Port Vale 4-1 Yeovil Town

Tom Pope celebrates his first goal against Yeovil with Port Vale team-mate Michael O'Connor

Tom Pope scored twice as Port Vale eased past fellow strugglers Yeovil.

Before kick-off, Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite revealed that two clubs had made approaches to sign the striker.

Pope's far-post header from Mark Marshall's cross and a tap-in from a Chris Lines corner put Vale 2-0 up.

Lines turned in a rebound a minute into the second half and, although Aaron Martin pulled one back from close range, sub Colin Daniel finished well past Jake Kean to seal a routine win.

Pope, Marshall and Daniel missed further second-half chances as the hosts dominated at Vale Park.

Vale, who have won both home games since Rob Page took caretaker charge, move out of the relegation zone, leapfrogging Yeovil, who have dropped into the bottom four after suffering a third straight defeat.

Port Vale interim manager Rob Page told BBC Radio Stoke:

"The boys were brilliant. I'm proud of them. From 1 to 11 they have put a massive shift in. They have given me everything.

"Some of our play was tremendous. We worked a little bit on some of our link work with Ben Williamson and Tom Pope and it has paid off.

"Ben ran himself into the ground. I had to take him off and put on Colin Daniel, who has got a goal.

"We did both sides of the game really well. It was another big effort from them, And I would have taken a 1-0!"

Yeovil manager Gary Johnson told BBC Somerset:

"It was a difficult afternoon for everyone.

"We've all got to reassess what we're doing as we were poor.

"We've had a lot of training sessions, meetings and we've done a lot of work but it doesn't seem to be sinking in.

"We now need to assess the situation and see where we go from here."