Newport County 1-0 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Newport County 1-0 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 25 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Newport County 1-0 Grimsby Town: match report

Newport County defeated Grimsby Town 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 25 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Matty Dolan of Newport County in the 40th minute.

Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Newport County were 8th on 7 points from 4 and Grimsby Town 15th on 5 points from 4. Newport County went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Grimsby Town 17th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 1 draw and 1 for Grimsby Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Matty DolanNewport County · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · J. WelshGrimsby Town
  • 61'Yellow card · Dan ButlerNewport County
  • 90+2'Red card · Wes ThomasGrimsby Town

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Newport County 2, draws 1, Grimsby Town 1.

Team news

Newport County line-up

Joe Day, Tyler Hornby Forbes, Dan Butler, Mickey Demetriou, Scot Bennett, Fraser Franks, Tyreeq Bakinson, Matty Dolan, Josh Sheehan, Padraig Amond, Mark Harris

Grimsby Town line-up

James McKeown, Harry Davis, Luke Hendrie, John Welsh, Alex Whitmore, Akin Famewo, Harry Clifton, Jake Hessenthaler, Jordan Cook, Martyn Woolford, J. Hooper