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          2017-18 English League Two, Regular Season
          Newport County Newport County NEW
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          Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley ACCR
          • Padraig Amond (30')
          • Frank Nouble (85')
          • Billy Kee (90')

          Accrington's title party on hold as Newport win

          Apr 24, 2018
          • PA Sport

          Newport stalled Accrington's title-winning celebrations with a 2-1 win at Rodney Parade.
          Stanley have already been promoted but goals from Padraig Amond and Frank Nouble were enough to give the Exiles victory.
          Billy Kee grabbed a late consolation goal for the visitors but it was not enough.
          Newport came close to opening the scoring when Amond was found unmarked in the penalty box only to head straight into the arms of goalkeeper Aaron Chapman.
          But Amond did put the Exiles into the lead with a powerful shot which found the bottom-left corner.
          Stanley threatened an equaliser before the break, with Sean McConville forcing Joe Day into a save.
          Mark Hughes thought he had equalised when his shot hit a post before Newport scrambled the ball away.
          Nouble looked to have secured the win when his low shot from the edge of the area beat Chapman.
          Kee got one back for Stanley in the dying moments but Newport managed to cling on to the points.

          English League Two Standings

          POS Team GP GD PTS
          1 Forest Green Rovers 46 +31 84
          2 Exeter City 46 +24 84
          3 Bristol Rovers 46 +22 80
          4 Northampton Town 46 +22 80
          5 Port Vale 46 +21 78
          6 Swindon Town 46 +23 77
          7 Mansfield Town 46 +15 77
          8 Sutton United 46 +16 76
          9 Tranmere Rovers 46 +13 75
          10 Salford City 46 +14 70
          11 Newport County 46 +9 69
          12 Crawley Town 46 -10 61
          13 Leyton Orient 46 +15 58
          14 Bradford City 46 -2 58
          15 Colchester United 46 -12 55
          16 Walsall 46 -13 54
          17 Hartlepool United 46 -20 54
          18 Rochdale 46 -8 53
          19 Harrogate Town 46 -11 53
          20 Carlisle United 46 -23 53
          21 Stevenage 46 -23 47
          22 Barrow 46 -13 44
          23 Oldham Athletic 46 -29 38
          24 Scunthorpe United 46 -61 26