The 110-minute Game That May Have Rescued Newport

And Newport did.

County could not spell down this weekend, but they could person been successful big, large trouble.

It looked that way, moreover aft nan flares and nan fervent location support had put each their issues pinch nan team's play to 1 broadside to roar them on.

A superb opener, 2 soft set-piece goals conceded, a reddish paper for Oldham's Mike Fondop that forced disconnected cardinal defender Lee Jenkins pinch a nasty cut, punishment appeals turned down, an equaliser, a extremity disallowed, and past nan last moments successful a crippled delayed because of lengthy curen for Oldham No.1 Matthew Hudson.

"You've conscionable described a rollercoaster," said Fuchs.

Feeling nan thrust much than astir was Kamwa, who went from leader for nan opener, to villain for nan punishment miss, and past backmost to hero.

"It was surreal," said nan 26-year-old erstwhile Leeds United younker winger. "This greeting I had a speech pinch nan gaffer and he said games for illustration this is for large players and I judge I'm 1 of them.

"So I thought coming would beryllium my time and that's why I fancied taking nan penalty. It didn't spell my way, but I knew location would beryllium 1 much chance and I conscionable had to get my caput astir nan business quickly."

The scenes erstwhile he took his 2nd chance were specified that Kamwa admitted he thought different results had gone Newport's measurement and endurance had been secured.

Taking his clip to soak it successful and speak to supporters, erstwhile Austria world Fuchs said nan consequence of nan section support "showed what is imaginable here" and that delivering this triumph "meant nan world".

But it besides intends thing unless Newport travel it up adjacent play – pinch a triumph guaranteeing League Two shot adjacent season.

That, Fuchs said, would beryllium nan attraction – erstwhile they allowed themselves to subordinate nan infinitesimal of an day arsenic melodramatic arsenic they come.