EFL Sky Bet League Two
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Newport County Swindon Town
J.Sheehan (1'), J.Matt (49')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  4,981 (1,033 away fans)   Referee:  C. Pollard



 
The Town concede after just forty seconds, and never get going on an awful pitch ruined by a rugby match the previous evening - Newport netting a scrambled second early in the second half.



1
KING
28
DEMETRIOU
25
O'BRIEN
27
INNISS
3
HAYNES
17
BENNETT
12
BAKER
4
LABADIE
10
SHEEHAN
15
ABRAHAMS
11
MATT
1
BENDA
24
HUNT
5
BROADBENT
44
EDMONDS-GREEN
41
CADDIS
4
ROSE
42
GRANT
7
ISGROVE
27
JAIYESIMI
11
WOOLERY
9
YATES

Lineups
1
Tom KING
   90'             
Steven BENDA
1
28
Mickey DEMETRIOU
                 
Rob HUNT
24
25
Mark O'BRIEN
                 
Tom BROADBENT
5
27
Ryan INNISS
                 
Rarmani EDMONDS-GREEN
44
3
Ryan HAYNES
                 
  Paul CADDIS
41
17
Scot BENNETT
 90'
             81'
Danny ROSE
4
12
Ash BAKER
           28'     
  Anthony GRANT
42
4
Joss LABADIE
                59'
  Lloyd ISGROVE
7
10
Josh SHEEHAN
         42'     
Diallang JAIYESIMI
27

15
Tristan ABRAHAMS
 83'
              
Kaiyne WOOLERY
11

11
Jamille MATT
 90'
79'     90'     
Jerry YATES
9
Substitutes
6
Dale GORMAN

90' 
           
81' 
Cameron MCGILP
13
7
Robbie WILLMOTT
              
59' 
Scott TWINE
17
8
Matthew DOLAN
                 
Jacob BANCROFT
18
16
George NURSE
                 
Taylor CURRAN
21
22
Billy WATERS

90' 
              
Joe ROMANSKI
25
33
Jordan GREEN

83' 
              
Luke HAINES
33
30
Nick TOWNSEND
                 
Luke MCCORMICK
23













Results on Saturday, January 18, 2020: League Table

 
  Bradford City 2 - 2 Scunthorpe United  
  Cambridge United 0 - 4 Stevenage  
  Colchester United 2 - 1 Macclesfield Town  
  Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Cheltenham Town  
  Forest Green Rovers 1 - 2 Salford City  
  Grimsby Town 0 - 1 Exeter City  
  Newport County 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Northampton Town 4 - 1 Morecambe  
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Walsall 2 - 1 Crawley Town  

Table as at Saturday, January 18, 2020:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Swindon Town 28 16 5 7 49 31 18 53 
2 Exeter City 27 15 8 4 38 27 11 53 
3 Crewe Alexandra 26 14 5 7 48 32 16 47 
4 Plymouth Argyle 26 14 5 7 43 27 16 47 
5 Bradford City 27 12 9 6 35 24 11 45 
6 Northampton Town 27 13 6 8 40 30 10 45 
7 Cheltenham Town 27 11 11 5 41 22 19 44 
8 Colchester United 27 11 11 5 38 25 13 44 
9 Forest Green Rovers 28 12 8 8 33 25 8 44 
10 Port Vale 28 10 11 7 35 33 2 41 
11 Newport County 25 9 9 7 25 22 3 36 
12 Walsall 28 10 6 12 28 37 -9 36 
13 Salford City 28 9 8 11 35 39 -4 35 
14 Scunthorpe United 28 8 8 12 37 40 -3 32 
15 Crawley Town 28 7 11 10 36 39 -3 32 
16 Cambridge United 28 8 7 13 30 37 -7 31 
17 Grimsby Town 26 7 9 10 25 30 -5 30 
18 Oldham Athletic 28 6 11 11 27 42 -15 29 
19 Mansfield Town 28 6 9 13 37 45 -8 27 
20 Leyton Orient 27 6 9 12 33 44 -11 27 
21 Carlisle United 27 6 8 13 24 44 -20 26 
22 Macclesfield Town 26 6 12 8 25 29 -4 24 
23 Stevenage 28 3 13 12 19 31 -12 22 
24 Morecambe 28 5 7 16 24 50 -26 22 

* Macclesfield Town deducted 6 points for failing to pay players, and to fulfil a fixture on Thursday, December 19, 2019.

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation