Match Report: Town 3 - 4 Port Vale

Nov 10 2008 By Mel Booth

"I’m elated we’ve won because we were never in the game," he remarked.

"Somehow we’ve dug in at the death and turned it around. Unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it.

"I’m sure some of our supporters went home when we were 3-1 down and I was wishing I was on the bus with them, because I thought it was going to be four, five or six.

"I changed from 4-5-1 to 4-3-3 and then to 4-4-2, and sent on all three subs to try and stop people running through us, but what Gerry did with the Huddersfield team – their formation and personnel – looked very comfortable and very impressive and that’s how cruel football can be."

Cruel indeed, although it’s only right to point out that Town suffered because they were again not clinical enough in front of goal and too generous at the back, where a 3-1 lead with 11 minutes to go merits booting the ball into Row Z on occasion.

That Town continued trying to play rather than go down that route allowed Vale to register four goals from only five shots in the match and left the Town squad simply shell-shocked as they start preparations for Saturday’s derby at Leeds.