Away Days 25/26: Newport Lookin Down

Away Days 25/26: Newport Lookin Down - Newport

Newport have never struck me as a football league club and I don’t think they will be one for much longer. Cambridge however are looking like they will be a league one club again, and we made the trip to Wales hoping to avoid another defeat to a bottom of the league club.

Setting off around 08:00 we made our first stop at the rather nice Rugby Services, where a Greggs was much needed!

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Arriving in Newport around 13:20 we went for a walk to find a pint.

? Newport castle?

A local suggested we visited The Potters, which happened to be just round the corner!

A nice sports focused pub with Alpacalypse from Salt on tap, which I enjoyed.

We saw even more sights walking back to the ground.

Screams non league

Through the turnstiles we were presented with the choice of a stand with a roof to the side of the pitch, which felt a bit cramped or a stand behind the goal without a roof. We opted to stand behind the goal in the rain.

Not a bad view

Hardcore fans

After a rather nothing first half, The U’s upped their attacks in the second half which lead to a Liam Bennett back post header!!

Defensively Newport were terrible and things got even worse when their centre back decided to head the ball straight up into the air which should have led to an easy catch for the goal keeper.. in reality it to led to the keeper dropping the ball in front of KaiKai who smartly finished for 2-0! Bouncing in the stand was risky as the floor started to give way.

It would have been great to add a couple more goals to aid our goal difference but of course the most important thing was the three points. I worry for Newport and honestly think that their stay in the football league will be over. A great win for the U’s on road. I’m not sure why some kid ran into the pitch in the second half, felt very random!

The U’s celebrated in front of the away end!

There was time on the way home for a celebratory KFC!

I then ended my day with Vault City’s Mini Eggs beer!

Thanks for reading!

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