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Newport County Triumphs 1-0, Easing Pressure on Hughes
10/8/2025
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- Newport County beat Cardiff City 1-0 in the EFL Trophy, easing pressure on manager David Hughes.
- Tom Davies scored the only goal just before halftime from a Kai Whitmore cross.
- Cardiff City made ten changes and introduced 16-year-old Rob Tankiewicz, briefly the club's youngest player.
- Cardiff had two goals disallowed for offside as Newport's 1,500 traveling fans celebrated.
