Newport County Association Football Club is a professional association football club in the city of Newport, South Wales. The team compete in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. The club's usual home colours are amber shirts and black shorts.
Top-of-the-table Newport playing Oxford United in a Third Division clash in 1981
Newport Stadium, 2004
Rodney Parade 2012
Club mascot Spytty the Dog
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League. The Football League was rebranded as the "English Football League" (EFL) from the 2016–17 season.
William McGregor, founder of The Football League
Preston North End FC, the first champions in 1888
The Aston Villa team in 1897, after winning both the FA Cup and the Football League.
Championship Play-off final, 2006. (Leeds United v. Watford, Millennium Stadium)