Zanzala 1. Two own goals.

IN THE BEGINNING …

There is some debate as to the connection between Exeter City and St Sidwell’s United, though football historian Aidan Hamilton shed some light on the mystery in his 2014 book, ‘Have you ever played Brazil? The Story of Exeter City’s 1914 tour of South America’. The author unearths the 31 August 1904 edition of ‘The Devon Evening Express’, which reports that Saints, formed in 1901,‘decided to take the title of “Exeter City”, a decidedly more suitable name for this strong combination.’ The same newspaper refers to St Sidwell’s as ‘the premier club in Exeter’ a year earlier, eclipsing the previously pre-eminent St James Park-based Exeter United, of which little was heard following a 3-0 defeat by Saints in 1902.The newly renamedCity immediately moved into St James Park, where St Sidwell’s had trained since August 1903, and attracted a crowd of over 600 for their ‘first’ match, a 2-1 victory over the 110th battery of the Royal Field Artillery in the East Devon League.

HIGHLIGHTS

In 1908, City replaced Tottenham Hotspur in the Southern League and six years later replaced Spurs again as England’s representative on an historic tour of South America, playing eight matches against teams from Argentina and Brazil, finishing off the trip with a feisty 2-0 defeat to Brasileiros. Two City players, Jimmy Lagan and Jack Fort, walked off in protest at the distinctly un-Samba like tactics of the Brazilians. Just two months later, seven of the Brasileiros players represented Brazil in their first-ever international, a 1-0 victory over Argentina. City’s best-ever season is their second-place finish in Division 3 (South) in 1932-33. Unfortunately, the runners-up spot was not enough to secure a shot at second tier football in a ‘one up’ era, though the early 1930s were a golden era for ‘The Grecians, who, under the management of Northern Ireland born Billy McDevitt, reached the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup in 1930, before losing 4-2 to Sunderland in a St James Park replay. Exeterreached the last

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•G reen! It may be best to whisper it around Devonian visitors, but Grecians actually wore various combinations of green and white, before trialing red and white stripes in November 1910 following a poor start to the 1910-11 campaign. The trial was successful as, after an initial 0-0 draw, City won all five December fixtures and the switch became permanent. • The 2002-03campaign, which saw Grecians relegated from the Football League after an 82-year spell. Stabilty was in short supply at St James Park, with four managers, including future County boss John Cornforth, all failing to steer the City ship to safety. At one point, legendary former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne was linked to the Exeter hot-seat, as co-chairman Uri Geller (of spoon bending fame) introduced the likes of global pop icon, Michael Jackson, singer Patti Boulaye, magician David Blaine and ‘Darth Vader’ David Prowse to the club, with the latter joining Geller, and briefly Jackson, on the club board. However, all had departed prior to City’s relegation. These days, the most famous face at St James Park is season ticket holder Ade Edmondson, 65, of ‘The Young Ones’ fame, though Coldplay’s Chris Martin, 45, who was born locally, sends the occasional message of support.

FANS’ VIEWS

A look at ‘The Word on Well Street’, Grecians’ fans’ forum ahead of today’s clash, with thanks to the contributors named. ‘Got a good feeling about this game. Newport with a loss and a draw in their last two games have massive pressure on them and even a draw against us will see them probably slide out of the top seven. They will have to attack thus leaving space for us to counter attack and we will come away with a 2-1 win. Personally, I think Tranmere and Newport will drop out of the play offs, replaced by Swindon and Mansfield. ‘SaintJames’ clearly in confident mood! ‘It’s frustrating because, like at Sutton, there are still plenty of places available in the home end but, for whatever reason, Newport donot, or cannot, increase the away allocation.’ While ‘SEA Grecian’ focuses on ground arrangements at RP. ‘But Newport’s away allocation isnot much different from ours, and the rest of the ground will be pretty full so we can’t complain about that.’ While ‘denzel’ sees it from a home viewpoint. ‘Anyone with spare tickets? Son and I will be in Newport as I am picking him up from uni in Cardiff that morning and we are even dropping off a friend of his who has a ticket! Was surprised by it selling out in a day- we had it on the calendar from the moment the fixture list was out.’ ‘bootesful’ hoping to acquire a couple of tickets. ‘2/4/1956, Exeter 2 Newport 0, a repeat 66 years later would fit the bill.’ ‘david61’ with a blast from the past.

GRECIANS TODAY Midfield options

Last weekend’s 2-1 home victory over relegation threatened Stevenage means it is just one defeat in 16 games for the inform Grecians, who were indebted to a Sam Stubbs brace to end any hopes of a dream start for new Boro boss Steve Evans. Like County, City have had to overcome a few injury problems in recent games and were without midfield trio Harry Kite, Kyle Taylor and the suspended Nigel Atangana for the St James Park win. The latter returns for the marathon trek to Carlisle United next weekend, though Kite is still a few weeks away from fitness following a groin injury and Taylor remains sidelined till 2023 with a cruciate ligament problem. On a positive note, French born Timothée Dieng, who has 12 goals this term, came off the bench last weekend following a hamstring problem, and Callum Rowe returned from a loan spell with Bath City to earn the man of the match award and the praise of his manager Matt Taylor: ‘He is not a find, but a great option to have on the back of injuries and suspension and it is a testament that he can play 90 minutes on the back of his disjointed season and on the back of the way he has trained. No-one is happier than me, but the challenge is to back that up in the last eight games.’

MANAGER’S VIEW

Matt Taylor talking to ‘Devon Live’about the character his squad have shown in recent weeks, despite injuries and illnesses. ‘The players had Monday off because it has been a real slog. But in terms of the points return through February and March (27 from 12 games), it has been absolutely fantastic. I am proud of the performances, the effort and the way the group has approached games. We never make excuses, but we have to be understanding of the current squad situation. There are different ways to get points and we have shown a side to us in the past few weeks that I have really liked.’

THE COUNTY CONNECTION

County have met City more than any other club in our history, just edging the series with 46 victories to Exeter’s 45 in the 130 encounters in all competitions. Exeter’s first trip to Newport, 101 years ago last month, saw Geordie Harry Dobson, who had starred for Coventry in a 10-1 thrashing of County four seasons earlier, score twice to complete a Southern League First Division double following a 2-1 win in Devon four months earlier. Exeter returned to Newport after a quarter of a century away in March 2014, when the teams fought out a 1-1 draw. Twenty first century encounters between the teams are: Season Competition Home Away

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League Two 1-1 (3159) League Two 2-2 (4070) League Two 1-1 (2870) League Two 1-4 (2663) League Two 2-1 (3318) League Two 1-0 (3791) League Two 1-1 (4762) EFL Trophy 0-2 (635) League Two 1-1 League Two

2-0 (4614) 0-2 (4478) 1-1 (3924) 1-0 (4040) 0-1 (4193) 1-1 (4239) 0-1 (5968) 0-0 2-2 (5078)

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MEET THE PLAYERS

EXETER CITY WITH PHIL TANNER 01 Cameron Dawson

04 Nigel Atangana

On loan for the season from Sheffield Wednesday, his hometown club who he joined at the age of 15, and has missed only one League Two game so far. Cameron, 26, has played 65 games for the Owls in the EFL since his debut in 2013 and won two England caps at U18 and three at U19. Previous loan spells took him to Plymouth Argyle, Alfreton Town - then in the Conference Wycombe Wanderers and Chesterfield.

French box-to-box player who adds steel to the midfield. Nigel played lower-league football at home before coming to notice with our old rivals Havant & Waterlooville and was picked up by their neighbours Portsmouth. He spent a season and a half at Fratton Park before joining Leyton Orient and signed for Exeter in May 2019, turning down an extension at Cheltenham where he had spent two seasons.

GOALKEEPER

02 Jake Caprice DEFENDER

Signed from Tranmere Rovers ahead of last season. Jake was at right back when they pipped County in the 2019 League Two playoff final. The Londoner, 28, started his career at Crystal Palace and moved on to Blackpool, from where he had loan spells at Dagenham, St Mirren and Tamworth. He then joined Lincoln City on a permanent basis and was with Woking and Leyton Orient before joining Tranmere.

03 Jack Sparkes DEFENDER

Returned in January from a brief loan to Torquay United. From Exmouth, Jack came through the youth ranks and made his debut early in 2017-18 aged only 16. In 2018-19 he went out on loan to Chippenham Town and to Salisbury, where he ended the campaign. A serious knee injury against County at St James Park in 2019-20 kept him out until the lockdown-delayed playoffs but he then played 50 games last season.

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MIDFIELDER

06 Sam Stubbs DEFENDER

Described by boss Matt Taylor as “an old-school centre-half”, the 22-year-old signed on a free from Fleetwood Town in January last year and agreed a two-and-a-halfyear deal. Sam had joined Fleetwood from Middlesbrough that September after loans to Notts County, Hamilton Academical and Den Haag in the Netherlands. He is the son of former Bolton Wanderers, Celtic and Everton defender Alan Stubbs.

07 Matt Jay MIDFIELDER

Club captain and consistent scorer from midfield, with 14 goals in 44 games this season in all competitions after netting 20 last term. A local lad from Torbay and a product of City’s academy, Matt broke into the first team in 2017-18 with 22 appearances in all competitions. Known for his technical ability and quick feet, he has also had loan spells at Weston-super-Mare, Hayes & Yeading United and Truro City.

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08 Archie Collins

15 Kieran Phillips

Versatile player up front, just behind the strikers, wide right, wide left or in central midfield. Archie, from Bridgwater, signed his first pro contract in April 2018 having already made his debut in the EFL Trophy. The 2018-19 campaign was a real breakthrough for the youngster as he turned out 33 times. He has been a fixture in the side since then and has now passed 150 appearances in all competitions, scoring eight.

On loan from hometown club Huddersfield Town and made his debut last month. Kieran joined Everton from Huddersfield as a junior and at one stage missed more than two years of football after a double knee fracture. He moved back to Yorkshire in January 2020 on loan and made the switch permanent the following summer. He spent the first half of this season on loan at Walsall, appearing against County twice.

10 Sam Nombe

17 Kyle Taylor

Signed a three-year contract when he moved from MK Dons in July for an undisclosed fee in July. Sam is having an excellent campaign and in September-October scored in six successive L2 games, including our 2-2 draw at St James Park. Having come through the Dons’ academy he made 21 appearances in L1 in 2019-20, scoring five, and spent last season on loan at Luton after earlier loans at Oxford City and Maidenhead.

Suffered a serious knee injury last month and we wish him a speedy return. Kyle joined the Grecians from Bournemouth on deadline day in August, signing on a free on a three-year deal. He joined the Cherries’ academy aged 12 and helped win the EFL Youth Alliance Cup in 2017. He spent a short period on loan at Forest Green in 2019-20, making six appearances, before 31 games on loan for Southend last season.

MIDFIELDER

STRIKER

12 Joshua Key MIDFIELDER

Wingback who has already played almost 40 games this season. Now 22 and reportedly coveted by bigger clubs, Josh went to school in Exeter and signed for the academy as an under-16 when Torquay United closed theirs. Like many of City’s youngsters he has acquired valuable experience on loan at leading local non-league clubs, in his case totalling some 80 games at Bideford and across two seasons with Tiverton Town.

14 Timothee Dieng MIDFIELDER

Summer arrival from relegated Southend, where he topped 100 appearances and was captain when Sol Campbell was manager. Tim can also play at centreback. He signed for Southend after turning down an extension at Bradford City in 2018, having made 78 appearances in two seasons there. Before joining the Yorkshire club he was at Oldham for two years, arriving at Boundary Park from Brest in his native France.

STRIKER

MIDFIELDER

18 Offrande Zanzala STRIKER

January signing on loan from Barrow, for whom he played against County in October. Offrande joined them last summer from Carlisle. Born in the Republic of Congo, he joined Derby’s academy at 12. He made his senior debut in 2016 on loan to Stevenage and had further loans to Chester and Accrington, then made the latter move permanent. After 10 goals in 51 games he moved on to Crewe and then Carlisle.

20 Jevani Brown STRIKER

Joined from Colchester United, where he netted 11 last season. With Peterborough as a youngster, Jevani dropped into non-league. After bagging a head-turning 19 goals in 20 matches for St Neots in the Southern League, midway through 2016-17 he made a seamless transition to the EFL with Cambridge United. He went on loan from there to Forest Green in January 2020, only for the season to be curtailed.

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21 Callum Rowe

29 Harry Kite

Recalled last month from a loan at Bath City in National League South after Kyle Taylor sustained a season-ending injury. Callum joined the Grecians in July from Aston Villa. He was one of a number of youngsters called up to the first team for an FA Cup tie against Liverpool last season following an outbreak of Covid amongst the senior players and provided the assist for Villa’s shock opener in a 4-1 loss.

Twenty appearances so far this season as of the time of writing 14 in League Two and six cup ties. Harry signed as a professional at St James Park in February 2018, having already made his debut in the EFL Trophy. Like several other youth team products he has spent time away on loan, with a lengthy spell in 2018-19 at Dorchester Town and all the truncated 2019-20 campaign with Taunton Town.

22 Harry Lee

31 Josh Coley

Signed his first professional contract ahead of this season. Maintaining City’s record for developing young players, Harry made it onto the bench at the age of only 15 when the Grecians suffered an injury crisis early last term. He made his debut in the EFL Trophy this season and saved two penalties in a shootout win against Cheltenham Town and had a month on loan at Southern League Dorchester from October.

Joined in June 2021. Josh, 23, is the latest wearer of the number as a player whose wages are fully or part-funded by City fans under the banner of The 1931 Fund, named after the year of a famous FA Cup run. He has a long CV as a winger in non-league and time with Norwich City and Dunfermline to his name and arrived from Maidenhead in the National League after scoring five in 37 appearances last season.

DEFENDER

GOALKEEPER

26 Pierce Sweeney DEFENDER

Left briefly last summer and signed for Swindon, but returned almost immediately. Pierce was spotted at Bray Wanderers near Dublin by the late Eamonn Dolan, former City manager and then head of Reading’s academy. The Irish U21 cap helped Reading win the U21 Premier League Cup in 2013-14. He joined City on trial ahead of the 2016-17 season and was then signed as The 1931 Fund’s supporter-funded player.

27 Jonathan Grounds DEFENDER

Left back or centreback who began with his local club Middlesbrough, making 33 league appearances across five years. Jonathan also spent time on loan to Norwich, Hibernian, Chesterfield and Yeovil before signing for Oldham on a free in 2012. Subsequent moves took him to Birmingham City, where he was a regular for four seasons, Bolton Wanderers on a whole-season loan in 2018-19 and Swindon Town last season .

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MIDFIELDER

34 Alex Hartridge DEFENDER

Twenty-two-year-old in his second full season as a regular at the back. Alex put pen to paper on his first full contract in April 2017 and made his league debut in December 2018. He normally plays at left back or on the left side of central defence and spent most of the 2019-20 season on a series of loans at Conference South side Bath City. Before that he also had multiple stints with Truro City across three seasons.

39 Cheick Diabate DEFENDER

Described by City’s website as “an aggressive ball-winning centre half who really values defending and protecting the box”. Cheick signed as a scholar after being freed by Stevenage as an under-16. He first appeared in a matchday squad when Exeter won an EFL Trophy group game here in October 2019, but didn’t come on. He started this season on loan at Truro City and made his EFL debut in January after being recalled.

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40 Scott Brown GOALKEEPER

Player-coach who has so far featured once this season, signed after topping 140 games for Port Vale. Scott was with Wolves, Welshpool Town and Bristol City before making his debut in the EFL with Cheltenham in 2006. After some 300 appearances he joined Aberdeen, where he was twice a runner-up in the Scottish Premier, then he joined Wycombe and was ever-present when they were promoted from League Two.

MANAGER

MATT TAYLOR

Divisional Manager of the Month for February. City have a great record of giving managers time in the job and Matt is now the longest-serving boss in League Two, discounting Simon Weaver whose tenure at Harrogate dates back to their non-league days. He was appointed on 1 June 2018 as successor to Paul Tisdale, who was himself by far the longest-serving manager in the EFL when he left for MK Dons. Matt was a nominee for Manager of the Month after his first month in charge and City finished just one point outside the playoff zone in his first season. He went on to win the awards for both December and April in 2019-20 and steered City to the delayed playoff final, where they lost to Northampton Town. Recently turned 40, he made more than 150 appearances for the Grecians as a tough-tackling centre back so is a popular figure among the St James Park faithful. He helped win back-to-back promotions before going on to play for Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham Town and County, where he made a handful of appearances six seasons ago but struggled with injury. Matt started his playing career in Lancashire at Burscough - at first as a goalkeeper - and helped them win the FA Trophy in 2002-03. After several years at non-league level including time with Team Bath he got his break at Exeter in 2007 and helped them to promotion from the Conference in his first season, when he made 46 appearances and scored nine goals. Promotion to League One followed immediately. After leaving Rodney Parade he was briefly with Bath City, then returned to Exeter in the autumn of 2016 as a defensive coach before becoming U23s manager in 2017-18. O F F I C I A L M AT C H DAY P R O G R A M M E | 3 7

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MANAGER: MATT TAYLOR

Cameron Dawson (GK) Jake Caprice Jack Sparkes Nigel Atangana Sam Stubbs Matt Jay (captain) Archie Collins Sam Nombe Joshua Key Timothee Dieng Kieran Phillips Kyle Taylor Offrande Zanzala Jevani Brown Callum Rowe Harry Lee (GK) Pierce Sweeney Jonathan Grounds Harry Kite Josh Coley Alex Hartridge Cheick Diabate Scott Brown (GK)

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