League Two: Port Vale v Wycombe Wanderers - in pictures
With the prospect of coming out of administration, things are starting to look up at Vale ParkPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideA fan reads checks out the upcoming games on the notice boardPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideThe place to go for a pint before the matchPhotograph: Paul Thomas/Offside
You can also get a pint here as well as soft drinks and the usual pre match farePhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideHome fans enter the groundPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideFans mill about on the concourse as a young a Port Vale fan has a look at the Port Vale graffiti muralPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideThe teams emerge from the tunnel prior to kick offPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsidePort Vale players and mascot line up. Alex Ferguson would approve of Boomer the Dog's attirePhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideThe ubiquitous pre-match handshakePhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideWycombe Wanderers' keeper Nikki Bull is out smartish to block Ashley Vincent's shotPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideThe home side went behind in the 19th minute courtesy of a Joel Grant penalty after Bruno Andrade was felled by John McCombePhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsidePort Vale's Louis Dodds and Wycombe Wanderers' Gary Doherty go in high for the same ballPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsidePort Vale's manager Micky Adams is disappointed with his team's first half performancePhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideThe visitors held the lead until just before the hour mark when Ben Williamson fired home from just outside the areaPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsidePort Vale's Ashley Vincent tries to get the better of Wanderers' Danny Foster. Port Vale boss Mickey Adams said after the game "Our wingers [Jennison Myrie-Williams and Ashley Vincent] can cause carnage"Photograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideClayton McDonald manages to hold off Wanderers' Dean MorganPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideAlchemy Investment Group frontman and the new Port Vale preferred bidder Paul Wildes, second right, celebrates his side's second goal which came when in the 65th minute when League Two top scorer Pope powered home a header from Jennison Myrie-Williams's deliveryPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideThe sun is shining at Vale Park as Bull punches away another Vale attack Photograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideFormer Port Vale player and now Wycombe Wanderers' manager Gareth Ainsworth doesn't look like he's enjoying the second halfPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideRichard Duffy goes past Junior MoriasPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideAs if the fans need remind who the boss isPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideTom Pope rises highest to score his second and Port Vales's third in with four minutes to go Photograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideIn the dying seconds Port Vale's Ashley Vincent fires home from outside the area to underline a comprehensive victory for the home sidePhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideVincent celebrates his goalPhotograph: Paul Thomas/OffsideThe final whistle goes and the Port Vale fans enjoy a 4-1 victory which extends their unbeaten run to six games and cements their second place in League TwoPhotograph: Paul Thomas/Offside
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