Port Vale 6-2 Rotherham United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 8 September 2012
Result
Port Vale 6-2 Rotherham United
League Two · Saturday 8 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-1
Port Vale 6-2 Rotherham United: match report
Port Vale won against Rotherham United 6-2 in the League Two on Saturday 8 September 2012. It was 4-1 at half-time.
Louis Dodds opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Louis Dodds (5'), Tom Pope (16'), Tom Pope (21'), Ashley Vincent (28'), Tom Pope (68') and Tom Pope (78'). Rotherham United scored through M. O'Connor (31') and Daniel Nardiello (54', penalty).
Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Port Vale were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Rotherham United 5th on 7 points from 4. Port Vale went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Rotherham United 2nd with 79.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read D-W-L-W and Rotherham United's W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · N. Hunt
- 4'Yellow card · Nicky Hunt
- 5'Goal · Louis Dodds
- 8'Yellow card · Richard Duffy
- 16'Goal · Tom Pope
- 21'Goal · Tom Pope
- 28'Goal · Ashley Vincent
- 31'Goal · M. O'Connor
- 54'Penalty goal · Daniel Nardiello
- 61'Yellow card · M. O'Connor
- 68'Goal · Tom Pope
- 78'Goal · Tom Pope
- 82'Yellow card · Craig Morgan
- 83'Yellow card · Craig Morgan
Team news
Port Vale line-up
Chris Neal, John McCombe, Clayton McDonald, Richard Duffy, Doug Loft, Chris Shuker, Sam Morsy, Louis Dodds, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Tom Pope, Ashley Vincent
Rotherham United line-up
Scott Shearer, Laurence Wilson, Ian Sharps, Johnny Mullins, Nicky Hunt, Michael O'Connor, Gareth Evans, Ben Pringle, David Noble, Kayode Odejayi, Daniel Nardiello