Hartlepool midfielder Darrell Clarke has joined Port Vale on a month's loan. Clarke, 28, has spent almost a year out of first-team action through injury, but still remains in Pools boss Martin Scott's plans.
Scott told the Northern Echo: "He needs games, it's as simple as that and they can give him that at Port Vale.
"He's part of my plans, and a big part of the club. This will help us get the real Darrell Clarke back, fit and raring to go for us."