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Date: Sunday, January 28 2024
Kickoff Time: 1630 Hrs GMT
Venue: Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales
FA Cup Form Guide
Manchester United: W
Newport County: WDWDW
Previous FA Cup Meetings
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All-Time FA Cup Record
Manchester United wins: N/A
Newport County wins: N/A
Draws: N/A
Pre-Match Pressers
Erik ten Hag
Graham Coughlan
Team News
Manchester United
Anthony Martial, Sofyan Amrabat and André Onana ruled out. Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia, Mason Mount, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire and Sofyan Amrabat doubtful.
Newport County
Josh Seberry ruled out.
Know The Opposition
Newport County Association Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Sir Casnewydd) is a professional football club in the city of Newport, South Wales, and currently competes in League Two. Originally nicknamed The Ironsides due to Newport being home to Lysaght's Orb Works steel works, the club started out in the Southern League in 1912 at Somerton Park. The official name of the club was The Newport & Monmouthshire County Association Football Club, although the shorter Newport County was soon adopted. The club were reformed in 1919and were first elected to the Football League in 1920.
The 1980s heralded both the brightest and darkest moments in Newport County's history. Len Ashurst was manager from 1978 to 1982, the club's most successful period in its history and under the chairmanship of Richard Ford. In 1980 Newport won the Welsh Cup, entitling them to play in the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup. That campaign turned out to be quite eventful – the first round against Crusaders of Northern Ireland was won 4–0 on aggregate. The second round against SK Haugar of Norway was even more convincing: after a 0–0 draw away, the home leg was won 6–0, taking the club into the quarter-finals against Carl Zeiss Jena F.C. of East Germany. The quarter-final away leg was drawn 2–2, including his equaliser in the 90th minute. However, despite dominating the home leg, Newport lost 1–0 in front of 18,000 fans at Somerton Park, denying them a high-profile semi-final with S.L. Benfica.
County fans consider their main rival to be South Wales rivals Cardiff City, however, the two sides have rarely met since the 1980s due to the league gap between them. Other rivals, to a lesser extent, include Welsh rivals Swansea City and Wrexham, as well as relatively local rivals Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers. They play their home games at Rodney Parade.
Referee
David Coote.
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