Newport County 3-3 Macclesfield Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 2 October 2018
Result
Newport County 3-3 Macclesfield Town
League Two · Tuesday 2 October 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Newport County 3-3 Macclesfield Town: match report
Newport County drew with Macclesfield Town 3-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 2 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.
Fiacre Kelleher opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Newport County's goals came from Dan Butler (29'), M. Demetriou (59', penalty) and Jamille Matt (90+7'). Macclesfield Town scored through Fiacre Kelleher (6'), David Fitzpatrick (11', penalty) and David Fitzpatrick (82', penalty).
Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards; Macclesfield Town received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Macclesfield Town 24th on 3 points from 10. Newport County went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Macclesfield Town 22nd with 44.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Macclesfield Town's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Fiacre Kelleher
- 11'Penalty goal · David Fitzpatrick
- 20'Yellow card · S. Wilson
- 26'Yellow card · P. Vincenti
- 27'Yellow card · Fiacre Kelleher
- 29'Goal · Dan Butler
- 58'Yellow card · Kieran O'Hara
- 59'Penalty goal · M. Demetriou
- 69'Yellow card · Charlie Cooper
- 70'Yellow card · N. Blissett
- 71'Yellow card · Tyrone Marsh
- 82'Penalty goal · David Fitzpatrick
- 82'Yellow card · M. Demetriou
- 82'Yellow card · Fraser Franks
- 90+7'Goal · Jamille Matt
Team news
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Tyler Hornby Forbes, Dan Butler, Scot Bennett, Fraser Franks, Mickey Demetriou, Tyreeq Bakinson, Charlie Cooper, Jamille Matt, Padraig Amond, Antoine Semenyo
Macclesfield Town line-up
Kieran O'Hara, Jared Hodgkiss, David Fitzpatrick, Koby Arthur, Keith Lowe, Fiacre Kelleher, Peter Vincenti, Callum Maycock, Nathan Blissett, Tyrone Marsh, Scott Wilson