Andy Crosby: Port Vale assistant aims to show leadership in Darrell Clarke absence

Port Vale assistant manager Andy Crosby says he is doing his best to show “leadership” and “organisation” in the continued absence of Darrell Clarke.

Boss Clarke has been on leave from the League Two club since 15 February following a close family bereavement.

Former West Brom coach Adam Murray has been brought in to help Crosby with preparing the side for games.

“We’ve taken on the workload and we all have to do a little bit more,” Crosby, 49, told BBC Radio Stoke.

“We’re missing the most important person at the football club so we all have to take on more responsibility.”

Crosby joined promotion-chasing Vale permanently in June last year, leaving his role as interim boss of Northern Ireland Under-21s, and says he is determined to keep things running as smoothly as he can while Clarke is away.