League Two

Valiants’ prayers answered by Pope

by
The LeaguePaper Team
19 November 2017

By James Owens

THE breakthrough may have been a long time in coming, but Port Vale boss Neil Aspin insisted he was always confident.
And after keeping a clean sheet, the manager was full of praise for his side’s patience.
“During the game, you’re always torn between not losing the game and trying to go for three points,” Aspin reflected after Tom Pope’s 80th-minute penalty gave his men victory in their bottomof- the-table clash with Barnet.
“But I thought that if we kept a clean sheet, we would get a break, and that’s what happened.”
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