Port Vale 4-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Saturday 20 August 2011

Result

Port Vale 4-1 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Saturday 20 August 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Port Vale 4-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Port Vale beat Accrington Stanley 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 20 August 2011. The half-time score was 4-0.

Sean Rigg opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Sean Rigg (19'), Gary Roberts (23'), Tom Pope (37') and Sean Rigg (43'). Accrington Stanley scored through Peter Murphy (81').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 10th on 5 points from 3 and Accrington Stanley 12th on 4 points from 3. Port Vale went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Accrington Stanley 14th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Port Vale wins, 1 draw and 3 for Accrington Stanley.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Peter MurphyAccrington Stanley
  • 19'Goal · Sean RiggPort Vale · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Luke JoyceAccrington Stanley
  • 23'Goal · Gary RobertsPort Vale · 2-0
  • 28'Yellow card · C. McDonaldPort Vale
  • 37'Goal · Tom PopePort Vale · 3-0
  • 43'Goal · Sean RiggPort Vale · 4-0
  • 81'Goal · Peter MurphyAccrington Stanley · 4-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Port Vale 2, draws 1, Accrington Stanley 3.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Gareth Owen, Lee Collins, Clayton McDonald, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Gary Roberts, Sean Rigg, Tom Pope

Accrington Stanley line-up

Sean Murdoch, Dean Winnard, Kevin McIntyre, Kevin Long, Andrew Procter, Charlie Barnett, Luke Joyce, L. Moult, Wes Fletcher, Sean Hessey, Peter Murphy