Northampton Town 2-0 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2012

Result

Northampton Town 2-0 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2012, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Northampton Town 2-0 Port Vale: match report

Northampton Town beat Port Vale 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 27 October 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Alex Nicholls opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Alex Nicholls (20') and Louis Moult (43'). Port Vale did not score.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Port Vale received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 17th on 16 points from 14 and Port Vale 2nd on 30 points from 14. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Port Vale 3rd with 78.

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Port Vale's D-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Alex NichollsNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 22'Red card · John McCombePort Vale
  • 43'Goal · Louis MoultNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Gareth OwenPort Vale
  • 45+7'Yellow card · Gareth OwenPort Vale
  • 50'Yellow card · Anthony CharlesNorthampton Town
  • 58'Yellow card · Tom PopePort Vale
  • 67'Yellow card · Samy MorsyPort Vale
  • 68'Yellow card · Samy MorsyPort Vale
  • 81'Yellow card · Emyr HuwsNorthampton Town

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Lee Nicholls, Kelvin Langmead, Anthony Charles, Ben Tozer, Lewis Wilson, Danny East, Lewis Hornby, Emyr Huws, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Joe Widdowson, Alex Nicholls

Port Vale line-up

Chris Neal, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Gareth Owen, Robert Taylor, Sam Morsy, Ben Williamson, Ryan Burge, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Tom Pope, Ashley Vincent