Port Vale announce their squad numbers
Striker Tom Pope is named as number nine but there are plenty of spaces in the first eleven as Port Vale announce their squad numbers.
Significantly, there are no players allocated numbers 2 to 4, number 7 or number 10.
The full list
1 – Rob Lainton
5 – Joe Davis
6 – Antony Kay
8 – Danny Pugh
9 – Tom Pope
11 – Cristian Montano
12- Sam Hornby
14 – Tyrone Barnett
15 – Anton Forrester
17 – Michael Brown
18 – Billy Reeves
19 – Dan Turner
20 – Graham Kelly
21 – James Gibbons
23 – Ryan Boot
24 – Nathan Smith
25 – Charlie Walford
26 – Joe Slinn
27 – Luke Dennis
28 – Anthony de Freitas
29 – Mike Calverley