Vale hit five at Bath

A look at Port Vale after their 5-1 win at Bath City

Welcome to edition 307 of The Valiant. Pic by Gerard Austin

Hello and welcome to our Sunday morning edition of The Valiant for July 13.

I’m not sure ‘eased to victory’ is the right description’ of a game played in 32 degrees but Vale came away from their latest pre-season friendly with a 5-1 win at Bath City.

The performance was much enjoyed by the travelling fans in a crowd of over 500, one or two of whom had managed to pick up a new away top in the morning before making it to the South West for kick off.

The kit is modelled on Vale’s Division Four champions of 1958/59 who rattled in 110 goals – and Vale very much embodied that spirit yesterday.

Ruari Paton played in Mitch Clark to confidently open the scoring on 13 minutes, Sam Hart latched on to Jaheim Headley’s through ball to add the second on 23 and, although Scott Wilson pulled a goal back on 38, Jayden Stockley made it 3-1 with a delicate finish a minute before the break.

Rico Richards netted the fourth from close range five minutes into the second half and substitute Ben Waine netted the fifth on 69 minutes to complete a good workout for Darren Moore’s men.

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