REPORT: Port Vale 2-1 Mansfield Town - Stags’ automatic promotion aspirations take a blow

By Sports Reporter
Published 9th Mar 2019, 17:19 BST
Updated 9th Mar 2019, 18:23 BST
Mansfield Town's Nicky Ajose looks on as Ports Vale goalkeeper Scott Brown saves his penalty: Picture by Steve Flynn/AHPIX.com, Football: EFL League 2 match Port Vale -V- Mansfield Town at Vale Park, Burslem, Staffordshire, England on 09/03/2019: copyright picture Howard Roe 07973 739229Mansfield Town's Nicky Ajose looks on as Ports Vale goalkeeper Scott Brown saves his penalty: Picture by Steve Flynn/AHPIX.com, Football: EFL League 2 match Port Vale -V- Mansfield Town at Vale Park, Burslem, Staffordshire, England on 09/03/2019: copyright picture Howard Roe 07973 739229
Mansfield Town's Nicky Ajose looks on as Ports Vale goalkeeper Scott Brown saves his penalty: Picture by Steve Flynn/AHPIX.com, Football: EFL League 2 match Port Vale -V- Mansfield Town at Vale Park, Burslem, Staffordshire, England on 09/03/2019: copyright picture Howard Roe 07973 739229
Mansfield Town’s League Two automatic promotion aspirations took a blow as Ricky Miller’s second-half brace earned struggling Port Vale a 2-1 win at Vale Park.

Miller’s brace, which he struck twice inside a minute after half-time in Staffordshire saw Mansfield drop down to fourth with defeat, as MK Dons leapfrogged them in to third position in the fourth-tier.

Early in the contest, Mansfield were pinned in to their own half of the pitch, as David Worrall twice went close for John Askey’s Valiants.

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