Curtis stunner keeps Vale top

An in-depth look at Port Vale after the 1-1 draw at Cheltenham

Ronan Curtis equalises in stoppage time. Pic by Pete Stonier

Hello and welcome to our Wednesday morning edition of The Valiant for December 4.

Ronan Curtis’s superb stoppage-time strike salvaged a 1-1 draw at Cheltenham to keep Vale top of League Two ahead of Saturday’s mouth-watering clash with Walsall.

Vale looked to be heading for defeat when George Miller gave Cheltenham the edge in a scrappy game by getting the final touch to a 53^rd-minute corner.

But Darren Moore brought more firepower off the bench and Vale’s efforts were finally rewarded in the 94^th-minute when Ruari Paton squared the ball to Curtis who bent it brilliantly into the top corner from the edge of the area.

The result leaves Vale a point clear of Walsall ahead of their meeting in the top-of-the-table clash at Vale Park when there could be another 10,000 crowd to match the gate for the last home game, against Crewe.

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