Port Vale 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Friday 17 March 2017

Result

Port Vale 2-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Friday 17 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Port Vale 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Port Vale beat Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the League One on Friday 17 March 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sam Foley opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Sam Foley (66') and Ryan Taylor (69'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Louis Dodds (74').

Discipline: Port Vale received 3 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 21st on 38 points from 35 and Shrewsbury Town 19th on 43 points from 37. Port Vale went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Shrewsbury Town 18th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 5 draws and 2 for Shrewsbury Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Yellow card · KikoPort Vale
  • 66'Goal · Sam FoleyPort Vale · 1-0
  • 69'Goal · Ryan TaylorPort Vale · 2-0
  • 74'Goal · Louis DoddsShrewsbury Town · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Stephen HumphrysShrewsbury Town
  • 89'Yellow card · Ryan TaylorPort Vale
  • 90+2'Yellow card · D. MehmetPort Vale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 5, Shrewsbury Town 2.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Deniz Mehmet, Ben Purkiss, Remie Streete, Kiko, Nathan Smith, Ryan Taylor, Sam Foley, Callum Anthony Guy, J. Hooper, Anton Forrester, Chris Eagles

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Junior Brown, Toto Nsiala, Joe Riley, Bryn Morris, Gary Deegan, Alex Rodman, Shaun Whalley, Tyler Roberts, Stefan Payne