Superb Port Vale make history and the quarter finals

Reaction, analysis and opinion as Port Vale reach the last eight of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 win at Mansfield

Alfie Devine celebrates his goal for Port Vale in the 1-0 win at Mansfield. Picture by Tom Green

History-makers. Port Vale are into the quarter finals of the League Cup for the first time. More than that, this was a terrific performance to win 1-0 at unbeaten Mansfield.

Awful in a 2-1 defeat at home to Cheltenham on Saturday, Vale’s response was outstanding as they took the game to the Stags and were well worth a victory secured by Alfie Devine’s excellent 50^th-minute finish.

Mansfield hadn’t lost for 19 games from the start of the season but the League Two side had no answer to a Vale performance full of style and substance as they played some flowing football mixed with industry and determination to get their season back on track.

Please read on for our Wednesday morning, November 1 edition of The Valiant in full.