Geoff Horsfield: Normal service resumed at Vale Park?
Chants of 'Gannon out' were heard at Accrington Stanley as the Valiants fell to 3-0 defeat, manager Jim Gannon has now only won four out of 15 games since he replaced Micky Adams who left the club to join Championship Sheffield United.
Adding to that assistant boss Geoff Horsfield only returned to work earlier this week following a two-week investigation into his well-documented bus row with Gannon, which occurred on the way to the club's League Two match at Aldershot.
Port Vale chairman Bill Bratt on Wednesday revealed the bust-up had been dealt with internally in an amicable manner, simply stating the duo were back to fulfilling the same roles.
meanwhile, Horsfield insists there will be no problem between them, telling www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk: "Of course I can work with Jim Gannon, and he's got to work with me, because I'm the assistant manager at least until the end of the season. I was brought here to help the club get promoted and I want to finish that job. It's not about me or Jim Gannon - it's about Port Vale and getting promoted. Me and the manager talk all the time, so we didn't need a clear-the-air chat because it all got sorted internally."
Horsfield, who was appointed by Adams, sees his current contract expire in the summer, and he continued: "Until I'm told otherwise I'll keep doing my job. We'll have to see what happens then, but of course I want to stay at Vale because the club have been great to me and given me the chance to get on the coaching ladder."
League Two Results and Match Reports
Accrington 3 Port Vale 0
Aldershot 1 Stockport 0
Barnet 1 Morecambe 2
Bradford 1 Northampton 1
Burton 1 Gillingham 1
Bury 2 Cheltenham 3
Macclesfield 3 Torquay 3
Oxford 2 Crewe 1
Shrewsbury 1 Wycombe 1
Stevenage 2 Lincoln City 1
(click on the fixture to get the report and match statistics)
League Two reports supplied by www.skysports.com
Chesterfield 5 Rotherham United 0 (played on Friday, March 18th.)
Report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/9422327.stm
For all the League Two action from March 19th on i-player, go here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00zw1lb/
The_Football_League_Show_2010_2011_Episode_30/
For the full S24 report on Shrimpers v Bulls, with player markings, go here:
www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
shrimpers_batter_bulls_659152/index.shtml
Listen with managers (from BBC local radio):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/default.stm
Fixtures
League Two
Tuesday, March 22nd; (all kick-offs 19.45): Aldershot v Barnet, Burton Albion v Stevenage, Crewe v Accrington Stanley, Morecambe v Macclesfield, Port Vale v Hereford, Torquay v Cheltenham.
Friday, 25 March 2011; (both kick-offs 19.45): Lincoln City v Rotherham, Northampton v Torquay.
Saturday, March 26th; Euro 2012 Qualifiers - Wales v England (Millenium Stadium, 15.00): Aldershot v Accrington Stanley, 13:00, Macclesfield v Stevenage, 13:00, Morecambe v Wycombe, 13:00, Port Vale v Bury, 13:00, Bradford v Shrewsbury, 15:00, Stockport v Southend, 15:00, Barnet v Chesterfield, 18:00.
Sunday, March 27th; (all kick-offs 15.00): Cheltenham v Gillingham, Hereford v Crewe, Oxford Utd v Burton Albion. 1 Chesterfield 38 13 3 3 50 26 8 8 3 24 15 21 11 6 74 41 74 +33 2 Bury 37 7 6 5 27 20 10 4 5 37 20 17 10 10 64 40 61 +24 3 Wycombe Wanderers 37 9 5 5 29 22 8 5 5 23 22 17 10 10 52 44 61 +8 4 Shrewsbury Town 37 8 8 3 27 17 7 4 7 28 26 15 12 10 55 43 57 +12 5 Gillingham 38 10 5 4 24 15 4 10 5 30 29 14 15 9 54 44 57 +10 6 Rotherham United 37 9 7 2 37 20 6 4 9 23 29 15 11 11 60 49 56 +11 7 Torquay United 37 8 5 5 32 21 6 8 5 29 23 14 13 10 61 44 55 +17 8 Port Vale 36 9 4 4 20 15 6 6 7 22 23 15 10 11 42 38 55 +4 9 Stevenage 37 7 9 3 29 18 7 3 8 17 16 14 12 11 46 34 54 +12 10 Oxford United 38 9 2 8 25 22 6 6 7 24 27 15 8 15 49 49 53 0 11 Accrington Stanley 35 10 4 3 37 21 3 9 6 16 27 13 13 9 53 48 52 +5 12 Crewe Alexandra 37 10 4 4 36 15 4 5 10 32 41 14 9 14 68 56 51 +12 13 Southend United 37 8 5 6 31 27 6 4 8 21 19 14 9 14 52 46 51 +6 14 Aldershot Town 37 6 6 6 18 21 5 9 5 22 24 11 15 11 40 45 48 -5 15 Cheltenham Town 37 6 5 8 22 27 6 6 6 27 32 12 11 14 49 59 47 -10 16 Lincoln City 37 7 4 8 18 26 6 3 9 24 32 13 7 17 42 58 46 -16 17 Bradford City 36 9 2 7 22 18 4 3 11 13 28 13 5 18 35 46 44 -11 18 Macclesfield Town 35 6 4 8 22 28 5 6 6 23 25 11 10 14 45 53 43 -8 19 Morecambe 37 5 7 6 21 22 6 3 10 23 32 11 10 16 44 54 43 -10 20 Northampton Town 37 7 7 5 32 25 2 7 9 15 29 9 14 14 47 54 41 -7 21 Hereford United 35 2 9 7 18 27 8 1 8 24 29 10 10 15 42 56 40 -14 22 Burton Albion 33 7 5 4 25 18 2 5 10 15 30 9 10 14 40 48 37 -8 23 Barnet 37 6 3 10 23 30 2 7 9 19 33 8 10 19 42 63 34 -21 24 Stockport County 38 3 9 7 24 45 4 2 13 15 38 7 11 20 39 83 32 -44