Season Review 2018-19

This season has been a fantastic one for the county in all competitions especially in the league and Fa cup. With a trip to wembley, the 4th one in the past 7 seasons in a play off final and a home tie against the back to back champions of England.

We started the campaign with a disappointing away trip to Mansfield losing 3-0 at the One call stadium. We then went on a run of 7 wins out of 8 with the only defeat coming in the 2nd round of the Carabao cup Against Oxford at home. After a 1-0 away loss to Swindon came the lowest part of the season in my opinion with the 0-6 thrashing by yeovil who have now been relegated but we didn't let that bother us as we then went on another unbeaten run of 6 games which saw us clime into the automatic promotion places.

A few weeks later our attentions turned to the Fa cup and an away trip to the met police. It was a real banana skin for the county but we managed to come through with a 2-0 win. Then with a few mixed results including a draw with welsh rivals wrexham in the 2nd round of the Fa cup and a penalty shootout defeat in the second round of the efl trophy to cheltenham came the 4-0 thrashing at home in the replay against Wrexham. Our task was made easier after the visitors had a man sent off for a horrible tackle on Mickey Demetriou. our form in the league had been poor with 6 games with out a win the only win we had in a month and a half of football was the game in the fa cup. But the poor form was worth it as we welcomed the former premier league champions Leicester city to Rodney Parade.

With what we did last season in the Fa cup in mind we took on 2015-16 champions of England with the eyes of the country watching we made the perfect start with Jamille Matt heading home. We then put on a defensive masterclass until late on as Rachid Ghezzal equalized but a late penalty from Padraig Amond sent us through. Check out my Middlesbrough review to find out my thoughts on the game. As a result of the Fa cup run we had slumped to 15th in the League. Then we took on current Premier league champions Manchester City in the Fa cup 5th round there was a lot of optimism at Rodney Parade ahead of the clash. However after a superb performance it wasn't enough to beat the Champions which seen our Fa cup run end.
Our attention then turned back to the league with a play off spot still available only if we won our games in hand. With only 3 defeats in 2 and a months of football seen us dramatically get into the play offs with 1-1 draw with Morcambe. However the play offs ended with heartbreak as we lost 1-0 to Tranmere at wembley.

It has been an amazing season for the county and hopefully the start of something special.
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