Port Vale 3-1 Southend United: result and report

League One · Friday 26 February 2016

Result

Port Vale 3-1 Southend United

League One · Friday 26 February 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Port Vale 3-1 Southend United: match report

Port Vale defeated Southend United 3-1 in the League One on Friday 26 February 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Carl Dickinson opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Carl Dickinson (18'), M. O'Connor (38') and an own goal by Ben Coker (40'). Southend United scored through Sam McQueen (90+3').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Southend United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 12th on 45 points from 33 and Southend United 8th on 48 points from 32. Port Vale went on to finish that season 12th with 65 points, and Southend United 16th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Port Vale win, 3 draws and 5 for Southend United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Carl DickinsonPort Vale · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · M. TimlinSouthend United
  • 38'Goal · M. O'ConnorPort Vale · 2-0
  • 40'Own goal · Ben CokerPort Vale · 3-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Ben CokerSouthend United
  • 57'Yellow card · W. AtkinsonSouthend United
  • 86'Yellow card · Matty KennedyPort Vale
  • 90+3'Goal · Sam McQueenSouthend United · 3-1
  • 90+6'Missed penalty · D. MooneySouthend United

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Port Vale 1, draws 3, Southend United 5.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Chris Neal, Ben Purkiss, Carl Dickinson, Ryan McGivern, Richard Duffy, Michael O'Connor, Matty Kennedy, Sam Foley, Anthony Grant, Louis Dodds, AJ Leitch-Smith

Southend United line-up

Daniel Bentley, Ben Coker, Cian Bolger, Luke O'Neill, Adam Barrett, Anthony Wordsworth, Michael Timlin, Jack Payne, Will Atkinson, Noel Hunt, Tyrone Barnett