Notts County 0 Port Vale 1

LOOKING BACK AT THE 2014-2015 SEASON

Notts County 0 Port Vale 1 Attendance: 5,179 including 974 visiting supporters
Saturday 28th February 2015
Meadow Lane
League One

Vale chalked up their third success on the bounce and just as satisfying for boss Rob Page, a third clean sheet to go with it at Meadow Lane.

Vale had Mark Marshall to thank for the only goal of the game after just seven minutes, but this victory was not down to any single player, it was a team performance worthy of the three points.

Vale opened extremely strongly. If the plan was to rattle the home side and test their resolve with an all-out attacking display, then it appeared to be doing just that.

minute.^th with the relatively simple task of firing into an empty net in the 7Mark MarshallVale took full advantage of the home side’s lack of confidence and a mix up between County defender Hayden Mullins and ‘keeper Roy Carroll, which left

The Valiants were not content to sit back and defend their lead and attacked at every opportunity, though they didn’t have that bit of luck in front of goal.

Vale didn’t dominate the whole ninety minutes and at times it was backs to the wall stuff, but every player out there wearing a Vale shirt gave their all for the cause and deserved to get their rewards.

PORT VALE: Sam Johnson, Adam Yates, Ryan McGivern, Chris Birchall, Louis Dodds, Chris Lines, Tommy O’Sullivan SUBS: Chris Neal, Carl Dickinson, Chris Robertson, Ben Williamson, Tom Pope, Michael O’Connor, Michael Brown, Byron Moore, Mark Marshall, Frederic Veseli, Ryan Inniss.