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OLD PAL DAVID HAS EARNED HIS SHOT AT THE EFL

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The LeaguePaper Team
17 August 2025

CHANCE: David Hughes

IT’S great to see David Hughes get a break in management at Newport County.
He’s done a lot of groundwork and deserves his chance in the EFL.
An opening day draw at home against Notts County and last week’s 2-1 victory at Crawley was a decent start in League Two, while they forced Championship Millwall to work hard for a 1-0Carabao Cup win on Tuesday night.
David was with me at Aston Villa in the 90s. I was the senior pro and he was a young lad just coming through.
We played a few times together in the reserves and he made a handful of f...

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