Friday 2 April 2010
Rotherham
Port Vale take on Rotherham this weekend in a bid to pit their wits against one of the high flying sides in League Two after the Valiants own promotion push took a battering last weekend.
Vale have put last Saturday's defeat to Crewe behind them but preparations have been dashed as Crewe boss Dario Gradi continues with the penalty debate.
Vale will travel to the Don Valley Stadium in good spirits and looking to pick up as many points as possible over the bumper Easter schedule.
Rotherham will start the game fourth in League Two with 65 points points, while Vale start 9 places and 12 points behind the Millers
They will be re-united with former Vale midfielder Michael Cummins who enjoyed a successful few sewasons at Vale Park.
While the Vale crowd will be keen to cheer about striker Tom Pope, he's a Vale fan from Sneyd Green and was recently on the books at Crewe with Gradi. So no doubt he'll have something to say on the matter.
Ronnie Moore is back with Rotherham after Mark Robins moved to Barnsley and will have the services of Adam Le Fondre who certainly knows where the goal is.
Vale will hope their defence can take the pace and with Chris Martin replacing Joe Anyon between the sticks a safe pair of hands is neccessary for this game.
The game will signal referee Mark Halsey's first since battling throat cancer, so hopefully it will be a memorable yet easy one for him.
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