It was quite an even first half as County looked to make it 3 wins from 3 competitive league games at Rodney Parade something not done since April 2021 under Michael Flynn.
But it was Graham Coughlan's men who started off the better as captain Ryan Delaney had a very early header saved by Jack Rose
It was the aforementioned Sutton keeper who was living very dangerously in his own box as he tried to play out from the back but our forwards pressed him in his own area and lost the ball with Will Evans and SPH on the prowl the ball fortunately for Sutton ended up at the feet of one of their defenders.
This kicked off a few action packed minutes with Will Evans running onto a Ryan Delaney flick but he is deemed offside by the officials. Then only a few seconds later James Clarke headed wide of the Sutton goal.
Adam Lewis had the best chance of the game so far after he got the ball on the left hand side of the penalty area only for him to fire a few yards over the bar.
Craig Clay got the ball after nice play from Patrick but blazed very high over the bar.
County felt like they should've had a penalty towards the end of the first half as the man in form Will Evans goes through on goal but the Sutton keeper ends up coming out quickly and looked to have fouled his but nothing was given by the referee.
That was the last major chance in what was quite a dull first half. The way Sutton played nullified County's usual high energetic play style by going very direct in into the forward pair of Scott Kashket and Lee Angol and they also utilised play direct into channels with wide men Omari Patrick especially and Josh Coley and drew County into their way of playing.
What ever Sutton's vocal manager Matt Gray said at half time it had it's desired impact almost straight away as they came out with a lot of intent at the start of the second half. Robert Milsom had a shot which deflected behind for a corner. Then the man who impressed me in the first half Omari Patrick put the visitors ahead with a really neat finish.
County were nearly level immediately. Seb Palmer-Houlden headed into the path of Will Evans who took a shot but found the shot saved on the line by Sutton keeper Jack Rose.
Bryn Morris came close as he had a floating shot that floated just over the bar.
It was then time for the introduction of last season's top scorer Omar Bogle who was making his first appearance of the campaign following an injury which has kept him out so far.
Within 4 minutes of him coming on we were level! Adam Lewis put a great ball into the box which was turned in by Joe Kizzi the Sutton right back in a goal which reminded me of Robin Van Persie's diving header from the 2014 world cup for The Netherlands.
The next chance of the game lead to the next goal and again it came from a cross this time from the other side of the pitch. Shane McLoughlin crossed into the box and midfielder Harry Charsley converted for his 2nd goal of the season and the turn around which looked all but impossible came true.
Matt Gray responded to going behind by making a quadruple change and a change in formation which to me had very little impact on the rest of the game. Ex County man Ryan Jackson made a cameo at Rodney Parade and was amongst the quartet coming on and got a great reception from the Amber Army.
The man in form got yet another! Will Evans got his 6th league goal of the season with a very good finish to secure all three points and the 3rd successive win at Rodney Parade at the start of the campaign.
Omar nearly capped his return with a goal and he pounced on a mistake from the Sutton backline and sprinted all the way down to the other end of the pitch along side Adam Lewis but decided to shoot on goal rather than pass to Lewis but unfortunately he was denied by Jack Rose.
That was that for an afternoon with another turnaround similar to the one we seen against Charlton in the league cup. We move into the Brentford game on Tuesday in the league cup full of confidence and believe as we are on a run now of 3 home wins in a row which hasn't been seen for over a year.
For a more in depth review tune into Look Back In Amber tomorrow afternoon on Newport City Radio from 2pm with Myself, Ian Lamsdale and Stephen Howell.
Newport County: Nick Townsend, Adam Lewis, Ryan Delaney, James Clarke, Will Evans, Bryn Morris, Scot Bennett (Omar Bogle), Shane McLoughlin, Harry Charsley, Aaron Wildig ( James Waite), Seb Palmer-Houlden (Josh Seberry)
Attendance: 3740
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