Athlone Town 0-6 Port Vale
Athlone Town 0-6 Port Vale: the Valiants made it an astonishing 19 goals in just three friendly games by putting six goals past an Athlone Town side.
Striker Tom Pope followed up last season’s four goal haul against the Irish side with a hat-trick in this friendly fixture.
The other Port Vale goals came from forward Lee Hughes, winger Gavin Tomlin (his fourth goal in three games) and striker Ben Williamson.
Port Vale: Neal (Johnson, 46), Duffy, Robertson (Price, 61), Chilvers (Davis, 61), Lloyd (Morris, 61), Shuker (Myrie-Williams, 61), Loft (O’Neil, 61), Lines (Dodds, 46), Mohammed (Carvalho, 61), Tomlin (Pope, 61), Hughes (Williamson, 46).