The League Paper

ACE POPE PRODUCES A MARVEL

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The LeaguePaper Team
31 December 2017

By Les Scott

HATS OFF: Port Vale’s Tom Pope, right, leads the celebrations after putting his team 3-0 up against Luton
PICTURES: Gareth Owen

PORT Vale tore league leaders Luton to shreds and condemned them to their first defeat since October.
Courtesy of a brace from Tom Pope, a Ben Whitfield effort and an own goal from Dan Potts, Vale are now unbeaten in five – it was a home win that defied logic and confounded the game’s luminaries.
Luton boss Nathan Jones made four changes from the team that won 5-0 at Swindon on Boxing Day but may regret changing a winning team a...

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