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Port Vale 1-0 Chesterfield: Valiants boss Jon Brady happy to win ‘ugly’

Port Vale manager Jon Brady admitted that his team were forced to win ‘ugly’ after edging a tense affair against out-of-sorts visitors Chesterfield.

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The Football League Paper Team
18 October 2026

Onel Hernandez nets the winner for Port Vale

By Tom Knight

PORT VALE 1

CHESTERFIELD 0
Port Vale manager Jon Brady admitted that his team were forced to win ‘ugly’ after edging a tense affair against out-of-sorts visitors Chesterfield.
Onel Hernandez fired in the only goal on the stroke of half-time to delight the home boss and infuriate his opposite number, Paul Cook.
While a seething Cook sent out assistant Danny Webb to comply with the post-match press requirements, Brady was only too happy to talk about his team’s battling win.
“It was that type of game where we controlled some of the play but not enough,” he said.
Ugly win
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