Newport County are gearing as much as face Manchester United in a monumental FA Cup fourth spherical conflict.
The Exiles will little doubt again themselves in opposition to the Red Devils because of their historical past of inflicting upsets. The League Two facet beat Leeds in 2018 earlier than defeating Leicester City and Middlesbrough the next 12 months and falling quick to eventual winners Manchester City.
But it’s not simply their spectacular performances within the competitors which has drawn them help from throughout the globe. One 22-year-old Argentine by the identify of Juan Fernandez might be their furthest supporter, dwelling nearly 7,000 miles away from Rodney Parade.
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While most soccer followers dream of visiting the San Siro or Santiago Bernabeu, Juan solely needs to sooner or later go to the house of his beloved Exiles. The football-fanatic hails from town of Jesus Maria in Argentina’s Cordoba Province.
From there, he retains tabs on all issues Newport County, even working the membership’s unofficial Argentine Twitter account. And he defined that his rogue affiliation is all right down to now discontinued online game franchise FIFA.
He instructed Nation Cymru in 2022: “It’s a type of comic story how I turned a County fan. In 2013, I began a ‘campaign mode’ on the pc sport FIFA and found Newport on there.
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“I became fond of them and then started to follow all of their results. I remember the first one I saw was a 4-1 win over Accrington Stanley when Newport returned to the Football League.”
From that time on, the younger Argentine’s fascination with the membership’s historical past solely grew. And he determined to share his love for the facet throughout South America.
Juan defined: “I saw that many Premier League and Championship clubs had their respective Twitter accounts in Spanish, so I decided to open the Newport one to inform and enable people from my country and other Spanish-speaking countries a chance to discover the club.”
He went on to say that he has followers from Colombia, Brazil and Peru, with 765 followers in whole as of January 2024. And many extra home-based supporters have grown to admire his work as an unofficial ambassador for the membership.