Match Report
| Port Vale | Port Vale |  |  | Swindon Town | Swindon Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marc Thompson | M. Thompson |  | 72 | G |  | 1 | | G | 56 | | Eddie Bower | E. Bower | |||||||||
| Ricardo Sanchez | R. Sanchez |  | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 63 |  | Rodrigo Fernandes | R. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Enrique Carmona | E. Carmona | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 62 | | Sol Montague | S. Montague | |||||||||
| Francis Greaves | F. Greaves | | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 52 | | Neil Perry | N. Perry | |||||||||
| Del Grondin | D. Grondin | | 72 | M | | 5 | | M | 65 | | Dion Moss | D. Moss | |||||||||
| Damien Heskey | D. Heskey | | 65 | M | | 6 | | M | 64 | | Gilles Hulme | G. Hulme | |||||||||
| Gerhard Birkwald | G. Birkwald |  | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 58 |  | Melchior Reuser | M. Reuser | |||||||||
| Matthew Parker | M. Parker | | 46 | M | | 8 | | M | 56 | | Nigel Rankin | N. Rankin | |||||||||
| Philipp Lindemann | P. Lindemann | | 59 | A | | 9 | | A | 75 | | Adam Shilton | A. Shilton | |||||||||
| Richard Weir | R. Weir | | 59 | A | | 10 | | A | 60 | | Brendan Adams | B. Adams | |||||||||
| Mariano Signori | M. Signori |  | 55 | A | | 11 | | A | 59 | | Stephen Smith | S. Smith | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by Red Cross |
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Vale Park where Port Vale play host to Swindon Town. A crowd of 8,667 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Port Vale and Swindon Town are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Both Port Vale and Swindon Town are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Swindon Town kick off!
6.54
0-0Del Grondin sees a break and surges forward. Del Grondin sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
10.20
1-0Del Grondin knocks the ball forward to Philipp Lindemann. Philipp Lindemann plays a perfect one-two with Mariano Signori and rushes in on goal... Philipp Lindemann rockets a shot on goal. Eddie Bower is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
14.45
1-0Gerhard Birkwald kicks a strong pass forward to Philipp Lindemann. Philipp Lindemann knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Rodrigo Fernandes.
15.20
Nigel Rankin deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Brendan Adams. Brendan Adams shoots from long range. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
18.53
1-1Sol Montague clumsily knocks into Richard Weir. Sol Montague is warned by the referee! Richard Weir runs off the knock.
21.43
Enrique Carmona chips the ball to his team mate, Del Grondin. Del Grondin makes a simple pass to Richard Weir. Richard Weir goes all the way! Richard Weir rockets a shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
32.30
1-1Brendan Adams hacks Ricardo Sanchez from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Ricardo Sanchez runs off the knock.
34.53
Gerhard Birkwald flicks the ball to his team mate, Richard Weir. Richard Weir knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
36.15
Matthew Parker flicks the ball to his team mate, Mariano Signori. Mariano Signori knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Eddie Bower who gathers it comfortably.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Port Vale start the second half!
48.05
Gilles Hulme makes a probing pass to Stephen Smith. Stephen Smith makes a simple pass to Adam Shilton. Adam Shilton takes a shot at goal. It's there!! Marc Thompson has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
51.22
Ricardo Sanchez sees a break and surges forward. Ricardo Sanchez passes the ball forward to Richard Weir. Richard Weir whips in a cross ball towards Philipp Lindemann. Philipp Lindemann is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's there!! Eddie Bower has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
55.46
Damien Heskey passes the ball forward to Richard Weir. Richard Weir knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Neil Perry.
66.14
Matthew Parker threads the ball through to Philipp Lindemann. Philipp Lindemann knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Rodrigo Fernandes.
71.15
Melchior Reuser knocks the ball forward to Brendan Adams. Brendan Adams shoots from 20 yards. It's miles wide!
77.10
Francis Greaves clumsily knocks into Brendan Adams. Francis Greaves is given a warning by the referee! Brendan Adams hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
79.23
Gerhard Birkwald makes a probing pass to Philipp Lindemann. Philipp Lindemann whips in a cross ball towards Mariano Signori. Mariano Signori heads the ball goalwards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
81.14
Gerhard Birkwald barges into Dion Moss. Gerhard Birkwald is warned by the referee! Dion Moss hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
83.15
Rodrigo Fernandes knocks the ball to his team mate, Gilles Hulme. Gilles Hulme knocks the ball forward to Adam Shilton. Adam Shilton shoots from 20 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
84.12
Gilles Hulme flicks the ball to his team mate, Brendan Adams. Brendan Adams finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
85.30
Ricardo Sanchez controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gerhard Birkwald. Gerhard Birkwald makes a simple pass to Richard Weir. Richard Weir knocks in a cross ball towards Mariano Signori. Mariano Signori heads the ball goalwards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
2
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
2
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
54.8%
45.2%
Play Area
24.7%
42.5%
32.9%
Scorers
| Philipp Lindemann 10, 51 | Brendan Adams 15 Adam Shilton 48 |