

Newport County’s late-season slump continued as they were beaten 3-1 by Accrington Stanley at Rodney Parade.
Newport began in style as Harry Charsley laid off for Bryn Morris to fire in his eighth goal of the season.
But Alex Henderson’s header quickly drew Accrington level and Tommy Leigh’s close-range strike put the visitors ahead seconds into the second half.
Joe Pritchard tapped in to seal victory for John Doolan’s team, with Newport’s Adam Lewis sent off in added time.
This was a first win in five League Two games for Stanley, who climb to 17th in the table, one point and one place below Newport.
The Exiles are enduring their worst run of 2023-24 having lost five successive matches, with Lewis’ dismissal after a melee compounding their misery.
Line-ups
Newport
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 26Maxted
- 14Bright
- 28Baker
- 23JamesonBooked at 90mins
- 3LewisBooked at 90mins
- 8Morris
- 17BennettSubstituted forJephcottat 83′minutes
- 30Palmer-Houlden
- 20CharsleySubstituted forNorrisat 83′minutes
- 33BondswellBooked at 45minsSubstituted forEvansat 45+4′minutes
- 9BogleSubstituted forZanzalaat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Townsend
- 7Evans
- 10Zanzala
- 18Rai
- 31Jephcott
- 34Norris
- 41Sanca
Accrington
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 21Vítek
- 38O’Brien
- 5Hills
- 16GubbinsSubstituted forQuirkat 88′minutes
- 2Shipley
- 28ConneelySubstituted forMartinat 66′minutes
- 8Woods
- 17Nolan
- 30HendersonSubstituted forPritchardat 66′minutes
- 7Whalley
- 18LeighSubstituted forLoweat 66′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Lowe
- 10Pritchard
- 12Quirk
- 20Patrick
- 22Martin
- 39Woods
- 61McIntyre
- Referee:
- Darren Drysdale
- Attendance:
- 3,201
Live Text
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Match ends, Newport County 1, Accrington Stanley 3.
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Kyle Jameson (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
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Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Accrington Stanley 3.
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Adam Lewis (Newport County) is shown the red card.
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Foul by Adam Lewis (Newport County).
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Dan Martin (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Offside, Newport County. Offrande Zanzala is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Luke Jephcott (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Kyle Jameson (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Brad Hills.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Connor O’Brien.
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Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Sebastian Quirk replaces Joe Gubbins.
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Foul by Seb Palmer-Houlden (Newport County).
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Brad Hills (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt blocked. Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Matt Lowe.
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Attempt saved. Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt Lowe.
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Substitution, Newport County. Luke Jephcott replaces Scot Bennett.
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Substitution, Newport County. Jack Norris replaces Harry Charsley.
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Foul by Harry Charsley (Newport County).