Morecambe 2-1 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2017

Result

Morecambe 2-1 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Morecambe 2-1 Newport County: match report

Morecambe beat Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Kevin Ellison opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Kevin Ellison (34') and Kevin Ellison (80'). Newport County scored through S. Bennett (36').

Discipline: Morecambe received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Morecambe were 20th on 6 points from 7 and Newport County 6th on 12 points from 7. Morecambe went on to finish that season 22nd with 46 points, and Newport County 11th with 64.

Morecambe lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newport County in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Morecambe wins, 3 draws and 1 for Newport County.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Kevin EllisonMorecambe · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · S. BennettNewport County · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · M. DemetriouNewport County
  • 80'Goal · Kevin EllisonMorecambe · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Adam McGurkMorecambe
  • 90'Yellow card · Aaron McGowanMorecambe

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Morecambe 0, draws 3, Newport County 1.

Team news

Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)

Barry Roche, Aaron McGowan, Patrick Brough, Steven Old, Max Müller, Alex Kenyon, Garry Thompson, Kevin Ellison, Aaron Wildig, Elliot Osborne, Adam McGurk

Newport County line-up (5-3-2)

Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Ben White, Ben Tozer, Mickey Demetriou, Matty Dolan, Scot Bennett, Tom Owen-Evans, Padraig Amond, Frank Nouble