Newport County 1-3 Blackpool: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Newport County 1-3 Blackpool

League Two · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newport County 1-3 Blackpool: match report

Newport County lost to Blackpool 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Bright Osayi-Samuel opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Newport County's goal came from Alex Samuel (74'). Blackpool scored through Bright Osayi-Samuel (16'), M. Cullen (68', penalty) and Bright Osayi-Samuel (90+5').

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

Going into the game Newport County were 23rd on 32 points from 36 and Blackpool 8th on 54 points from 37. Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 48 points, and Blackpool 6th with 74.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Bright Osayi-SamuelBlackpool · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · S. BennettNewport County
  • 59'Yellow card · David PipeNewport County
  • 68'Penalty goal · M. CullenBlackpool · 0-2
  • 74'Goal · Alex SamuelNewport County · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Dan ButlerNewport County
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Bright Osayi-SamuelBlackpool
  • 90+5'Goal · Bright Osayi-SamuelBlackpool · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Newport County 0, draws 0, Blackpool 1.

Team news

Newport County line-up

Joe Day, Dan Butler, David Pipe, Sid Nelson, Mark O'Brien, Joss Labadie, Scot Bennett, Tom Owen-Evans, Sean Rigg, A. Samuel, Ryan Bird

Blackpool line-up

Dean Lyness, Kelvin Mellor, Clark Robertson, Tom Aldred, Colin Daniel, Jordan Flores, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Jack Payne, Neil Danns, Mark Cullen, Nathan Delfouneso