League Two
September 29, 2012
Bradford City
0 - 1
Port Vale
League Two
14:00 +00:00, September 29, 2012
Coral Windows Stadium, England
Referee: Paul Tierney
Pope ends Bantams' 100% home record
Scoring Summary
| Bradford City | Port Vale |
|---|---|
| Tom Pope (37') |
Teams
| Bradford City | Port Vale |
|---|---|
| 1 Jon McLaughlan | 1 Chris Neal |
| 6 Luke Oliver | 24 Richard Duffy |
| 23 Rory McArdle | 5 John McCombe |
| 3 James Meredith | 14 Clayton McDonald |
| 5 Andrew Davies | 7 Doug Loft |
| 18 Gary Jones | 9 Jennison Myrie-Williams |
| 24 Nathan Doyle | 3 Robert Taylor |
| 7 Kyel Reid | 23 Ryan Burge |
| 14 Will Atkinson | 8 Louis Dodds |
| 9 James Hanson | 10 Ashley Vincent |
| 21 Nahki Wells | 11 Tom Pope |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 Matt Duke | Sam Johnson. 12 |
| 2 Stephen Darby | Gareth Owen 6 |
| 16 Carl McHugh | Adam Yates 2 |
| 4 Richard Ravenhill | Chris Shuker 15 |
| 11 Garry Thompson | Sam Morsy 18 |
| 17 Alan Connell | Ryan Lloyd 22 |
| 20 Zavon Hines | Ben Williamson 19 |
| Substitutions | |
| Zavon Hines for Will Atkinson (62) | Adam Yates for Richard Duffy (74) |
| Alan Connell for Luke Oliver (80) | Sam Morsy for Ashley Vincent (84) |
| Garry Thompson for Kyel Reid (87) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Clayton McDonald (34) | |
| Ryan Burge (58) | |
| Richard Duffy (60) | |
| Doug Loft (70) | |
| · Squads: Bradford City | Port Vale | |
Bradford dropped their first home points of the season as fellow high-fliers Port Vale came out on top with a slender 1-0 victory.
The winning goal came against the run of play in the 37th minute when Vale's leading scorer Tom Pope intercepted a headed back-pass from Bantams skipper Gary Jones, beating 'keeper Jon McLaughlin with a left-footed shot from just inside the penalty area.
Bradford, unbeaten in their previous five league and cup matches, dominated the game but failed to find a way through a strong Vale defence in which Clayton McDonald and John McCombe were outstanding.
The visitors also had goalkeeper Chris Neal to thank for two fine saves in stoppage time as Bradford launched a late assault.
First he turned a 20-yard shot from Bermudan international striker Nahki Wells over the crossbar before then stopping James Hanson's header on the goalline.