9 years on, Flynn is anxiously watching on as a fan, having left the world of soccer for a brand new job in media and advertising and marketing within the Newport workplace of CDM Media, his metropolis centre base simply throughout the River Usk inside spying distance of his previous membership.
Christian Fuchs’ crew are two factors above the relegation zone after Saturday’s essential 1-0 win over Shrewsbury City and, with six video games to go, Flynn hopes there shall be no want for a repeat of his final-day rescue act.
“I hope Christian can maintain them up as a result of there shall be an enormous after-effect if issues go mistaken,” mentioned the 45-year-old, who was born within the metropolis and performed for County earlier than managing them from 2017 to 2021.
“My son is within the academy at Newport and if we go down… that would go. That may be catastrophic by way of how we’ll convey younger gamers by.
“I feel soccer within the metropolis will drop. It could hit hospitality round match days. It may go away a foul aftertaste.
“In the event that they go down, I feel it may very well be a protracted, lengthy highway again. In the event that they get again.”
Flynn, although, is optimistic about their survival hopes. In any case, they are not 11 factors adrift of security as his 2017 facet had been after he accepted what seemed an inconceivable survival mission by changing the sacked Graham Westley as boss.
