Port Vale-AFC Wimbledon 3-0
Port Vale befäste sin serieledning när man tog sin första seger mot AFC Wimbledon i fjärde försöket genom att vinna med 2-0 inför 5.567 åskådare varav 147 Wimbledon supportrar på Vale Park. Lee Hughes startade målfabrikationen i den 15:e minuten och Ashley Vincent ökade på till 2-0 strax innan halvtidsvilan och nu var gästerna ett slaget lag och man var egentligen aldrig riktigt nära en reducering.
Port Vale spelar allt stabilare samtidigt som Gillingham börjar darra på manschetterna och nu börjar allt fler Vale fans tro på att det kommer att bli en uppflyttning till League One. Kanske som seriesegrare också till och med vilket i så fall skulle vara den första på mer än 50 år. Nyförvärvet Lee Hughes går under namnet The Killer vilket inte enbart har att göra med att han är farlig framför mål utan också för att han varit dömd för vållande till annans död i samband med en trafikolycka. Ryan Burge, som vi skandinaviska fans, sponsrar blev matchens lirare.
Vi återger här vår engelska samarbetspartners onevalefan.co.uk rapport från matchen på Vale Park.
Ashley Vincent ended a thirteen game scoreless run with his seventh and eighth goals of the season as Vale swept aside Wimbledon to open up a four point lead at the top of the League Two table. Micky Adams named an unchanged starting line-up as the Valiants faced the Dons for the second time in twelve days.
In front of a large crowd of 5,567, Vale started slowly and the visitors had the better of the opening exchanges. But Vale settled their nerves on fifteen minutes as Lee Hughes scored for the second game in succession after he converted Ryan Burge’s free-kick. That goal sparked Vale into more life and the Valiants doubled their lead on 35 minutes when Ashley Vincent scored his first goal since November with a deflected effort that gave Sullivan no chance.
Struggling Wimbledon were proving no pushovers though and the visitors had appeals for a penalty turned down when Duffy made a challenge in the Vale box.The second-half also started slowly and Vale brought on Ben Williamson on the hour mark to replace Lee Hughes. The move sparked Vale into life with Duffy coming close to scoring his first Vale goal.Top scorer Tom Pope was also having a frustrating time although he did come close with an effort that hit the bar.
However, Vale stretched their lead on 70 minutes when Vincent netted his eighth goal of the season after good work from fellow winger Jennison Myrie-Williams. The Valiants were then grateful to the reliable Chris Neal for a good save from Stacey Long. But from that point onwards, Vale were able to comfortably close the game out as they allowed subs Chris Birchall and Calvin Andrew some valuable game time.
Vale: Neal, Duffy, Purse, Chilvers, Jones, Myrie-Williams (Birchall), Loft, Burge, Vincent (Andrew) Hughes (Williamson), Pope
Subs: Johnson, Shuker, Birchall, Morsy, Yates, Williamson, Andrew
