Valiant effort comes up short as Rovers let things slip away.

(From Western Daily Press)

Byline: PETER ORCHARD FOREST GREEN ROVERS 2 PORT VALE 3

Heroics and Hari-Kari make for an intoxicating FA Cup combination, but the time has come for Forest Green to sober up and get back to their best.

Rovers should rightly be applauded for turning this potential humiliation into a firstround thriller - particularly given Port Vale's status as the second-best team in League Two.

However, a worrying propensity for letting opponents off the hook will be troubling Dave Hockaday as he seeks to get his Blue Square Bet Premier promotion mission back on track.

Vale raced into a two-goal lead inside 12 minutes at the …