Bury 4-1 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 September 2016

Result

Bury 4-1 Port Vale

League One · Saturday 3 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Bury 4-1 Port Vale: match report

Bury defeated Port Vale 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 3 September 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.

James Vaughan opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Bury's goals came from James Vaughan (6'), Jacob Mellis (22'), James Vaughan (30') and Hallam Hope (73'). Port Vale scored through Nathan Smith (58').

Discipline: Bury received 2 yellow cards; Port Vale received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bury were 14th on 5 points from 5 and Port Vale 5th on 10 points from 5. Bury went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Port Vale 21st with 49.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · James VaughanBury · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Jacob MellisBury · 2-0
  • 30'Goal · James VaughanBury · 3-0
  • 58'Goal · Nathan SmithPort Vale · 3-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Niall MaherBury
  • 70'Yellow card · S. AmorosPort Vale
  • 73'Goal · Hallam HopeBury · 4-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Martin PatersonPort Vale
  • 89'Yellow card · Sam FoleyPort Vale
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ben WilliamsBury

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bury 3, draws 3, Port Vale 2.

Team news

Bury line-up

Ben Williams, Greg Leigh, Antony Kay, Niall Maher, Leon Barnett, Zeli Ismail, Danny Mayor, Jacob Mellis, Tom Soares, Tom Pope, James Vaughan

Port Vale line-up

Jak Alnwick, Ben Purkiss, Remie Streete, Kjell Knops, Nathan Smith, Sam Foley, Jerome Thomas, Sebastien Amoros, Anthony De Freitas, Anton Forrester, Alex Jones