Port Vale 2-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League Two · Monday 3 January 2011

Result

Port Vale 2-1 Burton Albion

League Two · Monday 3 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Port Vale 2-1 Burton Albion: match report

Port Vale defeated Burton Albion 2-1 in the League Two on Monday 3 January 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

John McCombe opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Port Vale's goals came from John McCombe (4') and Justin Richards (6'). Burton Albion scored through Shaun Harrad (60').

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 6th on 35 points from 21 and Burton Albion 12th on 26 points from 20. Port Vale went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Port Vale win, 1 draw and 1 for Burton Albion.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · John McCombePort Vale · 1-0
  • 6'Goal · Justin RichardsPort Vale · 2-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Marc RichardsPort Vale
  • 43'Yellow card · Gareth OwenPort Vale
  • 50'Yellow card · Darren MooreBurton Albion
  • 60'Goal · Shaun HarradBurton Albion · 2-1
  • 63'Second yellow · Marc RichardsPort Vale
  • 71'Yellow card · Nathan StantonBurton Albion
  • 76'Yellow card · John McGrathBurton Albion

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Port Vale 1, draws 1, Burton Albion 1.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Gareth Owen, Lee Collins, Robert Taylor, Anthony Griffith, Gary Roberts, Louis Dodds, Marc Richards, Justin Richards

Burton Albion line-up

A. Legzdiņš, Aaron Webster, Nathan Stanton, Ryan Austin, Scott Malone, Jacques Maghoma, Adam Bolder, James Collins, John Matthew McGrath, Darren Moore, Russell Penn