LEAGUE TWO THIS WEEKEND

HERO OF THE WEEK

neil aspin (port vale manager). What a Christmas period for port vale. Seemingly bound for relegation earlier in the season, vale have been transformed since aspin took charge in october. an excellent win over Coventry on Boxing Day before Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of leaders luton moved them up to 16th in the table.

ZERO OF THE WEEK

mark Cooper (forest Green manager). lincoln condemned forest Green to their fourth straight league defeat, with Cooper’s side rooted to the bottom of the table. the afternoon got worse for Cooper when he was involved in a confrontation with a lincoln fan after home supporters surrounded the away team bus. forest Green and lincoln are working closely to establish what happened.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Barnet boss mark mcGhee. after a third successive defeat — 2-1 at exeter — left them second from bottom. ‘ there’s been other moments like this during my time here. What we can do is keep encouraging them and look at what we can work on in a positive way. I must add that the fans have been great in supporting us.’

STAT OF THE WEEK

5 — that’s how many league games promoted lincoln City have now won out of their last six.

MATCH OF THE DAY

luton v lincoln. first v third — a battle between the most tactically astute managers in the division in nathan Jones and Danny Cowley.