Cambridge United 1-2 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 December 2017

Result

Cambridge United 1-2 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cambridge United 1-2 Newport County: match report

Cambridge United were beaten by Newport County 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 16 December 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Shawn McCoulsky opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Cambridge United's goal came from Jevani Brown (76'). Newport County scored through Shawn McCoulsky (42') and Joss Labadie (90+4').

Discipline: Cambridge United received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cambridge United were 13th on 29 points from 21 and Newport County 12th on 31 points from 21. Cambridge United went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Newport County 11th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cambridge United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Newport County.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Shawn McCoulskyNewport County · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Brad HallidayCambridge United
  • 57'Yellow card · Ben WhiteNewport County
  • 66'Yellow card · Frank NoubleNewport County
  • 76'Goal · Jevani BrownCambridge United · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Joss LabadieNewport County
  • 90+4'Goal · Joss LabadieNewport County · 1-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cambridge United 5, draws 1, Newport County 0.

Team news

Cambridge United line-up

David Forde, Brad Halliday, Jake Carroll, Greg Taylor, George Taft, Liam O'Neil, George Maris, Medy Elito, Paul Lewis, Adebayo Azeez, Jevani Brown

Newport County line-up

Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Ben White, Ben Tozer, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Joss Labadie, Matty Dolan, Frank Nouble, Shawn McCoulsky