Kiwi John Finally Gets His Result
It must have been memories of last season's opening day debacle
that meant Tuesday night's narrow win over Hartlepool
didn't cause the usual upsurge of optimism for the return to Newport - only 18 going for the win
compared with 12 for the draw
and 7 fearing the worst
(well 6 really as one of those was a Welsh interloper hoping for the best - all welcome ncfc1).
The 6 included 5 of the Top Ten
, and the 18 another 2, leaving 4 Top Ten drawmongers to make strong upward moves (yes, I do know 5 + 2 + 4 = 11, there was a tenth equal situation after Newport
). Of these, LongLostSon (8th to 5th) and Bdc (10= to 8th) took max advantage with the max 5, while MikeA consolidated his 4th and Tommy McQueen regained top spot on countback with their 3 point hauls. The other maxis were Norwich Stanley, the biggest mover from 16th to 9th, and - at last
- Kiwi John, 35th to 31st.
Full table attached in two parts again so as to include all this game's entrants.
So it's roll on the Shrimpers for a Friday night feast of football, hopefully. Why move a game with a potentially strong away attendance to a Friday night, I wonder? More importantly, can we keep the record intact? Yes we can!! On Stanley On!!
