Team Squad

Manager: Justin Edinburgh

Appointed in October 2011. The former Tottenham Hotspur defender, started his playing career at Southend United. The 41-year-old was in charge at Rushden & Diamonds in their final 2010/11 season when the club was expelled from the Football Conference for “financial problems”. Also had a spell as manager of Grays Athletic in the Football Conference
 

 

Assistant Manager: Jimmy Dack

Appointed by Justin Edinburgh in October 2011. He joined Woking as Graham Baker’s assistant in May 2009, having previously worked with the Cards new boss in setting up the youth scheme at the club. Since then Jimmy has been at Welling United as assistant manager to Andy Ford, helping them to a 7th position finish in Conference South in the 2008/09 season. In his playing days, Jimmy was a midfielder who had a number of different clubs during his career including Sutton United, Aldershot Town, Stevenage Borough, Carshalton Athletic, Tooting and Mitcham and Crawley Town. He also worked as a coach at Stevenage Borough and before going to Welling had spells as an Assistant Manager at Fisher Athletic and Grays Athletic.
 

General Manager: Tim Harris

Tim was a professional football player for several clubs, including Shrewsbury, Newport County, Cheltenham, Redditch and as a goalkeeper for Gloucester City in the late 1970s. He was an assistant manager at Gloucester City twice, and has previous experience as a manager with Forest Green, Cinderford, Newport County and Merthyr Tydfil. In 2006 he was appointed as First Team Manager at Gloucester City, saving them from certain relegation and finishing in a respectable 13th place. In 2008 he moved 'upstairs' and became General Manager, handing over the first team manager job to assistant David Mehew. Gloucester City gained promotion to the Blue Square Conference for the 2009-10 season, via a play-off win at Farnborough. The following week he was appointed as General Manager at Newport County alongside team manager Dean Holdsworth as County became champions of the Conference South in 2009/10 and promoted to the Conference National in 2010/11. Following Holdsworth's departure, he was appointed caretaker manager on 13 January 2011 until the appointment of Anthony Hudson in April 2011.
 

Goalkeeper: Glyn Thompson

Signed in July 2007 from Hereford United. He began his career as a youth player with his hometown club Shrewsbury Town making his senior debut as a 19-year-old. He made one more appearance for the club before joining Fulham for a £50,000 fee in October 1999. Fulham sent him on loan to Mansfield Town in January 2000. He then joined Northampton Town in 2002 before moving to Chesterfield in March 2005. He then returned to Shrewsbury next season but returned to Hereford United in search of first team action. Shortly after his arrival at Edgar Street, he picked up an injury and his first team appearances were restricted last season.

 

Goalkeeper: Danny Potter

Signed in May 2011, 32-year old goalkeeper from Torquay United from Torquay United. Potter has also spent spells in the Conference with Stevenage Borough and Weymouth . He started his career as a youngster with Chelsea and has also played for Cambridge United and Canvey Island. 

 

 

Defence: Lee Baker

Signed in June 2010 from Kidderminster after turning down a two-year deal at Aggborough opting to become County boss Dean Holdsworth's fourth summer signing. Lee is a 20 year old left back from Redditch. He arrived at Aggborough on loan for a month from Premiership side West Bromwich Albion just prior to the start of the 08-09 season. Even though he had been with Albion since he was nine years old he had only made one appearance, for the Albion reserve side last season, after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury. Lee eventually signed an eighteen month contract for us following his release from West Brom in January 2009 with Kidderminster.

 

Defence: Gary Warren

Signed in May 2009 from Conference South side Team Bath, an imposing central defender who had successful seasons as club captain having joined Team Bath in the summer of 2007 from Mangotsfied United where he made over 200 appearances. Dominated the 2009/2010 player of the year awards.

 

 

Defence: Ismail Yakubu

Signed in June 2011 after he was released by AFC Wimbledon, 26 year olds was born in Kano, Kano State and raised in England. He joined Barnet at the age of 11, turned professional at 16, and made his first-team debut at the age of 17 while still studying for his A-levels – a 3–2 defeat against rivals Stevenage, with Yakubu coming on as a 67th minute substitute.He started the following match in a 1–1 draw with Boston United. He became a regular in the first-team squad, and was team captain from August 2007 to November 2008.In June 2009 he signed a new two-year contract with the club. He was released in May 2010 after making a total of 297 appearances for the club. In July 2010 Yakubu signed for Conference National side AFC Wimbledon, he played in the 2011 conference play off final, coming off the bench and scoring a penalty.

Defence: Paul Rogers

Signed in July 2011. Rodgers joined Arsenal in 2005 and was given a professional contract at the start of the 2007–08 season. He originally started out as a full back but has since also played as a centre half and made his Arsenal first-team debut in a friendly against Barnet in the 2007 pre-season. He made his competitive professional debut in Arsenal's League Cup quarter-final against Burnley on 2 December 2008, a match which Arsenal lost 2–0; Rodgers was substituted for Henri Lansbury after 46 minutes. In January 2009, Arsenal announced he was to go on loan to Northampton Town for one month, which was later extended to the end of the season.Having been released by Arsenal in June 2009, Rodgers signed for Northampton Town after a trial.
 

Defence: Andrew Hughes

Promising young left back. Progressed to senior side from youth academy making several appearances in 2010/11. Former academy graduate Hughes became the ninth County man signed up for new boss Anthony Hudson in May 2011.
 

 

 

Midfield: Tom Miller

Signed in January 2011. Operates as a defender or midfielder, started his youth career at amateur side Littleport Town. He moved to Ipswich Town before joining local rivals Norwich City. He was Norwich's Young Players Player of the Year in 2008. Miller was given a chance at Rangers in Summer 2008 thanks to former Norwich assistant boss Jim Duffy who offered the youngster help should he ever need it after impressing while Duffy was on the coaching staff at Carrow Road. He was signed by League of Ireland side Dundalk in February 2010 after impressing on trial and made his debut for the club on 5 March 2010.


Midfield: Andy Sandell

Signed in January 2011 from Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division side Chippenham Town after a short spell following his departure from npower League One side Wycombe Wanderers as he was unable to play for anyone in a higher division until this January transfer window opened. He began his career in non-League football in Wiltshire before appearing for Bristol Rovers and Aldershot. Sandell, who can play in defence or attack, appeared for Malmesbury Vics and Melksham Town before moving to Bath City ahead of his step into the Football League with Bristol Rovers. Having left the Memorial Ground in 2007, he returned to non-league level with Salisbury City. In 2009, Sandell joined Aldershot and then was transfered in June 2010 to Wycombe, where he has scored seven goals in forty-eight appearances, prior to spending October 2011 out on loan with Forest Green Rovers prior to his release by the Chairboys.



Midfield/Attack: Darryl Knights

Signed for County in July 2010. Born in Ipswich, Knights was a product of the youth system at Ipswich Town and played for England at youth and Under-17 level. He made his debut for the club as a 16 year old in November 2004 but did not play for the first team again. After impressing Yeovil Town manager Russell Slade in training, Knights joined the League One side on loan in February 2007 for the remainder of the 2006–07 season. He made five substitute appearances for Yeovil, including one in the League One play-off final against Blackpool in May 2007, and joined the club on a one-year contract in July 2007 after being given a free transfer by Ipswich at the end of the season. He joined Cambridge United on loan in October 2007 and returned to Yeovil in December 2007 before joining Kidderminster Harriers on loan the following month for the rest of the 2007–08 season. After a successful loan spell at Kidderminster in which he scored four goals, he joined the club on a permanent basis in the summer of 2008.
 

Midfield: Tommy Docherty

Signed in June 2011 on a free transfer from Bradford City. Doherty started his career at Bristol City, making 189 league appearances before moving to Queens Park Rangers in 2005. He joined Wycombe on loan from QPR in September 2006 and was named in the PFA League Two Team of the Year for the 2006–07 season. In the summer of 2007 Wycombe tried to sign him but for many reasons a deal was never agreed. Doherty re-joined the club on another loan deal in October 2007 and joined the club permanently in January 2008 when he was released from QPR. Further impressive performances from Doherty saw Wycombe promoted to Football League One as well as himself being named in the PFA League Two Team of the Year for the second time at the end of the 2008–09 season. In January 2010, Doherty signed a contract with Ferencvárosi TC until the end of the season before signing for Bradford City in May 2010.
 

Midfield/Attack: Felino Jardim

Signed July 2010, Jardim has previously played for Feyenoord, RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam, as well as being capped at under-17 and under-19 level for Holland. After being released by Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the 2007/08 season, he had trials in England with Bedford Town, Cambridge United and Barnet before finally signing a one-year deal with Cambridge in August 2008.He was released in February 2009 and returned to Holland, and signed with RBC Roosendaal.
 

 

Midfield/Attack: Guillame Velez

Signed in August 2011. The 19-year old agreed a deal at Spytty Park after his contract at hometown club Toulouse came to an end. He impressed in pre-season matches against Premier League Stoke City and Bolton Wanderers and La Liga outfit Real Betis. Excellent pedigree, good technique on the ball and his range of passing is superb. He gives us something different and is always looking to make forward passes and make something happen.
 

 

Midfield/Attack: Craig McAllister

Signed for County in May 2011 following his release by promotion-winning Crawley Town. The 30-year-old frontman helped the Red Devils clinch the Blue Square Bet Premier title this year with a return of 14 goals but rejected a new contract recently.McAllister began his career as a trainee at Eastleigh before signing for Basingstoke Town in 2002. He has since gone on to represent Stevenage Borough, Woking, Grays Athletic, Oxford United and Exeter City, amongst others.
 

 

Midfield/Attack: Sam Foley

22 year old attacking midfielder/striker born in Upton-on-Severn. Signed on a months loan from Kidderminster Harriers in February 2009. Joined Kidderminster in summer 2008 from Cheltenham Town and has previously spent several months on loan at Redditch United.

 

 

Attack: Elliot Buchanan

Signed in July 2011, 22-year-old joined from Hayes & Yeading United, where he scored an impressive 15 goals last term. Buchanan played alongside Newport's new assistant manager, Lee Harrison, at Church Road last season and becomes Hudson's fifth summer recruit. Previously with Slough Town, Stevenage Borough and Concord Rangers.

 

 

Attack: Robbie Matthews

Signed in July 2010.He began his career with AFC Bournemouth before his first spell at Salisbury City. He had trials at both Bristol Rovers and Southampton before returning to Salisbury in September 2004. In recent seasons he has had a spell on loan at Havant & Waterlooville from November 2008 and at Crawley Town from January 2009. He signed for Kidderminster in August 2009 and made thirty-three appearances for them in 2009/10, scoring six goals. Spent time on loan at Forest Green Rovers and Salisbury City in 2010/11