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Really interesting reading that. We had a similar thing having to reform in 1989 and play in the Hellenic League 80 miles away in Moreton-in-Marsh. Coupled with the fact that we had suffered successive relegations from Div 3 and Div 4 and were bottom of the Conference prior to folding, it meant...

Fair point, though one of the reasons they were a consistent presence was because it was almost illegal to relegate them! They finished in relegation zone several times but were reprieved. For about 100 years before their successive promotions to National League they were lower reaches of...

Agree with most of that. Think Swindon could support a Championship side as they’ve done historically. We (Newport), given the size of the city, passion of the supporters and the history, can sustain a third tier side for a few years but that’s probably our limit at the moment. FGR can go one...

Walsall the best side to have visited RP this season. Played a very high press and loads of energy. A point the least they deserved.

Thought you battled hard and was resigned to a point. Whether it was six minutes of injury time or not is open to question but with our track record of late winners I felt we may get one last chance. I would expect Vale to be thereabouts this season.

Agree!

I think it was your guy blaming the referee and asking where the six minutes came from. Whether the amount of time was right or wrong, I pointed out that there were seven second half substitutions (usually accepted as 30 seconds each), two bookings and a sending off. That’s before any slowing...

Seven substitutions second half, two bookings and a sending off. Six minutes wasn't far off to be honest. Obviously gutting for you to lose in the 96th minute after you battled very hard. Was resigned to a point but Podge had missed a great chance two minutes earlier and we were pressing very...

I think you’re right!

Without it, it would have been 0-0 half time and potentially a different game! Though, as I say, on the balance of play, you were worth a 3-0 lead at half time. Just ironic that your goal came from such a soft penalty. Anyway, we move on. Good luck for the season!

I’m sure you would have won, but there was absolutely no way that was a penalty!

And that’s not having a pop at Carlisle, who are the best side we’ve played!

Agree with that. You were comfortably the better side and deserved the win. But you ultimately won with a ludicrous penalty decision!

When we played them, Tranmere, Colchester, Bradford and Harrogate were all in the top eight or ten. We seem to be riding our luck a little with last minute goals but we are playing decent football. We will have to see but it’s been a very impressive start, especially when you consider we’ve...

He has hardly started this year. We’ve tended to go for pace up front with Abrahams and Janneh (on loan from Bristol C) with Ryan Taylor as the holding option. With Taylor currently out injured, Podge came on for the last half hour at Stevenage tonight and held it up quite well. We’ve recently...

We’ve certainly signed some decent players and are actually playing football on the deck! We made £125,000 from the Newcastle EFL Cup game. What could possibly go wrong!!

A few theories behind that. A rugby team from Treviso, northern Italy, played a match in Newport shortly before lockdown which raised a few eyebrows, though they had apparently been in the U.K. for some weeks previously so maybe not connected. More likely, there were a few cases in the city’s...

And to think the only thing I used to disagree with you about was whether us or you were the biggest cheats! Stay safe mate.

Pots and kettles come to mind https://www.espn.co.uk/football/stats/_/league/ENG.4/view/discipline

We know what we are!