Newport County, 2020-2021
Competitions
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Summary
How do we top last season's remarkable success? How does a young, and still upstart, team handle the pressures of having a bulls-eye on their backs? This Newport squad responded with resiliency and composure that led to a fantastic season that led to a lot of silverware being added to the trophy case.
A somewhat lackluster performance in our Community Shield victory had me concerned, as did a very competitive group of teams at the top of the Premier League table. The squad stayed strong, however, and our strikeforce carried us to magnificent heights. On the backs of Caca and Marcel Hasselbaink, we were able to retain both the Premier League crown and the League Cup; and to that we added the most fantastic prize of them all - the Champions Cup.
It remains to be seen what we will do to provide an encore in coming seasons and what other teams will do to match our team's strength. With finances getting better by the year, however, I feel like the Newport County snowball is just getting rolling and we could very well be on our way to burying our competitors. With a strong squad already in place, the board is matching my ambitions by continuing to fund expansion projects.
We are expanding everything in sight - the stadium, training facilities, youth facilities, and our youth network. Our income from placing highly in the Premier League and playing in the Champions League continues to pad our cash reserves and that allows us to spend tens of millions of dollars on elite players without running a deficit. In fact, this marks the second season in a row that we've paid out several million dollars to our shareholders because of how much gross income we're generating (nearly 300m this season alone).
The bottom line is looking more and more bleak for the rest of the league. If we continue to grow at our current rate, it's only a matter of time before we can begin putting a stranglehold on the entire Premier League. I've begun to focus on signing some of the best young English talent away from Premier League clubs until our own youth network begins bringing in comparable talent. Once we get to the point where we can bring up talented players from the youth ranks to the first team, I think we will see the dawn of the dominant age for Newport County.