Former Newport County midfielder Neil Bailey will be the special guest in hospitality for our Bank Holiday Monday clash against promotion-chasing Walsall on April 21.
Bailey will be returning to Rodney Parade for our early kick-off (12:30pm), live in front of the Sky Sports cameras, where supporters can enjoy a pre-match breakfast before taking their premier seat for the penultimate home game of the League Two campaign.
Bailey began his football career with Newport County in the early 1980s, during the club’s most successful period. He helped them win promotion, lift the Welsh Cup, and reach the quarter-finals of the 1980–81 European Cup Winners’ Cup. He made 134 appearances and scored seven goals for the club.
In 1983, he joined his hometown team, Wigan Athletic, making 41 league appearances over three seasons. He later moved to Stockport County in 1986, making over 50 appearances and briefly returning to Newport on loan before retiring in 1988. He then joined Stockport’s coaching staff.
Bailey coached at Blackpool from 1992, occasionally playing during injury spells, and later worked with Manchester United’s youth team. From 2002 to 2007, he coached for the Professional Footballers’ Association.
In 2007, he became first team coach at Sunderland under Roy Keane and was promoted to joint assistant manager in 2008. He left the club in 2009 following the arrival of manager Steve Bruce.
To be part of the unique hospitality experience, you can book online here for just £60 per person and enjoy fantastic cuisine, premier seating, and exclusive in-lounge entertainment that includes guests from past and present.
And if you are already a season ticket holder, you can upgrade for a discounted price of just £35 per person. Individual match ticket purchasers are also able to upgrade by emailing hospitality@newport-county.co.uk.
To book, please click HERE and confirm online.
The Exiles Lounge hospitality experience includes:
• Premium stadium seating
• Designated matchday host
• Post-match visit from the management & players *
• Past and present player appearances *
• Two-course meal
• Designated pay bar
• Complimentary half-time tea and coffee
• Exclusive lounge access
• Souvenir Newport County lanyard
• In-lounge competitions *
• Complimentary matchday team sheet
• Complimentary Wi-Fi access
• Free Parking options *
(* Subject to change / availability)
* There is a further 10% off for under-16s.
To book, please click HERE and confirm online. Queries can be sent to hospitality@newport-county.co.uk.
