Northampton Town 1-2 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 February 2012

Result

Northampton Town 1-2 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 25 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Northampton Town 1-2 Port Vale: match report

Northampton Town were beaten by Port Vale 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 25 February 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

John McCombe opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Adebayo Akinfenwa (81'). Port Vale scored through John McCombe (4') and Sean Rigg (58').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 27 points from 30 and Port Vale 8th on 45 points from 30. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Port Vale 9th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Northampton Town wins, 4 draws and 1 for Port Vale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · John McCombePort Vale · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Luke GuttridgeNorthampton Town
  • 41'Yellow card · Anthony GriffithPort Vale
  • 44'Yellow card · Ben HardingNorthampton Town
  • 58'Goal · Sean RiggPort Vale · 0-2
  • 75'Yellow card · D. LoftPort Vale
  • 81'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Northampton Town 2, draws 4, Port Vale 1.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Matt Duke, John Johnson, Clarke Carlisle, Kelvin Langmead, Blair Adams, Luke Guttridge, Brett Williams, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Michael Jacobs, Toni Silva, Ben Harding

Port Vale line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, John McCombe, Clayton McDonald, Robert Taylor, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Paul Marshall, Sean Rigg, Chris Shuker, Louis Dodds, Marc Richards