Port Vale are not giving up - Brady

Port Vale were bottom of League One and 10 points adrift of safety when Jon Brady took charge at Vale Park [Getty Images]

Port Vale boss Jon Brady has insisted his side will not give up "even if the inevitable happens" after Sunday's draw with Wigan pushed them closer to relegation.

The result left the Valiants 11 points adrift of safety in League One with four games to play.

Vale, who sit second from bottom, will join Rotherham and Northampton in dropping into the fourth tier if they fail to win at promoted Cardiff on Wednesday (19:45 BST).

"If we can win our remaining games and people don't win theirs, we could stay up," Brady told BBC Radio Stoke.

"We know it's a tall task, but we're not giving in.

"Even if the inevitable happens we still won't give in because the players still have their own personal pride to play for and we still want to win games."

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Vale have a tough run-in, with successive away matches against play-off chasing Plymouth and Stockport following the trip to Cardiff, before a home match with league leaders Lincoln on the final day.

And even with four wins, Brady's side will be relegated if Leyton Orient pick up a point and Wimbledon take two points from their final two games.