Match ends, Newport County 0, Crawley Town 3.
NewportNewport County0CrawleyCrawley Town3
Gwion Edwards struck twice as Crawley comfortably beat Newport to win League Two's basement battle.
The former Swansea City youth player shone on his return to Wales, scoring both his goals from long range in the first half.
He then provided the cross for Matt Harrold to head in and seal the win.
Newport rallied but could not hit the target as Crawley climbed out of the relegation zone, leaving the hosts with one win at the bottom of the table.
Terry Butcher's side had secured their first win of the season three days earlier with a 1-0 victory at Carlisle United.
Newport County manager Terry Butcher told BBC Radio Wales:
"I don't know if we actually left the team we played at Carlisle up the M6 and brought home a load of strangers because that's how we played.
"It's bitterly disappointing to put on a performance like that in front of our own fans because a lot of them have been away and seen us play and seen the resilience and toughness.
"That certainly wasn't there tonight but fair play to Crawley, they've dominated the game and it could have been more than three."
Crawley assistant boss Jimmy Dack told BBC Surrey:
"It's a massive win for us because obviously we've lost our last four and it's nice to get back on track.
"We have a young side, and you know they are going to make mistakes, sometimes costly mistakes. But what was really pleasing for us was some young players put in a 90-minute performance.
"We are working hard on the training ground to get better and the manager deserves a bit of credit.
"I've never met a manager that works as hard as he does and he deserved those three points, because he takes all the brunt and takes the pressure off the players, and he's a good guy."
Line-ups
Newport
Formation 3-5-2
- 30Day
- 12Donacien
- 21Partridge
- 22ParselleSubstituted forElitoat 75'minutes
- 14Ofori-Twumasi
- 20Owen-EvansBooked at 77mins
- 33Byrne
- 19BodenBooked at 25minsSubstituted forRodmanat 64'minutes
- 3Barrow
- 10John-LewisSubstituted forCollinsat 64'minutes
- 17Blackwood
Substitutes
- 1Taylor
- 4Laurent
- 6Taylor
- 7Elito
- 8Klukowski
- 23Rodman
- 39Collins
Crawley
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Woodman
- 23DonnellyBooked at 86mins
- 6Bradley
- 25Yorwerth
- 3Scales
- 7EdwardsSubstituted forBawlingat 66'minutes
- 22JenkinsBooked at 78mins
- 8SmithSubstituted forWaltonat 80'minutes
- 14Young
- 39MurphySubstituted forDeaconat 77'minutes
- 18Harrold
Substitutes
- 4Walton
- 9Barnard
- 11Henderson
- 12Preston
- 15Fenelon
- 17Bawling
- 20Deacon
- Referee:
- Oliver Langford
- Attendance:
- 2,137
Match Stats
Home TeamNewportAway TeamCrawley
- Possession
- Home46%
- Away54%
- Shots
- Home6
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away6
- Corners
- Home3
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away12
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Newport County 0, Crawley Town 3.
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Attempt saved. Alex Rodman (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Roarie Deacon (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt saved. Matt Partridge (Newport County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Booking
Liam Donnelly (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Scott Barrow (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Liam Donnelly (Crawley Town).
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Bobson Bawling (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Alex Rodman (Newport County).
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Attempt missed. Alex Rodman (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Matt Harrold (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Janoi Donacien (Newport County).
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Simon Walton replaces Jimmy Smith because of an injury.
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Attempt blocked. Mark Byrne (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Booking
Ross Jenkins (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Ross Jenkins (Crawley Town).
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Tyler Blackwood (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Roarie Deacon replaces Rhys Murphy.
Booking
Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
