Rochdale 1-0 Port Vale
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Calvin Andrew's 95th-minute winner against his old club boosted Rochdale's League One play-off hopes as struggling Port Vale were condemned to their sixth straight defeat.
In a drab first half, Rochdale's Reuben Noble-Lazarus came closest to opening the scoring when he fired just wide.
Vale also went close when Chris Birchall shot wide after a fine move.
It looked to be heading for a goalless draw, but Andrew headed home Callum Camps' cross to win it.
Keith Hill's side move up to seventh, four points off the play-off places, while Vale drop to 16th, now just two points above the relegation places.
Rochdale manager Keith Hill told BBC Radio Manchester:
"That feeling, wow. You wait footballing careers for that type of feeling. As a manager, that's probably the best feeling I've tasted.
"The game was meandering, it was going nowhere and it wasn't a great spectacle - I thought it was 0-0 all over.
"It was just absolutely brilliant. The emotion at the end you can't bottle it. It drives you forward."
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