FA Cup · ENG · Round 1

Newport County
2 - 2 Full time
Gillingham

Rodney Parade · Newport (Casnewydd)

Lineups

Newport County4-1-2-1-2
JW28Wright
HO22↓89'Ogunneye
LJ15↓67'Jenkins
CE2⚽Evans
JT12Thomas
KW14↓103'Whitmore
CA11⚽Antwi
SB44Braybrooke
BL20Lloyd
GG19↓94'Garner
CB9Baker-Richardson
JT25Turner
RH2Hutton
AS5Smith
SG30Gale
MC3Clark
EC6↓111'Coleman
AL8↓46'Little
RM14↓104'McKenzie
BD23↓82'Dack
JA9↓57'Andrews
EN20⚽↓82'Nevitt
Gillingham4-3-3

Newport County substitutes

25 Akinwale Joseph Odimayo ↑67'
6 Ciarán Brennan ↑89'
23 Michael Reindorf ↑94'
7 Bobby Kamwa ↑103'
1 Nikola Tzanev
3 Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
36 Harri Pugh
27 Moses Alexander-Walker
39 Myles McKenzie

Coach: David Hughes

Gillingham substitutes

27 Nelson Khumbeni ↑46'
12 Seb Palmer Houlden ⚽↑57'
32 Lenni Cirino ↑82'
19 Sam Vokes ↑82'
15 Travis Akomeah ↑104'
11 Aaron Rowe ↑111'
33 Taite Holtam
22 Shadrach Ogie
18 Marcus Wyllie

Coach: Richard Dobson

Match events

14'Elliott Nevitt 0 - 1⚽
25'Sam Gale
32'Cameron Evans 1 - 1⚽
Second half
46'↑ Nelson Khumbeni ↓ Armani Little⇄
57'↑ Seb Palmer Houlden ↓ Josh Andrews⇄
67'↑ Akinwale Joseph Odimayo ↓ Lee Jenkins⇄
82'↑ Sam Vokes ↓ Elliott Nevitt⇄
82'↑ Lenni Cirino ↓ Bradley Dack⇄
89'↑ Ciarán Brennan ↓ Habeeb Ogunneye⇄
94'↑ Michael Reindorf ↓ Gerard Garner⇄
97'Lenni Cirino
103'↑ Bobby Kamwa ↓ Kai Whitmore⇄
104'↑ Travis Akomeah ↓ Robbie McKenzie⇄
109'Cameron Antwi assist: Michael Reindorf 2 - 1⚽
111'↑ Aaron Rowe ↓ Ethan Coleman⇄
118'Seb Palmer Houlden 2 - 2⚽

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 1 November 2025, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

6Newport County wins1Draws2Gillingham wins

9 past meetings on record. Biggest Newport County win: Newport County 3–1 Gillingham (2025). Biggest Gillingham win: Newport County 1–3 Gillingham (2025).

17 Jan 2026Gillingham 3 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
20 Sep 2025Newport County 1 - 3 GillinghamLeague Two
4 Mar 2025Newport County 3 - 1 GillinghamLeague Two
22 Oct 2024Gillingham 0 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
17 Feb 2024Newport County 1 - 0 GillinghamLeague Two
28 Oct 2023Gillingham 0 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
29 Apr 2023Gillingham 1 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
19 Nov 2022Newport County 2 - 0 GillinghamLeague Two
13 Aug 2019Gillingham 2 - 2 Newport CountyEFL Cup