On-loan Blackburn Rovers frontman Danny Butterworth obtained the one aim of the sport in Burslem as Port Vale noticed off Charlton Athletic.

After slumping to their heaviest defeat of the season, 4-0 at Oxford final weekend, Vale began the day in fifteenth, 4 locations behind, however solely a degree worse off than the Londoners – and boss Clarke made 5 modifications searching for a response.

In a gathering of the EFL’s two Valiants, neither facet managed a single shot heading in the right direction in a nondescript first 45 minutes.

But Vale lastly broke the impasse 12 minutes into the second half with Butterworth’s third aim since arriving within the August window – all of which have are available Vale’s final three dwelling video games.

Collecting the ball from David Worrall down the inside-left channel, he arrowed his approach on an angled run to the fitting facet of the Addicks field penalty space, holding off two visiting defenders earlier than fastidiously sliding a measured, low right-foot shot simply inside debutant Australian keeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer’s proper submit.

Butterworth was then near a second when his raking left-foot drive from 20 yards simply cleared the bar, with Gillingham mortgage signing Maynard-Brewer overwhelmed.

Late Addicks substitute Jack Payne nearly rescued a degree for Ben Garner’s facet with a fierce right-foot shot on the stroke of 90 minutes, just for recalled keeper Jack Stevens to brilliantly tip it over the bar.

But the hosts held on to ship the vast majority of the 7,604 Vale Park crowd proud of solely their seventh win in 19 makes an attempt since being promoted from League Two final summer time – and Charlton tumbling three locations to 14th within the desk.