Port Vale 2 - 1 Macclesfield

Port Vale   2 - 1   Macclesfield

Port Vale 2-1 Macclesfield

Port Vale kept the pressure on the top three with a narrow victory over struggling Macclesfield.

Vale took the lead when Kris Taylor's inswinging corner was headed home by Lee Collins at the back post.

Taylor then hit the post with a free-kick and Adam Yates saw his close-range effort come back off the crossbar.

Louis Dodds curled in a wonderful shot from 20 yards to seal it for the hosts before Tyrone Barnett hooked Izak Reid's cross home in injury time.

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Port Vale manager Jim Gannon told BBC Radio Stoke:
"It was fantastic, the lads were well-deserved winners and if we had been a bit more ruthless it could have been a lot more comfortable.

"It's a great win and a great three points, which puts us in a great position now going in to Tuesday's game [at Shrewsbury].

"Doddsy [Louis Dodds] has been in superb form in training and it's been difficult to try and get him in the team."

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Saturday, 5 March 2011

Npower League Two

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Time
Port Vale	2-1	Macclesfield	FT
(HT 1-0)
Collins 28 Dodds 87		Barnett 90+1

Port Vale

• 01 C Martin
• 02 Yates
• 05 McCombe yellow card
• 15 Collins
• 19 Geohaghan
• 07 Loft (Dodds 74)
• 14 Taylor
• 16 Haldane (Griffith 76)
• 18 Morsy
• 09 M Richards
• 29 Pope

Substitutes

• 12 Tomlinson,
• 21 Sutton,
• 03 Taylor,
• 04 Griffith,
• 17 Rigg,
• 08 Dodds,
• 11 J Richards

Macclesfield

• 01 Veiga
• 05 Brown
• 06 Morgan
• 14 Diagne
• 02 Reid
• 04 Bencherif yellow card
• 11 Daniel
• 15 Bolland (Draper 67)
• 20 Hamshaw (Wedgebury 63)
• 22 Gray
• 23 Barnett

Substitutes

• 13 Cudworth,
• 03 Tremarco,
• 12 Beardsley,
• 16 Brisley,
• 19 Lowe,
• 08 Draper,
• 17 Wedgebury

Ref: HainesAtt: 5,459

PORT VALE

MACCLESFIELD

Possession

• Port Vale 57%
• Macclesfield 43%

Attempts on target

• Port Vale 4
• Macclesfield 2

Attempts off target

• Port Vale 6
• Macclesfield 0

Corners

• Port Vale 10
• Macclesfield 5

Fouls

• Port Vale 4
• Macclesfield 8

• Final Result
• Full Time
• 90:00+3:28 The referee blows his whistle to end the game.
• 90:00+3:14 Kris Taylor decides to take the corner short.
• Correction - 90:00+2:44 Outswinging corner taken by Sam Morsy.
• 90:00+2:44 Corner taken by Kris Taylor.
• 90:00+0:58 The assist for the goal came from Dan Gray.
• 90:00+0:58 GOAL - Tyrone Barnett:Port Vale 2 - 1 Macclesfield Tyrone Barnett gets on the score sheet with a goal from inside the box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Port Vale 2-1 Macclesfield.
• 86:44 GOAL - Louis Dodds:Port Vale 2 - 0 Macclesfield Louis Dodds scores a goal from outside the area to the top right corner of the goal. Port Vale 2-0 Macclesfield.
• 85:21 Corner taken by Kris Taylor from the right by-line.
• 84:21 Anthony Griffith produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the right of the target.
• 81:30 Kris Taylor takes the inswinging corner, Nathaniel Brown makes a clearance.
• Correction - 79:28 John McCombe concedes a free kick for a foul on Hamza Bencherif. Free kick crossed right-footed by Dan Gray from left wing.
• 79:28 Hamza Bencherif fouled by John McCombe, the ref awards a free kick. Dan Gray delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left wing.
• 79:28 Booking The referee books John McCombe for unsporting behaviour.
• 77:32 Dan Gray takes the inswinging corner, save made by Chris Martin.
• Correction - 77:32 Corner taken right-footed by Dan Gray, save by Chris Martin.
• Correction - 77:18 Nathaniel Brown takes a shot. Chris Martin makes a save.
• 77:18 Nathaniel Brown takes a shot. Save made by Jose Veiga.
• 75:55 Substitution Anthony Griffith on for Lewis Haldane.
• 75:13 Corner taken by Dan Gray, clearance by Tom Pope.
• 73:07 Substitution Louis Dodds is brought on as a substitute for Doug Loft.
• 70:08 Paul Morgan gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Tom Pope. Kris Taylor takes the free kick.
• 68:15 Unfair challenge on Adam Yates by Sam Wedgebury results in a free kick. Adam Yates takes the free kick.
• 66:49 Doug Loft has an effort at goal from close range which goes wide right of the goal.
• 66:49 Substitution Paul Bolland leaves the field to be replaced by Ross Draper.
• 64:36 Kris Taylor takes the inswinging corner, clearance by Nathaniel Brown.
• 62:02 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Lewis Haldane by Colin Daniel. Kris Taylor delivers the ball from the free kick left-footed from right wing, Paul Morgan manages to make a clearance.
• 62:02 Substitution Sam Wedgebury on for Matthew Hamshaw.
• 60:03 The referee blows for offside against Tom Pope. Jose Veiga restarts play with the free kick.
• 58:50 Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Kris Taylor from the right by-line to the near post, save by Jose Veiga.
• 55:39 A cross is delivered by Exodus Geohaghon, Tom Pope takes a shot. Save by Jose Veiga.
• 53:13 Adam Yates produces a curled right-footed shot from 18 yards.
• 50:42 Effort from just outside the area by Marc Richards goes over the bar.
• 48:22 Sam Morsy gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Paul Bolland. Izak Reid restarts play with the free kick.
• 45:01 The referee starts the second half.
• Half Time
• 45:00+2:16 The referee calls an end to the first half.
• 45:00+0:56 Corner taken by Dan Gray, Kris Taylor makes a clearance.
• 43:32 Dan Gray takes a outswinging corner from the right by-line played to the near post, clearance made by Tom Pope.
• 42:36 Sam Morsy takes a shot. Blocked by Tony Diagne.
• 40:24 Hamza Bencherif fouled by Doug Loft, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Dan Gray.
• 35:56 Hamza Bencherif concedes a free kick for a foul on Exodus Geohaghon. Kris Taylor shoots direct from the free kick.
• 35:56 Booking Hamza Bencherif is cautioned.
• 33:54 The official flags John McCombe offside. Jose Veiga takes the indirect free kick.
• 33:37 Foul by Colin Daniel on Lewis Haldane, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Sam Morsy.
• 31:35 Tony Diagne challenges Tom Pope unfairly and gives away a free kick. Sam Morsy restarts play with the free kick.
• 27:30 Corner taken left-footed by Kris Taylor, Kris Taylor provided the assist for the goal.
• 27:30 GOAL - Lee Collins:Port Vale 1 - 0 Macclesfield Lee Collins finds the net with a headed goal from close range. Port Vale 1-0 Macclesfield.
• 22:38 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Sam Morsy from the left by-line, save by Jose Veiga.
• 18:51 Adam Yates produces a left-footed shot from inside the area that clears the crossbar.
• 18:29 Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Kris Taylor, inswinging corner taken left-footed by Kris Taylor from the left by-line, Handball decision goes against Paul Bolland. Tony Diagne manages to make a clearance. Clearance by Tony Diagne. Chris Martin takes the direct free kick.
• 15:24 Outswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Paul Bolland, Paul Morgan gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on John McCombe. Chris Martin takes the direct free kick.
• 4:12 Foul by Colin Daniel on Lee Collins, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Chris Martin.
• Correction - 2:02 Colin Daniel fouled by Adam Yates, the ref awards a free kick. Matthew Hamshaw crosses the ball in from the free kick, Adam Yates makes a clearance.
• 2:02 Colin Daniel fouled by Adam Yates, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick crossed by Matthew Hamshaw.
• 0:00 The match gets underway.

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