Grimsby Town 1-2 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 13 January 2018

Result

Grimsby Town 1-2 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 13 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Grimsby Town 1-2 Newport County: match report

Grimsby Town were beaten by Newport County 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 13 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Robbie Willmott opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Grimsby Town's goal came from Jamille Matt (80'). Newport County scored through Robbie Willmott (19') and Frank Nouble (56').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 15th on 34 points from 27 and Newport County 11th on 39 points from 26. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 18th with 51 points, and Newport County 11th with 64.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newport County in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Grimsby Town win, 1 draw and 1 for Newport County.

Going into the match Grimsby Town's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Newport County's W-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Robbie WillmottNewport County · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Nathan ClarkeGrimsby Town
  • 52'Yellow card · Joss LabadieNewport County
  • 56'Goal · Frank NoubleNewport County · 0-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Frank NoubleNewport County
  • 80'Goal · Jamille MattGrimsby Town · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Ben TozerNewport County
  • 88'Yellow card · Ben WhiteNewport County

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Grimsby Town 1, draws 1, Newport County 1.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

J. Kean, Ben Davies, Nathan Clarke, Zak Mills, Karleigh Osborne, James Berrett, Luke Summerfield, Martyn Woolford, Siriki Dembélé, Scott Vernon, Charles Vernam

Newport County line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Ben White, Mickey Demetriou, Joss Labadie, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Scot Bennett, Padraig Amond, Frank Nouble