1912 Exiles

Have you thawed out from that yet? 🥶 A frustrating afternoon of FA Cup action at the end of a gruelling week. Ed is on hand to offer a few tactical insights and find a silver lining to the cloud. Thanks to all our listeners who sent in comments, and make sure you read Mark Vickery's excellent match report from the game too. Stay in touch with the pod via Twitter , Facebook or LinkedIn . Our...

Ian , Ollie and 81 other hardy souls braved the November cold air and the cruel mistress that is the M6, and were richly rewarded for their troubles. A fine win puts County within touching distance(!) of the playoffs(!!) and gives us plenty of confidence going into December's big set of games. As trailed, you can now buy a 1912 Exiles fridge magnet directly through our ko-fi page ! Please do...

Rhys is in the chair, and is joined by Ian and Ed to discuss the shock result of the season with County beating table-topping Stockport and bringing to an end their 12-game unbeaten run. We heap praise on Graham Coughlan, we heap praise on Shane McLoughlin, we heap praise on James Clarke, we heap praise on the MND fundraiser shirt, we heap praise on... well, you get the drift. We'll have More...

"Got what we deserved: absolutely nothing" The bulk of this episode is another Ian Street match diary, this time from the trip to Field Mill. Ian catches up with a few faithful listeners along the way, but there were few positives to take from the game. The episode also hears Ed check in with Craig from the Mansfield Matters podcast , and get their perspective on County's survival c...

A bit of a tide-me-over pod to keep the wheels turning at 1912 Exiles towers with a few submitted clips and comment post MK Dons. Do drop us any thoughts via Twitter , Facebook or LinkedIn . Our thanks as always to Tinty & The Bucket Hats for letting us use Discoland as our theme. And our thanks to you for listening to the pod! Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

A bumper episode this week. Jamie and Ian are joined by Arnie and Ollie , who made the trips to Notts County and Gillingham respectively. Listen back to their matchday diaries, which include #piewatch, service station beefs and match clocks. We chat formation changes in an up and down week, Bogle redemption, and Scot Bennett gets a new nickname (thanks Stu !) We'll be back covering various cu...

Ed and Ollie discuss the key points from County's draw against Walsall: Maxted's performance in goal, how Countryfile fared in midfield, and our best defensive / attacking partnerships. We also look ahead - briefly - to a tough week of away games at Notts County and Gillingham, and start a beef with football administrators. Stay tuned as the other members of the pod team bring you conten...

We're very grateful to our Southwest of England Correspondent, Rich Cocksedge , for sending us his report of yesterday's defeat in Wiltshire. It doesn't make for positive listening - we've heard more upbeat Radiohead albums - but it's a good and fair analysis of a disappointing afternoon. We'll be back after Friday night's game against Walsall. In the meantime, d...

How much are County riding their luck, how much are they making their own luck, and how much are they being affected by rank bad luck? That's the theme this week after a smash-and-grab victory over Colchester was followed by a decidedly sub-par performance at home to Harrogate Town. Ed is in the chair for this one. The episode features a post-match chat from Tuesday with Simon , and then a lo...

So, Huw Jenkins has been waved through to takeover Newport County. He’s been in this position before, at Swansea City. So who better to take us through the experience of supporting a Huw Jenkins-led football club than Swans fan, podcaster extraordinaire, and one of the premier voices of Welsh football, Elis James! We’ll be back with at the weekend with combined analysis of the Colchester and Harro...

After a tumultuous week off the pitch, Newport County get back to the bread and butter of fourth division football. Ian ’s back on the northern beat - this time in the suburbs to the north of Manchester city centre. Ably assisted in the tactics truck by friends of the pod Stu , Fraser, and Ollie , Ian covers #floodlightwatch, #bovrilwatch - and the game as well. As always, you can contact the show...

At the end of a big night in Newport County's history, Ed and Ian jumped straight onto Zoom to consider matters. With Trust members voting 455-8 in favour of selling a majority stake in the club to former Swansea City chairman, Huw Jenkins, what might happen next? What will he bring to the table, how will our club change, and what role will there be for the Trust going forwards? This was reco...

Sorry, I'm afraid we have to talk about that Bradford game... Ed is joined by Chris Kirwan of the South Wales Argus , who wrote an insightful article laying bare what went wrong on Saturday afternoon and the challenge County face to put it right before a challenging run of games. With helpful contributions from listeners along the way , we explore how to inspire a better performance next week...

Ahead of a colossal week at Newport County, with the Trust voting on a change to the club’s ownership, one of the two prospective bidders has joined Jamie Harris on the pod. We’ve heard from Huw Jenkins in other media, but in a 1912 Exiles exclusive, Jon Pratt joins us to outline who exactly the investment partners are, why they’ve put an offer in, and the sort of value the owners can provide to t...

With the big Trust vote next week on a change to County's ownership, we've tried to unpick some of the key issues as fans grapple with the choices. Ed is joined by two guests with plenty to contribute. Nigel Dutson was Chair of the Trust from 2010 to 2013 so has sat in the hot seat and knows the difficult balancing act the current Board face. Gareth Leaman , meanwhile, wrote an excellent...

Ian battled the M1 and M25 on the hottest day of the year en-route to Crawley, so you didn't have to... Along the way, he caught up with a few friends of the pod ( yer Amber Arnies , yer Stus , yer Ollies ) and praised the good value of Crawley's away ticket pricing. The record does not show whether or not he still felt the same at 5pm... As always, you can contact the show via Twitter ,...

Jamie  is joined by  Ian and Ed  to examine a busy week for County - games against AFC Wimbledon and Brentford dominate discussion, along with an evaluation of our transfer business. We also discuss County's asymmetric tactical approach, denounce joy thieves, and lavish praise on our industrious midfield. As always, you can contact the show via Twitter , Facebook or LinkedIn with any question...

Ed is back in the chair and welcomes long-time listener Hamid to the pod for his debut. Hamid gives a review of the away hammering of Forest Green Rovers (and gives a thumbs-up to their chickpea curry pasty) whilst Ed praises the character shown in coming back to beat Sutton at home. And we continue the pod's love-in for Will Evans, who seems to have the golden touch at the moment. We'll...

After years of him asking us to call him on a Saturday evening, he decided to call us! An absolute delight to have Rob Phillips , one of the premier voices of Welsh football on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Wales Sport - and a 1912 Exiles listener at that - join Jamie Harris for a chat. A Newport-born boy, he shares stories about his time reporting on the club in the 80s; his interactions with the likes...

Crikey, what a mad few days... We start with a panel discussion where Rhys , Ian and Ed wax lyrical about County's 4-0 demolition of Doncaster in the August sunshine. We heap praise on Will Evans, Aaron Wildig and Ryan Delaney, and ask whether we need to raise our pre-season expectations... We are then brough crashing back down to earth by a Crewe audio diary from listener Dan Williams as Cou...

Sound the klaxon, because your 1912 Exiles are here to give our on-the-spot reaction to Thursday night's fans' meeting at Rodney Parade to discuss potential future ownership options. If you weren't there, slides from the meeting can be viewed hither . Ed retired to The Murenger (best pub in Newport and spiritual home to the pod) with Dan Grace to go through the key things we learned...

Welcome to our 6th season of the 1912 Exiles podcast! A brief report from occasional  contributor Stuart ( blairinho - https://twitter.com/StuartB94181596 ) and son Fraser on our season opener at Accrington. How did we line up? Was the scoreline flattering? Did Stuart eat a pie? Answers and more in this episode (Panel show to return once everyone's returned from the their abroad jaunts...) As...

We've had a lot of fun making our close-season bonus episodes - but now it's back to business as our panel convene to preview what 2023/24 holds for Newport County AFC. Rhys is on hosting duties, and is joined by Ian and Ed for the live record - and Jamie sends in his contribution from a piazza in Florence, surrounded by copies of the Gazetta della Sport like James Richardson on Channel...

We continue our run of close-season special episodes, with Ian in the chair this week. In the first half, he catches up with Newport County royalty and all-round good egg Nic Johns to hear about life as a lower-league football photographer. Nic gives great advice for any budding toggers wanting to get started, reflects on her favourite (and least favourite) grounds to visit, and also talks about h...

We continue our gentle summer stroll through off-the-pitch matters around football in Newport, with a genuinely heartwarming catchup with some of the County in the Community crew. Over the course of a few hours at Rodney Parade, Ed chatted with Dave Lewis (Football & Education Programme Co-ordinator) and participants in the new Fit Fans programme which helps men and women aged 35-65 who are lo...