Football League Trophy
Group Match

August 18th 1982
Newport County 5-1 Exeter City 

Exeter Team
Shepherd(Bond); Howarth, Viney, McEwan, Roberts, M.Rogers, Pullar, Longden, Pratt, Delve, Gibson(Walter).

Attendance: 1,084.

Newport picked up four points for a 5-1 win (three plus a bonus-point for three goals) over Exeter on Wednesday. Neil Baily netted a brace in Newport's 5-1 drubbing of Exeter.

So they lead the Westcountry group ahead of United, City and Bristol City, who all have three.Newport play at Bristol tomorrow afternoon, so both teams will know exactly what they must do tomorrow night.