Port Vale 1-2 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Monday 2 January 2012

Result

Port Vale 1-2 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Monday 2 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Port Vale 1-2 Cheltenham Town: match report

Port Vale lost to Cheltenham Town 1-2 in the League Two on Monday 2 January 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Alan Bennett opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Port Vale's goal came from Sean Rigg (79'). Cheltenham Town scored through Alan Bennett (63') and Brian Smikle (74').

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 9th on 35 points from 23 and Cheltenham Town 2nd on 46 points from 23. Port Vale went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Cheltenham Town 5th with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Port Vale wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cheltenham Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · D. LoftPort Vale
  • 53'Yellow card · Adam YatesPort Vale
  • 60'Yellow card · Steve ElliottCheltenham Town
  • 63'Goal · Alan BennettCheltenham Town · 0-1
  • 74'Goal · Brian SmikleCheltenham Town · 0-2
  • 79'Goal · Sean RiggPort Vale · 1-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Port Vale 0, draws 0, Cheltenham Town 1.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Gareth Owen, Lee Collins, Robert Taylor, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Marc Richards, Tom Pope, Jennison Myrie-Williams

Cheltenham Town line-up

Scott Brown, Steve Elliott, Alan Bennett, Luke Garbutt, Sido Jombati, Marlon Pack, Joshua Low, Luke Summerfield, Darryl Duffy, Kaid Yusef Mohamed, Russell Penn