Match ends, Bradford City 4, Newport County 1.
Bradford City missed out on the League Two play-offs despite signing off their season with a convincing win over Newport County.
Calum Kavanagh and Andy Cook both headed beyond Nick Townsend shortly before half time to put Graham Alexander's men in control.
Bobby Pointon and Jamie Walker netted either side of a Harry Charlsey effort to seal an emphatic win.
Bradford end the season in ninth, one point off the top seven.
Newport finish 18th after losing their final eight matches.
Newport County boss Graham Coughlan:
"It's probably been 10 games too many for us, it's probably a little bit of relief that the season is over.
"I probably started planning (for next season) when our play-off hopes ended. We've got a lot of work ahead of us, we can't accept what we've had as a football club over the last eight games.
"The injury windows have really hurt us so we've got to learn from that and we've got to put together a bigger, better and stronger squad for next season because there's no point in us doing this job if our ambition next season is not play-offs or promotion."
Line-ups
Bradford
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Walker
- 22Oyegoke
- 5Platt
- 18Kelly
- 2Halliday
- 7Walker
- 6Smallwood
- 36Wright
- 8KavanaghSubstituted forSmithat 78'minutes
- 23PointonSubstituted forOduorat 78'minutes
- 9Cook
Substitutes
- 11Gilliead
- 12Oduor
- 13Doyle
- 14Smith
- 20Chapman
- 31Tomkinson
- 32Richards
Newport
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Townsend
- 14BrightSubstituted forMcLoughlinat 81'minutes
- 28Baker
- 41Sanca
- 23Jameson
- 7EvansBooked at 50mins
- 17BennettSubstituted forWaiteat 66'minutes
- 8Morris
- 20CharsleySubstituted forWildigat 81'minutes
- 30Palmer-Houlden
- 31JephcottSubstituted forBondswellat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Waite
- 18Rai
- 19McLoughlin
- 24Wildig
- 26Maxted
- 33Bondswell
- 34Norris
- Referee:
- Thomas Kirk
- Attendance:
- 18,842
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away2
- Corners
- Home7
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away12
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Bradford City 4, Newport County 1.
Goal!
Goal! Bradford City 4, Newport County 1. Jamie Walker (Bradford City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Cook.
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Attempt missed. Tyler Smith (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Brad Halliday.
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Attempt saved. Tyler Smith (Bradford City) header from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Cook.
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Brad Halliday (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Matthew Bondswell (Newport County).
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jamie Walker.
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Foul by Daniel Oyegoke (Bradford City).
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Will Evans (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Seb Palmer-Houlden (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Will Evans.
Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Shane McLoughlin replaces Harrison Bright.
Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Aaron Wildig replaces Harry Charsley.
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Attempt missed. Ciarán Kelly (Bradford City) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tyreik Wright with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Kyle Jameson.
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Attempt blocked. Clarke Oduor (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyler Smith.
Substitution
Substitution, Bradford City. Tyler Smith replaces Calum Kavanagh.
Substitution
Substitution, Bradford City. Clarke Oduor replaces Bobby Pointon.
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Brad Halliday (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by James Waite (Newport County).
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Let's build around the players we keep and have a good go next year.
When you have watched a club for 55yrs you stick by them through good times and bad.
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Some positives in seeing Shane Mchloglan back but i think there will be a very different set of players representing Newport next season.
Some of the players need to be moved on, some arent good enough (waite, Bright, Bondswell) but if newport manager to keep Shane M, Evans and Bogle they have the spine of a good team.