Flashback: Port Vale

As the Iron prepare to visit Port Vale this weekend, we look back at some memorable past fixtures against the Valiants.

LOFT BRACE SEALS HOME WIN LAST SEASON
Iron 2-0 Port Vale
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

Ryan Loft scored a first-half brace as Scunthorpe moved further clear of the League Two relegation zone with a 2-0 victory over Port Vale.

The Valiants were the first to threaten when skipper Tom Conlon's low drive was gathered at the second attempt by home goalkeeper Mark Howard, but then it all went wrong for the away side.

Loft did brilliantly to roll his man on halfway before driving forward and drilling the ball into the far corner from a tight angle to score his sixth goal of the campaign in the 26th minute.

He did not have to wait long for his seventh, which came from point-blank range after Scott Brown had parried Alex Gilliead's initial effort.

Vale improved after the break on the back of a triple substitution, but could not make their possession count.

Conlon chipped one of few half-chances tamely into the arms of Howard, who was later perfectly placed to keep out a glancing header from David Amoo.

They flung an array of balls into the box in search of a way back into the game, but the Scunthorpe defence held firm.



HOPPER WINNER EDGES FIVE-GOAL THRILLER
Iron 3-2 Port Vale
Saturday, January 27th, 2017

Tom Hopper came off the bench to fire Scunthorpe back to the top of the League One table with a 71st-minute winner in their 3-2 victory at home to Port Vale.

Vale came close to snatching a 26th-minute lead when striker JJ Hooper rifled a 25-yard effort just inches over. 

Hooper was involved again when Vale did open the scoring in the 38th minute. His low angled shot from the right was well pushed away by home keeper Luke Daniels, but straight into the path of Tyler Walker who produced a clinical finish.

Scunthorpe came storming out in the second half and were back on level terms in the 49th minute when Josh Morris crashed home his 19th goal of the season from the penalty spot after a needless foul in the box on Craig Davies by centre-back Remie Streete.

But Vale stood firm and were back in front in the 59th minute when slack marking in the Scunthorpe defence allowed Hooper to find room in the box to steer home his shot from a low right-wing cross.

Three minutes later and Scunthorpe were back level again when a flick-on from Davies saw Ivan Toney net a debut goal with a measured lob from the edge of the box beyond the outstretched reach of keeper Jak Alnwick.

And they edged in front for the first time in the 71st minute when substitute Hopper raced in at the edge of the six-yard box to crack home a glorious low left-wing cross from full-back Harry Toffolo for what proved to be the winner.

SHARP BRACE GETS IRON GOING IN 2006
Iron 3-0 Port Vale
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Billy Sharp struck twice, with Ian Morris also scoring a first goal for the club, as United recovered from a defeat at Oldham Athletic three days earlier, to defeat the Valiants 3-0 at home and well and truly kickstart their 2006-07 League One title-winning season.

After a slow start to the campaign, the win well and truly got the Iron moving in the right direction.

After a Dave Mulligan left-wing corner, Sharp bundled in the first from close range, before he soon volleyed in a second following a right wing corner.

Morris' low shot from the edge of the area then sealed the victory in the second-half.

FULL RECORD

SEASON/DATE	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2021-22 - Sat 25 Sep	LG 2	Iron 0-1 Vale
2020-21 - Tue 26 Jan	LG 2	Iron 2-0 Vale	Loft 2
2020-21 - Tue 17 Nov	LG 2	Vale 0-1 Iron	Eisa
2020-21 - Sat 5 Sep	LG CUP R1	Iron 1-2 Vale	Loft
2019-20 - Sat 29 Feb	LG 2	Vale 2-2 Iron	Gilliead, Miller
2019-20 - Sat 22 Nov	LG 2	Iron 2-1 Vale	van Veen, Ntlhe
2016-17 - Sat 27 Jan	LG 1	Iron 3-2 Vale	Morris (pen), Toney, Hopper
2016-17 - Sat 27 Aug	LG 1	Vale 3-1 Iron	Morris
2015-16 - Sat 30 Apr	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Vale	Madden
2015-16 - Sat 12 Dec	LG 1	Vale 1-1 Iron	King
2014-15 - Tue 14 Apr	LG 1	Iron 1-1 Vale	Wootton
2014-15 - Tue 21 Oct	LG 1	Vale 2-2 Iron	Bishop, Taylor
2009-10 - Tue 22 Sep	LG CUP R3	Iron 2-0 Vale	Hayes, McCann
2006-07 - Mon 1 Jan	LG 1	Vale 0-0 Iron
2006-07 - Tue 12 Sep	LG 1	Iron 3-0 Vale	Sharp (2), Morris
2005-06 - Tue 28 Feb	LG 1	Vale 1-2 Iron	Sparrow, Taylor
2005-06 - Sat 10 Sep	LG 1	Iron 2-0 Vale	Hinds, Keogh
1985-86 - Mon 3 Feb	DIV 4	Vale 3-1 Iron	Graham
1985-86 - Tue 22 Oct	DIV 4	Iron 0-0 Vale
1984-85 - Fri 10 May	DIV 4	Iron 3-3 Vale	Graham, Broddle, Cammack
1984-85 - Sat 22 Dec	DIV 4	Vale 1-1 Iron	Graham
1983-84 - Tue 17 Apr	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Vale	Bell
1983-84 - Sat 27 Aug	DIV 3	Vale 0-0 Iron
1982-83 - Mon 9 May	DIV 4	Vale 0-1 Iron	Cowling
1982-83 - Tue 2 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Vale	Cammack
1981-82 - Sat 17 Apr	DIV 4	Vale 2-1 Iron	Cammack
1981-82 - Sat 5 Dec	DIV 4	Iron 0-0 Vale
1980-81 - Tue 3 Mar	DIV 4	Vale 2-2 Iron	Partridge, Cammack
1980-81 - Tue 24 Feb	DIV 4	Iron 1-1 Vale	Cammack
1979-80 - Sat 5 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Vale	Pilling
1979-80 - Wed 26 Dec	DIV 4	Vale 1-0 Iron
1978-79 - Tue 27 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Vale	Grimes, Earl
1978-79 - Sat 19 Aug	DIV 4	Vale 2-2 Iron	Wigg, Pilling
1972-73 - Sat 24 Feb	DIV 3	Iron 0-1 Vale
1972-73 - Sat 16 Dec	DIV 3	Vale 2-0 Iron
1969-70 - Mon 23 Mar	DIV 4	Vale 1-2 Iron	Cassidy (2)
1969-70 - Sat 22 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Vale	Heath, Sproson (og)
1968-69 - Sat 5 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 0-1 Vale
1968-69 - Sat 28 Sep	DIV 4	Vale 4-1 Iron	Heath
1964-65 - Fri 9 Apr	DIV 3	Iron 0-0 Vale
1964-65 - Sat 28 Nov	DIV 3	Vale 0-1 Iron	Ratcliffe
1953-54 - Sat 13 Feb	DIV 3N	Vale 0-0 Iron
1953-54 - Sat 26 Sep	DIV 3N	Iron 0-2 Vale
1952-53 - Sat 13 Feb	DIV 3N	Vale 4-0 Iron
1952-53 - Sat 31 Jan	DIV 3N	Iron 1-2 Vale	Mosby

	SCUNTHORPE WINS	DRAWS	PORT VALE WINS
EFL TROPHY	0	1	0
FA CUP	0	0	2
LEAGUE	15	16	12
LEAGUE CUP	1	0	1
TOTAL	16	17	15