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Criminal proceedings against Valcke

Criminal proceedings are opened against former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke by Swiss investigators.

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Villa chief executive Fox resigns

Aston Villa chief executive Tom Fox steps down with immediate effect from the Premier League's bottom side.

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Merson's predictions

Sky Sports' Paul Merson is back to look ahead to another round of Premier League fixtures, as Newcastle host Sunderland and Manchester City take on Manchester United live on Super Sunday .

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Howe backs English players

Eddie Howe believes there is still plenty of time for Bournemouth's English players to force their way into Roy Hodgson's Euro 2016 squad.

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Flores: Stoke are an example

Quique Sanchez Flores thinks Watford should use Saturday's opponents Stoke as an example as they look to establish themselves in the Premier League.

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Ranieri: Leicester my club now

Claudio Ranieri says he is ready to commit his future to Leicester for as long as the club's owners want him.

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Ranieri wants to retire at Leicester

Claudio Ranieri says he wants to retire at Leicester City and would turn down any approach to manage Italy.

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Welbeck pleased for Drinkwater

Danny Welbeck says he is not surprised to see former Manchester United academy team-mate Danny Drinkwater get his first England call-up.

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2 points for a win
Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points
England Division Four (old)	Home		Away
1	Reading	46	+41	65	L0-3	D0-0
2	Grimsby Town	46	+33	61	D1-1	L0-1
3	Wimbledon	46	+32	61	W1-0	L0-1
4	Barnsley	46	+31	61	W3-2	L2-6
5	Aldershot	46	+16	57	D1-1	D1-1
6	Wigan Athletic	46	+15	55	W2-1	L3-5
7	Portsmouth	46	+14	52	D0-0	L0-2
8	Newport County	46	+11	52	D1-1	L0-1
9	Huddersfield Town	46	+4	47	W1-0	L2-3
10	York City	46	-4	47	D0-0	L0-4
11	Torquay United	46	-7	46	L1-2	D2-2
12	Scunthorpe United	46	-6	45	D2-2	L0-2
13	Hartlepool United	46	-9	44	W2-0	W2-1
14	Hereford United	46	0	43	D1-1	L0-1
15	Bradford City	46	-6	43	W2-1	W3-2
16	Port Vale	46	-13	42
17	Stockport County	46	-2	40	W2-1	D0-0
18	Bournemouth	46	-1	39	L1-2	L1-3
19	Northampton Town	46	-12	39	D2-2	L0-1
20	Rochdale	46	-17	39	D1-1	W1-0
21	Darlington	46	-17	37	W2-1	L0-4
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	-23	37	L1-3	W3-1
23	Halifax Town	46	-33	26	L0-1	W3-0
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	-47	26	D2-2	W5-1

2 points for a win
Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

England Division Four (old)

Home

Away

Res

+41

+33

+32

+31

+16

+15

+14

+11

-4

-7

-6

-9

-6

-13

-2

-1

-12

-17

-17

-23

-33

-47

	Port Vale
League Record
Rank	16th	19th	12th
Played	46	23	23
Won	14	8	6
Drawn	14	10	4
Lost	18	5	13
Form (6 games)
Rank	15th	20th	15th
Record (W-D-L)	2-2-2	2-3-1	1-1-4
Goals (F-A)	5-10	7-8	7-14
Attack
Rank	13th	19th	2nd
Goals scored	57	29	28
Failed to score	15	4	11
Since failing to score	1	0	1
Defence
Rank	20th	18th	19th
Goals conceded	70	28	42
Clean sheets	9	5	4
Current clean sheets	0	0	0
Goal Difference
Rank	19th	21st	12th
Goal difference	-13	+1	-14
Goal Total
Rank	5th	12th	2nd
Goal total	127	57	70
Over 2.5 goals	24	12	12
Under 2.5 goals	22	11	11
Sequence Summary
Full	won last game
Home	lost last game
Away	won last game
Season Longest Sequences
W-D-L	2-2-3	3-3-2	2-1-3
w/o Loss-w/o Win	4-5	8-7	2-13
Score Distribution
Most common	L0-1 D1-1	D1-1	L0-1
Occurence	6	5	5
	Port Vale

Port Vale

Full

Home

Away

League Record

Rank

16th

19th

12th

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form (6 games)

Rank

15th

20th

15th

Record (W-D-L)

2-2-2

2-3-1

1-1-4

Goals (F-A)

5-10

7-8

7-14

Attack

Rank

13th

19th

2nd

Goals scored

Failed to score

Since failing to score

Defence

Rank

20th

18th

19th

Goals conceded

Clean sheets

Current clean sheets

Goal Difference

Rank

19th

21st

12th

Goal difference

-13

-14

Goal Total

Rank

5th

12th

2nd

Goal total

127

Over 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals

Sequence Summary

Full

won last game

Home

lost last game

Away

won last game

Season Longest Sequences

W-D-L

2-2-3

3-3-2

2-1-3

w/o Loss-w/o Win

4-5

8-7

2-13

Score Distribution

Most common

L0-1
D1-1

D1-1

L0-1

Occurence

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English Division Four (old)	16th	46	14	14	18	9	15	57	70	-13	.458
English FA Cup	First Round	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	-1	.333
English League Cup	First Round	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	-3	.375
	TOTAL	49	14	15	20	9	17	58	75	-17	.441

Competition

Position / Round

FtS

Pct

English Division Four (old)

16th

-13

.458

English FA Cup

First Round

-1

.333

English League Cup

First Round

-3

.375

TOTAL

-17

.441

Port Vale 1978-1979

News Headlines

Criminal proceedings against Valcke

Villa chief executive Fox resigns

Merson's predictions

Howe backs English players

Flores: Stoke are an example

Ranieri: Leicester my club now

Ranieri wants to retire at Leicester

Welbeck pleased for Drinkwater

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