The under 16s travelled to the JA Dempsey Stadium to take on Vic’s youth in their league game this morning. The morning fog put the game in doubt but luckily it started to lift as the game progressed.

Newport took the lead through Ethan Hall when Remy Deegan broke down the wing and crossed for him to finish. From then on Newport proceeded to play like they couldn’t see each other due to the fog and struggled to get any grip into the game at all, as Vic‘s fought for every ball, they thoroughly deserved the equaliser bundled him from a free kick by Jack Gillard and then continued to put Newport under pressure.

Right before halftime Remy Deegan seized on some defensive hesitancy to give Newport the lead again, but it was very quickly relinquished by some more poor defending and another header by Gillard.

A halftime talking to meant Newport came out with a much renewed attitude in the second half and immediately regain the lead with a Jack Kilby header from an Owen Ebbs free kick, this was quickly followed by another Deegan effort when Ben McCormack touched on Hall’s cross for Deegan to fire home, unfortunately at the other end Newport still looked susceptible to Vic‘s attacks and it was no surprise when Gillard completed his hat trick with another header.

Back came Newport with Deegan firing in two more goals to take his tally to 4, this time assisted by Logan Hobbs and Eron Farr-Bishop. There was still time for Vics to score one more goal as one long range shot somehow found its way into the goal.

A good win for Newport in the end, which could’ve been much more comfortable had they started the game in the same fashion that they finished it. An excellent debut from Josh Batchelor certainly helped Newport get over the line.

Team. Fuller, Dudley, Cox, Kilby, Hobbs, Dyer, Ebbs, Graham, Hall, Deegan, Farr-Bishop. Subs used. McCormack, Batchelor