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          2017-18 English League Two, Regular Season
          Newport County Newport County NEW
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          Stevenage Stevenage STEV
          • Chris Whelpdale (43')

          Chris Whelpdale strike gives Stevenage victory at Newport

          Apr 7, 2018
          • PA Sport

          Chris Whelpdale's first-half header was enough to earn Stevenage a 1-0 victory at Newport County.
          The winger was in the right place at the right time to earn Borough their second successive League Two win.
          Newport's slim chances of making a late charge for the play-offs look to be over with the gap now 11 points with six games remaining.
          Nervous Newport goalkeeper Joe Day missed four punches clear in the opening half an hour and had Mickey Demetriou to thank for sparing his blushes.
          The defender rushed back to his line to deny Danny Newton a tap-in and keep the scores level after Day failed to connect with a looping ball into the area.
          But he was finally beaten by a cross after Stevenage skipper Ronnie Henry clipped the ball to the back-post for Whelpdale to nod into the net after 43 minutes.
          They almost doubled their lead seconds after the restart when Henry's long-range half volley was acrobatically denied by Day.
          Frank Nouble and Josh Sheehan both had penalty appeals waved away, but Newport never threatened to equalise.

          English League Two Standings

          POS Team GP GD PTS
          1 Cambridge United 24 +15 41
          2 Newport County 22 +10 40
          3 Carlisle United 21 +12 39
          4 Forest Green Rovers 23 +8 38
          5 Salford City 23 +12 37
          6 Cheltenham Town 23 +9 37
          7 Leyton Orient 23 +8 36
          8 Morecambe 22 -5 35
          9 Crawley Town 22 +6 34
          10 Exeter City 21 +14 33
          11 Tranmere Rovers 22 -1 32
          12 Walsall 24 -3 32
          13 Colchester United 22 -2 30
          14 Mansfield Town 23 +1 29
          15 Port Vale 24 -1 29
          16 Oldham Athletic 23 -5 28
          17 Bolton Wanderers 23 -8 28
          18 Harrogate Town 22 -4 26
          19 Bradford City 21 -5 24
          20 Barrow 23 -2 23
          21 Scunthorpe United 23 -12 23
          22 Stevenage 21 -6 21
          23 Grimsby Town 24 -21 21
          24 Southend United 23 -20 20