Swindon Town 5-0 Port Vale: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 April 2012
Result
Swindon Town 5-0 Port Vale
League Two · Saturday 28 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Swindon Town 5-0 Port Vale: match report
Swindon Town beat Port Vale 5-0 in the League Two on Saturday 28 April 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Matt Ritchie opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Matt Ritchie (38'), Paul Benson (51'), Paul Benson (65'), Aden Flint (67') and Alan Connell (85'). Port Vale did not score.
Discipline: Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards; Port Vale received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Swindon Town were 1st on 89 points from 44 and Port Vale 10th on 66 points from 44. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Port Vale 9th with 69.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Swindon Town win, 0 draws and 0 for Port Vale.
Going into the match Swindon Town's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Port Vale's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · D. Loft
- 26'Yellow card · Simon Ferry
- 35'Yellow card · Paul Benson
- 37'Yellow card · Alan McCormack
- 38'Goal · Matt Ritchie
- 51'Goal · Paul Benson
- 65'Goal · Paul Benson
- 67'Goal · Aden Flint
- 81'Yellow card · Paul Marshall
- 85'Goal · Alan Connell
- 87'Yellow card · Joe Davis
- 89'Yellow card · Louis Dodds
Head-to-head
Team news
Swindon Town line-up
Wes Foderingham, James McEveley, Aden Flint, Paul Caddis, Oliver Risser, Simon Ferry, Matt Ritchie, Alan McCormack, John Bostock, Lee Holmes, Paul Benson
Port Vale line-up
Chris Martin, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Joe Davis, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Sean Rigg, Chris Shuker, Louis Dodds, Marc Richards, Tom Pope