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  • Rodgers (80), Richards, M (90)
  • Bentley (81)
  • Date:2008-10-25
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:Vale Park
  • Attendance:5629
  • Referee:Crossley, P

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Goal!! Port Vale have scored with Marc Richards putting it in the back of the net.

83mins

Paul Edwards is replaced by Danny Glover.

81mins

Goal!! Jim Bentley scores for Morecambe.

80mins

Goal!! Luke Rodgers scores for Port Vale.

77mins

Morecambe are replacing Aaron Taylor with Wayne Curtis.

73mins

Port Vale are replacing Louis Dodds with Ross Davidson.

61mins

Henry McStay goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

55mins

Morecambe are replacing Stewart Drummond with Ryan McCann.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.


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Match Report

Captain Marc Richards put away a stoppage-time winner to secure Port Vale a much needed home win and deny Morecambe a seventh draw in nine games.

Vale had lost five of their previous six home games and the plucky visitors were on the verge of claiming what would have been a deserved share of the spoils.

But Richards was on the mark to strike the ball into an empty net after a superb low cross from Luke Rodgers had left visiting keeper Barry Roche without a hope.

Rodgers had broken the deadlock in the 80th minute when he capitalised on a defensive error by Jim Bentley to beat Roche with a well-placed shot.

But the visitors levelled within two minutes as centre-back Bentley made up for his mistake when he found the net with a header from Craig Stanley's left-wing corner.

There were six added minutes because of an injury to a linesman and Morecambe twice went close to taking a point after Richards' winner.

A fierce shot from debutant Ryan McGivern, on loan from Manchester City, deflected inches wide of Joe Anyon's left-hand post.

And the resulting corner saw Anyon, who was pilloried for a schoolboy error which led to a goal for Exeter on Tuesday, pull off a stunning save in a goalmouth scramble.

Vale had edged an entertaining first half when Louis Dodds and Richards both struck the woodwork.

A 20-yard volley from Dodds was tipped against the crossbar by Roche in the 26th minute and Richards fired against a post seconds before the interval.

But Morecambe, who started both halves in the ascendancy, also had their moments with Stanley testing Anyon and Stewart Drummond firing over from a good position.

Port Vale

Morecambe

Corners

67

Fouls

511

Goal attempts

1712

Shots off target

65

Offsides

41

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