Blackpool 4-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 November 2016
Result
Blackpool 4-1 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackpool 4-1 Newport County: match report
Blackpool won against Newport County 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 November 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Brad Potts opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Brad Potts (4'), Jack Payne (61'), Kyle Vassell (72') and Kelvin Mellor (83'). Newport County scored through Rhys Healey (21').
Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 10th on 24 points from 18 and Newport County 24th on 17 points from 17. Blackpool went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Newport County 22nd with 48.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Newport County's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Brad Potts
- 21'Goal · Rhys Healey
- 26'Yellow card · Jamille Matt
- 40'Yellow card · J. Jebb
- 45'Yellow card · M. Randall
- 55'Missed penalty · Sean Rigg
- 55'Yellow card · Andy Taylor
- 61'Goal · Jack Payne
- 72'Goal · Kyle Vassell
- 80'Yellow card · Josh Sheehan
- 83'Goal · Kelvin Mellor
- 85'Yellow card · Darren Jones
Team news
Blackpool line-up
Sam Slocombe, Kelvin Mellor, Andy Taylor, Clark Robertson, Tom Aldred, Colin Daniel, Brad Potts, Danny Pugh, Jack Payne, K. Vassell, Jamille Matt
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Jazzi Barnum-Bobb, Dan Butler, Darren Jones, Ben Tozer, Mark Randall, Josh Sheehan, Sean Rigg, Jack Jebb, Rhys Healey, Josh O'Hanlon