Southend United 3-0 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 January 2012

Result

Southend United 3-0 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 7 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Southend United 3-0 Port Vale: match report

Southend United defeated Port Vale 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 7 January 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Mark Phillips opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Southend United's goals came from Mark Phillips (8'), Liam Dickinson (29') and an own goal by Gareth Owen (55'). Port Vale did not score.

Discipline: Southend United received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Southend United were 3rd on 46 points from 23 and Port Vale 13th on 35 points from 24. Southend United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Port Vale 9th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southend United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Port Vale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Mark PhillipsSouthend United · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Liam DickinsonSouthend United · 2-0
  • 31'Yellow card · D. LoftPort Vale
  • 32'Yellow card · C. McDonaldPort Vale
  • 45+4'Yellow card · E. BenyonSouthend United
  • 55'Own goal · Gareth OwenSouthend United · 3-0
  • 64'Second yellow · C. McDonaldPort Vale

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Southend United 2, draws 2, Port Vale 1.

Team news

Southend United line-up

Glenn Morris, Sean Clohessy, Mark Phillips, Ryan Hall, Michael Timlin, Dave Martin, Jean-Paul Kalala, Elliot Benyon, Peter Gilbert, Liam Dickinson, Chris Barker

Port Vale line-up

Chris Martin, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Gareth Owen, Lee Collins, Clayton McDonald, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Sean Rigg, Marc Richards, Tom Pope