| 0¹ | Uncertainty in the Rochdale defence enabled BOGLE to fire an effort over the bar. |
| 7¹ | BROWN waltzed past PITMAN and stabbed a poor shot wide. |
| 16¹ | NOMBE worked the ball to PITMAN, SINCLAIR controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of LONERGAN. |
| 17¹ | LONERGAN parried a neatly crafted strike from SINCLAIR. |
| 24¹ | TWINE shot wide. |
| 25¹ | A brilliant strike from BROWN was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper. |
| 34¹ | BROWN ran onto a wonderful ball from WILLMOTT but fired his effort wide. |
| 35¹ | A tame strike from PITMAN bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 41¹ | A clever cross from WILDIG was fired goalbound by JAY only for the 'keeper to claw away. |
| 43¹ | A shot from TWINE held little difficulty for the 'keeper. |
| 2² | GOAL!! A PITMAN run down the middle resulted in a perfect cross for REED to tap in. (1-0 Rochdale)| 5² | SINCLAIR's shot was well held by the Newport County 'keeper. | | 14² | An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by WILDIG. | | 15² | A good ball from HUGHES on the right was collected by REED who sliced his shot over the bar. | | 19² | GOAL!! REED made space for PITMAN who, after an interchange of passes twenty yards out, drilled the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Rochdale)| 20² | A penalty box meleé resulted in NOMBE tapping a low shot wide. | | 22² | A header by WILDIG at the near post was comfortably collected by the Rochdale 'keeper. | | 29² | WILDIG's shot beat KOVÁR but rebounded off the Rochdale upright. | | 30² | KOVÁR dived to his left to block a fierce shot from Newport County's SHEEHAN. | | 31² | JAY's shot was well saved by KOVÁR. | | 41² | A pin-point pass found SHEEHAN and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide. | | 42² | A free-kick from NOMBE flew over. | | |