GOALS from Joe Parker, Kieran Parselle and Shaun Jeffers gave Newport County AFC reserves a 3-1 win over Cheltenham Town reserves in their Final Third Development League Cup clash this afternoon.

Parker, who made his Football League debut for the Exiles during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat at Cambridge United, opened the scoring after 20 minutes at Llanwern High School.

Academy player Parselle doubled County’s advantage two minutes after the break and Jeffers, who once had a loan spell with the Robins, added the third on 87 minutes.

Joe Hanks pulled one goal back for the visitors with a last minute penalty but County took all three points in the group stage match to go top of Southern Group B.