Newport County 1 0 Colchester United Will Evans goal gives Graham Coughlan debut win BBC Sport
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But now it's official : they're in the relegation zone. Let's hope both their fans enjoy it!44A
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Last updated on 5 hours ago5 hours ago.From the section League Twocomments16Graham Coughlan has previously managed Bristol Rovers and Mansfield Graham Coughlan's Newport County reign began with victory thanks to Will Evans' early goal. Coughlan had just one training session with his players after being named Newport boss on Thursday. But the new era started in ideal fashion when Evans headed in from Adam Lewis' cross. Colchester's Noah Chilvers forced a sharp save from Joe Day as Newport held on for just a second home league win of the season. Luke Hannant also went close for the visitors, who drop to 23rd in the table having won just once in nine league matches. Newport striker Omar Bogle came close when his effort clipped the bar, while Aaron Wildig saw a shot saved. Evans' early effort proved enough, though, to give Coughlan the ideal start to life at Rodney Parade, with his new side climbing to 18th. Newport boss Graham Coughlan: "It was tense, it was nervy - I would say there was a lot of pressure on both teams going into the fixture, given the magnitude of it. "I thought our lads handled it very, very well - they came out of the traps and showed a signal of intent. "We had a number of opportunities to score, we just couldn't kill the game off. We had chance after chance, but I have to say from one to 11, the character, the spirit, the fight, the determination the work-rate, the attitude - all of them superlatives. "I'm really, really proud of them to be honest and I've said that to them."Line-upsMatch StatsLive TextLine-ups
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Formation 3-5-21Day5J Clarke6Farquharson28Demetriou2Norman22Moriah-Welsh17Bennett11Waite27Lewis9Bogle29Evans1Day5J Clarke6Farquharson28Demetriou2Norman22Moriah-Welsh17Bennett11Waite Substituted forWildigat 69'minutes27LewisSubstituted forWillmottat 66'minutes9BogleSubstituted forNeversat 88'minutes29EvansSubstituted forCollinsat 88'minutesSubstitutes
3Drysdale7Willmott8Dolan19Nevers21Collins24Wildig30TownsendColchester
Formation 4-2-3-11Hornby22Tchamadeu4Chambers6Dallison-Lisbon30Kazeem8Skuse33Marshall-Miranda11Sears7Hannant14Chilvers24Akinde1Hornby22Tchamadeu4Chambers6Dallison-Lisbon30Kazeem8Skuse33Marshall-Miranda Substituted forNewbyat 90'minutes11SearsSubstituted forJudgeat 72'minutes7HannantSubstituted forNoubleat 72'minutes14ChilversSubstituted forChestersat 61'minutes24AkindeSubstitutes
10Judge13O'Hara17Ashley18Eastman19Newby23Chesters45NoubleReferee:Andrew KitchenAttendance:3,994Match Stats
Home TeamNewportAway TeamColchesterPossessionHome39%Away61%ShotsHome9Away6Shots on TargetHome4Away1CornersHome3Away5FoulsHome8Away7Live Text
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Match ends, Newport County 1, Colchester United 0.90'+6'Full Time
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Colchester United 0.90'+3'Post update
Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.90'+3'Post update
Foul by Lewis Collins (Newport County).90'+2'Post update
Attempt blocked. Alex Newby (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Chesters.90'+1'Post update
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Al-Amin Kazeem.90'+1'Post update
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Tom Dallison-Lisbon.90'Substitution
Substitution, Colchester United. Alex Newby replaces Marley Marshall-Miranda.88'Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Thierry Nevers replaces Omar Bogle.88'Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Lewis Collins replaces Will Evans.84'Post update
Offside, Newport County. Cameron Norman tries a through ball, but Omar Bogle is caught offside.82'Post update
Foul by Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United).82'Post update
Omar Bogle (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.82'Post update
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Mickey Demetriou.79'Post update
Foul by Marley Marshall-Miranda (Colchester United).79'Post update
Nathan Moriah-Welsh (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.77'Post update
Alan Judge (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.77'Post update
Foul by Aaron Wildig (Newport County).75'Post update
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Scot Bennett.75'Post update
Attempt blocked. Marley Marshall-Miranda (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Akinde.Page 1 of 4rewindpreviousNavigate to the next pagenextNavigate to the last pageforwardcommentsView Comments16Comments
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To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. 16 commentsRComment posted by Roy today at 22 38Roy
22:38Thought it was a poor match two very poor sides could have gone anyway10GComment posted by gobby howrongur today at 20 27gobby howrongur
20:27Get in, Will. The Hastings Newport fan the pre calvados not celebration calvados worked a treat.11MComment posted by MayBe_Tomorrow today at 19 47MayBe_Tomorrow
19:47Much more like it for Newport. Nothing spectaular but deserved it overall.10BComment posted by BrianColchester today at 19 04BrianColchester
19:04You're right Wormhole. That's where we deserve to be ever since we started to believe in what you describe as anti-football. We've had to endure year after year of this unentertaining negativity at home as well as when travelling because our Director of Football established a sacred system, which has taken us from a competitive team in League One to annihilation.30AComment posted by Andrew JG_8921 today at 18 47Andrew JG_8921
18:47Guess that the English county of Essex will have to see Non-League football next season if Colchester United were to go down and Southend United to remain in the National League.20CComment posted by count alucard today at 18 44count alucard
18:44Cowling, Humes and Ball OUT30BComment posted by BessantJ today at 18 35BessantJ
18:35Such a precious win. UTC.10CComment posted by cglddeyr today at 18 31cglddeyr
18:31We've got a win at last, 3 points in the bank, let's start believing in ourselves and the wins will come. UTC40AComment posted by Amber nectar today at 18 30Amber nectar
18:30Important win today. Time for the new manager to work out his best team, start to pick up points with consistency and pull away from the bottom of the table - UTC50WComment posted by Wormhole today at 18 11Wormhole
18:11One shot on target in 90 minutes. Typical Colchester anti-football.But now it's official : they're in the relegation zone. Let's hope both their fans enjoy it!44A
Reply posted by Andy today at 19 14Andy
19:14to Wormhole"One shot on target in 90 minutes. Typical Colchester anti-football.But now it's official : they're in the relegation zone. Let's hope both their fans enjoy it!"Andy replied: Yawn, yawn, you're like a broken record, like a broken record. Yawn yawn12More replies (1)downC