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MayDay Date For Wrexham’s Crunch Clash with Chesterfield

Terry PhillipsTerry Phillips4 April 2018
Rodney Parade Stadium Established 1877 Credit: Andrew Orchard/Alamy

Rodney Parade Stadium Established 1877 Credit: Andrew Orchard/Alamy

Newport County will head to Chesterfield on Mayday for their rearranged League Two clash with the Derbyshire club. Manager Michael Flynn and his players will hope they are still in contention for a play-offs place when they head north. County are 12th in League Two with seven games left to play, 11 points outside the […]

Newport County will head to Chesterfield on Mayday for their rearranged League Two clash with the Derbyshire club.

Manager Michael Flynn and his players will hope they are still in contention for a play-offs place when they head north.

County are 12th in League Two with seven games left to play, 11 points outside the play-off places with a game in hand over seventh-placed Coventry City.

The Sky Blues were beaten 6-2 at home by Yeovil Town in their latest fixture, while Crawley Town missed the chance to jump above the Exiles after drawing 1-1 at home to Swindon Town.

County’s scheduled match at Chesterfield’s Proact Stadium was postponed.

The rearranged date means County complete their regular season fixtures with two long away trips – to Chesterfield and then Carlisle United.

Flynn was furious when the match at Chesterfield was called off less than three hours before kick-off at 12.07pm.

“It’s disgusting how late the decision was left,” he said. “We were only 20 minutes from the ground and we’d paid for a meeting room in a hotel for our pre-match briefing.

“But it’s the fans I feel for because they were all on the road or on the trains.

“The players had all donated their complimentary tickets as well so club volunteers could get in free of charge and I hope Chesterfield offer them the same for the rearranged date.”

Striker Paul Hayes looked certain to miss the match at Chesterfield with a calf strain, while Flynn said: “It does mean a few of our walking wounded have a bit of time to recover, but there are one or two who haven’t had many minutes and were excited about playing so it’s disappointing for them.”

Newport’s remaining fixtures:

April

Saturday 7: Newport County v Stevenage (3pm)

Saturday 14: Newport County v Yeovil Town (3pm)

Saturday 21: Barnet v Newport County (3pm)

Tuesday 24: Newport County v Accrington Stanley (7.45pm)

Saturday 28: Newport County v Cambridge United (3pm)

May

Tuesday 1: Chesterfield v Newport County (3pm)

Saturday 5: Carlisle United v Newport County (3pm).

Newport County loan watch: 

Lamar Reynolds at Leyton Orient

Has has impressed for Orient through the past two months, making six appearances. Reynolds has played in the League and helped the O’s reach the fourth round of the FA Trophy, defeating Dover Athletic in a 4-3 thriller.

Reynolds is battling against former Cardiff City winger Jobi McAnuff, but he has impressed.

The O’s seem to be safe from relegation and Reynolds will hope for more chances.

Jamie Turley at Boreham Wood

The defender helped damage Wrexham’s Vanarama National League play-off hopes at the Racecourse.

Boreham Wood won 1-0 at Wrexham and jumped above the Dragons into third place.

LyeLeaders Macclesfield look certain to win the title and claim the only automatic promotion place, while Wrexham and Wood are chasing play-off slots.

Turkey is playing at wing-back for Wood and has played in all of their 10 fixtures during February and March.

The Hertfordshire club have earned 19 points from this matches.

Tom Owen-Evans at Truro City

Bristol-born Owen-Evans, who grew up in the Forest of Dean, signed for Truro City on loan in February. He has made an impact and the White Tiger are pushing for a play-offs finish.

Truro are fifth in the table, just above Chelmsford City, who have former Cardiff City and Newport defender Jazzi Barnum-Bobb in their squad.

Standings

POS. P W D L GD Pts
1
Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley 39 25 5 9 26 80
2
Luton Town
Luton Town 41 22 11 8 41 77
3
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers 41 21 11 9 20 74
4
Exeter City
Exeter City 40 21 6 13 9 69
5
Notts County
Notts County 41 18 13 10 18 67
6
Lincoln City
Lincoln City 40 18 13 9 15 67
7
Coventry City
Coventry City 40 19 8 13 12 65
8
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town 40 16 15 9 14 63
9
Swindon Town
Swindon Town 40 19 5 16 1 62
10
Colchester United
Colchester United 41 16 13 12 6 61
11
Carlisle United
Carlisle United 41 16 12 13 7 60
12
Newport County
Newport County 39 13 15 11 -1 54
13
Crawley Town
Crawley Town 41 15 9 17 -7 54
14
Cambridge United
Cambridge United 40 14 12 14 -10 54
15
Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town 41 12 12 17 -1 48
16
Stevenage
Stevenage 40 12 12 16 -3 48
17
Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town 38 12 9 17 -6 45
18
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra 41 13 5 23 -15 44
19
Port Vale
Port Vale 41 10 13 18 -12 43
20
Morecambe
Morecambe 39 9 15 15 -10 42
21
Forest Green Rovers
Forest Green Rovers 40 11 7 22 -21 40
22
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town 41 9 11 21 -30 38
23
Chesterfield
Chesterfield 38 9 7 22 -27 34
24
Barnet
Barnet 41 8 9 24 -26 33

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