Newport, or as the Welsh call it, Casnewydd is a University and cathedral city located in SE Wales. It is the third largest city in Wales behind Cardiff and Swansea. Newport has been a port since way back to medieval times. Until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port.
Newport has a city population of plus 145,000. Newport is 2 hours from Heathrow Airport, 35 minutes from Cardiff and 55 minutes from Bristol International Airport.
Host city for The 2010 Ryder Cup, Newport has 27 golf courses in the immediate vicinity of the city.
The 2014 Nato summit was recently held in Newport.
Famous people from Newport include:
Tony Pulis
Bullet for My Valentine (Heavy metal band)
Goldie Lookin' Chain (satirical rap group)
Jon Lee (drummer with Feeder)
Nicky Wire (bassist with Manic Street Preachers)
Dirty Sanchez
We have played Newport County FC on 16 occasions. The U's winning 7, 3 games drawn and 6 wins for the Welsh.
Our first match was on 22 Sep 1962 and ended in a 5-1 home win for Oxford. Our most recent meeting was a 3-2 win for Newport at Rodney Parade on 18 Feb 2014, which I believe was the start of our dreadful form that we seem to be continuing with now. Let's hope it now works the other way.... COYY's