Saturday 18th February will see The Port reserves come up against Whitecroft & Barton Sports at Sandy Lane in the semi final of the IW County Press Challenge Cup.
The young talent of John Linnington’s reserves will be eager to put on a top performance and crash out the IW Saturday League Division 1 leaders from this seasons cup.
Island rivals W&B Sports will also be looking to continue with their impressive form in the league and Hampshire Cup to deny Ports reserves a place in the final.
The atmosphere will be electric at Sandy Lane and tensions during the game will no doubt rise as the pressure builds for both sides.
Best of luck to John Linnington and his reserves side on Saturday.
Come and show your support for The Port reserves in this semi final cup game at Sandy Lane, Whitecroft, Newport for a 2:30pm kick off.
The clubhouse sports bar at St George’s Park will be open from 12pm for all the build up and live coverage on the BIG SCREEN in HD as Burnley take on Non-league Lincoln City in the Emirates FA Cup fifth round. Can the non-league side make further history this season by dumping out the Premier League giants?
From 3pm the BIG SCREEN will cover all the FA Cup and Sky Bet Football League action live courtesy of Sky Sports.
The clubhouse sports bar will then be showing the 5:30pm kick off on the BIG SCREEN as Wolves take on Premier League leaders Chelsea in the Emirates FA Cup fifth round.
The Ports first team will travel away Andover Town in the Wessex League Premier Division for a 3pm kick off. Only 4 points separate the two sides as Newport sit 10th and Andover 13th in the league.
Andy Sampson’s side will be hoping to improve from their 1:1 draw at home to Bournemouth Poppies last Saturday as “The Town” also look to secure a victory this weekend following their 1:1 draw away to Horndean on Saturday 11th February.
The Port will be without suspended Spike Pierce but could see the return of Aiden Sainsbury with his suspension having now come to an end. Also not available for the first team this Saturday will be Tom Mcinnes.
Can The Ports first team improve from their 2:1 defeat at home to Andover Town earlier in the season back in October?
Newport’s A team will travel to Niton Community on 18th February for a 2:30pm kick off in the IW Saturday League Division 2. With Niton sitting 6th and Newport 7th in the league table only goal difference separates the two sides. The Ports A Team will be looking to secure a victory and 3 vital points to push themselves ahead of Niton and gain that 6th spot as the season almost comes to an end with only 2 games remaining after Saturday’s fixture.
Newport IW FC will welcome you to St George’s Park from 12pm as we build that Saturday football atmosphere in the clubhouse sports bar.