The name Newport might be new to the lips of most Manchester United fans, but the Reds have long boasted a strong hardcore support in this small port city.
I can personally vouch for that. I've visited South Wales often in the last eight years – its my girlfriend's home town – and, as recently as Boxing Day, I watched United on TV in one of the local pubs there.
When we fell two goals down to Villa on 26 December, the packed-out Hogarths went wild with schadenfreude. I assumed the place was full of Liverpool fans – South Wales has plenty of them.