The 4-1 defeat of the Valiants was enough to end Lee Sinnott's reign as Vale manager, and despite the relative lack of competitive football between the two clubs, added further strength to the chain that links them together.

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In fact, it corresponds to a decades-old phenomenon related to US internal dynamics, especially to changes in demographics (the relative rise in population of southern and western states such as Texas, California, Oregon which have had traditionally less links with Europe).

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