Sinnott was replaced as manager by Dean Glover, who later appointed former Macclesfield boss Ian Brightwell as his assistant.

BBC: Vale bid to exorcise the demons

"The nature of football is that you move on, the game was lost and the result didn't look good, " Brightwell told the station.

BBC: Vale bid to exorcise the demons

Brightwell's six months in charge at Moss Rose ended in February, but rather than looking back with disappointment, he said it was a valuable learning experience.

BBC: Vale bid to exorcise the demons

Macleod took just two minutes of the second half to get the ball rolling again with his second try, before then converting Brightwell's score to take Sale to their half century.

BBC: Sale 97-11 Cetransa El Salvador

Brightwell, a former Vale player who had already had one spell as number two at the Burslem club, was working as a summariser for BBC Radio Stoke at the time and said that game will have no baring on Friday's cup clash.

BBC: Vale bid to exorcise the demons