Newport 'effective, not nice' in Morecambe win

Newport County goalkeeper Nick Townsend said the team needed to move away from playing "nice football" to beat Morecambe on Tuesday.

A poor run of form had seen the Exiles drop dangerously close to the relegation zone, but back-to-back wins have moved them 10 points clear of the bottom two.

Nelson Jardim's side followed up Saturday's 1-0 home win over Barrow with a 2-1 win over the Shrimps - Joe Thomas and David Ajiboye with the goals.

Townsend, an Antigua and Barbuda international, said the team will be stronger having bounced back from a run of one win in 15 games.

"It's a massive win for us, we needed it, we've dug deep," said Townsend.

"We are starting to gel, it's a young team still and we've had some lads coming in to strengthen the squad.

"We understood what we needed to do, it was not nice football but it was effective football.

"We have the foundations now to build on, this is the hard part of football.

"We're coming to the business end of the season, and we need to get through this period and come back stronger."