Newport County 1-2 Swindon Town: Jack Payne pounces late as Robins edge Exiles

Swindon goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott goes full stretch to deny Newport's Mickey Demetriou

Jack Payne's late winner gave Swindon Town all three points at Newport County in a match that came alive in the second half.

Swindon took the lead when Ellis Iandolo's header from a corner was put into his own net by Finn Azaz.

Newport hit back immediately when Telford slid in to turn home Cameron Norman's low cross from the right.

But with time running out, Payne snatched it for Swindon with a low strike from the edge of the box.

Newport County manager James Rowberry said: "Disappointing result in the end but I thought we'd probably done enough to get a result out of the game with the chances we had.

"We probably need to be a little bit more clinical at the one end today and defend the two chances they had a little better.

"It's a tough league and when you're able to bring on a Welsh international [Jonathan Williams] off your bench in League Two shows the quality of what they've got, but that doesn't take anything away from the quality we've got.... we had more than enough today to get something out of the game."