The Great Escape: Newport County 2016-17 tells the amazing story of
how local boy Michael Flynn and his team beat the bookies' odds and
confounded their critics to secure their place in the English
Football League. On March 4, 2017, Newport County AFC were bottom
of League Two and a massive 11 points from safety - with just 12
games left to play - after a 4-0 thrashing at home to closest
rivals Leyton Orient. Five days later, experienced manager Graham
Westley was sacked with the club seemingly doomed to return to the
non-league wilderness where they had spent 25 years before winning
promotion in 2013. `The Exiles' looked dead and buried before
hometown hero Michael Flynn was appointed caretaker manager and
tasked with the `mission impossible' of salvaging their season.
Written by South Wales Argus football reporter Andrew Penman and
featuring all-new interviews with those at the heart of the story,
it is essential reading for all County supporters and Welsh
football lovers. A remarkable six wins in the next 11 games saw the
Exiles climb out of the bottom two ahead of a final-day showdown
with Notts County at Newport's Rodney Parade on May 6. With the
match level and relegation rivals Hartlepool United winning, County
were destined for the drop with just 90 seconds of the season
remaining. But there was one more twist worthy of Hollywood itself
as defender Mark O'Brien volleyed in a spectacular 89th-minute
winner and Newport's biggest football crowd since 1983 poured onto
the pitch to celebrate an incredible end to an incredible story.
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