Newport relishing chance to take on Guardiola's City stars


  • Football
  • Thursday, 14 Feb 2019

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FA Cup Second Round Replay - Newport County AFC v Wrexham - Rodney Parade, Newport, Britain -December 11, 2018 Newport County manager Mike Flynn before the match Action Images/Adam Holt/File Photo

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The FA Cup may have lost its appeal, no longer a highlight of the English football calendar, but occasionally it throws up a fixture that captures the imagination.

Saturday's meeting between fourth tier League Two Newport County and Premier League champions Manchester City certainly provides the David versus Goliath encounter which is at the heart of the world's oldest club competition.

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