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Danny Rowe scored a brace as hosts Oldham Athletic hammered Newport County in this mid-table League Two encounter.

Rowe scored the opener and added his second after the break a day after Oldham were served with a winding up petition.

In between Zachary Dearnley found the back of the net. Thomas Hamer got the fourth while Jonny Smith added Oldham's fifth as they Latics rose to 17th.

Newport remained 16th and winless in their last seven league games.

Newport County manager Michael Flynn told ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport Wales: "We were not good enough, second in every department and played off the park.

"They could have scored eight, maybe nine if I'm honest so 5-0 was getting off lightly. The goals we conceded were dreadful.

"There's one player that can come out of that performance with any credit and that's Dale Gorman. He's the only one. Other than that it was dreadful."