A new man in charge at Port Vale
Port Vale have named Darrell Clarke as their new manager. Clarke has left old adversaries Walsall to join the Vale – and shows up seven days after David Flitcroft’s arrangement as overseer of football.
The club affirmed the news shortly after.
Port Vale is enchanted to report the arrangement of Darrell Clarke as Manager. He will promptly assume responsibility for First Team issues – working with the help of Danny Pugh. Darrell, 42, carries with him an abundance of involvement with football – having gone through over 25 years in the game as a player, mentor and manager.
“He was the manager at Salisbury City, Bristol Rovers and Walsall where he timed up 479 games with a normal success level of more than 44.5 percent. “Darrell guided Salisbury to two advancements and furthermore drove Bristol Rovers to two advancements to League Two and afterward League One in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons. Subsequent to leaving Rovers in December 2018 he has guided Walsall to 11 th place in League Two. “During his time in administration, Darrell has a demonstrated history of creating youthful players. “He has marked an underlying arrangement which will keep him at Port Vale until the mid year of 2024. “Port Vale co-proprietor and Chair Carol Shanahan OBE said: “We are excited to have had the option to acquire a Manager of Darrell’s type. He has a particularly amazing CV and his interest for greatness and hunger for progress coordinates precisely our desire for Port Vale.”
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A first success
New boss Darrell Clarke took a point from his first game in charge of Port Vale – a 1-1 draw at Leyton Orient. The Valiants created the two best opportunities of a scrappy first half. Nathan Smith headed a corner wide of the target and Alex Hurst was only denied by the outstretched foot of goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux. It took Vale just two minutes after the interval to break the deadlock when David Worrall created space in the box and steered a low shot into the corner of the net. That stirred Orient into life and they levelled after 63 minutes when neat inter-play between Dan Kemp and James Brophy ended with the former striking the ball low and hard past the keeper. The teams traded chances, with a Devante Rodney header grazing the crossbar while visiting goalkeeper Scott Brown blocked a shot from Danny Johnson and then palmed away an effort from Conor Wilkinson. The home side squandered an opportunity to take all three points in added time when Dan Happe sent his header from a corner over the crossbar.
Port Vale chief executive Colin Garlick says his club have made ‘a hell of a statement’ by taking manager Darrell Clarke from Walsall. The 43 year old has left the Saddlers to become Vale’s new boss after the clubs agreed compensation. Vale are delighted to get a manager who guided Bristol Rovers to successive promotions, from the National League and into League One, in his four and a half years there. He joined Walsall in the summer of 2019 and news he was to leave sparked speculation he would be joining League One sides Rovers or Northampton. But Vale have got their man, a week after the club appointed David Flitcroft as director of football.