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Worcester City 1-4 Newport County

Blue Square South

Runaway leaders Newport County edged closer to the Blue Square South title by opening up a 21-point gap at the top with a comfortable win over Worcester.

County did the damage in the first half with top scorer Craig Reid starting the scoring and Chris Todd adding two more.

Sam Foley made it 4-0 five minutes before the break, then struggling Worcester had Shabir Khan sent off.

Matt Dinsmore scored a late consolation for the home side who suffered a third straight defeat at St George's Lane.


Worcester manager Carl Heeley:

"The performance was not that bad, but we conceded with some woeful defending.

"Even at 2-0 we gave them two sloppy goals and we had our fair share of possession.

"We were struggling to put 11 fit players on the pitch and we will now miss Shabir for three games. It's a big loss."

Newport County manager Dean Holdsworth: "It was disappointing in the 89th minute to concede a goal - I think that was the only negative to come from the game.

"But I can't be over-critical of the team, they've been fantastic. It's about maintaining our focus now on what's in front of us.

"We've got a game against Braintree Town who are up there at the top, at home on Saturday. We're looking forward to that and hopefully we'll have a big crowd to cheer us on.

"The players are motivated, they want to be champions. We've had set goals and we've achieved those goals.

"Now we're very focused on playing for the rest of the season and getting as many points onto the board as we can no matter what happens. We'll try and achieve that."


Worcester: Meredith, Ward, Khan, Durrant, Daniel, Elvins, Emery, Walker, Wilding, Adaggio, Dinsmore.
Subs Not Used: McGregor, Farrell, Davies, Bridges, Heeley.

Goals: Dinsmore 87.

Newport County: Thompson, Morris, Collins, Turk, Todd, Cochlin, Rose, Henry, Reid, Foley, Kerry Morgan.
Subs Not Used: Nicholls, Douglas, Giles, Rogers, Blackburn.

Goals: Reid 9, Todd 22, 39, Foley 40.

Att: 1,017

Ref: Simon Knapp (Gloucestershire).



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see also
Worcester 0-2 Havant and Water'ville
21 Feb 10 |  Non League
Heeley calls for fewer mistakes
19 Feb 10 |  Non League


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