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Paddy Madden scored an injury-time winner against Newport County to revive Stockport County's promotion hopes.

Newport were on course for a deserved point after Nick Townsend had denied Madden from the penalty spot.

More fine saves looked destined to keep Stockport out until Madden struck in the 93rd minute after a set-piece.

Stockport had previously gone almost a month without scoring, but the win means they remain second in League Two, three points adrift of Mansfield Town.

Newport drop to 13th after back-to-back defeats.

Newport County boss Graham Coughlan:

"I thought our lads gave everything. Stockport were the better team, but we expected that. The pressure was relentless, but our lads stood tall.

"We didn't have a particularly good game with the ball. Defensively we were organised, structured and I thought we were very good defensively.

"I thought Nick Townsend was outstanding. In fairness, on the whole, Stockport probably deserved to win the game, let's have that right.

"But, under the circumstances, I thought we deserved to come away with a clean sheet given the defensive structure and commitment that the lads showed."