Match ends, Newport County 1, Cheltenham Town 0.
NewportNewport County1CheltenhamCheltenham Town0
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."
Line-ups
Newport
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 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
Formation 3-5-2
- 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
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Cheltenham Town 0.
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Chris Clements (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Harry McKirdy (Newport County).
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Scot Bennett.
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Foul by Harry McKirdy (Newport County).
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(Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Harry McKirdy replaces Jamille Matt.
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Chris Hussey (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jamille Matt (Newport County).
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Attempt missed. Charlie Raglan (Cheltenham Town) header from very close range is just a bit too high.
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Regan Poole.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Scott Flinders.
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Attempt saved. Adebayo Azeez (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Booking
Jamille Matt (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jacob Maddox replaces Billy Waters.
Booking
Josh Sheehan (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
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Charlie Raglan (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Dangerous play by Padraig Amond (Newport County).
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Rakish Bingham (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
