Port Vale ran out to Let Me Entertain You by their famous fan Robbie Williams and did not disappoint as troubled Reading reached a new low.
Vale manager Andy Crosby’s pre-season claim that his side would be the fittest side in Sky Bet League One looked hollow when they suffered the Football League’s heaviest opening-day defeat for 61 years.
But they have shown great character to bounce back from that 7-0 trouncing away to Barnsley with two wins, first in midweek against Fleetwood in the EFL Cup, and then on Saturday against a Reading side who have made a sobering start to their first campaign in the third tier for 21 years.
Two 1-0 defeats stretched their winless run to 15 league games and set
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