Saturday's big League Two clash at Vale Park A 14,000+ crowd is expected at Vale Park for Saturday's big League Two game between Port Vale and Northampton Town, a fixture with huge importance for the home side but one that is also crucial to the visitors. Vale know that a win will secure automatic promotion while the Cobblers, still with hopes of going up, are looking to confirm their place in the play-offs. Town ended a run of defeats with a midweek draw at Wycombe Wanderers but have gone four games without a goal prior to making the trip to the Potteries. Boss Aidy Boothroyd, however, has backed his attacking players to come good and is also confident that Vale's 30-goal striker Tom Pope can be shackled. Recent encounters between the teams Season Date Team Result Team Comp 2012/2013 Sat 27 Oct Northampton 2 - 0 Port Vale League Two 2011/2012 Sat 25 Feb Northampton 1 - 2 Port Vale League Two 2011/2012 Fri 14 Oct Port Vale 3 - 0 Northampton League Two 2010/2011 Sat 12 Feb Port Vale 1 - 1 Northampton League Two 2010/2011 Sat 13 Nov Northampton 0 - 0 Port Vale League Two 2009/2010 Sat 06 Mar Port Vale 1 - 3 Northampton League Two 2009/2010 Sat 12 Dec Northampton 1 - 1 Port Vale League Two Cobblers Mad will have more from the match over the weekend.
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