Soccer
Wycombe brush aside Port Vale to keep play-off bid alive
Wycombe kept their play-off hopes alive with a 4-0 thrashing of League One’s bottom side Port Vale at Adams Park.
Wycombe were the team in the ascendancy from the off and made their pressure pay in the 24th minute.
A mix-up between Vale goalkeeper Joe Gauci and defender Cameron Humphreys allowed Cauley Woodrow to stroke home a loose ball from eight yards.
Michael Duff’s men were good value for their advantage but had a few nervy moments.
A cheap giveaway from Daniel Harvie allowed George Hall a run at goal. Harvie managed to bring him down before the Vale forward could fashion a shot, earning him a yellow card.
The introduction of Andre Gray at half-time seemed to reinvigorate Vale, who offered plenty more going forward. Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel rattled a post from the former Watford striker’s cross just after the hour mark.
But Wycombe hit them with a second goal in the 69th minute. A Caolan Boyd-Munce corner took multiple deflections before landing at the feet of Woodrow, who played in ex-Stoke man Connor Taylor for his first Chairboys goal.
Fred Onyedinma made sure of the points five minutes from time. A perfectly-weighted pass from substitute Luke Harris sent the winger through one-on-one with Gauci and he dinked the ball over the onrushing keeper.
Junior Quitirna added a fourth in stoppage time. The ex-Crawley star came inside and unleashed a venomous strike into the bottom left corner.
