Albion Rovers FC Newport

🏆 MAN OF THE MATCH | CONNOR PATRICK 🔴⚪

Our Man of the Match from our commanding 3-0 victory away at Panteg goes to 17-year-old Connor Patrick! 👏🔥

What more can we say about this lad?

At just 17, Connor can play anywhere, do everything, and continues to show a maturity well beyond his years. Another brilliant all-round performance tonight, capped off with a goal to help the Alb secure three points and a clean sheet. ⚽

A fantastic young talent and we’re extremely lucky that he’s doing it all in an Albion Rovers shirt. ❤️🤍💛

⭐ Connor is currently AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR for the 2026/27 season.

If you’re a local business looking to support grassroots football while getting your name featured alongside one of the club’s exciting young players, get in touch! 🤝

🌐 Find out more about our sponsorship opportunities and support the club by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery through our website:

https://albionrovers.clubforce.com/

Play With Pride.

🔴⚪ FULL TIME | THREE WINS FROM THREE! ⚽

Panteg 0-3 Albion Rovers

A commanding performance on the road as the First Team come away from Panteg House with a 3-0 victory! 👊🔥

A great performance from start to finish, with the boys controlling the game, finding the goals and securing our first clean sheet of the league campaign.

⚽ GOALSCORERS

⚽ Nathan Howells — sponsored by Mono Metals Ltd
⚽ Marley Higgs — sponsored by Charlie’s 1922
⚽ Connor Patrick

🧤 Clean sheet
✅ Three points
🔥 Three league wins from three

Exactly the type of performance we were looking for as we continue our strong start to the 2026/27 campaign.

A massive well done to everyone involved and thank you to those who made the trip to support the lads! ❤️🤍💛

We wish everyone at Panteg all the best for the remainder of the season. 🤝

🌐 Follow the Alb throughout the season for fixtures, results, matchday content and more — and help support the club by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery:

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Play With Pride.

🔴⚪ MATCHDAY SQUAD | PANTEG (A) ⚽

The squad is confirmed for tomorrow evening as the First Team make the trip to Panteg House for our next league fixture.

After starting the season with back-to-back victories, the boys will be looking to keep that momentum going and put in another strong performance on the road. 👊

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🧤 Luca Hughes — Bano Benito Bathrooms

⚽ Archie Higgs — Charlie’s 1922
⚽ Brandon Price — CEY Homes Ltd
⚽ Charlie Corten
⚽ Ciaran Rawlings — ALUK
⚽ Connor Patrick
⚽ Ethan Ley — Charlie’s 1922
⚽ Evan Hurley
⚽ George Jenkins
⚽ Joel Williams — Chambers Maids
⚽ Marley Higgs — Charlie’s 1922
⚽ Mark Bennett
⚽ Nathan Howells - Mono Metals Ltd
⚽ Oliver Corten — Lee Air Conditioning
⚽ Tom Bigmore
⚽ Zach Duke — TAB Carpentry

🆚 Panteg
📍 Panteg House
⏰ 18:15 KO

As always, a massive thank you to all of our player sponsors for backing the lads and supporting Albion Rovers throughout the 2026/27 season. 🤝❤️

If you’re free tomorrow evening, we’d love to see some Albion support on the road getting behind the boys!

🌐 Find out more about our player sponsors, follow the latest fixtures and results, and support the club by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery:

https://albionrovers.clubforce.com/

Play With Pride. ❤️🤍💛

🔴⚪ MIDWEEK FOOTBALL | ALL THREE SENIOR SIDES IN ACTION ⚽

A big couple of nights ahead for the Alb as all three senior sides are in league action, with both our Reserve and Development teams kicking off their 2026/27 campaigns! 👊

Our First Team are first up on Tuesday evening, looking to build on back-to-back league victories with another tough away trip to Panteg.

Then on Wednesday, attention turns to the Reserves and Development as their league seasons officially get underway. 🔥

🔴 FIRST TEAM | TUESDAY
🆚 Panteg
📍 Panteg House
⏰ 18:15 KO

⚪ RESERVES | WEDNESDAY
🆚 Riverside Rovers
📍 Shaftesbury Park
⏰ 18:30 KO

🟡 DEVELOPMENT | WEDNESDAY
🆚 Coed Eva Athletic Reserves
📍 Kimberley Park
⏰ 18:30 KO

Three teams. Three fixtures. A huge midweek of football for Albion Rovers. ❤️🤍💛

Best of luck to everyone representing the club — and if you’re free, get along to one of the games and get behind the Alb!

🌐 Follow all three senior sides throughout the 2026/27 season on our website — and help support the club by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery:

https://albionrovers.clubforce.com/

Play With Pride.

🤝 **PLAYER SPONSOR | CHARLIE’S 1922** 🔴⚪

Albion Rovers FC would like to say a massive thank you to **Charlie’s 1922** for their fantastic support of the club for the **2026/27 season**, proudly sponsoring not one, but **three of our First Team players**:

⚽ **Archie Higgs**
⚽ **Marley Higgs**
⚽ **Ethan Ley**

Based at **420 Malpas Road, Newport**, Charlie’s 1922 is a local fish and chip shop with a brilliant story behind it. The business was created by owner Jamie Higgs in honour of his grandfather, Charles Arthur Stephen Higgs, who was born in Newport in 1922 and served during the Second World War.

Charlie’s is a business with **family, tradition and community at its heart** — values that fit perfectly with what we’re trying to build at Albion Rovers.

We’re incredibly grateful to have their continued backing this season. ❤️🤍💛

If you’re in the **Malpas area**, make sure you pop in and support a fantastic local business that continues to support grassroots football in our community. 🍟🐟

👉 [Visit Charlie’s 1922](https://www.charlies1922.co.uk/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

🌐 You can also find out more about Charlie’s 1922 and all of the businesses supporting Albion Rovers FC on our website — and while you’re there, why not support the club by joining the **Albion Rovers Lottery**?

**https://albionrovers.clubforce.com/**

**Play With Pride.** ❤️🤍💛

🧤🏆 PLAYER OF THE MATCH | LUCA HUGHES EVANS 🔴⚪

Our Player of the Match from Saturday’s 3-2 victory away at Nantyglo goes to the big man between the sticks — Luca Hughes Evans! 👏

Luca set the tone within the opening couple of minutes with an absolutely outstanding save to keep the scores level when Nantyglo looked certain to take an early lead. 🧤🔥

From there, his overall performance was exactly what we needed. Commanding, composed and there when called upon — a massive contribution to a gritty three points on the road.

A thoroughly deserved Player of the Match for the big man! 💪

🤝 Luca is proudly sponsored by Bano Benito Bathrooms, who are also fantastic supporters of the club and sponsors of the front of our matchday warm-up tops. A huge thank you to everyone at Bano Benito Bathrooms for continuing to back Luca and Albion Rovers FC throughout the 2026/27 season.

🌐 Find out more about our sponsors and everything happening at the club — and support the Alb by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery:

https://albionrovers.clubforce.com/

Play With Pride. ❤️🤍💛

🔴⚪ FULL TIME | THREE POINTS ON THE ROAD! ⚽

Nantyglo 2-3 Albion Rovers

Another three points on the board for the Alb as we come away from Duffryn Park with a 3-2 victory! 👊

We knew travelling to Nantyglo would be a tough test and the boys had to dig deep. A gritty performance in a difficult place to go, but we found a way to get the job done and bring all three points back to Newport. ❤️🤍💛

⚽ GOALS:
Connor Patrick
Marley Higgs — sponsored by Charlie’s 1922
Archie Higgs — sponsored by Charlie’s 1922

A big thank you once again to Charlie’s 1922 for their fantastic support of the boys and the club this season. 🤝

Plenty still to work on, but back-to-back league wins is a great way to start the campaign. ✅✅

Thank you to everyone who made the trip and got behind the lads this afternoon.

We wish everyone at Nantyglo all the very best for the remainder of the season. 🤝

🌐 Keep up with the latest Albion news, fixtures and results — and help support the club throughout the season by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery:

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Play With Pride. ❤️🤍💛

🔴⚪ MATCHDAY SQUAD | NANTYGLO (A) ⚽

The squad is confirmed for Saturday afternoon as the First Team make the trip to Duffryn Park to take on Nantyglo.

The boys will be looking to build on our opening-day victory and put in another positive performance on the road. 👊

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🧤 Luca Hughes — Bano Benito Bathrooms

⚽ Archie Higgs — Charlie’s 1922
⚽ Brandon Price — CEY Homes Ltd
⚽ Charlie Corten
⚽ Ciaran Rawlings — ALUK
⚽ Connor Patrick
⚽ Dylan Vaughan — CrossFit Shadow Valley
⚽ Ethan Ley — Charlie’s 1922
⚽ Evan Hurley
⚽ Joel Williams — Chambers Maids
⚽ Luke Hughes — JW Driver Training
⚽ Marley Higgs — Charlie’s 1922
⚽ Mark Bennett
⚽ Nathan Howells — Mono Metals
⚽ Oliver Corten — Lee Air Conditioning
⚽ Zach Duke — TAB Carpentry

🆚 Nantyglo
🏟️ Duffryn Park
⏰ 14:30 KO

As always, a massive thank you to all of our player sponsors for backing the lads and supporting Albion Rovers this season. 🤝❤️

Making the trip? We’d love to see you there getting behind the boys!

🌐 Find out more about our player sponsors, keep up with the latest club news and support the Alb by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery:

https://albionrovers.clubforce.com/

Play With Pride. ❤️🤍💛

🔴⚪ FINAL PRE-SEASON FIXTURE | DEVELOPMENT TEAM ⚽

The Development side round off their pre-season preparations with the return of an annual Albion tradition as we welcome our mates from across the bridge, Fishponds, to Kimberley Park. 🤝

Every year there seems to be a little bit of doubt over whether we’ll manage to get this one arranged — but once again, it’s happening! 😂👏

It’s the final opportunity for the boys to get some minutes in the legs before the league campaign gets underway, followed by a few well-earned drinks with our Fishponds friends afterwards. 🍻

Always a fixture we look forward to and about much more than just the 90 minutes.

🆚 Fishponds
🏟️ Kimberley Park
⏰ 15:00 KO

Good luck to both sides and here’s to keeping the tradition going for many more years! ❤️🤍💛

🌐 Keep up with all things Albion — including fixtures, results and club news — and support the club by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery through our website:

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Play With Pride. ⚪️🟡🔴

🔴⚪ NEXT UP | NANTYGLO AFC (A) ⚽

The First Team are back in league action this weekend as we make the trip to Nantyglo — a place where we know it’s always a tough test.

After the crazy circumstances surrounding the cancellation of our midweek fixture, the boys will be raring to go and looking to build on our opening-day victory. 👊

Another big challenge on the road and another opportunity to keep pushing forward early in the season.

🆚 Nantyglo AFC
📍 Duffryn Park
⏰ 14:30 KO

If you’re free this Saturday, we’d love to see some Albion support making the trip and getting behind the lads! ❤️🤍💛

🌐 Keep up with all the latest Albion fixtures, results and club news — and help support grassroots football by joining the Albion Rovers Lottery through our website:

https://albionrovers.clubforce.com/

Play With Pride. ⚪️🔴🟡