NEWPORT EXILES SHOW THEIR IRONSIDE

Newport County AFC have kept their dreams alive following their courageous 1-1 draw with the mighty Spurs on Saturday. The club website has been able to gather this link celebrating their cup run so far.
https://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/2018/january/fa-cup-video/

The replay at Wembley on 7th February at 8pm (assuming TV says OK) has an allocation of 7,701 tickets for the Welsh fans. The capacity is capped at 50,000.
 The club, nicknamed the Ironsides due to the proximity of the local steel works, was founded in 1912, naming itself the Newport and Monmouthshire County Association FC, joining the Southern League. Needless to say the War got in the way and the club reformed in 1919.
The club played in the newly formed Third Division in 1920 and continued in the Football League, having many ups and downs in the Football League. Eventually they organised playing at Rodney Parade (the city's rugby ground) in 2013 and local Euro Millions winner, Les Scadding, helped secure the lease on the ground.
Having won the Welsh Cup in 1980, the Ironsides played in the UEFA Cup tournament beating Crusaders of N.Ireland, then Haugar of Norway eventually losing out to Carl Zeiss Jena following a 2-2 away draw. They tlost the home 0-1.
In 1987 the club was relegated from Division 3, then from Division 4 and left the FL, going out of business a year later with £330,000 debts. in February 1989, dropping out of the Conference.
In June 1989 the club reformed with 400 loyal supporters and is owned by the NCAFC Supporters' Trust. In 1999 the club's name reverted to Newport County AFC and the club was "Exiled" from Wales, because they couldn't pay the rent owed at their home ground Somerton Park. The club was then playing their home matches at Moreton-in-the-Marsh across the border!
Ironically, the Ironsides found themselves in the Southern League again, part of the pyramid, continuing to ground share with Gloucester City in 1992-4 until they were able to return to Newport and play at the newly built Newport Stadium. In May 2012 they took residence in Rodney Parade (see above) now owned  by the Welsh Rugby Union. (I think you may have gathered that the pitch was a bit "warn" after yesterday's match v Spurs.)
From then it has been onwards and upwards.
In 2013 the club earned its place back in the Football League following the Conference play off final at Wembley against Wrexham winning 2-0.