Port Vale 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 30 October 2010

Result

Port Vale 2-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 30 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Port Vale 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Port Vale defeated Crewe Alexandra 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 30 October 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Louis Dodds opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Louis Dodds (13') and Marc Richards (74', penalty). Crewe Alexandra scored through Clayton Donaldson (82', penalty).

Discipline: Port Vale received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 4th on 24 points from 13 and Crewe Alexandra 8th on 18 points from 13. Port Vale went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Crewe Alexandra 9th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 0 draws and 3 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Anthony GriffithPort Vale
  • 13'Goal · Louis DoddsPort Vale · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Gary RobertsPort Vale
  • 73'Yellow card · Rhys TaylorCrewe Alexandra
  • 74'Penalty goal · Marc RichardsPort Vale · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Tommy FraserPort Vale
  • 81'Second yellow · Anthony GriffithPort Vale
  • 82'Penalty goal · Clayton DonaldsonCrewe Alexandra · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Stuart TomlinsonPort Vale

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 3.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Gareth Owen, Lee Collins, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Gary Roberts, Louis Dodds, Marc Richards, Justin Richards

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Rhys Taylor, Matt Tootle, Patrick Ada, Mathew Mitchel-King, Ashley Westwood, Luke Murphy, Clayton Donaldson, Byron Moore, David Artell, Joel Grant, Lee Bell