Swindon Town 2-0 Newport County: Dan Kemp leads Robins to win over Exiles

Jake Young of Swindon Town battles for the ball with Matthew Baker of Newport County

Michael Flynn's Swindon Town eased past his former charges Newport County in a hard-fought game at the County Ground.

Swindon led when Charlie Austin picked out Dan Kemp, who took the ball past Exiles goalkeeper Jon Maxted to score.

Austin thought he had doubled the lead, but play was called back for a foul in the build-up.

But Rushian Hepburn-Murphy sealed the win when he poked home a loose ball, after Maxted pushed Saidou Khan's shot onto the post.

Swindon climb into the play-off places while Newport drop to 20th.

Newport County manager Graham Coughlan said:

"That's happened to us a number of times where we've done well in games, our game plan, our organisational structure has been good but we've come out the other end of a defeat.

"You can see there was a bit of a gulf in class, in quality, but that's what we've got and that's where we are and we've just got to keep believing and keep fighting.

"We're getting hammered left, right and centre so losing your main striker (Will Evans going off injured at half-time) is going to be a blow to any team, not just our team."