Newport County 1-2 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 24 March 2018

Result

Newport County 1-2 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 24 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newport County 1-2 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Newport County lost to Crewe Alexandra 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 24 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Harry McKirdy opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Newport County's goal came from M. Demetriou (81'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Harry McKirdy (26') and Jordan Bowery (60').

Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newport County were 11th on 53 points from 37 and Crewe Alexandra 19th on 40 points from 38. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Crewe Alexandra 15th with 56.

Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 2 draws and 0 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Harry McKirdyCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 60'Goal · Jordan BoweryCrewe Alexandra · 0-2
  • 81'Goal · M. DemetriouNewport County · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · P. NgCrewe Alexandra

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Newport County 1, draws 2, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

Newport County line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Day, Dan Butler, Ben White, Ben Tozer, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Josh Sheehan, Padraig Amond, Aaron Collins

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Garratt, Perry Ng, George Ray, Eddie Nolan, Harry Pickering, Callum Ainley, Tom Lowery, Paul Green, Jordan Bowery, Charlie Kirk, Harry McKirdy