An ugly game of football but a huge victory. Newport are a horrible side to play against, and it is virtually impossible to get a flowing, passing game going against them. As soon as you make the second or third pass you are wrestled and fouled. However, I thought we stood up to the physical challenge well and the back four were superb. Newport pumped a lot of balls into our box but did not really create anything of note, and on the few occasions when we could get some attacking momentum we looked the slicker, more dangerous side.
I thought George Ray was arguably man of the match, despite his near horror moment in the second half when he gave it away on the halfway line, but Clarke was also immense. I lost count of the number of blocks and interceptions we made at the back. Of the attacking players, I thought Morris was decent and Woolery looked really sharp again.
On to Saturday, where victory would surely see us nestle nicely in the automatic promotion places.