Bristol City 3 Port Vale 1

LOOKING BACK AT THE 2014-2015 SEASON

Bristol City 3 Port Vale 1 Attendance: 10,890 including 136 visiting supporters
February 2015 ^th Tuesday 19
Ashton Gate
League One

Despite a spirited Vale display against league leaders Bristol City, Rob Page’s side returned home empty handed following a 3-1 defeat.

smashed in a shot against the underside of the bar from the edge of the box, but there was still every reason to believe Vale could get something from the game.Jay Emmanuel-ThomasVale found themselves trailing when

minute, when the Vale fell further behind thanks to a rather fortuitous second goal for the home side.^thHowever, things took a turn for the worse in the 59

Joe Bryanpicked the ball on the left and what looked to be intended for a cross took a wicked deflection off Veseli to send the ball looping over Chris Neal and into the Vale net.

who had time to pick his spot.Matt Smith, minute the home side added a third when a poor back pass by Richard Duffy was intercepted by ^thIn the 67

A minute later Vale made their third and final substitution when Byron Moore came off the bench for a rare appearance, replacing Chris Birchall.

finally got the goal he had been threatening to get when he fired past Fielding from the edge of the box.Mark Marshall minute when ^thVale looked down and out trailing by three goals, but they managed to pull one back in the 76

PORT VALE: Sam Johnson, Adam Yates, Ryan McGivern, Chris Lines, Greg Luer, Tommy O’Sullivan, Byron Moore. SUBS: Chris Neal, Carl Dickinson, Chris Robertson, Richard Duffy, Chris Birchall, Tom Pope, Michael O’Connor, Michael Brown, Mark Marshall, Frederic Veseli, Achille Campion.