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Newport beat Chesterfield 4-1 after scoring four before half-time
Newport County beat Chesterfield 4-1 at Rodney Parade in a League Two match.
Cameron Norman, Tom Davies, Harrison Biggins and Bamba scored for Newport, with all four goals coming before half-time.
Liam Mandeville scored Chesterfield’s only goal shortly before the hour.
Newport’s fast start put the game out of reach, though Chesterfield appeared to be denied two penalties for handballs and manager Paul Cook was sent off at half-time.
Chesterfield assistant manager Danny Webb said there were no excuses for the defeat and praised Newport’s aggressive start.
The win extended Newport’s league unbeaten run at home to nine games, and the team moved up to 10th before Saturday’s matches.
Newport beat Chesterfield 4-1 at Rodney Parade after scoring all four of their goals before half-time.
Cameron Norman opened the scoring in the 14th minute, followed by Tom Davies four minutes later.
Harrison Biggins made it 3-0 after half an hour, and Bamba scored Newport’s fourth in first-half stoppage time.
Chesterfield manager Paul Cook was sent off during the interval, and Liam Mandeville scored the visitors’ only goal just before the hour.
Newport manager Hayden Mullins called his side’s first-half performance “top class.”
- Who
- Newport and Chesterfield, in a League Two match.
- What
- Newport won 4-1 after taking a 4-0 lead before half-time.
- When
- Friday 30 October 2026.
- Where
- Rodney Parade, Newport.
- Why
- Newport scored four first-half goals; the sources do not state a further reason for the result.
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Cameron Norman scored from a free-kick to put Newport ahead.
Tom Davies scored Newport’s second.
Harrison Biggins scored Newport’s third.
Bamba scored Newport’s fourth.
Chesterfield manager Paul Cook was sent off.
Liam Mandeville scored Chesterfield’s only goal.
- Final score
- Newport 4-1 Chesterfield
- Half-time score
- Newport 4-0 Chesterfield
- Venue
- Rodney Parade
- Newport manager
- Hayden Mullins
- Chesterfield manager
- Paul Cook
- Chesterfield scorer
- Liam Mandeville
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What people are saying
It’s the best 45 minutes we’ve put together this season – the lads blew them away.
There were a lot of bad decisions – you could say we should have had a penalty – but there are certainly no excuses.
It was a handball and probably a sending off.