Match Report
| West Bromwich Albion | West Bromwich Albion |  |  | Port Vale | Port Vale | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Henderson | Harry Henderson | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jon Mortensen | J. Mortensen |  | 65 | G |  | 1 | | G | 49 | | Gareth Burbage | G. Burbage | |||||||||
| Des Moffat | D. Moffat | | 57 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 59 | | Alan Hulme | A. Hulme | |||||||||
| Craig Beresford | C. Beresford | | 54 | D | | 3 | | D | 59 | | Richard Hughes | R. Hughes | |||||||||
| Brian Ball | B. Ball | | 54 | D | | 4 | | D | 59 | | Ben Standing | B. Standing | |||||||||
| Guy Hebert | G. Hebert |  | 52 | D | | 5 | | D | 47 | | Harvey Watson | H. Watson | |||||||||
| Ian Pearce | I. Pearce | | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 66 | | Steve Mills | S. Mills | |||||||||
| Alistair Gordon | A. Gordon | | 59 | M | | 7 | | M | 62 | | Jon Granville | J. Granville | |||||||||
| Michael Shearer | M. Shearer | | 59 | M | | 8 | | M | 55 |  | Ricardo Ribeiro | R. Ribeiro | |||||||||
| Luke Moss | L. Moss | | 52 | M | | 9 | | M | 48 | | Dion Pallister | D. Pallister | |||||||||
| Aaron Salako | A. Salako | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 58 | | Joe Wilcox | J. Wilcox | |||||||||
| Lee Charlton | L. Charlton | | 58 | A | | 11 | | A | 57 | | Dave Campbell | D. Campbell | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at The Hawthorns where West Bromwich Albion play host to Port Vale. A crowd of 8,181 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both West Bromwich Albion and Port Vale are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both West Bromwich Albion and Port Vale are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0West Bromwich Albion kick off and get the match underway!
2.28
1-0Craig Beresford kicks a strong pass forward to Michael Shearer. Michael Shearer deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Aaron Salako. Aaron Salako goes all the way! Aaron Salako shoots from just inside the box. Aaron Salako scores for West Bromwich Albion!!
10.33
1-0Michael Shearer knocks the ball to his team mate, Lee Charlton. Lee Charlton knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Richard Hughes.
14.05
Ricardo Ribeiro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dave Campbell. Dave Campbell knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
15.30
Alan Hulme kicks a strong pass forward to Jon Granville. Jon Granville sees a break and surges forward. Jon Granville knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
20.14
1-0Craig Beresford knocks the ball forward to Ian Pearce. Ian Pearce passes the ball forward to Aaron Salako. Aaron Salako finds some space and shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
26.02
1-0West Bromwich Albion are easily keeping Port Vale at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
28.03
Ricardo Ribeiro kicks a strong pass forward to Joe Wilcox. Joe Wilcox shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
30.52
1-0Ricardo Ribeiro passes the ball forward to Dave Campbell. Dave Campbell shoots from 25 yards but Jon Mortensen is on top of it.
39.27
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The second half starts with Port Vale kicking off!
48.28
1-0Alistair Gordon clumsily knocks into Ricardo Ribeiro. Alistair Gordon is warned by the referee! Ricardo Ribeiro stretches but gets up unharmed.
51.21
Alan Hulme clumsily knocks into Michael Shearer. Alan Hulme is warned by the referee! Michael Shearer runs off the knock.
53.40
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
57.18
Ian Pearce passes the ball forward to Aaron Salako. Aaron Salako shoots from distance. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Aaron Salako!
63.23
Craig Beresford clumsily knocks into Joe Wilcox. Craig Beresford is warned by the referee! Joe Wilcox hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
65.18
Richard Hughes flicks the ball to his team mate, Dion Pallister. Dion Pallister sees a break and surges forward. Dion Pallister whips in a cross ball towards Dave Campbell. Dave Campbell flicks the ball with his head. Jon Mortensen is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
77.07
Ian Pearce passes the ball forward to Lee Charlton. Lee Charlton knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
83.24
Alan Hulme kicks a strong pass forward to Ricardo Ribeiro. Ricardo Ribeiro passes the ball forward to Joe Wilcox. Joe Wilcox plays a perfect one-two with Dave Campbell and rushes in on goal... Joe Wilcox makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
85.18
Michael Shearer controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Lee Charlton. Lee Charlton knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Harvey Watson.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
1
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
1
2
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
2
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.4%
44.6%
Play Area
26.2%
47.7%
26.2%
Scorers
| Aaron Salako 2, 57 | Dave Campbell 65 |