Port Vale 2-1 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 February 2012

Result

Port Vale 2-1 Gillingham

League Two · Saturday 18 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Port Vale · Gillingham · League Two predictions

Port Vale 2-1 Gillingham: match report

Port Vale won against Gillingham 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 18 February 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

C. Whelpdale opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Sean Rigg (81') and Marc Richards (90', penalty). Gillingham scored through C. Whelpdale (45+2').

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 10th on 42 points from 29 and Gillingham 12th on 41 points from 28. Port Vale went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Gillingham 8th with 70.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 2 draws and 5 for Gillingham.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Anthony GriffithPort Vale
  • 45+2'Goal · C. WhelpdaleGillingham · 0-1
  • 81'Goal · Sean RiggPort Vale · 1-1
  • 90'Penalty goal · Marc RichardsPort Vale · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · D. LoftPort Vale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 2, Gillingham 5.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, John McCombe, Clayton McDonald, Robert Taylor, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Sean Rigg, Sam Morsy, Ben Williamson, Louis Dodds, Marc Richards

Gillingham line-up

Paulo Gazzaniga, Simon King, Danny Jackman, Connor Essam, Jack Evans, Chris Whelpdale, Jack Payne, Curtis Weston, Danny Kedwell, Jo Kuffour, Gavin Tomlin