Swindon Town 5-0 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 28 April 2012

Result

Swindon Town 5-0 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 28 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swindon Town 5-0 Port Vale: match report

Swindon Town beat Port Vale 5-0 in the League Two on Saturday 28 April 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Matt Ritchie opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Matt Ritchie (38'), Paul Benson (51'), Paul Benson (65'), Aden Flint (67') and Alan Connell (85'). Port Vale did not score.

Discipline: Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards; Port Vale received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 1st on 89 points from 44 and Port Vale 10th on 66 points from 44. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Port Vale 9th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Swindon Town wins, 1 draw and 2 for Port Vale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · D. LoftPort Vale
  • 26'Yellow card · Simon FerrySwindon Town
  • 35'Yellow card · Paul BensonSwindon Town
  • 37'Yellow card · Alan McCormackSwindon Town
  • 38'Goal · Matt RitchieSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Paul BensonSwindon Town · 2-0
  • 65'Goal · Paul BensonSwindon Town · 3-0
  • 67'Goal · Aden FlintSwindon Town · 4-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Paul MarshallPort Vale
  • 85'Goal · Alan ConnellSwindon Town · 5-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Joe DavisPort Vale
  • 89'Yellow card · Louis DoddsPort Vale

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Swindon Town 2, draws 1, Port Vale 2.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up

Wes Foderingham, James McEveley, Aden Flint, Paul Caddis, Oliver Risser, Simon Ferry, Matt Ritchie, Alan McCormack, John Bostock, Lee Holmes, Paul Benson

Port Vale line-up

Chris Martin, Adam Yates, John McCombe, Joe Davis, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Sean Rigg, Chris Shuker, Louis Dodds, Marc Richards, Tom Pope