List of Newport County A.F.C. players

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 four sets of inductions with further inductions planned regularly.^[1]

Player	Inducted	Newport County career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Tommy Tynan	3 Apr 2009	1978–1983	183	66
Albert Derrick Snr	18 Sep 2009	1935–1945	145	57	Posthumous
Roddy Jones	18 Sep 2009	1969–1979	323	71
Chris Lilygreen	18 Sep 2009	1983–1993	211	98
Ken Morgans	18 Sep 2009	1964–1967	141	46
Kevin Moore	18 Sep 2009	1978–1983	148	14
Dave Williams	18 Sep 2009	1960–1973	306	2
John Relish	18 Sep 2009	1974–1987	338	9
Keith Oakes	27 Oct 2012	1978–1984	232	27
Mark Price	27 Oct 2012	1990–1996	275	46
Nathan Davies	27 Oct 2012	1998–2010	383	16
Len Weare	27 Oct 2012	1955–1970	525	0	Posthumous
Craig Reid	27 Oct 2012	2008–2011	112	66
Tony Gilbert	27 Oct 2012	1970–2013	N/A	N/A	Kit Manager
David Pipe	2 Apr 2015	2011–2014	100	0
Gary Plumley	2 Apr 2015	1976–1982, 1984–1985, 1987	187	0
Graham Coldrick	2 Apr 2015	1970–1975	157	10
Richard Walden	2 Apr 2015	1978–1982	151	2	Posthumous
Christian Jolley	2 Apr 2015	2012–2015	61	15
Steve Lowndes	2 Apr 2015	1977–1983, 1992–1996	358	51
Norman Parselle	2 Apr 2015	N/A	N/A	N/A
David Hando	2 Apr 2015	N/A	N/A	N/A	Honorary President
Andrew Taylor	17 Oct 2015	N/A	N/A	N/A	Club Historian, Secretary of Former Players' Association

International honours

Full internationals

The following players have received full international caps while playing for Newport County:

Nigel Vaughan (10 caps) Jack Nicholls (4 caps) Fred Cook (2 caps) Steve Lowndes (10 caps)

Harold Williams (4 caps) Alf Sherwood (41 caps) Ron Hugh (1 cap) Tudor Martin (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 Barry Lynch Danny Rose Garry Shephard Ben Swallow Andrew Thomas

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)

Football League appearances for Newport County

Players with over 200 appearances

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

Players with over 100 appearances

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 Snr Cecil Dixon Tom Docherty Harry Duggan* Ernie Edwards Karl Elsey Harry Fearnley Howard Goddard Dave Gwyther Bobby Harper Harry Harris Wynne Hooper

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 Alan Wood Eddie Woods George Young

Other Notable former players

Note: Inclusion criteria should be stated

Paul Bignot Dave Bruton Darren Campbell Jeff Eckhardt Sam Foley Trevor Ford# Brian Harris Dean Holdsworth Andrew Hughes Christian Jolley Lee Minshull Aaron O'Connor

Lenny Pidgeley Darren Peacock Bob Pugh Tony Pulis Ronnie Radford Craig Reid Danny Rose Andy Sandell Albert Scanlon Glyn Thompson Gary Warren Ismail Yakubu

# On the list of Football League 100 Legends, a list of "100 legendary football players" produced by The Football League in 1998, to celebrate the 100th season of League football.

References

1. Tangerine Tommy. "Newport County Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2010-03-24.