Newport County 1-0 Cheltenham Town

Cheltenham's Will Boyle is shown a red card by referee Lee Swabey

A Chris Hussey own goal was the difference between the two sides in a niggly encounter at Rodney Parade.

After an uneventful first half, a clever lob by Newport's Padraig Amond was clawed away by Scott Flinders only to rebound in off Hussey.

The visitors went down to 10 men on 75 minutes when Will Boyle was shown a red card for bringing down Jamille Matt.

Cheltenham pushed for a late equaliser but Newport's defence held firm to rejuvenate their play-off hopes.

Newport are now up to 11th, five points off the play-off places, while Cheltenham at 17th.

Newport manager Mike Flynn said: "That was one of the worst games of football I've ever seen in the first half. It was disgusting... I don't want to be associated with that.

"To be fair we got a good response in the second half.

"I thought we deserved to win and we should have scored a second and third as well."

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Line-ups

Newport

• 1Day
• 26Poole
• 25O'BrienSubstituted forPipeat 45'minutes
• 28Demetriou
• 7Willmott
• 15BakinsonSubstituted forSheehanat 45'minutesBooked at 86mins
• 17Bennett
• 3Butler
• 9Amond
• 14Azeez
• 11MattBooked at 87minsSubstituted forMcKirdyat 90+4'minutes

Substitutes

• 2Pipe
• 10Marsh-Brown
• 16Sheehan
• 19Kennedy
• 21Hornby-Forbes
• 27McKirdy
• 30Townsend

Cheltenham

• 30Flinders
• 24Raglan
• 4TozerBooked at 33mins
• 15BoyleBooked at 75mins
• 11Broom
• 8DawsonSubstituted forBinghamat 64'minutes
• 25TillsonBooked at 70mins
• 26ClementsBooked at 52mins
• 3Hussey
• 32VarneySubstituted forBarnettat 65'minutes
• 21WatersSubstituted forMaddoxat 87'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Thomas
• 20Maddox
• 22Lovett
• 23Forster
• 27Bingham
• 28Pring
• 29Barnett

Referee:

Lee Swabey

Attendance:

3,192

Match Stats

Home TeamNewportAway TeamCheltenham

Possession

Home44%

Away56%

Shots

Home11

Away6

Shots on Target

Home2

Away2

Corners

Home2

Away3

Fouls

Home13

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Newport County 1, Cheltenham Town 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+7'

Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Cheltenham Town 0.

Posted at 90'+6'

Chris Clements (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+6'

Foul by Harry McKirdy (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+5'

Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Scot Bennett.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Harry McKirdy (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+5'

(Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+4'

Substitution, Newport County. Harry McKirdy replaces Jamille Matt.

Posted at 90'+2'

Chris Hussey (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Jamille Matt (Newport County).

Posted at 90'

Attempt missed. Charlie Raglan (Cheltenham Town) header from very close range is just a bit too high.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Regan Poole.

Posted at 88'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Scott Flinders.

Posted at 88'

Attempt saved. Adebayo Azeez (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Booking

Posted at 87'

Jamille Matt (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jacob Maddox replaces Billy Waters.

Booking

Posted at 86'

Josh Sheehan (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 84'

Charlie Raglan (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 84'

Dangerous play by Padraig Amond (Newport County).

Posted at 82'

Rakish Bingham (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 82'

Dangerous play by David Pipe (Newport County).

Posted at 81'

Attempt missed. Jamille Matt (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Dismissal

Posted at 75'

William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) is shown the red card.

Posted at 75'

Jamille Matt (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 75'

Foul by William Boyle (Cheltenham Town).

Posted at 73'

Regan Poole (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town).

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Robbie Willmott (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Booking

Posted at 70'

Jordan Tillson (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 70'

Robbie Willmott (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Jordan Tillson (Cheltenham Town).

Posted at 69'

Attempt blocked. Adebayo Azeez (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 65'

Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Tyrone Barnett replaces Luke Varney.

Substitution

Posted at 64'

Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Rakish Bingham replaces Kevin Dawson because of an injury.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Joe Day.

Posted at 64'

Attempt saved. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 62'

Attempt missed. William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 61'

Attempt missed. Robbie Willmott (Newport County) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.

Posted at 60'

Robbie Willmott (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Ryan Broom (Cheltenham Town).

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