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href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_Football_Club" title="Port Vale Football Club – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Port Vale Football Club" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C. – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Port Vale F.C." data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Port Vale F.C." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale" title="Port Vale – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Port Vale" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84_%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BB_%CE%A6%CE%9A" title="Πορτ Βέιλ ΦΚ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πορτ Βέιλ ΦΚ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_Football_Club" title="Port Vale Football Club – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Port Vale Football Club" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84" title="باشگاه فوتبال پورت ویل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال پورت ویل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_Football_Club" title="Port Vale Football Club – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Port Vale Football Club" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%ED%8A%B8_%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%BC_FC" title="포트 베일 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포트 베일 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C. – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Port Vale F.C." data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_Football_Club" title="Port Vale Football Club – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Port Vale Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84" title="پورت ڤايل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="پورت ڤايل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%ABFC" title="ポート・ヴェイルFC – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ポート・ヴェイルFC" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Port Vale F.C." data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_Football_Club" title="Port Vale Football Club – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Port Vale Football Club" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB" title="Порт Вейл – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Порт Вейл" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C. – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Port Vale F.C." data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C. – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Port Vale F.C." data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_FC" title="Port Vale FC – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Port Vale FC" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB" title="Порт Вейл – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Порт Вейл" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" 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text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Port Vale Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The Valiants<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Short name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Vale, PVFC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">1876<span class="noprint">; 148 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1876</span>)</span> (disputed)<sup id="cite_ref-clubhistory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clubhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1876?_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1876?-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1879<span class="noprint">; 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text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">15,036<sup id="cite_ref-2022capacity_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022capacity-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Port_Vale_F.C.&params=53_2_59_N_2_11_33_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°2′59″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°11′33″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.04972°N 2.19250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.04972; 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left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #000044"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Kit_shorts_portvale2324a.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000044"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Kit_socks_portvale2324al.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_jersey" title="Third jersey">Third colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/33px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/50px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/66px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Port Vale F.C. season">Current season</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Port Vale Football Club</b> are a professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>, England, which compete in <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">EFL League Two</a>, the fourth tier of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the <a href="/wiki/Trent_and_Mersey_Canal" title="Trent and Mersey Canal">Trent and Mersey Canal</a>. They have never played top-flight football, and hold the record for the most seasons in the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a> (113) without reaching the first tier.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After playing at the <a href="/wiki/Athletic_Ground_(Cobridge)" title="Athletic Ground (Cobridge)">Athletic Ground</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cobridge" title="Cobridge">Cobridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Old_Recreation_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="The Old Recreation Ground">The Old Recreation Ground</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a>, the club returned to Burslem when <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> was opened in 1950. Outside the ground is a statue of <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sproson" title="Roy Sproson">Roy Sproson</a>, who played 842 competitive games for the club. The club's traditional rivals are <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a>, and games between the two are known as the <a href="/wiki/Potteries_derby" title="Potteries derby">Potteries derby</a>. </p><p>After becoming one of the more prominent football clubs in <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, Burslem Port Vale were invited to become founder members of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a> in <a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Burslem_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1892–93 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season">1892</a>. They spent 13 non-consecutive seasons in the division, punctuated by two seasons in the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Football_League_(1889)" title="Midland Football League (1889)">Midland League</a> before they resigned due to financial difficulties and entered liquidation in 1907. The name of Port Vale continued in the North Staffordshire Federation League, and this new club was successful enough to be reinstated into the Football League in 1919. They spent 16 non-consecutive seasons in the Second Division, punctuated by winning the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a> title in <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1929–30 Port Vale F.C. season">1929–30</a>, before dropping back into the third tier for a much longer stay at the end of the 1935–36 campaign. The <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season">1953–54</a> season saw manager <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Freddie Steele</a>'s "Iron Curtain" defence win both a Third Division North title and a semi-final place in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>. They failed to build on this success, however, although they went on to finish as champions of the first <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> season under <a href="/wiki/Norman_Low" title="Norman Low">Norman Low</a>'s stewardship in <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season">1958–59</a>. </p><p>The club had little success throughout the 1960s and 1970s, despite being briefly managed by <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a>, and were forced to apply for re-election after breaking <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">FA</a> rules on illegal payments in 1968. <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lee_(footballer)" title="Gordon Lee (footballer)">Gordon Lee</a> guided the club to <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> back to the Third Division the following season, where they would remain until <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegation</a> at the end of the 1977–78 campaign. <a href="/wiki/John_McGrath_(footballer,_born_1938)" title="John McGrath (footballer, born 1938)">John McGrath</a> steered the club to promotion in 1982–83, though he departed after relegation became inevitable the following season. His assistant, <a href="/wiki/John_Rudge" title="John Rudge">John Rudge</a>, became the club's longest-serving and most successful manager, leading the club from 1983 to 1999. Under his leadership Port Vale won promotions in <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Port Vale F.C. season">1985–86</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Port Vale F.C. season">1988–89</a> and <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1993–94 Port Vale F.C. season">1993–94</a>, lifted the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> in <a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Trophy_final" title="1993 Football League Trophy final">1993</a> and reached a post-war record finish of eighth in the second tier in the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1996–97 Port Vale F.C. season">1996–97</a> season. </p><p>After Rudge's reign ended, the club entered a decline, slipping into the fourth tier whilst twice entering <a href="/wiki/Administration_(British_football)" title="Administration (British football)">administration</a> in 2003 and 2012. The decline was arrested when manager <a href="/wiki/Micky_Adams" title="Micky Adams">Micky Adams</a> achieved automatic promotion from <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Port Vale F.C. season">2012–13</a> season, though they were relegated back into League Two at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Port Vale F.C. season">2016–17</a> season after a failed experiment with a continental staff and playing style. <a href="/wiki/Carol_Shanahan" title="Carol Shanahan">Carol Shanahan</a> bought the club in 2019 and manager <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Clarke" title="Darrell Clarke">Darrell Clarke</a> secured promotion out of the League Two <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League_play-offs" title="English Football League play-offs">play-offs</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Port Vale F.C. season">2021–22</a> season, though they were relegated at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Port Vale F.C. season">2023–24</a> season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more detailed look at the club's history, see <a href="/wiki/History_of_Port_Vale_F.C." title="History of Port Vale F.C.">History of Port Vale F.C.</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a statistical breakdown by season, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._seasons" title="List of Port Vale F.C. seasons">List of Port Vale F.C. seasons</a>.</div> <p>The official story reported on the club website is that Port Vale F.C. was formed in 1876, following a meeting at Port Vale House, from where the club was supposed to have taken its name.<sup id="cite_ref-clubhistory_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clubhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, documented evidence of football from that era is exceptionally scarce and research by historian <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kent_(author)" title="Jeff Kent (author)">Jeff Kent</a> indicated that it was probably formed in 1879 as an offshoot of Porthill Victoria F.C. and took its name from the valley of canal ports where the team played.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the club's early days the team played their football at Limekiln Lane, <a href="/wiki/Longport,_Staffordshire" title="Longport, Staffordshire">Longport</a> and from 1880 at Westport.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club moved to Moorland Road in <a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a> in 1884, changing its name to Burslem Port Vale in the process, though stayed in Burslem for just one year before both turning professional and moving to <a href="/wiki/Cobridge" title="Cobridge">Cobridge</a> to play at the <a href="/wiki/Athletic_Ground_(Cobridge)" title="Athletic Ground (Cobridge)">Athletic Ground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kent_1990_19_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kent_1990_19-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Burslem_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1892–93 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season">1892</a>, the club were invited to become founder members of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a> after proving themselves a strong club in the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Football_League_(1889)" title="Midland Football League (1889)">Midland League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They spent 13 seasons in the Second Division, either side of a two-season return to the Midland League (1896–97 and 1897–98).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Vale_FC_League_Performance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Port_Vale_FC_League_Performance.svg/300px-Port_Vale_FC_League_Performance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Port_Vale_FC_League_Performance.svg/450px-Port_Vale_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Port_Vale_FC_League_Performance.svg/600px-Port_Vale_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1407" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Chart of table positions of Port Vale in the Football League.</figcaption></figure><p>The club were forced to resign from the league at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_Burslem_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1906–07 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season">1906–07</a> season and were subsequently liquidated.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the name of Port Vale was continued after ambitious minor league side Cobridge Church opted to change their name. The new club subsequently moved into their new home of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Recreation_Ground" title="Old Recreation Ground">Old Recreation Ground</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a> in 1912. They returned to the Football League in <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1919–20 Port Vale F.C. season">October 1919</a>, taking over the fixture list of <a href="/wiki/Leeds_City_F.C." title="Leeds City F.C.">Leeds City</a> in the Second Division, who were forced to disband because of financial irregularities.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wilf_Kirkham" title="Wilf Kirkham">Wilf Kirkham</a> made his Vale debut in October 1923, and over the next ten years would score a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Port Vale F.C. records and statistics">club record</a> 164 league and cup goals, including a club record 41 goals in the <a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season">1926–27</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club were <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegated</a> for the first time at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1928–29 Port Vale F.C. season">1928–29</a> season, going from the Second Division to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They came up as champions the <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1929–30 Port Vale F.C. season">following season</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1930–31 Port Vale F.C. season">1930–31</a> season were placed fifth in the second tier of English football, their highest ever league finish.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vale went to beat <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> by a club record 9–1 margin on 24 September 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after these achievements, the club were once again relegated in the <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season">1935–36</a> season and remained in the third tier until <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Port Vale moved into their new home of <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> in 1950, and a year later <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Freddie Steele</a> was appointed club <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iron_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iron-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steele quickly established himself at the club, masterminding the celebrated 'Iron Curtain' defence.<sup id="cite_ref-iron_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iron-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season">1953–54</a> season saw Vale winning the Third Division North title as well as reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup, losing out to eventual winners <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> in controversial fashion, in which an <a href="/wiki/Albert_Leake" title="Albert Leake">Albert Leake</a> goal was disallowed for <a href="/wiki/Offside_(association_football)" title="Offside (association football)">offside</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iron_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iron-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three years later, the club were again relegated, and once again became founder members of a division – this time the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Football League Fourth Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iron_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iron-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manager <a href="/wiki/Norman_Low" title="Norman Low">Norman Low</a> instilled an attacking philosophy and in the <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season">1958–59</a> season guided the team to the Fourth Division title with a club record 110 goals scored.<sup id="cite_ref-iron_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iron-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vale ended a six-season stay in the Third Division with relegation at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1964–65 Port Vale F.C. season">1964–65</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967, former <a href="/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or" title="Ballon d'Or">Ballon d'Or</a> winner <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a> succeeded <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mudie" title="Jackie Mudie">Jackie Mudie</a> as manager. However, he resigned a year later after Vale were expelled from the Football League for allegedly making illegal payments to players in contravention of <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">FA</a> rules – this punishment was reduced on appeal to a re-election vote, which the club won.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lee_(footballer)" title="Gordon Lee (footballer)">Gordon Lee</a> took the helm following this punishment, and steered the club to <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1969–70 Port Vale F.C. season">1969–70</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the 1970s did not prove a successful period for the Valiants, as the club languished in the bottom half of the Third Division for much of the decade. Lee left in 1974, and a succession of managers failed to prevent relegation in <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1977–78 Port Vale F.C. season">1977–1978</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1979–80 Port Vale F.C. season">1979–80</a> season saw Port Vale finish 20th in the Fourth Division (88th overall), the club's worst ever finish.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this poor finish in <a href="/wiki/John_McGrath_(footballer,_born_1938)" title="John McGrath (footballer, born 1938)">John McGrath</a>'s first season, they eventually achieved their first success in thirteen years in <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Port Vale F.C. season">1982–83</a> by winning promotion out of the Fourth Division in third place.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following McGrath's dismissal, his assistant <a href="/wiki/John_Rudge" title="John Rudge">John Rudge</a> was appointed manager in December 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though he was unable to halt Vale's immediate return to the bottom tier of the Football League, he succeeded in steadying the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helped by the goals of prolific Welshman <a href="/wiki/Andy_Jones_(footballer,_born_1963)" title="Andy Jones (footballer, born 1963)">Andy Jones</a>, Vale were promoted back to the third tier in <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Port Vale F.C. season">1985–86</a> after losing just once at Vale Park in the league all season.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A major cup upset came on 30 January 1988, when Vale defeated <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> side <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> 2–1, thanks to a superb strike from <a href="/wiki/Ray_Walker_(footballer,_born_1963)" title="Ray Walker (footballer, born 1963)">Ray Walker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After three seasons in the third tier, Rudge's Vale achieved another promotion in <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Port Vale F.C. season">1988–89</a> after <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Earle" title="Robbie Earle">Robbie Earle</a> scored the winning goal at Vale Park to complete a 2–1 <a href="/wiki/Aggregate_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggregate score">aggregate</a> <a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1989 Football League Third Division play-off final">play-off final victory</a> over <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a>; this marked the club's return to the Second Division after a 33-year absence.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Pope.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Tom_Pope.png/150px-Tom_Pope.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="357" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Tom_Pope.png/225px-Tom_Pope.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Tom_Pope.png/300px-Tom_Pope.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="1491" /></a><figcaption>Striker <a href="/wiki/Tom_Pope" title="Tom Pope">Tom Pope</a>'s goals helped the club to win promotion in 2012–13.</figcaption></figure> <p>Vale suffered relegation on the final day of the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1991–92 Port Vale F.C. season">1991–92</a> league campaign, and though they bounced back well by staying in the promotion picture for most of the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1992–93 Port Vale F.C. season">1992–93</a> season, they narrowly missed out as runners-up to local rivals <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> after being overtaken by <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> on the final day.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead Vale would visit <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a> twice in just over a week. They firstly ran out as 2–1 winners against <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> in <a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Trophy_final" title="1993 Football League Trophy final">the final</a> of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Football League Trophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they then lost <a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1993 Football League Second Division play-off final">3–0 in the play-off final</a> to West Bromwich Albion.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vale recovered from this setback and went on to confirm promotion as runners-up on the final day of the <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1993–94 Port Vale F.C. season">1993–94</a> season. During the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1995–96 Port Vale F.C. season">1995–96</a> season, Vale recorded one of their greatest FA Cup giant killings when they defeated holders Everton 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team also had some success in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Italian_Cup" title="Anglo-Italian Cup">Anglo-Italian Cup</a>, as they qualified for the final at Wembley, where they <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Anglo-Italian_Cup" title="1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup">lost 5–2</a> to the Italian <a href="/wiki/Serie_B" title="Serie B">Serie B</a> side <a href="/wiki/Genoa_C.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Genoa C.F.C.">Genoa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vale made a slow start to the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1996–97 Port Vale F.C. season">1996–97</a> campaign, with protests forming against chairman <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bell_(businessman)" title="Bill Bell (businessman)">Bill Bell</a>, and the sale of <a href="/wiki/Steve_Guppy" title="Steve Guppy">Steve Guppy</a> to <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> for £800,000. Despite this, Rudge masterminded an eighth-place finish – their highest in the pyramid since 1931. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Port Vale F.C. season">1997–98</a>, relegation was avoided on the final day of the season with a 4–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a>, at the expense of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> and Stoke City.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Port Vale F.C. season">next season</a> was another struggle. John Rudge was controversially sacked in January 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-grudge_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grudge-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced by former player <a href="/wiki/Brian_Horton" title="Brian Horton">Brian Horton</a>, who spent big to secure the club's second consecutive final-day escape from relegation.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was no avoiding relegation in <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Port Vale F.C. season">1999–2000</a>, though, as they were some thirteen points short of safety. Horton led the club to Football League Trophy success in 2001, as <a href="/wiki/Marc_Bridge-Wilkinson" title="Marc Bridge-Wilkinson">Marc Bridge-Wilkinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Brooker" title="Steve Brooker">Steve Brooker</a> scored the goals to secure a 2–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> in <a href="/wiki/2001_Football_League_Trophy_final" title="2001 Football League Trophy final">the final</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Carragher_tribute_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carragher_tribute-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2002, Bill Bell called in the administrators, with the club around £1.5 million in debt.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club came out of administration in <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Port Vale F.C. season">2003–04</a> under a fan-ownership consortium headed by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bratt" title="Bill Bratt">Bill Bratt</a>'s Valiant 2001 consortium.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Horton left in February 2004, unwilling to accept the financial cutbacks imposed by the new board, and was replaced by former player <a href="/wiki/Martin_Foyle" title="Martin Foyle">Martin Foyle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foyle was dismissed in November 2007, and his successor, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Sinnott" title="Lee Sinnott">Lee Sinnott</a>, proved unable to prevent the club from being relegated into <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> after a 23rd-place finish and also oversaw a defeat to <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League Division One Midlands</a> club <a href="/wiki/Chasetown_F.C." title="Chasetown F.C.">Chasetown</a> in the FA Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sinnott was sacked in September 2008 and following an unsuccessful tenure from <a href="/wiki/Dean_Glover" title="Dean Glover">Dean Glover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Micky_Adams" title="Micky Adams">Micky Adams</a> was appointed as the club's new manager in June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Sinnott_parts_company_with_Vale_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sinnott_parts_company_with_Vale-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adams left the club in December 2010 with Vale second in the table and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gannon" title="Jim Gannon">Jim Gannon</a> was selected to finish the promotion job.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Gannon's turbulent reign ended after 74 days.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adams returned as manager at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Port Vale F.C. season">2010–11</a> campaign, but this was not enough to appease fans who demanded a change in the boardroom after a series of promised investments failed to come to fruition.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Genuine hopes of promotion in <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Port Vale F.C. season">2011–12</a> were brought to an end after the club was issued with a <a href="/wiki/Liquidation" title="Liquidation">winding up</a> petition by <a href="/wiki/HM_Revenue_and_Customs" title="HM Revenue and Customs">HM Revenue and Customs</a> on 29 February 2012; the club were by this time unable to pay tax bills, creditors, or staff wages.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club entered <a href="/wiki/Administration_(British_football)" title="Administration (British football)">administration</a> on 9 March.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club finally exited administration on 20 November 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Pope" title="Tom Pope">Tom Pope</a> scored 33 goals to fire Vale to promotion back to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a> with a third-place finish.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They stabilised in the division under new boss <a href="/wiki/Rob_Page" title="Rob Page">Rob Page</a>, before chairman <a href="/wiki/Norman_Smurthwaite" title="Norman Smurthwaite">Norman Smurthwaite</a> orchestrated the departure of Page and his squad in favour of the club's first foreign manager, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Ribeiro" title="Bruno Ribeiro">Bruno Ribeiro</a>, in June 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was relegation back into <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Port Vale F.C. season">2016–17</a> season, after which Smurthwaite resigned as chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-02May2017_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-02May2017-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the role the following season and threatened to put the club into administration if a buyer was not found by May 2019, a fate which was avoided when <a href="/wiki/Carol_Shanahan" title="Carol Shanahan">Carol</a> and Kevin Shanahan completed their takeover.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manager <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Clarke" title="Darrell Clarke">Darrell Clarke</a> returned from close family bereavement to lead Vale through the <a href="/wiki/2022_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2022 English Football League play-offs">League Two play-off</a> semi-finals at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Port Vale F.C. season">2021–22</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promotion was secured with a 3–0 victory over <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a> in <a href="/wiki/2022_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2022 EFL League Two play-off final">the final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-poff22_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poff22-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clarke was sacked on 17 April 2023,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was succeeded by his assistant <a href="/wiki/Andy_Crosby" title="Andy Crosby">Andy Crosby</a>. They reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup for the first time during the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Port Vale F.C. season">2023–24</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-2324QF_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2324QF-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crosby was sacked in February,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-05Feb2024_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-05Feb2024-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Darren_Moore" title="Darren Moore">Darren Moore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-13Feb2024_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-13Feb2024-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Port Vale were relegated to League Two at the end of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_identity">Club identity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Club identity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:120px;"> <div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FF0000;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Team colours"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #FF0000;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FF0000;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #000000"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000000"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">kit</a> used in Vale's first League season (1892)<sup id="cite_ref-kit_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kit-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div> <p>Around November 1920, club chairman Frank Huntbach came up with the nickname of "the Valiants".<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year the club adopted their familiar white and black strip after having experimented with numerous colours, including plain red, gold and black stripes, claret and blue, and even during 1898–1902 playing in the red and white stripes now used by rivals <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> for over a century. However, the <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">kit</a> soon changed to plain red shirts with white shorts in 1923, a style which lasted until 1934, when the white shirt, black shorts and socks kit was re-adopted. Between 1958 and 1963, the club adopted various gold and black designs before once again returning to the black-and-white theme.<sup id="cite_ref-kit_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kit-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The initial club crest was modelled on the coat of arms of the Borough of Burslem.<sup id="cite_ref-badgea_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badgea-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1952 to 1956 the club used a Staffordshire knot with the letters "PVFC" inside it.<sup id="cite_ref-badgea_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badgea-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four years later a more complex badge emerged, again based on the Burslem coat of arms but this time also featuring the scythe of the <a href="/wiki/Tunstall,_Staffordshire" title="Tunstall, Staffordshire">Tunstall</a> arms, the fretted cross of <a href="/wiki/Audley,_Staffordshire" title="Audley, Staffordshire">Audley</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Wedgwood" title="Josiah Wedgwood">Josiah Wedgwood</a> pots.<sup id="cite_ref-kit_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kit-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crest was removed in 1964, and replaced by a 'P.V.F.C.' monogramme, which in turn was abandoned in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-kit_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kit-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next four years the club switched to a design of a knight on a horse with the text "Port Vale" at the top.<sup id="cite_ref-badgea_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badgea-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1982 the club introduced a design based on that of a schoolchild who won a competition, which featured a <a href="/wiki/Bottle_oven" title="Bottle oven">bottle oven</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford knot</a>, associated with the city of <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a> industry and the history of the local area.<sup id="cite_ref-kit_69-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kit-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-badgea_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badgea-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current crest was introduced in February 2013, which was a modern rehash of the crest the club introduced in 1956; it included local historical references: the Portland Vases representing Josiah Wedgwood, the Scythe coming from the house crest of the Sneyd family and the silver cross appearing from the house crest of the <a href="/wiki/Audley-Stanley_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Audley-Stanley family">Audley family</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford knot</a> above the crest.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A table of kit suppliers and shirt sponsors appear below:<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed plainrowheaders" style="width: 25%; text-align: center; margin-left:1em; float: left"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Kit suppliers </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Dates </th> <th scope="col">Supplier </th></tr> <tr> <td>1974–1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_Sportswear" title="Admiral Sportswear">Admiral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977–1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bukta" title="Bukta">Bukta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_Sportswear" title="Admiral Sportswear">Admiral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1986 </td> <td>Hobott </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986–1987 </td> <td>Bourne Sports </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1988 </td> <td>New Olympic </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989–1991 </td> <td>Bourne Sports </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–1995 </td> <td>Valiant Leisure </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizuno_Corp." class="mw-redirect" title="Mizuno Corp.">Mizuno</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2003 </td> <td>Patrick </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2012 </td> <td>Vandanel </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sondico" class="mw-redirect" title="Sondico">Sondico</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erre%C3%A0" title="Erreà">Erreà</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018–2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BLK_(sportswear)" title="BLK (sportswear)">BLK</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erre%C3%A0" title="Erreà">Erreà</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puma_(brand)" title="Puma (brand)">Puma</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed plainrowheaders" style="width: 25%; text-align: center; margin-left:1em; float: left"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Shirt sponsors </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Dates </th> <th scope="col">Sponsor </th></tr> <tr> <td>1981–1982 </td> <td>BGR </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Potteries" title="First Potteries">PMT</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–1985 </td> <td>EDS </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985–1986 </td> <td>ECCI </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986–1987 </td> <td>Browns Transport </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Konica_Minolta" title="Konica Minolta">ABC Minolta Copiers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1992 </td> <td>Kalamazoo </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992–2003 </td> <td>Tunstall Assurance </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2005 </td> <td>Tricell </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–2007 </td> <td>BGC Gas </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sennheiser" title="Sennheiser">Sennheiser</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008–2012 </td> <td>Harlequin Property </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–2013 </td> <td>UK Windows Systems Ltd </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GMB_(trade_union)" title="GMB (trade union)">GMB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–2019 </td> <td>Manorshop.com </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019– </td> <td>Synectics Solutions </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grounds">Grounds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Grounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vale_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Vale_Park.jpg/280px-Vale_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Vale_Park.jpg/420px-Vale_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Vale_Park.jpg/560px-Vale_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1278" data-file-height="732" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a>, Port Vale's home ground since 1950.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Athletic_Ground_(Cobridge)" title="Athletic Ground (Cobridge)">Athletic Ground (Cobridge)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Recreation_Ground" title="Old Recreation Ground">Old Recreation Ground</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a></div> <p>When they joined the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a> in 1892, Port Vale played at their fourth home ground. They began at the Meadows in Limekiln Lane, <a href="/wiki/Longport,_Staffordshire" title="Longport, Staffordshire">Longport</a>, now Scott Lidgett Road,<sup id="cite_ref-cycle_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cycle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then moved on to Westport Meadows in 1881, where they played for three years.<sup id="cite_ref-cycle_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cycle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An area prone to flooding, today <a href="/wiki/Westport_Lake,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent">Westport Lake</a> now lies where the ground once stood.<sup id="cite_ref-cycle_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cycle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1884, the club moved to the Burslem Football and Athletic ground, where they would stay for just two years.<sup id="cite_ref-cycle_74-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cycle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located close to <a href="/wiki/Burslem_railway_station" title="Burslem railway station">Burslem railway station</a>, the club took the area's name.<sup id="cite_ref-cycle_74-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cycle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first match was a 6–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">friendly</a> and the ground also hosted <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> matches for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-cycle_74-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cycle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It proved to be inadequate however. Port Vale moved on to the <a href="/wiki/Athletic_Ground_(Cobridge)" title="Athletic Ground (Cobridge)">Athletic Ground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cycle_74-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cycle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located opposite the church on Waterloo Road, directly on the <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a> tram line, it played host to the club for 27 years, including twelve Football League seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-Kent_1990_19_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kent_1990_19-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was so named as it also hosted athletics. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Old_Recreation_Ground" title="Old Recreation Ground">Old Recreation Ground</a> was Vale's home from 1913 to 1950 and was located in <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a>, standing on what is now the <a href="/wiki/Multi-storey_car_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-storey car park">multi-storey car park</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Potteries_Shopping_Centre" title="Potteries Shopping Centre">Potteries Shopping Centre</a>. The club endured hard financial times during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and sold the ground to the council, who were reluctant to allow the club to rent it back.<sup id="cite_ref-sixty_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sixty-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club received £13,500 for the ground, which they needed to pay off a £3,000 debt.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> has been Port Vale's home ground since 1950; it is located on Hamil Road, opposite Burslem Park. Originally planned to be as massive as an 80,000-capacity stadium, the development was known as the "Wembley of the North".<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the £50,000 project opened at a capacity of 40,000 (360 seated), which is still highly ambitious.<sup id="cite_ref-sixty_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sixty-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The capacity was increased to a sell-out of 49,768 for an FA Cup tie with <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-sixty_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sixty-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stadium underwent numerous upgrades after <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bell_(businessman)" title="Bill Bell (businessman)">Bill Bell</a> was elected as chairman in 1987, who aimed to make it "fit for the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premiership</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-page_168_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_168-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside the ground is a statue to <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sproson" title="Roy Sproson">Roy Sproson</a>, who played 842 competitive games for the club.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries_and_supporters">Rivalries and supporters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rivalries and supporters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Potteries_derby" title="Potteries derby">Potteries derby</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Average_attendances_graph.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Average_attendances_graph.JPG/400px-Average_attendances_graph.JPG" decoding="async" width="400" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Average_attendances_graph.JPG/600px-Average_attendances_graph.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Average_attendances_graph.JPG 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption>Average home attendances from <a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Burslem_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1892–93 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season">1892–93</a> to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Port Vale F.C. season">2009–10</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The club has a <a href="/wiki/Potteries_derby" title="Potteries derby">fierce rivalry</a> with <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a>, as City are based in the town of <a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent" title="Stoke-upon-Trent">Stoke-upon-Trent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stoke and Vale first met on 2 December 1882 and played out a total of 44 Football League games up until 10 February 2002, when the two clubs last met in the Second Division; Stoke won the first match 1–0, whilst Vale were 1–0 victors in the latest encounter.<sup id="cite_ref-KentPD_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KentPD-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KentPD_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KentPD-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Port Vale also maintain a fiery rivalry with <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a>, which has taken on greater significance since Stoke were promoted to a higher league than Vale at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 Football League Second Division">2001–02</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One study in 2019 ranked the Port Vale-Stoke City rivalry as the joint-28th biggest rivalry in English professional football, with the Port Vale-Crewe Alexandra game being the 14th biggest rivalry.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vale also maintain rivalries with <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a>, as well as less significant rivalries with <a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club's official <a href="/wiki/Matchday_programme" title="Matchday programme">matchday programme</a> was voted the best in League Two in 2010–11.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supporters also produced three unofficial <a href="/wiki/Fanzine" title="Fanzine">fanzines</a>. The oldest are <i>The Memoirs of Seth Bottomley</i> printed in the 1990s but now defunct and the <i>Vale Park Beano</i>, which has been printed since 1997; the Beano took its name as a dig at <a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">Stoke's stadium</a> being constructed partially with the funding of the local council.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Derek I'm Gutted!</i> is also a long-running fanzine, and has been printed since August 2000; the name was inspired by a remark by then-manager <a href="/wiki/Brian_Horton" title="Brian Horton">Brian Horton</a> to local journalist Derek Davis following a defeat to <a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>OneValeFan</i> fansite is the largest independent Port Vale website and has been running since 1996; it was originally titled <i>There's only one Vale fan in Bristol?</i> in reference to founder Rob Fielding's location.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Ale and the Vale</i> <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcast</a> won the Real EFL League One Podcast of the Year award in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robbie_Williams_SoccerAid2006_Pre-Match_Training.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Robbie_Williams_SoccerAid2006_Pre-Match_Training.jpg/180px-Robbie_Williams_SoccerAid2006_Pre-Match_Training.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Robbie_Williams_SoccerAid2006_Pre-Match_Training.jpg/270px-Robbie_Williams_SoccerAid2006_Pre-Match_Training.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Robbie_Williams_SoccerAid2006_Pre-Match_Training.jpg/360px-Robbie_Williams_SoccerAid2006_Pre-Match_Training.jpg 2x" data-file-width="503" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a> warming up for the 2006 edition of <a href="/wiki/Soccer_Aid" title="Soccer Aid">Soccer Aid</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The club's most famous supporter is singer <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>, raised in Stoke-on-Trent. Before administration in 2012, he was a major shareholder, having bought £240,000 worth of available shares in the club in February 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this investment, a restaurant at <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> is named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the football game <i><a href="/wiki/FIFA_2000" title="FIFA 2000">FIFA 2000</a></i>, he provided an original theme song with "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Only_Us" title="It's Only Us">It's Only Us</a>", on the condition that Port Vale should be included in the game, which they were, located in the Rest of World section. This song was also featured on the only FIFA Soundtrack CD release by <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005 Williams founded <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Vale_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Vale F.C.">Los Angeles Vale F.C.</a>, a Super Metro League team in the United States, named after Port Vale and based at his <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">L.A.</a> home. His best friend, TV presenter <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Wilkes" title="Jonathan Wilkes">Jonathan Wilkes</a>, is also a Vale fan.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another famous fan is <a href="/wiki/Darts" title="Darts">darts</a> legend <a href="/wiki/Phil_Taylor_(darts_player)" title="Phil Taylor (darts player)">Phil Taylor</a>; Burslem born, "The Power" is a 16-time world champion of the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The singer <a href="/wiki/Simon_Webbe" title="Simon Webbe">Simon Webbe</a> was signed up to the club's <a href="/wiki/Youth_system" title="Youth system">youth team</a> as a teenager until a <a href="/wiki/Strain_(injury)" title="Strain (injury)">torn</a> <a href="/wiki/Ligament" title="Ligament">ligament</a> at age seventeen put an end to any sporting ambitions.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The children's illustrator and author <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wilson_(cartoonist)" title="Bob Wilson (cartoonist)">Bob Wilson</a>, is also a fan.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <i>Stanley Bagshaw</i> series of books is set in an area based on Stoke, and the protagonist supports a thinly disguised version of the Vale; even basing a book on their 1954 Cup run – albeit with a successful conclusion.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records_and_statistics">Records and statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Records and statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Port Vale F.C. records and statistics">List of Port Vale F.C. records and statistics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C._league_record_by_opponent" title="Port Vale F.C. league record by opponent">Port Vale F.C. league record by opponent</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gareth_Ainsworth.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Gareth_Ainsworth.png/150px-Gareth_Ainsworth.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Gareth_Ainsworth.png 1.5x" data-file-width="161" data-file-height="325" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Ainsworth" title="Gareth Ainsworth">Gareth Ainsworth</a>, the club's most expensive signing, at £500,000, was sold for a £1.5 million profit after 13 months.</figcaption></figure> <p>Port Vale's highest Football League finish was fifth place in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> (second tier) in <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1930–31 Port Vale F.C. season">1930–31</a>, whilst their best <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> finish saw them reach the semi-finals in <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_FA_Cup" title="1953–54 FA Cup">1953–54</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_Cup" title="2023–24 EFL Cup">2023–24</a> season, they reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-2324QF_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2324QF-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Port Vale's largest Football League victory was a 9–1 win over <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> in the Second Division in 1932, while the heaviest loss was 10–0 to <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> in 1892 in the same division.<sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other club record scorelines include a 16–0 victory over Middlewich in a friendly in 1884 and a 12–0 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Senior_Cup" title="Staffordshire Senior Cup">Staffordshire Senior Cup</a> in 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The record for the most appearances for Port Vale is held by <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sproson" title="Roy Sproson">Roy Sproson</a>, who played 842 matches in all competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sproson also holds the record for the most league appearances for the club, with 760. His nephew, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Sproson" title="Phil Sproson">Phil Sproson</a>, made 500 appearances in all competitions. <a href="/wiki/Wilf_Kirkham" title="Wilf Kirkham">Wilf Kirkham</a> is the club's top goalscorer with 164 goals in all competitions, which includes 153 in the league and 11 in the FA Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kirkham's tally of 41 goals in the <a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season">1926–27</a> season is also a club record.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Pope" title="Tom Pope">Tom Pope</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Foyle" title="Martin Foyle">Martin Foyle</a> have also scored more than 100 goals for the club. The first player to be <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">capped</a> at the international level while playing for Vale was <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Peers" title="Teddy Peers">Teddy Peers</a> when he made his debut for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most capped player is <a href="/wiki/Chris_Birchall" title="Chris Birchall">Chris Birchall</a>, who earned 27 caps for <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_football_team" title="Trinidad and Tobago national football team">Trinidad and Tobago</a> while at the club.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Vale player to score in an international match was <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Sammy Morgan (footballer)">Sammy Morgan</a>, who scored for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a> against <a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain men's national football team">Spain</a> on 16 February 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club's highest attendance at <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> is 49,768 against Aston Villa in the FA Cup on 20 February 1960, whilst the lowest is 554 against <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C._Reserves_and_Academy" title="Middlesbrough F.C. Reserves and Academy">Middlesbrough U21</a> in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">EFL Trophy</a> on 16 October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest <a href="/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)" title="Transfer (association football)">transfer</a> fee received for a Vale player is £2,000,000 from <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> for <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Ainsworth" title="Gareth Ainsworth">Gareth Ainsworth</a> on 29 October 1998, while Ainsworth was also the most expensive player bought, costing £500,000 from <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a> on 11 September 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-ga_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ga-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The youngest player to play for the club is <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Agho" title="Nelson Agho">Nelson Agho</a>, who was aged 15 years and 262 days on his debut against <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> in the EFL Trophy on 13 November 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest player is <a href="/wiki/Tom_Holford" title="Tom Holford">Tom Holford</a>, who played his last match aged 46 years and 68 days against <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> in the Second Division on 5 April 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Port Vale are the only club in the top four divisions of English football to have beaten the other 91 clubs of the Football League and Premier League in a competitive league fixture.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cup_records">Cup records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cup records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Best <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> performance</b>: Semi-finals, <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_FA_Cup" title="1953–54 FA Cup">1953–54</a><sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Best <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a> performance</b>: Quarter-finals, <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_Cup" title="2023–24 EFL Cup">2023–24</a><sup id="cite_ref-2324QF_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2324QF-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Best <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">EFL Trophy</a> performance</b>: Winners, <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Football_League_Trophy" title="1992–93 Football League Trophy">1992–93</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Football_League_Trophy" title="2000–01 Football League Trophy">2000–01</a><sup id="cite_ref-pvfchis2_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pvfchis2-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Best <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cup" title="Welsh Cup">Welsh Cup</a> performance</b>: Semi-finals, <a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_Welsh_Cup" title="1933–34 Welsh Cup">1933–34</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boomer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Boomer.jpg/200px-Boomer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="436" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Boomer.jpg/300px-Boomer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Boomer.jpg/400px-Boomer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="949" data-file-height="2069" /></a><figcaption>Club mascot Boomer.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meg_Baldwin_Kingfisher_Celebration.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Meg_Baldwin_Kingfisher_Celebration.jpg/220px-Meg_Baldwin_Kingfisher_Celebration.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Meg_Baldwin_Kingfisher_Celebration.jpg/330px-Meg_Baldwin_Kingfisher_Celebration.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Meg_Baldwin_Kingfisher_Celebration.jpg/440px-Meg_Baldwin_Kingfisher_Celebration.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2517" data-file-height="2517" /></a><figcaption>Port Vale Women's captain Meg Baldwin.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._players" title="List of Port Vale F.C. players">List of Port Vale F.C. players</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._players_(1%E2%80%9324_appearances)" title="List of Port Vale F.C. players (1–24 appearances)">List of Port Vale F.C. players (1–24 appearances)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C._Player_of_the_Year" title="Port Vale F.C. Player of the Year">Port Vale F.C. Player of the Year</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 1 November 2024<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Connor_Ripley" title="Connor Ripley">Connor Ripley</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Clark_(footballer,_born_1999)" title="Mitch Clark (footballer, born 1999)">Mitch Clark</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Heneghan" title="Ben Heneghan">Ben Heneghan</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Connor_Hall_(footballer,_born_1993)" title="Connor Hall (footballer, born 1993)">Connor Hall</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">vice-captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Smith_(footballer,_born_1996)" title="Nathan Smith (footballer, born 1996)">Nathan Smith</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Byers_(footballer)" title="George Byers (footballer)">George Byers</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">vice-captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Garrity" title="Ben Garrity">Ben Garrity</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jayden_Stockley" title="Jayden Stockley">Jayden Stockley</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association">RSA</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Chislett" title="Ethan Chislett">Ethan Chislett</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">11 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">IRL</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ronan_Curtis" title="Ronan Curtis">Ronan Curtis</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Amos" title="Ben Amos">Ben Amos</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">15 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Conor_Grant_(footballer,_born_1995)" title="Conor Grant (footballer, born 1995)">Conor Grant</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">16 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Lowe_(footballer)" title="Jason Lowe (footballer)">Jason Lowe</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">IRL</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ruari_Paton" title="Ruari Paton">Ruari Paton</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Croasdale" title="Ryan Croasdale">Ryan Croasdale</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association">SUI</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lorent_Tolaj" title="Lorent Tolaj">Lorent Tolaj</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sang" title="Tom Sang">Tom Sang</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">22 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Debrah" title="Jesse Debrah">Jesse Debrah</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Shorrock" title="Jack Shorrock">Jack Shorrock</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_John" title="Kyle John">Kyle John</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">25 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Edwards" title="Diamond Edwards">Diamond Edwards</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">26 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rico_Richards" title="Rico Richards">Rico Richards</a></span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Jamaica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Football_Federation" title="Jamaica Football Federation">JAM</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Cover" title="Brandon Cover">Brandon Cover</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">28 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Buah" title="Andrew Buah">Andrew Buah</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">29 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Arron Davies</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">31 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Louis Francis</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">32 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Antwoine_Hackford" title="Antwoine Hackford">Antwoine Hackford</a></span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">34 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Logan Cousins</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">35 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Karl Agnero</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">37 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Benicio_Baker-Boaitey" title="Benicio Baker-Boaitey">Benicio Baker-Boaitey</a></span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">42 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Hart" title="Sam Hart">Sam Hart</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">45 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rekeem_Harper" title="Rekeem Harper">Rekeem Harper</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Out_on_loan">Out on loan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Out on loan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Jones_(footballer,_born_1994)" title="Dan Jones (footballer, born 1994)">Dan Jones</a></span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Football_Association" title="Royal Belgian Football Association">BEL</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Funso_Ojo" title="Funso Ojo">Funso Ojo</a></span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Plant" title="James Plant">James Plant</a></span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">30 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Lomax" title="Ben Lomax">Ben Lomax</a></span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Sports_F.C." title="Peterborough Sports F.C.">Peterborough Sports</a>)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_team"><span id="Women.27s_team"></span>Women's team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Women's team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Vale Ladies was formed in 2017 and won the Staffordshire County League in their maiden season before they reached the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Regional_Women%27s_Football_League" title="West Midlands Regional Women's Football League">West Midlands</a> Premier Division at the start of the 2024–25 season.<sup id="cite_ref-ladies_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ladies-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was changed to Port Vale F.C. Women at the end of the 2020–21 season.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The women's section also runs girls teams at under-9, under-11, under-12, under-13, under-14 and under-16 level.<sup id="cite_ref-ladies_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ladies-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_management">Club management</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Club management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andy_Crosby_at_Bradford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Andy_Crosby_at_Bradford.jpg/200px-Andy_Crosby_at_Bradford.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Andy_Crosby_at_Bradford.jpg/300px-Andy_Crosby_at_Bradford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Andy_Crosby_at_Bradford.jpg/400px-Andy_Crosby_at_Bradford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="2001" /></a><figcaption>Former manager Andy Crosby.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boardroom_and_backroom_staff">Boardroom and backroom staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Boardroom and backroom staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="silver">Position </th> <th bgcolor="silver">Name </th> <th bgcolor="silver">Nationality </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>Manager:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Moore" title="Darren Moore">Darren Moore</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica"><img alt="Jamaica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Jamaican </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant Manager:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Jacobs" title="Wayne Jacobs">Wayne Jacobs</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> English </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>Lead First Team Coach:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Smith_(footballer,_born_1974)" title="Jamie Smith (footballer, born 1974)">Jamie Smith</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> English </td></tr> <tr> <td>First Team Coach:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Bradbury" title="Lee Bradbury">Lee Bradbury</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> English </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>Goalkeeping Coach:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Walsh" title="Gary Walsh">Gary Walsh</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> English </td></tr> <tr> <td>Player Development Phase Coach:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Done" title="Matt Done">Matt Done</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> English </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>Club President:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Rudge" title="John Rudge">John Rudge</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> English </td></tr> <tr> <td>Club President:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> English </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>Source</dt> <dd>Port Vale F.C.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref-1_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref-1-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Managerial_history">Managerial history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Managerial history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._managers" title="List of Port Vale F.C. managers">List of Port Vale F.C. managers</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tom_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Tom Morgan (footballer)">Tom Morgan</a> was the first Port Vale manager to win a league title with the club, taking them to the top of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1929–30 Port Vale F.C. season">1929–30</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Freddie Steele</a> repeated the feat during the <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season">1953–54</a> campaign, also taking the club to the semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was followed by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Low" title="Norman Low">Norman Low</a>, who led Vale to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> title in <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season">1958–59</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lee_(footballer)" title="Gordon Lee (footballer)">Gordon Lee</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1969–70 Port Vale F.C. season">1969–70</a>), <a href="/wiki/John_McGrath_(footballer,_born_1938)" title="John McGrath (footballer, born 1938)">John McGrath</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Port Vale F.C. season">1982–83</a>), <a href="/wiki/Micky_Adams" title="Micky Adams">Micky Adams</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Port Vale F.C. season">2012–13</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Clarke" title="Darrell Clarke">Darrell Clarke</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Port Vale F.C. season">2021–22</a>) also secured promotions.<sup id="cite_ref-enfa_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enfa-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Rudge" title="John Rudge">John Rudge</a> led the club to three promotions – <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Port Vale F.C. season">1985–86</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Port Vale F.C. season">1988–89</a> and <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1993–94 Port Vale F.C. season">1993–94</a> – as well as a <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> title in <a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Trophy_final" title="1993 Football League Trophy final">1993</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His successor, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Horton" title="Brian Horton">Brian Horton</a> also secured a Football League Trophy final victory in <a href="/wiki/2001_Football_League_Trophy_final" title="2001 Football League Trophy final">2001</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EFL_League_Two_play-off_trophy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The trophy awarded to the play-off winners, pictured in Port Vale colours in 2022" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/EFL_League_Two_play-off_trophy.jpg/150px-EFL_League_Two_play-off_trophy.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/EFL_League_Two_play-off_trophy.jpg/225px-EFL_League_Two_play-off_trophy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/EFL_League_Two_play-off_trophy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="472" /></a><figcaption>The 2022 EFL League Two play-off trophy</figcaption></figure> <p><b>League</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> (level 3) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_Football_League" title="1929–30 Football League">1929–30</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Football_League" title="1953–54 Football League">1953–54</a><sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd place promotion: <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Football_League" title="1993–94 Football League">1993–94</a><sup id="cite_ref-pvfchis_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pvfchis-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_play-offs#Third_Division" title="1989 Football League play-offs">1989</a><sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> (level 4) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League" title="1958–59 Football League">1958–59</a><sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3rd place promotion: <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Football_League" title="1982–83 Football League">1982–83</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Two" title="2012–13 Football League Two">2012–13</a><sup id="cite_ref-pvfchis_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pvfchis-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4th place promotion: <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Football_League" title="1969–70 Football League">1969–70</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Football_League" title="1985–86 Football League">1985–86</a><sup id="cite_ref-page_291_101-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_291-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/2022_English_Football_League_play-offs#League_Two" title="2022 English Football League play-offs">2022</a><sup id="cite_ref-poff22_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poff22-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Cup</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> <ul><li>Winners: <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Football_League_Trophy" title="1992–93 Football League Trophy">1992–93</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Football_League_Trophy" title="2000–01 Football League Trophy">2000–01</a><sup id="cite_ref-pvfchis_123-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pvfchis-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_and_notes">References and notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References and notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_references">General references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: General references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKent1990" class="citation book cs1">Kent, Jeff (1990). <i>The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale</i>. Stafford: Witan Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-09-50898-14-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-09-50898-14-8"><bdi>978-09-50898-14-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Valiants%27+Years%3A+The+Story+of+Port+Vale&rft.place=Stafford&rft.pub=Witan+Books&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-09-50898-14-8&rft.aulast=Kent&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKent1993" class="citation book cs1">Kent, Jeff (1993). <i>The Port Vale Record 1879–1993</i>. Stafford: Witan Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-09-50898-19-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-09-50898-19-3"><bdi>978-09-50898-19-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Port+Vale+Record+1879%E2%80%931993&rft.place=Stafford&rft.pub=Witan+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-09-50898-19-3&rft.aulast=Kent&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKent1996" class="citation book cs1">Kent, Jeff (1996). <i>Port Vale Personalities: A Biographical Dictionary of Players, Officials and Supporters</i>. Stafford: Witan Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-09-52915-20-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-09-52915-20-1"><bdi>978-09-52915-20-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Port+Vale+Personalities%3A+A+Biographical+Dictionary+of+Players%2C+Officials+and+Supporters&rft.place=Stafford&rft.pub=Witan+Books&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-09-52915-20-1&rft.aulast=Kent&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKent2011" class="citation book cs1">Kent, Jeff (2011). <i>What If There Had Been No Port in the Vale?: Startling Port Vale Stories!</i>. Stafford: Witan Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-09-52915-28-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-09-52915-28-7"><bdi>978-09-52915-28-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What+If+There+Had+Been+No+Port+in+the+Vale%3F%3A+Startling+Port+Vale+Stories%21&rft.place=Stafford&rft.pub=Witan+Books&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-09-52915-28-7&rft.aulast=Kent&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1876?-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1876?_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Port Vale's official website – and badge – the club were formed in 1876. However, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Port_Vale_F.C." title="History of Port Vale F.C.">research</a> from historian <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kent_(author)" title="Jeff Kent (author)">Jeff Kent</a> indicates that the club were more likely founded in 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-clubhistory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clubhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-page_71_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_71-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vale_F.C.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onevalefan.co.uk/2012/05/valiants-1876-sorry-43-years-out/">"Port Vale Valiants nickname and the story of how the club adopted it"</a>. <i>onevalefan.co.uk</i>. 19 May 2012. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927191959/https://www.onevalefan.co.uk/2012/05/valiants-1876-sorry-43-years-out/">Archived</a> from the original on 27 September 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=StokeonTrentLive&rft.atitle=Port+Vale+sell+out+home+stands+for+first+time+in+32+years&rft.date=2022-05-01&rft.aulast=Baggaley&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stokesentinel.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Fport-vale-ticket-sales-newport-7024997&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-owners-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-owners_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.port-vale.co.uk/company-details/">"Company Details – Port Vale"</a>. <i>port-vale.co.uk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201026130441/https://www.port-vale.co.uk/company-details/">Archived</a> from the original on 26 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 July</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=port-vale.co.uk&rft.atitle=Company+Details+%E2%80%93+Port+Vale&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.port-vale.co.uk%2Fcompany-details%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51311878">"Port Vale: New board announced by League Two club"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 November</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=billsportsmaps.com&rft.atitle=All-time+Second+Division+%E2%80%93+Clubs+with+most+seasons+in+the+2nd+Level+of+English+Football&rft.aulast=Turianski&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbillsportsmaps.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F12%2Fengland-2nd-level_all-time-40-clubs_w-league-history_f.gif&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141207231451/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/21-things-didn-t-know-Port-Vale/story-23783824-detail/story.html">"21 things you didn't know about Port Vale"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sentinel_(Staffordshire)" title="The Sentinel (Staffordshire)">The Sentinel</a></i>. 30 October 2014. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 October</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sentinel&rft.atitle=21+things+you+didn%27t+know+about+Port+Vale&rft.date=2014-10-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stokesentinel.co.uk%2F21-things-didn-t-know-Port-Vale%2Fstory-23783824-detail%2Fstory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kent_1990_19-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kent_1990_19_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kent_1990_19_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 34</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 49</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 70</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 99</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 118</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 123</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 129</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 132</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1990">Kent 1990</a>, p. 141</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iron-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iron_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iron_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iron_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iron_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iron_23-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKing2004" class="citation book cs1">King, Ray (December 2004). <i>Port Vale FC: The Valiants in the 50s and 60s</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 December</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Stoke+Sentinel&rft.atitle=Matt+Carragher+tribute%3A+The+day+he+captained+Vale+to+Trophy+glory&rft.date=2016-12-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stokesentinel.co.uk%2Fmatt-carragher-tribute-the-day-he-captained-port-vale-to-ldv-vans-trophy-glory%2Fstory-30020295-detail%2Fstory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/2581571.stm">"Vale go into administration"</a>. 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BBC Sport. 21 March 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201029151838/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/9431553.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 29 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 June</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Port+Vale%3A+Bruno+Ribeiro+appointed+as+new+manager+at+League+One+club&rft.date=2016-06-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2F36576450&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APort+Vale+F.C." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBC-02May2017-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BBC-02May2017_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39779729">"Norman Smurthwaite: Port Vale chairman steps down"</a>. 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Player of the Year">Player of the Year winners</a></li> <li>Players with: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._players" title="List of Port Vale F.C. players">25+ appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._players_(1%E2%80%9324_appearances)" title="List of Port Vale F.C. players (1–24 appearances)">1–24 appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Port_Vale_F.C._records_and_statistics#International_caps" title="List of Port Vale F.C. records and statistics">internationals caps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#fff;color:#000;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 black, inset -1px -1px 0 black;"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Association_football" title="Portal:Association football"><span style="color: black">Portal:Association football</span></a></b></li> <li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Port_Vale_FC" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Port Vale FC"><span style="color: black">Commons:Port Vale F.C.</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_League_One" title="2014–15 Football League One">2014–15</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_One" title="2015–16 Football League One">2015–16</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_League_One" title="2016–17 EFL League One">2016–17</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_League_One" title="2017–18 EFL League One">2017–18</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_EFL_League_One" title="2018–19 EFL League One">2018–19</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_League_One" title="2019–20 EFL League One">2019–20</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_League_One" title="2020–21 EFL League One">2020–21</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_League_One" title="2021–22 EFL League One">2021–22</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_League_One" title="2022–23 EFL League One">2022–23</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_League_One" title="2023–24 EFL League One">2023–24</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_One" title="2024–25 EFL League One">2024–25</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_clubs" title="List of EFL League One clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_One" title="2024–25 EFL League One">2024–25 clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_F.C." title="Stevenage F.C.">Stevenage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Port Vale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_seasons" title="List of EFL League One seasons">Seasons</a></span></li> <li><span 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href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_hat-tricks" title="List of EFL League One hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Young_Player_of_the_Month" title="EFL Young Player of the Month">Young Player of the Month</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_club_owners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English football club owners">Club owners</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League%E2%80%93Football_League_gulf" title="Premier League–Football League gulf">Premier League–Football League gulf</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_parachute_and_solidarity_payments" title="Premier League parachute and solidarity payments">Parachute and solidarity payments</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sponsors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> (2004–10)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Npower_(United_Kingdom)" title="Npower (United Kingdom)">Npower</a> (2010–13)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sky_Bet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Bet">Sky Bet</a> (2013–)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">EFL Trophy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One_play-offs" title="EFL League One play-offs">Play-offs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prospects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Promotion to <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Relegation to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">EFL League Two</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">EFL League Two</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_League_Two" title="2004–05 Football League Two">2004–05</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="2005–06 Football League Two">2005–06</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League#Football_League_Two" title="2006–07 Football League">2006–07</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_League_Two" title="2007–08 Football League Two">2007–08</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two">2008–09</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Two" title="2009–10 Football League Two">2009–10</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_Two" title="2010–11 Football League Two">2010–11</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_Two" title="2011–12 Football League Two">2011–12</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Two" title="2012–13 Football League Two">2012–13</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Two" title="2013–14 Football League Two">2013–14</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_League_Two" title="2014–15 Football League Two">2014–15</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_Two" title="2015–16 Football League Two">2015–16</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_League_Two" title="2016–17 EFL League Two">2016–17</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_League_Two" title="2017–18 EFL League Two">2017–18</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_EFL_League_Two" title="2018–19 EFL League Two">2018–19</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_League_Two" title="2019–20 EFL League Two">2019–20</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_League_Two" title="2020–21 EFL League Two">2020–21</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_League_Two" title="2021–22 EFL League Two">2021–22</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_League_Two" title="2022–23 EFL League Two">2022–23</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_League_Two" title="2023–24 EFL League Two">2023–24</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_Two" title="2024–25 EFL League Two">2024–25</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_Two_clubs" title="List of EFL League Two clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_Two" title="2024–25 EFL League Two">2024–25 clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barrow_A.F.C." title="Barrow A.F.C.">Barrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bromley_F.C." title="Bromley F.C.">Bromley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harrogate_Town_A.F.C." title="Harrogate Town A.F.C.">Harrogate Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Port Vale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C." title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boston_United_F.C." title="Boston United F.C.">Boston United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_F.C." title="Stevenage F.C.">Stevenage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Football_League_Two_clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Football League Two clubs">Teams</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_EFL_League_Two_and_predecessors" title="List of winners of the EFL League Two and predecessors">winners</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Premier_League_and_English_Football_League_managers" title="List of current Premier League and English Football League managers">Managers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Select_Group_Referees" class="mw-redirect" title="Select Group Referees">Referees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Template:EFL_League_Two_venues" title="Template:EFL League Two venues">Stadia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statistics and awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Football_records_and_statistics_in_England" title="Football records and statistics in England">Records</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Awards" title="EFL Awards">EFL Awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two#Top_scorers" title="EFL League Two">Golden Boot</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Golden_Glove" title="EFL Golden Glove">Golden Glove</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two_Manager_of_the_Month" title="EFL League Two Manager of the Month">Manager of the Month</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two_Player_of_the_Month" title="EFL League Two Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_Two_hat-tricks" title="List of EFL League Two hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Young_Player_of_the_Month" title="EFL Young Player of the Month">Young Player of the Month</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="Npower (United Kingdom)">Npower</a> (2010–13)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sky_Bet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Bet">Sky Bet</a> (2013–)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">EFL Trophy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two_play-offs" title="EFL League Two play-offs">Play-offs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prospects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Promotion to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Relegation to <a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">National League</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="City_and_unitary_authority_of_Stoke-on-Trent" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Green_ward" title="Abbey Green ward">Abbey Green ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Hulton" title="Abbey Hulton">Abbey Hulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baddeley_Green" title="Baddeley Green">Baddeley Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basford,_Staffordshire" title="Basford, Staffordshire">Basford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentilee" title="Bentilee">Bentilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birches_Head" title="Birches Head">Birches Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blurton" title="Blurton">Blurton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blythe_Bridge" title="Blythe Bridge">Blythe Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradeley" title="Bradeley">Bradeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucknall,_Staffordshire" title="Bucknall, Staffordshire">Bucknall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chell,_Staffordshire" title="Chell, Staffordshire">Chell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffe_Vale,_Staffordshire" title="Cliffe Vale, Staffordshire">Cliffe Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobridge" title="Cobridge">Cobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dresden,_Staffordshire" title="Dresden, Staffordshire">Dresden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria,_Staffordshire" title="Etruria, Staffordshire">Etruria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenton,_Staffordshire" title="Fenton, Staffordshire">Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Staffordshire" title="Florence, Staffordshire">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Brook" title="Ford Green Brook">Ford Green Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fowlea_Brook" title="Fowlea Brook">Fowlea Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldenhill" title="Goldenhill">Goldenhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanford,_Staffordshire" title="Hanford, Staffordshire">Hanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley" title="Hanley">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill,_Staffordshire" title="Hartshill, Staffordshire">Hartshill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath" title="Hem Heath">Hem Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heron_Cross" title="Heron Cross">Heron Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightwood,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent">Lightwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longport,_Staffordshire" title="Longport, Staffordshire">Longport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton,_Staffordshire" title="Longton, Staffordshire">Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Brook" title="Lyme Brook">Lyme Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir,_Staffordshire" title="Meir, Staffordshire">Meir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleport,_Staffordshire" title="Middleport, Staffordshire">Middleport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Staffordshire" title="Milton, Staffordshire">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normacot" title="Normacot">Normacot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_le_Moors" title="Norton le Moors">Norton le Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penkhull" title="Penkhull">Penkhull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandyford,_Staffordshire" title="Sandyford, Staffordshire">Sandyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton,_Staffordshire" title="Shelton, Staffordshire">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sideway" title="Sideway">Sideway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smallthorne" title="Smallthorne">Smallthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sneyd_Green" title="Sneyd Green">Sneyd Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent" title="Stoke-upon-Trent">Stoke-upon-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham,_Staffordshire" title="Trentham, Staffordshire">Trentham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Vale" title="Trent Vale">Trent Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunstall,_Staffordshire" title="Tunstall, Staffordshire">Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston_Coyney" title="Weston Coyney">Weston Coyney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceramic_and_Allied_Trades_Union" title="Ceramic and Allied Trades Union">Ceramic and Allied Trades Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin%E2%80%93Wedgwood_family" title="Darwin–Wedgwood family">Darwin–Wedgwood family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Federation of Stoke-on-Trent">Federation of Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Port_Vale_F.C." title="History of Port Vale F.C.">History of Port Vale F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Stoke_City_F.C." title="History of Stoke City F.C.">History of Stoke City F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries" title="Staffordshire Potteries">Staffordshire Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Pottery_Riots" title="1842 Pottery Riots">1842 Pottery Riots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Politics of Stoke-on-Trent">Parliamentary<br />constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Stoke-on-Trent_(historic)" title="Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent (historic)">Historic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Burslem (UK Parliament constituency)">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hanley (UK Parliament constituency)">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent,_Stoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-upon-Trent (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-upon-Trent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Minster" title="Stoke Minster">Stoke Minster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Methodist_Chapel,_Hanley" title="Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Hanley">Bethesda Methodist Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Burslem" title="St John the Baptist's Church, Burslem">St John's Church, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Fenton" title="Christ Church, Fenton">Christ Church, Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulton_Abbey" title="Hulton Abbey">Hulton Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Longton" title="St James' Church, Longton">St James' Church, Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Methodist_Central_Hall" title="Longton Methodist Central Hall">Longton Methodist Central Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_and_St_Peter_in_Chains_Church,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent">Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Tunstall" title="Christ Church, Tunstall">Christ Church, Tunstall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tourism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Buildings" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent">Buildings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Listed buildings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Grade II*</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_oven" title="Bottle oven">Bottle ovens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Market_Hall" title="Burslem Market Hall">Burslem Market Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Hall" title="Etruria Hall">Etruria Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Hall" title="Ford Green Hall">Ford Green Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Burslem" title="Old Town Hall, Burslem">Old Town Hall, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Mausoleum" title="Trentham Mausoleum">Trentham Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Villas" title="The Villas">The Villas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood_Institute" title="Wedgwood Institute">Wedgwood Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterworld,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent">Water World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winton_Square" title="Winton Square">Winton Square</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Stafford_Hotel" title="North Stafford Hotel">North Stafford Hotel</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theatres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Arts_Centre" title="Mitchell Arts Centre">Mitchell Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Theatre,_Burslem" title="Queen's Theatre, Burslem">Queen's Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent_Theatre,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent">Regent Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Repertory_Theatre" title="Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre">Stoke Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Hanley" title="Theatre Royal, Hanley">Theatre Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Hall,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent">Victoria Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Museums in Stoke-on-Trent">Museums</a><br />and libraries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_School_of_Art" title="Burslem School of Art">Burslem School of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatterley_Whitfield" title="Chatterley Whitfield">Chatterley Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Industrial_Museum" title="Etruria Industrial Museum">Etruria Industrial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_Pottery_Museum" title="Gladstone Pottery Museum">Gladstone Pottery Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagu_C._Butler_Library" title="Montagu C. Butler Library">Montagu C. Butler Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery" title="Potteries Museum & Art Gallery">Potteries Museum & Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spode_Museum" title="Spode Museum">Spode Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Sentral" title="City Sentral">City Sentral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Shopping_Centre" title="Potteries Shopping Centre">Potteries Shopping Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and<br />countryside</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagnall_Road_Wood" title="Bagnall Road Wood">Bagnall Road Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berryhill_Fields" title="Berryhill Fields">Berryhill Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Park" title="Burslem Park">Burslem Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Park" title="Hanley Park">Hanley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill_Park" title="Hartshill Park">Hartshill Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath_Woods" title="Hem Heath Woods">Hem Heath Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Garden_Festival" title="Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival">Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Estate" title="Trentham Estate">Trentham Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Tunstall" title="Victoria Park, Tunstall">Victoria Park, Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport_Lake,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent">Westport Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_Valley" title="Whitfield Valley">Whitfield Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport and<br />music venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">Bet365 Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Torch" title="Golden Torch">Golden Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jollees" title="Jollees">Jollees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Cricket_Club_Ground" title="Longton Cricket Club Ground">Longton Cricket Club Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Heath_Cricket_Club" title="Meir Heath Cricket Club">Meir Heath Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley%27s_Laserdome" title="Shelley's Laserdome">Shelley's Laserdome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sugarmill" title="The Sugarmill">The Sugarmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Underground_(Stoke_concert_venue)" title="The Underground (Stoke concert venue)">The Underground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Mass media in Stoke-on-Trent">Mass media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Rhythms" title="Cross Rhythms">Cross Rhythms</a></li> <li>Pits n Pots</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oatcake" title="The Oatcake">The Oatcake</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sentinel_(Staffordshire)" title="The Sentinel (Staffordshire)">The Sentinel</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Rhythms_City_Radio" title="Cross Rhythms City Radio">Cross Rhythms City Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" title="Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Christian_Broadcasters#UCB_United_Kingdom" title="United Christian Broadcasters">UCB UK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Education_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Education in Stoke-on-Trent">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="List of schools in Stoke-on-Trent">List of schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_College" title="Stoke-on-Trent College">Stoke-on-Trent College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Stoke-on-Trent_Sixth_Form_College" title="City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College">City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Stoke_University_Hospital" title="Royal Stoke University Hospital">Royal Stoke University Hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent">Companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pottery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aynsley_China" title="Aynsley China">Aynsley China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beswick_Pottery" title="Beswick Pottery">Beswick Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Pottery" title="Burleigh Pottery">Burleigh Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Ware" title="Carlton Ware">Carlton Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_China" title="Churchill China">Churchill China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayburn_Pottery" title="Clayburn Pottery">Clayburn Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudson" title="Dudson">Dudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Bridgewater" title="Emma Bridgewater">Emma Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Works" title="Etruria Works">Etruria Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Pottery" title="Gray's Pottery">Gray's Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sadler_and_Sons_Ltd" title="James Sadler and Sons Ltd">James Sadler and Sons Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucideon" title="Lucideon">Lucideon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._%26_G._Meakin" title="J. & G. 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