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90' +4
Day puts it long, and finds a header from Nouble to put it out - and the referee blows for full-time! Newport County have booked a replay at Wembley Stadium!
90' +3
The corner is defused by Pipe but it only goes as far as Kane, who crosses from the right for Alli. The only person there is Day - and both miss! Goal-kick to Newport...
90' +2
Tottenham reclaim the ball swiftly and Kane tears downfield into the County box. He has to score - but White does enough to push it out for a corner.
90' +1
McCoulsky gets the ball out of his own box with a wild hack-turned-overhead kick - and then Newport get a throw in Spurs' half.
90'
A throw earns a corner now for Newport, which Vorm collects on the full to begin a swift counter-attack. Both sides are looking for a winner - though Newport might be happy with a draw - and they will have four additional minutes to find it.
88'
Nouble is the man who gets the ball but trapped between Dier and Foyth, he is unable to get a shot away at the edge of the Spurs box before he loses possession.
87'
J. Foyth gets yellow.
Newport get a free-kick now, and Foyth gets a booking for a wild challenge out wide as County managed to defuse the corner. It's so deep in their own half, Day will take as all of their other players bound forward.
86'
Spurs get a free-kick just inside their own half and take it fast, playing it down the right. Tozer takes no chances and puts it out for a corner - Tottenham's fifth of the night.
84'
M. Dolan enters the game and replaces J. Labadie.
Labadie is off for the hosts and Matthew Dolan makes a late cameo. Can he provide the key to gifting Newport the lead once more?
82'
H. Kane has scored a goal for Tottenham Hotspur! Assist by Son Heung-Min.
It's a near-instant impact from Davies, as his shot takes a deflection out for a corner after quick saves from Day and then a leg from Pipe.
With the corner played short, Son's touch was smart, a little lofted tap-on that found his captain lurking. Perhaps if he had started tonight, Spurs would not need to find a winner right now.
Tottenham get the leveller! Who else would it be but Harry Kane, who taps in at the far-right corner following a play-on from Son at the left of the box. Newport look shattered; Rodney Parade falls silent. It's 1-1 with less than ten minutes, plus injury time, to go.
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81'
B. Davies enters the game and replaces M. Dembélé.
Spurs make their final change; Ben Davies replaces Dembele as Spurs look to keep their FA Cup story alive.
80'
Sissoko puts a shot wide now, from the edge of the box, sending it right of the goal as he tries to squeeze it through a gap in the back-line.
78'
A throw for Spurs puts Son into the Newport box - and White manages to muscle him out for the goal kick. County's defence have run their blood to water so far - but can they hold on until full-time?
76'
Labadie concedes a free-kick now in his own half after holding on to Vertonghen. The visitors are unable to capitalise though - and Newport hold them in midfield to frustrate them through Bennett and Tozer.
74'
S. McCoulsky enters the game and replaces P. Amond.
Paddy Amond has done his bit for Newport's dreams in this match - and he is the first of County's players to be substituted. Shaun McCoulsky - the hero of Rodney Parade with his winner against Leeds - is on in his place.
73'
Dembele goes down on the edge of the Newport box and appeals for a free-kick; instead, the referee awards it the other way, to County, after the Spurs man was deemed to have brought down White instead.
71'
Kane finds the side netting on the left from distance this time, putting a shot on from the left some 20 yards out. You could cut the tension with a knife at Rodley Parade right now...
69'
Foyth tries his luck from distance this time as Newport get the ball 25 yards out from their goal to the Spurs defender; his shot is wayward however and is out for a goal-kick.
68'
Newport clear from the box as far as midfield and Kane comes in with a roaring shot from 25 yards out. It takes a deflection; another corner.
67'
Save from Day! Son looked to have found the gap for Tottenham, played in at the left by Alli - only for his shot to be deflected by the keeper in a chaotic drop for a corner.
66'
D. Alli enters the game and replaces Fernando Llorente.
More fresh legs for Spurs now; Dele Alli enters the fray to replace Llorente.
64'
Newport are clinging on here grimly, with 33 percent possession to Tottenham's 67. If another goal is to come in this game, it's almost certainly going to be for the visitors...
63'
Llorente gets the ball in the County box - and as he turns to shoot, White executes a brilliant slide to whip the ball away.
61'
Trippier once again tries to find a way to deliver the ball into the box but this time, he's forced to send the ball back to midfield by Butler and Demetriou forming a solid pair in defence.
59'
Kane also has the last touch in the box again now as Trippier once more slips him a lovely ball. Pinned in by three defenders, he fluffs his shot and Newport get the goal-kick.
58'
Kane! The Spurs captain very nearly had the goal to level the game there, supplied by a second attempt cross from Trippier, his effort drifting an inch over the bar. So close for Tottenham.
57'
A free-kick for Spurs 25 yards out on the right for a shirt pull now. Newport will have to be alert here...
55'
Spurs deal but only so far as giving away a throw on the right side now. Willmott puts it into the box for Amond - and the striker's header sails over the crossbar this time, uncontrolled and rather poor.
54'
Nouble tries a shot from the left edge of the box now, and earns a throw as it takes a wicked deflection off Foyth.
53'
Tottenham now earn a throw on the right flank which they ship crossfield to Son on the left. The substitute's touch is too heavy though and the ball flicks onto Day in the box who collects for a goal-kick.
51'
Kane fluffs a line of attack as he comes up on the Newport box, with Nouble clearing as far as Vertonghen in midfield who starts a new move for Spurs.
49'
County get a free-kick in their own box after Pipe is fouled by Son, the substitute trying to milk a penalty in the process.
48'
Spurs defuse any chance of a dangerous attack quite quickly but they struggle themselves to clear the ball out of their half, their passage of play frustrated by Newport's muscular, harrying defence.
47'
Llorente makes a cumbersome touch and, to cheers, puts the ball out for a Newport throw inside is own half, on the opposition's right flank.
46'
Son Heung-Min enters the game and replaces K. Walker-Peters.
We're back underway at Rodney Parade and, in a change that isn't perhaps too surprising, Kyle Walker-Peters is off and Son Heung-min is on, to add some more threat to Tottenham's attack.
45' +2
Newport earn a throw-in off a wayward Sissoko tap and they are in no hurry to take it. Indeed, as it lands in midfield, the referee checks his watch - and blows the whistle for half-time!
45'
Two added minutes are on the way as Willmott once again sends a pass downfield for Amond that catches the striker offside.
44'
Spurs play it around their back-line and out into midfield, and Pipe darts in to sweep the ball away from a wayward Walker-Peters pass. Can the hosts hold out until half-time?
42'
Now Newport earn a corner, on their right-side again - though it flies over the box and the moment is lost when a return volley goes straight to Vorm.
40'
A brief stoppage now as Pipe pulls up with a hamstring strain in Spurs territory. He gets attention from the medics and returns to his feet a moment later.
38'
P. Amond has scored a goal for Newport County! Assist by R. Willmott.
County have the lead! The throw only finds Vertonghen, who clears as far as Willmott - and it's the midfielder who drifts a wonderful cross to the left of the box where Amond rises up to head the ball home at the near post under Vorm. Newport lead Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the FA Cup.
Willmott saw his striker out, unmarked for a moment on the left, and put what could be one of the most important kicks of his career in, floating it superbly into the box. That's a well-deserved lead for Newport.
37'
Throw-in for Newport now, on their right wing, once again in line with the Spurs box...
35'
Spurs have found their rhythm now for sure, having controlled the ball with more finesse for the last five minutes or so. Newport suddenly break down the right wing and Willmott pushes a ball onto Amond - only for the striker to be caught offside.
33'
Kane takes it and puts it over the bar - just, with the ball dipping back towards the top-left corner as it sails out.
32'
J. Labadie gets yellow.
Newport manage to clear but then Labadie commits a foul and is booked 25 yards out on the left. A dangerous free-kick here for Spurs...
Close from Kane! Tottenham's counter is swift and the England man looks almost certain to score from close range at the right post - but Day gets fingertips to the effort at six yards and tips it out for a corner.
31'
Free-kick to Newport, some 40 yards out on the left wing, which Labadie turns into the box for Amond. The striker finds the ball cleared away by Wanyama and Tozer tries to strike from distance - only for a deflection off his own man in the penalty area to send it wide.
29'
Eventually, it is a poor half-volley from Sissoko that puts the ball within Day's reach and the keeper collects to finish off Spurs' attacking chance.
28'
Sissoko, Dembele and Wanyama play the ball around midfield as they look to slip it through to Llorente or Kane - but they find themselves frustrated by a near-watertight Newport defence holding them back.
26'
Throw-in for Newport, again deep in Spurs' own half, and Willmott turns it towards the box for a lurking Tozer. Dier deals with the danger though and Spurs swiftly return the ball to halfway.
24'
Labadie gets a great curl on the free-kick, to the point where it bypasses the wall and huddle of attackers entirely and swings low towards the far right corner, forcing Vorm to stoop to collect.
23'
Free-kick now to Newport, on their left edge in line with the Spurs box after Trippier trips Labadie...
22'
A long ball from Dembele looking for Llorente doesn't quite pan out for Spurs and Day collects with no problem to return downfield.
20'
Play is briefly stopped by the referee as flares appear to go off above Rodney Parade. After brief consultation with security, the game continues with a long ball from Butler.
19'
Tottenham deal with it through Sissoko and turn it into a swift counter-attack - though Trippier's cross in for Walker-Peters in the box ultimately runs too far for the winger to collect, giving County the goal kick.
18'
Throw-in for Newport now, on their right flank in line with the Spurs box...
17'
Walker-Peters turns a nice ball into the box from the left for Wanyama to race up on; Pipe gets his head to it first though and clears up the danger for County.
Newport think they're away with a chance after Bennett slips a long ball to Amond, but the striker is called offside by the linesman as he takes the ball on in the Spurs box.
15'
Foyth now earns his side a throw deep in Newport territory - but Spurs are unable to make anything of it, with Llorente's poor tap-on dribbling wide of the mark for Kane and out for a goal kick.
13'
Walker-Peters earns a free-kick off a White foul now and Spurs find themselves with a chance to push down the left wing - only for Dembele to push it into touch for a throw-in.
11'
Spurs look like they're starting to get a feel for the South Wales atmosphere now as Vertonghen threads a through-ball for Kane to play at. The Tottenham captain gets the ball on the edge of the box and pops off a shot; a poor one, as it is, that spirals over the net and into the stands behind.
9'
A chance for Newport again! A deep throw from the right wing into the Spurs box finds a header from Demetriou and Bennett tries to finish, only to slice it wide and over the crossbar.
8'
Newport are out of the gate quickly at Rodney Parade so far, more imposing in their physicality than Spurs, and it's showing. Tottenham do now get a free-kick again, just inside their own half on the left - and again, County defuse with a quick dart from Tozer.
6'
Labadie fancies his own chance from distance and he is on target with an effort from 30 yards out in centre-field; Vorm bobbles it and recollects before Amond can race up for a tap-in.
4'
And what a counter-attack too! Newport fluff a golden chance as Labadie muscles Walker-Peters off the ball and then puts a flat pass across the box for Amond. The striker can't get there in time but Nouble can - and with all the time in the world and only the keeper to beat, the winger puts the ball somewhere out of the ground with a wild, poor finish.
3'
An early foul by Nouble on Trippier gives Tottenham the free-kick inside their own half, though the hosts are able to reclaim in quick order and create a counter-attack.
1'
We're underway in this fourth-round match in the 2017-18 FA Cup! Can Newport produce another shock upset or will it be plain sailing for Spurs to the round of 16?
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the 2017-18 FA Cup, as Newport County look to secure a second giant-killing against Tottenham Hotspur at Rodney Parade. The hosts dumped out Leeds United with a late goal in the third round but can they repeat the feat against top-flight opposition? Kick-off is on the way.
Team news is in now ahead of this fourth-round tie…
Both sides will be facing off for the first time since consecutive FA Cup meetings in 1959 and 1960, when Spurs netted four times in each game. For Newport, it is their first time hosting a top-flight side since October 1986, when they faced Everton in a league cup second-leg match, losing 5-1.
Tottenham have progressed in each of their last 15 FA Cup ties as a top-flight side against teams from the fourth tier or lower, last being knocked out of the FA Cup in January 1915 to non-league Norwich City.
Spurs are currently unbeaten in all competitions since December 23rd – seven games (W5 D2 L0).
County haven’t won a FA Cup match against top-flight opponent since January 1964, beating Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in a third-round match at home.
Tottenham have progressed in each of their last 15 FA Cup ties as a top-flight side against teams from the fourth tier or lower, last being knocked out of the FA Cup in January 1915 to non-league Norwich City.
Teams are out at Rodney Parade...
Are Newport County on the verge of history? They have been the better of two sides in a fairly even contest at Rodley Parade - and their lead, thanks to a Paddy Amond header, is richly deserved indeed. The question remains though; can the League Two outfit hold out for a famous win against Premier League opposition? At half-time, it's Newport County 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur.
Pre-match, few would have given Newport a chance against top-flight opposition in pursuit of Europe - but inspired by Paddy Amond's early header, they held their own for almost eighty minutes against Tottenham Hotspur, almost securing a shock win. In the end, they will settle for a draw - and they will settle happily. Harry Kane's tap-in saves Spurs' blushes - but they now must host a replay at home to secure the fate of their FA Cup journey. Full-time from Rodney Parade, it finishes Newport County 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur.
These two sides will meet again in the coming weeks, but it's contrasting fortunes in the league up next. Newport will play against Lincoln City on Tuesday - and Tottenham will tangle with Manchester United. Until then however, thank you for joining us - and have a great weekend!
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