Another clean sheet as Vale beat Galway
Port Vale made it six clean sheets from six friendlies as the Valiants’ defence made it 540 minutes without conceding a goal.
Meanwhile, goals from Ryan Burge (pictured), Ben Williamson and Louis Dodds were enough to secure a 3-0 win over Galway.
Vale once again named two sides for each half with only goalkeeper Chris Neal playing the entire 90 minutes.
Port Vale (first half): Neal, Duffy, McCombe, Artell, Loft, Myrie-Williams, Morsy, Burge, Dodds, Pope, Purcell.
Second half: Neal, Yates, Davis, Owen, McDonald, James, Shuker, Murphy (Johnson, 65), Lloyd, Vincent, Williamson.
Vale’s senior friendly results this summer:
- Alsager Town 0-8 Port Vale
- Biddulph Town 0-5 Port Vale
- Newcastle Town 0-2 Port Vale
- Athlone Town 0-5 Port Vale
- Shiven Rovers 0-9 Port Vale
- Galway 0-3 Port Vale
Scorers:
- Tom Pope 10
- Ben Williamson 5
- Tadhg Purcell 4
- Louis Dodds 4
- Jennison Myrie-Williams 2
- Ashley Vincent 2
- Chris Shuker 1
- Clayton McDonald 1
- John McCombe 1
- Ryan Burge
- Own goals 1
Future friendly fixtures
- Ilkeston (Tuesday, July 31)
- Nantwich Town (Friday, August 3)
- Coventry City (Tuesday, August 7)
- Tranmere Rovers (Saturday, August 11)