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 Another brilliant strike from
Andy Rammell gave Wycombe a thoroughly deserved 1-0 victory in their
first ever visit to Vale Park on Saturday. Wycombe dominated the game for long
periods and would have been kicking themselves if Brian Horton's side had been
let back in. A host of chances went begging throughout the 90 minutes for
Wycombe with a combination of poor finishing, bad luck and brilliantly
goalkeeping preventing the home side from being on the end of an embarrassing
scoreline.At the final whistle the home fans took their anger out on Horton with a torrent of verbal abuse aimed at the Valiants boss. For the Wycombe fans who has travelled to watch the game their was a completely different emotion as they came away probably disappointed that the scoreline hadn't been greater. Wycombe, fielding an unchanged line-up for the fourth consecutive game, attacked the home side from the off with Steve Brown unleashing a 6th minute 25 yarder that home 'keeper Mark Goodlad was glad to see go wide of his right-hand upright. The home side responded briefly when Marc Bridge-Wilkinson broke down the left channel but Wycombe managed to force the ball away after Ville Viljanen connected to the resulting cross. The ability for Rammell to hold the ball up was highlighted again in the 17th minute when he chested the ball down to Michael Simpson on the left side. 'Simo' pushed the ball wide to McSporran but the chipped finish saw the ball go just high of the target. Four minutes later Wycombe were ahead. Rammell headed on Martin Taylor's clearance and when Michael Twiss could only half clear, Rammell was on hand to clinically pick his spot past Goodlad. Viljanen headed just wide from Matthew Carragher's cross a minute later but it was Wycombe who dominated the remainder of the half. Steve Brown saw a shot hit the bar in 37th minute while five minutes before the break Dannie Bulman and Simpson combined on the right to set-up McSporran but the ball was drilled into the side netting with only the 'keeper to beat. A minute later McSporran forced a brilliant tip over by Goodlad from similar position after seeing his initial shot blocked. A flurry of Wycombe efforts was completed when Bulman fired over from Harkin's lay-off. Vale's defence was simply appalling and too much for some home fans who had to be dealt with by the stewards. However, with only one goal in it there was always the danger of Vale sneaking an equaliser and when Viljanen went close with a header just before the break it was a warning that Wycombe couldn't be too complacent. Half-time Port Vale 0 Wycombe 1 As expected Vale came on strong early in the second-half after changing formation. Jamie Bates got in the way of a piledriver in the 51st minute, while six minutes later a well timed challenge on David Beresford prevented Taylor being troubled. Wycombe got back into the swing of things with a double substitution and a change of formation of their own on the hour mark. Andy Baird made an immediate impact when he broke down the right channel only to tripped up a couple of yards outside of the penalty area. Incredibly there was no booking for the Vale player. The Wanderers' other sub Danny Senda wasted a glorious chance on 70 minutes after Brown had pushed the ball right from Goodlad's poor clearance. Six minutes later the home fans were screaming for handball when the ball was driven at Paul McCarthy after a goalmouth scramble in the Wycombe box. It was a rare attack for The Valiants as the home fans grew more and more restless. In the end Wycombe simply burnt themselves out looking for another goal and were glad to hang on to hear the final whistle and gain the three points that keeps them very nicely situated in fifth place in the table Final Score Port Vale 0 Wycombe 0
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