Reserves Match Report

Port Vale reserves took on a Derby County side at a wet and windy Vale Park last night.
Vale started the brighter of the two sides and it was midfielder Doug Loft who put his side ahead with a diving header.
The game saw starts for trialist Chamal Fenelon and on-loan Lee Molyneux but it was Louis Dodds who saw most of the ball.
Vale took their lead to 2-0 when Fenelon turned out shot only to be denied, but Sean Rigg was there to fire the ball home, with shouts of offside.
In the second half youngster Anthony Malbon replace Fenelon and Vale carried on their scoring run.
A Rigg mis-kick, although he'll probably claim that he meant it, fell to Simon Richman who fired home.
Derby County, managed by Nigel Clough for the evening, pulled one back through Greg Mills but it was Vale who had the upper hand and a lovely finish by Malbon into the roof of the net made it 4-1 to the Valiants.

Final Score from Vale Park
Port Vale Reserves 4 Derby County Reserves 1

Reserves

Port Vale reserves are at home to Derby County this evening. It could be chance for new loan signing Lee Moleyneux to make his debut in a Vale shirt after he was left out of the squad for the loss to Crewe on Saturday.
Kick off at Vale Park is 7pm.

Exclusive

You always get that warm sense of pride when you see a player from your club in the team of the week, whether it's in a newspaper or on a web-site.
Port Vale fans have experienced that feeling on more than one occassion since the turn of the year.
Defenders Adam Yates, Lee Collins and John McCombe as well as striker Marc Richards have all found themselves in the Football League's League Two team of the week.
We've gone behind the scenes at the Football League to find out how each player makes the grade.
When you pick up a paper following your team's perforamnce on a Saturday or after a mid-week game you won't always agree with the ratings, or won't agree with their inclusion in a team of the week.
At the Football League a Press Assocation representative is sent along to each game in the Football League and it's their job to relay information on the game back to Press Associaton Headquarters on a programme called MatchLive, which is where live commentary sites such as BBC Sport take their information on and can provide supporters with kick by kick coverage.
They take note on the amount of throw ins, corners and shots for each side and alos provide ratings for players. These are then fed into a database and that's how each player finds himself in the teams of the week or not as the case maybe.
It may look easy when you see the team, but it's a lot harder than you think.
But for the players involved, well worth it.

Crewe

Port Vale's play-off hopes took a bit of a dent in the local derby between local rivals Crewe.
Both teams started the game rather evenly and a 0-0 draw would have been a fair results. But it was a controversial decison that changed the game.
Vale defender Gareth Owen won the ball cleanly from Clayton Donaldson, and one of the worst refereeing performances you will see in League Two this season. Donaldson stepped up for the resulting spot kick, firing past goalkeeper Chris Martin, who was back between the sticks after Anyon's mistake at Cheltenham last week.
Vale's heads dropped after the decison and frustration set in as balls pinged around everywhere.
Both temas have shared the spoils this season, with Vale winning 2-1 at Gresty Road back in October.
With both sides set to remain in League Two for another season it looks the two will meet for a re-match next year.

Final Score from Vale Park

Port Vale 0 Crewe Alexandra 1

New Loan Signing

It may be four out at Vale Park but boss Micky Adams has also managed to bring in a new face in the form of Southampton star Lee Molenyeux.
The 21 year-old is on-loan until the end of the season after falling out of plans at Saint Mary's afgter he joined in January 2009.
For what Lee had to say about his move to Vale Park Click here

Daniel Lloyd Weston

It's all go through the doors at Vale Park as the club have relased another youngster today in the form of goalkeeper Daniel Lloyd Weston.
The youngster impressed early on in the season and took part in a three day trai with Manchester United.

Football League Charity Run

The Football League are doing their bit for the chosen charity by a military style race.
The race takes place this Saturday, 27th March, on a muddy 4x4 course.
The nine man team, consisiting of staff from the Football League are just a few quid short of reaching their £1,000 target.

You can donate to the cause by Clicking Here

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