Full-time - Newport County 1 Worcester City 0 (From Worcester News)

Full-time - Newport County 1 Worcester City 0

2:59pm Friday 1st January 2010 in

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90+4 mins: Adaggio heads wide from late corner.

90+1 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Clyde booked for foul on Reid.

90 mins: Newport press but City keep plugging away.

85 mins. SUB. City: Kevin Spencer on for Danny Carey-Bertram.

83 mins: SUB. Newport: Ashan Holgate replaces Kerry Morgan.

79 mins: GOAL. Newport: Foley turns the ball over the line after Morgan's cross.

78 mins: Newport beginning to exert more pressure.

73 mins: Carter has moved to left-back.

70 mins: YELLOW CARD. Newport: Jamie Collins booked for his part in the aftermath.

68 mins: RED CARD. City: Shabir Khan is sent off following an off-the-ball incident in which Kerry Morgan went down clutching his head. Several players then waded in and assistant manager Carl Heeley had to drag Khan away.

61 mins: Reid's lofted effort is tipped away by Meredith and Shabir Khan clears.

58 mins: Danny Carey-Bertram is denied by the feet of Thompson. From the corner, Clyde's header is cleared off the line.

57 mins: SUB. City: Marco Adaggio replaces Marc McGregor. Newport: Danny Rose replaces Ashley Nicholls.

54 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Ward booked for challenge on Turk.

50 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Davies booked after what looked like an altercation with his own skipper Tom Kemp.

47 mins: Foley splits the defence with a neat pass, Reid bares down on goal and blazes over.

45+1 mins: Kemp hacks Reid's effort off the line.

43 mins: Kerry Morgan's long-range effort is touched past the post by Meredith. Morgan then slips as he takes the corner.

42 mins: McGregor sends a shot into the arms of Thompson.

38 mins: Newport trying to press but finding City tough to break down.

32 mins: Alfie Carter knocks the ball past the keeper but Wayne Turk was on hand to clear. From Carter's corner, Wayne Daniel's header is superbly saved by Thompson.

30 mins: City giving as good as they're getting so far. Newport are not having things all their own way.

25 mins: Davies' free-kick held by keeper Glyn Thompson. The ball was heading for the top corner.

24 mins: Birley finds the back of the net from 20 yards but McGregor had been blocked in the build-up and the referee chose not to play the advantage.

22 mins: Sam Foley heads the ball down in the area and Clyde clears as Newport look to regain the initiative.

16 mins: Matt Birley's drive deflects wide for a corner. Ward's flag-kick is headed towards his own goal by Paul Cochlin but away to safety.

15 mins: Marc McGregor fires in a shot, the keeper gathers but the offside had been raised.

13 mins: Rob Davies limping after a shot on the turn but continues after treatment.

10 mins: City win a free-kick about 25 yards out on the left. Graham Ward swings it in and Mark Clyde's header loops over the bar.

6 mins: Jake Meredith makes two early saves from Craig Reid and Sam Foley as Newport pile on the pressure.

3 mins: Captain Tom Kemp heads clear from Newport's first free-kick of the game.

0 mins: There is a packed crowd at the Newport Stadium for the first match of 2010.

Team news: Rob Davies starts for Worcester City in place of the suspended Craig Wilding at Newport.

Rob Elvins is injured so Marc McGregor, who scored at Basingstoke, is recalled up front.

Worcester City: Meredith, Ward, Khan, Clyde, Daniel, Kemp, Davies, Birley, McGregor (Adaggio 57), Carey-Bertram (Spencer 85), Carter. Subs not used: Walker, Fitzpatrick, Bridges.

Newport: Thompson, Bignot, Collins, Turk, Warren, Cochlin, Morgan (Holgate 83), Rogers, Reid, Foley, Nicholls (Rose 57). Subs not used: Morris, Giles, Blackburn.

Referee: Derek Eaton (Tewkesbury).

Attendance: 2,525.

See tomorrow's Worcester News for full report.