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Yahoo
23-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Hughes leaves Man Utd to manage Newport County
Newport County have named Manchester United youth coach David Hughes as their new manager. Hughes has signed a two-year deal at the League Two club, leaving his role as under-21s coach and assistant manager at Old Trafford. The 47-year-old Welshman replaces Nelson Jardim at Rodney Parade, who left the Exiles two weeks before the end of the season. "Leaving a great club like Manchester United is never easy, but I'm excited about what lies ahead here," Hughes said. "You build relationships with people and that makes decisions like this challenging. "But after speaking to the chairman (Huw Jenkins) on a few occasions, it became a straightforward decision in terms of the challenge ahead and the shared vision for the club." Townsend offered new deal as Newport release 10 Hughes, a former Aston Villa, Shrewsbury Town and Cardiff City defender, had been the leading contender for the job following Jardim's exit by mutual consent. Having held lead academy roles at Cardiff and Southampton before joining United in August 2022, Hughes has developed an impressive reputation at youth level. He will now be charged by Jenkins to oversee an upturn in fortunes at Rodney Parade for a youthful squad that finished 22nd in 2024-25. The Wrexham-born former Wales Under-21s international – who also spent four years as manager of Wales Under-17s – will be assisted by Wayne Hatswell, who was previously number two at Newport under Mike Flynn. Hatswell leaves a role in the Football Association of Wales (FAW) age-grade set-up to return to Newport, while Lee Kendall has been named the new head of goalkeeping.
Leader Live
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Sad farewells to be said to top Wrexham AFC players
Some familiar names left the club last week. The announcement of the retained list brought an end to some distinguished Wrexham careers, and we lost some good friends to boot. That's the inevitable nature of football. It's a competitive sport, so tough decisions have to be made. That doesn't mean they're the wrong decisions, but the price of success is losing people we'll miss. Jordan Davies is part of the fabric of the modern club. He is both a wonderful ambassador for the club and a genuine talent. The most recent Wrexham-born player to score a hat-trick, which he did with aplomb at Halifax, he served us superbly and it was a shame that our League Two season coincided with him picking up an injury. That hampered his chances of enjoying continuity in the first eleven, and ultimately led to this season's loan to Grimsby. I know this is a little left field, but I can't help looking back to our defeat at Accrington in November last season and wondering whether that was a key moment for Davies. By that point our squad was packed full of exceptionally strong central midfielders. He was competing with the likes of Elliott Lee and Andy Cannon for an attacking role and an injury at the start of the season had set him back. International call-ups for James McClean and Jacob Mendy meant Davies was unexpectedly shifted across to his old position of left wing back. It was an opportunity for him to find a new place in Parkinson's plans vying for both that position and a midfield slot. Unfortunately, it didn't go well although the blame did not lie at Davies' door. It was one of those days where the whole team struggled. Accrington had an extremely well thought-out plan to counteract us and as a result it was difficult for anybody to shine. It was the first and last time Parkinson used Davies as a left wing back. I can't help wondering: if the side hadn't suffered a collective malfunction whether he might have carved out a different path to remain at The Racecourse. Instead, somewhat surprisingly, that turned out to be his final league start for us. Mark Howard, of course, has been a remarkable servant to the club, not least with his reaction to being replaced by Ben Foster and then Arthur Okonkwo. His reaction, accepting whatever the manager felt was best for the club, was incredibly humble and his ability to be ready at a moment's notice to step in and perform with quality was invaluable. He was right to point out that he's the first goalkeeper to achieve three consecutive professional promotions in Britain because he played such a massive role in keeping those campaigns on track. It was Steven Fletcher's departure which was the biggest surprise. He has made a unique contribution to our success. We won more games 1-0 than we ever have done in a previous season, and Fletcher was a massive part of that. Seven times he came off the bench and scored; five times he came off the bench and scored the winning goal. That's ten points that his goals were responsible for right there. He ended up equal top scorer, even though he only started in two games all season! No need to check if that's a club record! And yet, he's gone. Yes, that's a bit surprising. But does his departure tell us something massive about what is to come? Wrexham mean business next year. If Parkinson feels we can improve the squad by allowing Fletcher to go, it shows the level of ambition we have. We clearly don't intend to replace Fletcher with a seat filler. We have the budget, we have supportive owners, and we have a plan. We've scaled up successfully three times in three years, and if we are planning to bring in players of the calibre which makes us feel we can let Fletcher go, we're going to be going for it again next season. I think I may have forgotten what consolidate means too! The truth of the matter is that we are in a position to push on and see what we can make of The Championship, and the departure of so many great servants of the club illustrates this. Look back to last summer. Do you honestly feel that the likes of Luke Young and Ben Tozer couldn't have done a job for us in League One? Of course they could, but Parkinson took tough decisions, and let people go who he knew were valuable. He drafted in players who would take the places of excellent servants of the club, and it worked. The players who have been released, many of whom are perfectly capable of playing a role next season, have gone because Parkinson has big plans. There's no guarantee this bold strategy will work, but thus far, Parkinson's judgement has been remarkably accurate. He has made tough decisions and been vindicated. He's certainly earned the right to make those decisions again.
Scottish Sun
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Man Utd legend releases EIGHT players including Newcastle fans' favourite, 33, after EFL relegation
The boss is still yet to commit his own future NEW CHAPTER Man Utd legend releases EIGHT players including Newcastle fans' favourite, 33, after EFL relegation Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) MANCHESTER UNITED legend Mark Hughes has released eight players at Carlisle including a former Newcastle star. Hughes was appointed manager of the Cumbrians in February but was unable to prevent them being relegated from League Two. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Mark Hughes has released eight players at Carlisle Credit: Getty 2 Paul Dummett is among the players let go Credit: Getty The veteran boss penned a rolling contract and is in talks to stay on for next season. And he has overseen the departure of eight players as Carlisle look to start afresh in the National League. The biggest name to be let go is Paul Dummett, who joined Carlisle in January and played three games. Dummett, 33, left Newcastle last summer after making 213 appearances for the Magpies. READ MORE ON MAN UTD GROUND TO A HALT Championship club get deadline to leave stadium as future 'not guaranteed' Carlisle have released seven other players - Ben Barclay, Taylor Charters, Anton Dudik, Callum Guy, Sam Lavelle, Dylan McGeouch and Josh Vela. While two players have been offered new deals - Matthew Dennis and Kadeem Harris. SunSport exclusively revealed in April that Hughes would be open to sticking with Carlisle in the fifth tier. Hughes couldn't prevent relegation but oversaw a huge upturn in form. BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS He won the same number of matches in his 18 in charge as Carlisle did in their 32 games previous this season. Carlisle is Wrexham-born Hughes' ninth managerial stint, having bossed clubs such as Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and most recently Bradford.
The Irish Sun
16-05-2025
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- The Irish Sun
Man Utd legend releases EIGHT players including Newcastle fans' favourite, 33, after EFL relegation
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Mark Hughes has released eight players at Carlisle including a former Newcastle star. Hughes was appointed manager of the Cumbrians in February but was unable to prevent them being relegated from League Two. 2 Mark Hughes has released eight players at Carlisle Credit: Getty 2 Paul Dummett is among the players let go Credit: Getty The veteran boss penned a rolling contract and is And he has overseen the departure of eight players as Carlisle look to start afresh in the National League. The biggest name to be let go is Paul Dummett, who joined Carlisle in January and played three games. Dummett, 33, left READ MORE ON MAN UTD Carlisle have released seven other players - Ben Barclay, Taylor Charters, Anton Dudik, Callum Guy, Sam Lavelle, Dylan McGeouch and Josh Vela. While two players have been offered new deals - Matthew Dennis and Kadeem Harris. Hughes couldn't prevent relegation but oversaw a huge upturn in form. Most read in Football BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS He won the same number of matches in his 18 in charge as did in their 32 games previous this season. Carlisle is Wrexham-born Hughes' ninth managerial stint, having bossed clubs such as Blackburn Rovers,
The Irish Sun
03-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Man Utd legend, 61, in talks over new deal and open to managing in FIFTH tier after relegation
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Mark Hughes is in talks over a new contract and is open to managing in the fifth tier, according to reports. Hughes, 61, is head coach of Carlisle United, who were relegated to the National League after a defeat at Cheltenham Town last Saturday. Advertisement 2 Mark Hughes is open to staying with Carlisle despite their recent relegation Credit: Rex H He said: "Just because I played for United and managed clubs like Advertisement READ MORE IN FOOTBALL Hughes couldn't prevent relegation but oversaw a huge upturn in form. Unfortunately it came too late. He won the same number of matches in his 18 in charge as The 23rd-placed club are also the only one in the bottom three to have won in the final five games of the season, after triumphing twice in a row in that period. Advertisement Most read in Football Exclusive CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS 2 Hughes couldn't avoid relegation but turned Carlisle's form around Credit: Rex Carlisle is Wrexham-born Hughes' ninth managerial stint, having bossed clubs such as His love for the role is not restricted to higher league success despite being a two-time Premier League winner as a Advertisement Bradford clash SUSPENDED with club seconds from promotion as fans storm pitch BEFORE full-time "I showed how much I still love being a manager by going to Bradford," he said. "When you've been a manager as long as I have you just miss that buzz of standing on the touchline at three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon." In a The Cumbrians ended their season with a hard-fought 2-2 home draw to Salford City, costing the visitors a play-off place. Advertisement
