Port Vale 2-0 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 March 2016

Result

Port Vale 2-0 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 5 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Port Vale 2-0 Colchester United: match report

Port Vale won against Colchester United 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 5 March 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Theo Robinson opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Theo Robinson (9') and Sam Foley (73'). Colchester United did not score.

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 11th on 49 points from 35 and Colchester United 24th on 27 points from 34. Port Vale went on to finish that season 12th with 65 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Port Vale wins, 0 draws and 3 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Theo RobinsonPort Vale · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Ryan InnissPort Vale
  • 73'Goal · Sam FoleyPort Vale · 2-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Port Vale 2, draws 0, Colchester United 3.

Team news

Unavailable

Port Vale line-up

Chris Neal, Ben Purkiss, Carl Dickinson, Richard Duffy, Ryan Inniss, Michael O'Connor, Matty Kennedy, Sam Foley, Anthony Grant, Louis Dodds, Theo Robinson

Colchester United line-up

Elliot Parish, Tom Eastman, Jamie Harney, Nicky Shorey, Owen Garvan, Joe Edwards, Alex Gilbey, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Darren Ambrose, Chris Porter