Port Vale 1-1 Hereford: Report

22 March 2011 22:04
Pope hands Vale point Substitute Tom Pope headed a 93rd-minute equaliser to lift some of the gloom for troubled Port Vale after James McQuilkin had given Hereford the lead with a stunner. McQuilkin looked to have settled a game of few chances when he swapped passes with Ryan Green in the 74th minute and drove home an unstoppable 20-yard shot. But Pope rose at the far post to force a header through the grasp of Hereford goalkeeper Adam Bartlett after fellow substitute Kris Taylor had swung over a free-kick. Vale, with caretaker manager Mark Grew in charge after Jim Gannon was sacked on Monday, made six changes and Hereford four after both suffered heavy defeats at the weekend. In a cagey opening, both goalkeepers were virtually spectators until Steve Leslie's 29th-minute cross skimmed off the top of the Vale crossbar. And it was Leslie who forced the first serious save of the match in the 37th minute when his deflected drive was beaten away at full stretch by Tomlinson. Two long range efforts from Louis Dodds were the best Vale could muster in the first-half and there was little improvement in the early stages after the break. But the game sprung to life after McQuilkin struck although the visitors will be disappointed not to have hung on for what would have been a ninth away win of the season.

Port Vale 1-1 Hereford: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.

Source: DSG