Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 is an English professional association football club based in Burslem

Burslem

The town of Burslem, known as the Mother Town, is one of the six towns that amalgamated to form the current city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.-Topography:...

, Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

, playing in Football League Two

Football League Two

Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

, the fourth level of the English football league system

English football league system

The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...

, as of the 2008–09

2008–09 Port Vale F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Port Vale's ninety-seventh season of football in the Football League, and first season in League Two, following their relegation from League One. After a poor start to the season manager Lee Sinnott was sacked in September, and was replaced by Dean Glover. Despite a brief...

 season. The club was formed in 1876, in 1884 they took the name Burslem Port Vale F.C., dropping the 'Burslem' in 1907. They played their home matches at The Old Recreation Ground

The Old Recreation Ground

The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium, located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and home to Port Vale for almost 40 years. The Rec had been Vale's home between 1913 and 1950 and was the sixth ground the club used.-Structure and facilities:...

 between 1912 and 1950 and at Vale Park

Vale Park

Vale Park is a football stadium in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the home ground of Port Vale F.C., who have played at the ground since 1950....

 from 1950 to the present day. The club joined the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 in 1892 as founder members of the Football League Second Division, resigning in 1907, only to return in 1919.

Roy Sproson

Roy Sproson

Roy Sproson was an English footballer and football manager for Port Vale. A one-club man, he holds the all-time appearance record for Vale, making 837 starts for Vale between 1950 and 1972. This includes a run of 128 consecutive appearances between April 1954 and March 1957...

 made 837 appearances (761 in the league) for Vale between 1950 and 1972, later becoming manager in 1974. Wilf Kirkham

Wilf Kirkham

Wilfred Thomas "Wilf" Kirkham was a Port Vale football player who scored a record 164 goals in 276 Vale appearances, including a record 38 goals in one season...

 is the clubs record goalscorer with 154 goals in all competitions, as well as 38 goals in a season. Gareth Ainsworth

Gareth Ainsworth

Gareth Ainsworth is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One side Wycombe Wanderers, he is also the club captain....

 is the player Vale have both received and spent the highest sum on in the transfer market, £500,000 spent in 1997 with £2,000,000 received as he exited the following year. Chris Birchall

Chris Birchall

Christopher "Chris" Birchall CM is an English-born Trinidadian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Galaxy....

 is the club record international cap holder with 22, playing for Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago national football team

The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...

 between 2001 and 2006, including 3 appearances in the 2006 World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

.

League

Football League Third Division

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

(3rd tier)

• Runners–up: 1993–94
  1993–94 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1993–94 season was Port Vale's eighty-second season of football in the Football League, and fifth successive season in the Second Division. They won promotion to the First Division as the division's runners-up, just one point away from champions Reading...
  
  
• Play–off winners: 1988–89
  1989 Football League Third Division play-off Final
  The 1989 Football League Third Division play-off final was a two-legged football match played at on 31 May and 3 June 1989, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of The Football League in the 1988–89 season. Port Vale faced Bristol...
  
   (3rd place
  1988–89 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1988–89 season was Port Vale's seventy-seventh season of football in the Football League, and third successive season in the Third Division. They achieved promotion to the Second Division with a 2–1 aggregate win over Bristol Rovers in the two-legged play-off Final...
  
  )
• 3rd place: 1962–63
  1962–63 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1962–63 season was Port Vale's fifty-first season of football in the Football League, and their fourth season in the Third Division. An impressive season saw them finish in third position, one away from promotion. However promotions for both their rivals Stoke City and Crewe Alexandra meant...
  
  , 1992–93
  1992–93 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1992–93 season was Port Vale's eighty-first season of football in the Football League, and fourth successive season in the Second Division. John Rudge found new stars by bringing both Ian Taylor and Paul Musselwhite to the club at a combined fee of just £40,000. His team won the pre-season TNT...
  
  

Football League Third Division North

Football League Third Division North

The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...

: 2 (3rd tier)

• Champions: 1929–1930
  1929–30 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1929–30 season was Port Vale's eleventh consecutive season of football in the Football League, and their first in the Third Division North. They finished as champions and were thus promoted back to the Second Division. With 67 points they broke a division record...
  
  , 1953–54
  1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1953–54 season was Port Vale's forty-second season of football in the Football League, and their second season back in the Third Division North. Quite possibly the greatest season in the club's history, Freddie Steele's side were crowned Third Division North champions with 69 points out of a...
  
  
• Runners–up: 1952–53
  1952–53 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1952–53 season was Port Vale's forty-first season of football in the Football League, and their first season back in the Third Division North, following their switch from the Third Division South...
  
  

Football League Fourth Division

Football League Fourth Division

The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...

: 1 (4th tier)

• Champions: 1958–59
  1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1958–59 season was Port Vale's forty-seventh season of football in the Football League, and their first season in the newly created Fourth Division following their relegation from the Third Division South. They scored a club-record 110 goals in 46 league matches to storm to the Fourth Division...
  
  
• 3rd place: 1982–83
  1982–83 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1982–83 season was Port Vale's seventy-first season of football in the Football League, and their fifth successive season in the Fourth Division. John McGrath led the Vale to a club-record 88 points , which saw them win promotion in third place...
  
  
• 4th place: 1969–70
  1969–70 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1969–70 season was Port Vale's fifty-eighth season of football in the Football League, and their fifth successive season in the Fourth Division. They achieved promotion with a fourth place finish, taking them back into the Third Division...
  
  , 1985–86
  1985–86 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1985–86 season was Port Vale's seventy-fourth season of football in the Football League, and second successive season in the Fourth Division. John Rudge achieved his first success as manager, leading Vale to promotion into the Third Division with a fourth place finish...
  
  

North Staffordshire & District League: 1

• Champions: 1909–1910
• 4th place: 1910–1911

The Central League

• Runners–up: 1911–1912
• 3rd place: 1914–1915
• 4th place: 1912–1913, 1913–1914

Cups

Staffordshire Senior Cup

Staffordshire Senior Cup

The Staffordshire Senior Challenge Cup is a football cup tournament based in the county of Staffordshire in England first competed for in 1877-78. Organised by the Staffordshire Football Association, it is competed for by a mix of clubs from Staffordshire and the surrounding areas. Both...

: 2

• Winners: 1920, 2001
• Runners–up: 1900, 2010

Birmingham Senior Cup

Birmingham Senior Cup

The Birmingham Senior Cup is a football competition for Birmingham County FA club teams, organized by the Birmingham County Football Association...

: 1

• Winners: 1913
• Runners–up: 1899, 1900, 1914

Staffordshire Junior Cup: 1

• Winners: 1910

North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup: 3

• Winners: 1883, 1885, 1891
• Runners–up: 1886

Staffordshire Senior Charity Cup: 2

• Winners: 1892, 1897

North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup: 2

• Winners: 1915, 1920, 1922
• Runners–up: 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1932

Burslem Challenge Cup: 1

• Winners: 1885

Hanley Cup

• Runners–up: 1910

Coronation Cup

• Runners–up: 1953

Anglo-Italian Cup

Anglo-Italian Cup

The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973...

• Runners–up: 1996
  1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup
  The 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup was the last ever Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between eight clubs from England and eight clubs from Italy. Italian side Genoa lifted the trophy after beating English side Port Vale 5-2.-Format:For the competition there...
  
  

Debenhams Cup

Debenhams Cup

The Debenhams Cup was one of several short-lived football competitions introduced in the 1970s and 1980s, along with the Watney Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, the Screen Sport Super Cup and Simod Cup...

• Runners–up: 1977

FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

• Semi Finalists: 1954

Trophies

Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

: 2

• Winners 1993
  1993 Football League Trophy Final
  The 1993 Football League Trophy Final was the 10th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football League Second and Third Division, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at the Wembley Stadium in London on 22 May 1993. The match was contested by Port Vale and...
  
  , 2001
  2001 Football League Trophy Final
  The 2001 Football League Trophy Final was the 18th final of the Football League Trophy, the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Football League Second and Third Divisions...
  
  

Supporters' Clubs' Trophy: 1

• Winners: 1961
• Runners–up: 1960

Age

• Youngest first team player: Malcolm MacKenzie
  Malcolm James MacKenzie
  Malcolm James Mackenzie is a former Scottish footballer.-Playing career:He joined Port Vale as an amateur in November 1965, he made his debut against Newport County on 12 April 1966 at the age of 15 years 347 days. Becoming the youngest ever first team player for the club. He signed professional...
  
  , 15 years 347 days (against Newport County
  Newport County A.F.C.
  Newport County Association Football Club are a professional football club based in the city of Newport, south Wales, who currently play in the Conference National, the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
  
  , 12 April 1966).
• Oldest first team player: Tom Holford
  Tom Holford
  Thomas Holford was an English footballer who played for Stoke, Manchester City, Port Vale and the England national team. His primary position was wing-half, but over the course of his career he played in many different positions...
  
  , 46 years. (against Derby County
  Derby County F.C.
  Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
  
  , 5 April 1924).
• Youngest first team scorer: Neville Chamberlain
  Neville Chamberlain (footballer)
  Neville Patrick Chamberlain is a retired English footballer. His brother, Mark was also a footballer, and his nephew Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain plays for Arsenal.-Playing career:...
  
  , 17 years 150 days (against Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
  
  , 16 April 1979).

Appearances

• Most appearances: Roy Sproson
  Roy Sproson
  Roy Sproson was an English footballer and football manager for Port Vale. A one-club man, he holds the all-time appearance record for Vale, making 837 starts for Vale between 1950 and 1972. This includes a run of 128 consecutive appearances between April 1954 and March 1957...
  
  , 837 (1950–1972).
• Most Football League appearances: Roy Sproson
  Roy Sproson
  Roy Sproson was an English footballer and football manager for Port Vale. A one-club man, he holds the all-time appearance record for Vale, making 837 starts for Vale between 1950 and 1972. This includes a run of 128 consecutive appearances between April 1954 and March 1957...
  
  , 755 (1950–1972).
• Most consecutive appearances: John Nicholson
  John Nicholson (English footballer)
  John Purcell Nicholson was an English footballer.-Playing career:Nicholson joined Port Vale for a £2,000 fee from Liverpool in August 1961. He made his debut in 1–1 draw at Northampton Town on 2 September 1961, and 208 consecutive appearances later, on 8 September 1965, he had broken a club record...
  
  , 208 (2 September 1961–8 September 1965).

Goalscorers

• Most goals in Port Vale colours: Wilf Kirkham
  Wilf Kirkham
  Wilfred Thomas "Wilf" Kirkham was a Port Vale football player who scored a record 164 goals in 276 Vale appearances, including a record 38 goals in one season...
  
  , 167.
• Most Football League goals: Wilf Kirkham
  Wilf Kirkham
  Wilfred Thomas "Wilf" Kirkham was a Port Vale football player who scored a record 164 goals in 276 Vale appearances, including a record 38 goals in one season...
  
  , 154.
• Most goals in a season: Joe Brough
  Joe Brough
  Joseph Brough was an English footballer. He played 209 matches for Port Vale and scored 111 goals...
  
  , 43 goals in the 1909–10 season.
• Most Football League goals in a season: Wilf Kirkham
  Wilf Kirkham
  Wilfred Thomas "Wilf" Kirkham was a Port Vale football player who scored a record 164 goals in 276 Vale appearances, including a record 38 goals in one season...
  
  , 38 goals in Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
   in the 1926–27
  1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1926–27 season was Port Vale's eighth consecutive season of football in the Football League. Vale finished in eighth position for the third season running, obtaining 45 points, this time coming nine points off promotion to the top tier in English football. For the first time in the club's...
  
   season.
• Most goals in a Football League match: 6, Stewart Littlewood
  Stewart Littlewood
  Stewart Christopher Littlewood was an English footballer. He played 55 games and scored 35 league goals for Port Vale.-Playing career:...
  
   (against Chesterfield
  Chesterfield F.C.
  Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...
  
  , 24 September 1932).
• Most goals in any match: 7, Chris Young
  Chris Young (footballer)
  Christopher Young was an English professional footballer who played for Grimsby Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Tottenham Hotspur and Port Vale.-Port Vale career:...
  
   (against Burton Rangers, Birmingham Senior Cup First Round
  Birmingham Senior Cup
  The Birmingham Senior Cup is a football competition for Birmingham County FA club teams, organized by the Birmingham County Football Association...
  
  , 21 September 1914).
• Most competitive hat-tricks: Wilf Kirkham
  Wilf Kirkham
  Wilfred Thomas "Wilf" Kirkham was a Port Vale football player who scored a record 164 goals in 276 Vale appearances, including a record 38 goals in one season...
  
  , 13.
• Quickest competitive goal: 12 seconds, Ian Bogie
  Ian Bogie
  Ian Bogie is a former footballer, now football manager. He spent two decades as a professional player, from 1985 up until 2001 he was playing in the Football League, where he made 382 appearances....
  
   (against Stoke City
  Stoke City F.C.
  Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
  
  ).
• Most successful penalty-taker: Andy Jones
  Andy Jones (footballer)
  Andrew Mark "Andy" Jones is a former Welsh international footballer. He gained six caps at international level, to add to his 276 appearances in the Football League. He scored one international goal and 89 domestic league goals....
  
  , 20 from 23.
• Most penalties in a season: Andy Jones
  Andy Jones (footballer)
  Andrew Mark "Andy" Jones is a former Welsh international footballer. He gained six caps at international level, to add to his 276 appearances in the Football League. He scored one international goal and 89 domestic league goals....
  
  , 12 from 15 in the 1986–87
  1986–87 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1986–87 season was Port Vale's seventy-fifth season of football in the Football League, and first season back in the Third Division following promotion from the Fourth Division. John Rudge led to Vale to a mid-table finish, his Player of the Year signing Andy Jones scoring 37 goals in all...
  
   season.

International caps

• Most international caps while a Port Vale player: Chris Birchall
  Chris Birchall
  Christopher "Chris" Birchall CM is an English-born Trinidadian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Galaxy....
  
  , 23 for Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
  
  
• First Port Vale player to appear in the World Cup
  FIFA World Cup
  The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
  
   finals: Chris Birchall
  Chris Birchall
  Christopher "Chris" Birchall CM is an English-born Trinidadian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Galaxy....
  
  , for Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
  
   against Sweden
  Sweden national football team
  The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
  
   on 10 June 2006
• Most appearances by a Port Vale player in the World Cup finals: Chris Birchall
  Chris Birchall
  Christopher "Chris" Birchall CM is an English-born Trinidadian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Galaxy....
  
  , three appearances for Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
  
   at the 2006 World Cup
  2006 FIFA World Cup
  The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
  
  

Transfer fees

• Highest transfer fee paid: £
  Pound sterling
  The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
  
  500,000. Gareth Ainsworth
  Gareth Ainsworth
  Gareth Ainsworth is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One side Wycombe Wanderers, he is also the club captain....
  
   from Lincoln City
  Lincoln City F.C.
  Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
  
  , 11 September 1997
  1997–98 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1997–98 season was Port Vale's eighty-sixth season of football in the Football League, and fourth successive season in the First Division. John Rudge managed to mastermind a final day escape from relegation, as rivals Stoke City instead lost their second tier status, leaving Vale as the top...
  
  
• Highest transfer fee received: £
  Pound sterling
  The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
  
  2,000,000. Gareth Ainsworth
  Gareth Ainsworth
  Gareth Ainsworth is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One side Wycombe Wanderers, he is also the club captain....
  
   to Wimbledon
  Wimbledon F.C.
  Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...
  
  , 29 October 1998
  1998–99 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1998–99 season was Port Vale's eighty-seventh season of football in the Football League, and fifth successive season in the First Division. It was the end of an era for the club, as manager of sixteen years John Rudge was sacked in January, and was replaced by Brian Horton...
  
  

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets in a season: 29, Ray King
  Ray King (footballer)
  Raymond King is a former English football goalkeeper. He is the younger brother of George King.A legend at Port Vale, he was their first choice keeper from 1949 to 1957. A key part of the squad, he was at the club during one of their brightest periods...
  
  , 1953–54
  1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1953–54 season was Port Vale's forty-second season of football in the Football League, and their second season back in the Third Division North. Quite possibly the greatest season in the club's history, Freddie Steele's side were crowned Third Division North champions with 69 points out of a...
  
  .

Goals

• Most Football League goals scored in a season: 110 in 46 matches, Fourth Division
  Football League Fourth Division
  The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
  
  , 1958–59
  1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1958–59 season was Port Vale's forty-seventh season of football in the Football League, and their first season in the newly created Fourth Division following their relegation from the Third Division South. They scored a club-record 110 goals in 46 league matches to storm to the Fourth Division...
  
  .
• Fewest Football League goals scored in a season: 30 in 22 matches, Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  , 1892–93
  1892–93 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1892–93 season was Burslem Port Vale's first season of football in the Football League. The club were founding members of the Football League Second Division, the First Division having been in operation for four seasons prior to 1892–93...
  
  .
• Fewest Football League goals conceded in a season: 21 in 46 matches, Third Division North
  Football League Third Division North
  The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...
  
  , 1953–54
  1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1953–54 season was Port Vale's forty-second season of football in the Football League, and their second season back in the Third Division North. Quite possibly the greatest season in the club's history, Freddie Steele's side were crowned Third Division North champions with 69 points out of a...
  
  .
• Most Football League goals conceded in a season: 106 in 42 matches, Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  , 1935–36
  1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1935–36 season was Port Vale's thirtieth season of football in the Football League, and their sixth successive season in the Second Division. The club suffered the second relegation of its history...
  
  .
• Fewest Football League goals conceded at home in a season: 5 in 23 matches, Third Division North
  Football League Third Division North
  The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...
  
  , 1953–54
  1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1953–54 season was Port Vale's forty-second season of football in the Football League, and their second season back in the Third Division North. Quite possibly the greatest season in the club's history, Freddie Steele's side were crowned Third Division North champions with 69 points out of a...
  
  .

Points

• Most points in a Football League season: 89 in 46 matches, Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
   1992–93
  1992–93 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1992–93 season was Port Vale's eighty-first season of football in the Football League, and fourth successive season in the Second Division. John Rudge found new stars by bringing both Ian Taylor and Paul Musselwhite to the club at a combined fee of just £40,000. His team won the pre-season TNT...
  
  .
• Fewest points in a Football League season: 15 in 22 matches, Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  , 1892–93
  1892–93 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1892–93 season was Burslem Port Vale's first season of football in the Football League. The club were founding members of the Football League Second Division, the First Division having been in operation for four seasons prior to 1892–93...
  
   (21 points in modern day 3–points–for–a–win system).

Wins

• Most wins in a Football League season: 30 in 42 matches, Third Division North
  Football League Third Division North
  The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...
  
  , 1929–30
  1929–30 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1929–30 season was Port Vale's eleventh consecutive season of football in the Football League, and their first in the Third Division North. They finished as champions and were thus promoted back to the Second Division. With 67 points they broke a division record...
  
  .
• Fewest wins in a Football League season: 6 in 22 matches, Second Division
  Football League Second Division
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  , 1892–93
  1892–93 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1892–93 season was Burslem Port Vale's first season of football in the Football League. The club were founding members of the Football League Second Division, the First Division having been in operation for four seasons prior to 1892–93...
  
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Defeats

• Fewest defeats in a Football League season: 3 in 46 matches, Third Division North
  Football League Third Division North
  The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...
  
  , 1953–54
  1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1953–54 season was Port Vale's forty-second season of football in the Football League, and their second season back in the Third Division North. Quite possibly the greatest season in the club's history, Freddie Steele's side were crowned Third Division North champions with 69 points out of a...
  
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• Most defeats in a Football League season: 28 in 42 matches, Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  , 1956–57
  1956–57 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1956–57 season was Port Vale's forty-fifth season of football in the Football League, and their third successive season in the Second Division. An unmitigated disaster from start to finish, they were relegated in bottom place with just 22 points from 42 games...
  
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Streaks

• League wins: 8, 8 April 1893 to 30 September 1893
• Draws: 6, 26 April 1981 to 12 September 1981
• Losses: 9, 9 March 1957 to 20 April 1957
• Clean sheets: 7, 11 February 1922 to 18 March 1922
• Without a win: 17, 7 December 1991 to 21 March 1992
• Without a draw: 20, 10 September 1906 to 19 January 1907 & 30 October 2004 to 5 March 2005
• Without a loss: 19, 5 May 1969 to 8 November 1969
• Without a clean sheet: 22, 22 September 1956 to 23 February 1957
• Without failing to score: 22, 12 September 1992 to 13 February 1993

Home

• Wins: 12, 9 February 1952 to 8 September 1952
• Draws: 6, 10 October 1977 to 27 December 1977 & 20 January 1982 to 6 March 1982
• Losses: 6, 1 January 1992 to 14 March 1992
• Clean sheets: 11, 7 September 1953 to 13 February 1954
• Failing to score: 5, 13 April 1998 to 31 August 1998
• Without a win: 12, 28 March 1978 to 21 October 1978
• Without a draw: 19, 25 August 1928 to 6 April 1929
• Without a loss: 42, 8 November 1952 to 18 September 1954
• Without a clean sheet: 13, 26 September 1964 to 15 March 1965
• Without failing to score: 33, 19 October 1946 to 13 March 1948

Away

• Wins: 5, 20 March 1993 to 24 April 1993
• Draws: 6, 20 March 1954 to 26 April 1954 & 19 January 1985 to 29 March 1985
• Losses: 14, 21 September 1895 to 18 April 1896
• Clean sheets: 5, 20 March 1993 to 24 April 1993
• Failing to score: 6, 8 January 1966 to 9 March 1966
• Without a win: 29, 17 January 1903 to 8 October 1904
• Without a draw: 27, 26 January 1895 to 3 December 1898
• Without a loss: 10, 5 May 1969 to 8 November 1969
• Without a clean sheet: 42, 18 December 1976 to 30 September 1978
• Without failing to score: 15, 10 January 1998 to 26 September 1998

Record wins

• Record Football League win: 9–1 against Chesterfield
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  Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...
  
   in Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  , 24 September 1932.
• Record cup win: 7–1 against Irthlingborough Town, 12 January 1907.
• Record win in any match: 16–0 against Middlewich, 2 February 1884.
• Record away win: 6–0 at Fulham
  Fulham F.C.
  Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
  
  , 28 March 1987.

Record defeat

• Record Football League defeat: 0–10 against Sheffield United
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   in Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  , 10 December 1892.
• Record cup defeat: 0–6 against Aston Villa
  Aston Villa F.C.
  Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
  
  , 27 January 1990.
• Record defeat in any match: 0–12 against Aston Villa
  Aston Villa F.C.
  Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
  
  , 26 January 1891.
• Record away defeat: 0–10 at Notts County
  Notts County F.C.
  Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
  
  , 26 February 1895.

Aggregate score

• Record aggregate score: 12 (3–9) at Tottenham Hotspur
  Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
  Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
  
  , 21 November 1931.
• Record aggregate cup score: 9 (2–7) at Aston Villa
  Aston Villa F.C.
  Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
  
  , 10 January 1925.

Attendances

• Highest home attendance: 49,768 against Aston Villa
  Aston Villa F.C.
  Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
  
  , FA Cup
  FA Cup
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   fifth round, 20 February 1960.
• Highest Football League attendance: 40,066 against Stoke City
  Stoke City F.C.
  Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
  
  , Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  , 25 April 1955.
• Highest home gate receipts: £
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  170,349: against Everton
  Everton F.C.
  Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
  
  , FA Cup
  FA Cup
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   fourth round, 14 February 1996.
• Highest average home attendance: 20,708 in 1954–55
  1954–55 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1954–55 season was Port Vale's forty-third season of football in the Football League, and their first season back in the Second Division following their promotion from the Third Division North...
  
  
• Lowest (competitive 1st team) attendance at Vale Park
  Vale Park
  Vale Park is a football stadium in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the home ground of Port Vale F.C., who have played at the ground since 1950....
  
  : 994 against Hereford United
  Hereford United F.C.
  Hereford United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Hereford. Founded in 1924, they are competing in Football League Two in the 2011–12 season. Hereford have played at Edgar Street for their entire history and are nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites',...
  
  , Freight Rover Trophy
  Football League Trophy
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   Preliminary Round, 22 December 1986.
• Lowest Football League attendance at Vale Park
  Vale Park
  Vale Park is a football stadium in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the home ground of Port Vale F.C., who have played at the ground since 1950....
  
  : 1,924 against York City
  York City F.C.
  York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...
  
  , 1 May 1982.

Discipline

• Most red cards in a season: 7 in 46 games, 1974–75
  1974–75 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1974–75 season was Port Vale's sixty-third season of football in the Football League, and their fifth successive season in the Third Division. It was Roy Sproson's first full season in charge...
  
   & 2001–02
  2001–02 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 2001–02 season was Port Vale's ninetieth season of football in the Football League, and second successive season in the Second Division. On the pitch Vale finished in mid-table, whilst exiting both the FA Cup and the League Cup at the Second Round, and the League Trophy at the Area...
  
  

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets in a season: 30 in 46 matches, Third Division North
  Football League Third Division North
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  , 1953–54
  1953–54 Port Vale F.C. season
  The 1953–54 season was Port Vale's forty-second season of football in the Football League, and their second season back in the Third Division North. Quite possibly the greatest season in the club's history, Freddie Steele's side were crowned Third Division North champions with 69 points out of a...