Newport County A.F.C.
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| Full name | Newport County Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Exiles, The Ironsides, The Port, The County |
| Founded | 1912 (founded) June 1989 (reformed) |
| Ground | Rodney Parade |
| Capacity | 7,850 |
| Owner | Newport County AFC Supporters Trust |
| Chairman | Malcolm Temple & Gavin Foxall |
| Manager | Mike Flynn (caretaker) |
| League | League Two |
| 2015–16 | League Two, 22nd |
| Website | www |
Newport County Association Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Sir Casnewydd) is a professional association football club based in the city of Newport, South Wales. The team play in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Most recently reformed in 1989, the club is a continuation of the Newport County club which was founded in 1912 and was a founder member of the Football League's new Third Division in 1920.
Newport County were Welsh Cup winners in 1980 and subsequently reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup in 1981. The club was relegated from the Football League in 1988 and went out of business in February 1989. The club reformed shortly afterwards and entered the English football league system at a much lower level. In 2013 the club won promotion back to the Football League for the first time since 1988.
Newport County, originally nicknamed The Ironsides due to Newport being home to Lysaght's Orb Works steel works, started out in the Southern League in 1912 at Somerton Park. The official name of the club was The Newport & Monmouth County Association Football Club, although the shorter Newport County was soon adopted. The club were reformed in 1919 and were first elected to the Football League in 1920. They were not re-elected after the 1930–31 season but rejoined for 1932–33. After almost 20 years in the Third Division South, the club finally clinched promotion to the Second Division as champions in 1939 under manager Billy McCandless.
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