Aldershot 1, Port Vale 3

GOALS from Ben Williamson, Ryan Burge and a Jennison

Myrie-Williams penalty gave Port Vale a hard-earned sixth win on the road in appalling conditions at Aldershot.

Williamson netted his sixth of the season in the first half

and, though the home side levelled matters before the break, Burge hit his second

goal in as many games and Myrie-Williams applied the final flourish.

Boss Micky Adams named the same team which beat Bristol

Rovers 4-0 in midweek.

There was no place in the match-day squad for either reserve

goalkeeper Sam Johnson or midfielder Sam Morsy, who was available again after

suspension, though loan signing Liam Chilvers made an appearance on the bench.

Aldershot, with just one home league win to their name this

season, nevertheless started on the front foot without posing any serious

threat on goal.

But the visitors were forced to change things around after

just 13 minutes when centre-half Clayton McDonald was forced off with injury.

Chilvers was the man chosen to replace him.

In truth, there had been little action at either end until

Vale surged ahead after 17 minutes. Tom Pope's cute header freed strike partner

Williamson, who surged into the box on the left and slid a low shot across

advancing keeper Jamie Young and into the net off the far post.

The visitors surged forward again after 26 minutes. Ashley

Vincent skinned Ben Herd down the left and cut inside to feed Ryan Burge, whose

shot from the edge of the area was only just too high.

But Aldershot were level before the half-hour. Kieron

Cadogan's high, hanging cross from the right gave the Vale defence every chance

to win the header, but it was Shots striker Dani Lopez who got up highest to

direct a header across Chris Neal and into the far corner.

Pope's header from a Burge corner was blocked on the line by

diving keeper Young as the Valiants pressed once more before half-time.

Vale were back in front almost straight after half-time.

Richard Duffy's peach of a right-wing cross was met by a thumping far post

header from Pope. Young dived to his left to claw it out, but Burge was on hand

to ram home the rebound from close range.

John McCombe was booked for an ugly lunge at the other end

and the resulting free-kick, from 25 yards, was curled just wide by Shots'

Danny Rose.

The game looked up for the home side after 75 minutes when

Vale made it 3-1. Myrie-Williams surged into the area on the left and was sent

crashing to the ground by Troy Brown.

The winger picked himself up to dispatch the spot-kick in no

uncertain terms, but there was bad news for Vale when he was forced off with an

injury towards the end.

Aldershot: Young, Herd, Brown, Bradley, Tonkin, Cadogan

(Mekki, 77), A Morris (Payne, 82), Rose (Sinclair, 80), Vincenti, Hylton,

Lopez. Subs not used: Bergqvist, G Morris, Roberts, Hector.

Port Vale: Neal, Duffy, McCombe, McDonald (Chilvers, 13),

Yates, Myrie-Williams, Burge, James, Vincent, Williamson (Dodds, 77), Pope.

Subs not used: Taylor, Shuker, Davis, Lloyd, McAllister.

Referee: Mick Russell (Hertfordshire)

Attendance: 1,992