Newport County AFC
James Clarke is a professional football player with extensive experience in the sport, currently playing for Newport County AFC since July 2021. Prior to this role, Clarke played for Walsall Football Club Limited from July 2019 to June 2021, Bristol Rovers Football Club from July 2015 to June 2019, Woking Football Club from July 2014 to June 2015, and Salisbury Football Club from July 2012 to June 2014. Clarke began professional career at Oxford United Football Club from July 2006 to June 2009 and previously played semi-professionally for Oxford City Football Club from July 2009 to June 2012. Education was completed at The Grange School.
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Newport County AFC
In the heart of the city; Newport County AFC is a professional football club competing in League Two of the EFL. Nicknamed the 'Exiles'. County originally formed in 1912 due to some football-fanatic steelworkers who had migrated from Birmingham and weren't interested in rugby which was the sport of choice for the locals. Almost entirely made up of Wolverhampton Wanderers fans, the steelworkers opted for amber as their team colour and began playing on the fields opposite their workplace, Lysaghts. Fast forward 77 years and a club with so much history found itself bankrupt and falling out of existence. Following the sad demise of Newport County in February 1989, a new club, Newport AFC, was created by a group of County supporters three months later. The intention was to play at the highest level possible in the Football League pyramid, with the ultimate aim of returning League football to Newport. The new club was founded, financed and run by supporters. Its motto was “Football with a Future”. Ten years later, the name Newport County AFC was adopted