Port Vale 4-1 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 April 2016

Result

Port Vale 4-1 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 23 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Port Vale 4-1 Rochdale: match report

Port Vale beat Rochdale 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 April 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Theo Robinson opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Theo Robinson (37'), M. O'Connor (45', penalty), Jonathan Hooper (46') and M. O'Connor (76', penalty). Rochdale scored through Calvin Andrew (50').

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

Going into the game Port Vale were 12th on 62 points from 43 and Rochdale 9th on 65 points from 43. Port Vale went on to finish that season 12th with 65 points, and Rochdale 10th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Port Vale wins, 4 draws and 3 for Rochdale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Ashley EasthamRochdale
  • 37'Goal · Theo RobinsonPort Vale · 1-0
  • 45'Penalty goal · M. O'ConnorPort Vale · 2-0
  • 46'Goal · Jonathan HooperPort Vale · 3-0
  • 50'Goal · Calvin AndrewRochdale · 3-1
  • 76'Penalty goal · M. O'ConnorPort Vale · 4-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Port Vale 2, draws 4, Rochdale 3.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Jak Alnwick, Ben Purkiss, Carl Dickinson, Remie Streete, Ryan McGivern, Richard Duffy, Michael O'Connor, Sam Foley, Michael Brown, J. Hooper, Theo Robinson

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Ashley Eastham, Javier Klimowicz, Joe Bunney, Donald McDermott, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jamie Allen, Michael Rose, Callum Camps