Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Thanks very much for posting that - I really enjoyed it. I saw my first Newport County game in 1970 and I'm pretty sure Lovells' ground had been demolished by then, because, despite working in Newport for nearly twenty years, I've never seen anything indicating where they used to play. I can certainly remember Lovells (are lovely) confectionery though and I'm fairly sure I saw them play in the short lived Welsh soccer sixes which were held right at the end of the season at Ninian Park for a couple of years in the last sixties.