Morecambe 0-1 Newport County

Newport's players celebrate their winning goal

Newport County increased their hopes of avoiding League Two relegation by winning a second straight match under new boss Michael Flynn.

The Exiles were 11 points adrift when they sacked boss Graham Westley but followed up a win over Crewe thanks to Ryan Bird's second half penalty.

County are now seven points from League Two safety and off the bottom of the table after Bird converted after Alex Whitmore fouled Alex Samuel.

Morecambe remain 15th.

Newport County boss Michael Flynn told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "It is not easy, but the boys were outstanding.

"We had enough chances to wrap up the game earlier, but the boys showed great character.

"We kept a clean sheet. I was very nervous, but tried not to show it.

"It's a brilliant win. We will keep fighting and we will keep scraping."

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Line-ups

Morecambe

• 1Roche
• 16Whitmore
• 5Edwards
• 6Winnard
• 2WakefieldSubstituted forDuckworthat 54'minutes
• 17Fleming
• 24Rose
• 11EllisonSubstituted forMolyneuxat 68'minutes
• 21EvansSubstituted forMurphyat 78'minutes
• 7Mullin
• 18Turner

Substitutes

• 3McGowan
• 8Murphy
• 10Molyneux
• 12Nizic
• 14Conlan
• 15Wildig
• 19Duckworth

Newport

• 1Day
• 18Pipe
• 19Nelson
• 25O'BrienBooked at 77minsSubstituted forBarnum-Bobbat 80'minutes
• 3Butler
• 20Owen-Evans
• 17Bennett
• 6Labadie
• 27RiggSubstituted forDemetriouat 70'minutes
• 15SamuelSubstituted forWilliamsat 87'minutes
• 40Bird

Substitutes

• 2Barnum-Bobb
• 8Randall
• 13Jackson
• 28Demetriou
• 30Bittner
• 41Williams
• 42Gordon

Referee:

Peter Bankes

Attendance:

1,080

Match Stats

Home TeamMorecambeAway TeamNewport

Possession

Home51%

Away49%

Shots

Home11

Away15

Shots on Target

Home4

Away8

Corners

Home6

Away5

Fouls

Home10

Away12

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Morecambe 0, Newport County 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+8'

Second Half ends, Morecambe 0, Newport County 1.

Posted at 90'+8'

Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe).

Posted at 90'+8'

Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+6'

(Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+6'

Foul by Ryan Bird (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+6'

Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+6'

Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe).

Posted at 90'+5'

Ryan Bird (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt blocked. Alex Whitmore (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Rhys Turner (Morecambe) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.

Posted at 87'

Attempt saved. Aaron Williams (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Newport County. Aaron Williams replaces Alex Samuel because of an injury.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Michael Rose (Morecambe) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Newport County. Jazzi Barnum-Bobb replaces Mark O'Brien.

Posted at 78'

Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Joss Labadie.

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Morecambe. Peter Murphy replaces Antony Evans because of an injury.

Posted at 78'

Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Sid Nelson.

Booking

Posted at 77'

Mark O'Brien (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Tom Owen-Evans.

Posted at 76'

Michael Rose (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Mark O'Brien (Newport County).

Posted at 74'

Foul by Ryan Edwards (Morecambe).

Posted at 74'

Scot Bennett (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Sid Nelson.

Posted at 73'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 72'

Delay in match Antony Evans (Morecambe) because of an injury.

Posted at 71'

Attempt saved. Lee Molyneux (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Newport County. Mickey Demetriou replaces Sean Rigg.

Posted at 69'

Delay in match Alex Samuel (Newport County) because of an injury.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Morecambe. Lee Molyneux replaces Kevin Ellison.

Goal!

Posted at 67'

Goal! Morecambe 0, Newport County 1. Ryan Bird (Newport County) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

Posted at 66'

Penalty conceded by Alex Whitmore (Morecambe) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 66'

Penalty Newport County. Alex Samuel draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Antony Evans (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 65'

Attempt saved. Sean Rigg (Newport County) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 63'

Attempt blocked. Joss Labadie (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 62'

Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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