1947–48 Port Vale F.C. season
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The 1947–48 season was Port Vale
's thirty-sixth season of football in the Football League
, and their third full season in the Third Division South
. Gaining just three of their sixteen victories away from home, they were very much a club of two teams. Manager Gordon Hodgson
continued his policy of developing young players, whilst work on the new stadium continued. Their club record run without failing to score reached 33 games, ending on 13 March 1948, having begun on 19 October 1946.
from Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
. The total number of players at the club was 81, though the vast majority of these amateurs who never played for the first team. Standing season tickets were reduced to £3 13s
, in an attempt to boost support.
The season began with a 1–1 draw with Bristol Rovers
in front of 15,714 supporters, followed four days later by a 2–1 win at Carrow Road
. Following this the Vale were exceptional at home but poor away, as their unbeaten run at home reached fifteen games. Their home form was exemplified by 6–4 and 7–0 wins over Aldershot
and Watford
respectively, in which Ronnie Allen
scored a hat-trick in both games, and Jack Smith score a hat-trick past Aldershot. The defence seeming too weak for a promotion push, Harry Hubbick
was signed from Bolton Wanderers
in October. The Sentinels "Placer" complained of the weakened passing of the post-war generation, in both the Vale side and in footballers in general. In November Morris Jones
was sold to Swindon Town
for £2,500, having handed in a transfer request. Gordon Hodgson
searched for new attacking talents, leaving his players to relax with games of table tennis
, darts
, and reading material
. On Christmas
day a 5–0 win was recorded over Brighton & Hove Albion
, with defender Tommy Cheadle
put into the centre-forward role. This marked the start of a eight match unbeaten run which took the "Valiants" into fourth place by the end of January.
Hodgson's policy of youth over experience led many older players to hand in transfer requests. In January Alf Bellis
was traded to Bury
in exchange for Walter Keeley
and 'a substantial fee'. A 5–0 thrashing at muddy Plainmoor
from Torquay United
in February was followed by a win over Swindon Town
which was disturbed by a dog on the pitch, whilst the week after came a draw in three inches of snow at Southend United
. The club's promotion hopes faded with a defeat by Notts County
at the Rec, England star Tommy Lawton
scoring the winner. In preparation for next season Joe Dale
was signed from Manchester United
for £1,000. The last game of the season attracted 5,602 spectators – the lowest total of the season – ironically this was against Exeter City
, their opponents in the highest attended home game of the previous campaign. This low attendance was partly blamed on the FA Cup final
, which was broadcast at the same time.
They finished in eighth place with 43 points, thereby barely improving on the previous season. Ronnie Allen was the top-scorer with just thirteen goals. Scoring was very much a team effort.
', and so schemes such as the '100 Club' were introduced, offering supporters a seat for life at the stadium at a cost of £100. Meanwhile Norman Hallam
departed in the summer, who left the area to become a Methodist
Minister in Carlisle.
, Vale fell at the first hurdle, losing 2–1 to Crystal Palace
at Selhurst Park
in a below-par performance.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
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...
's thirty-sixth season of football in 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...
, and their third full season in the Third Division South
Football League Third Division South
The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....
. Gaining just three of their sixteen victories away from home, they were very much a club of two teams. Manager Gordon Hodgson
Gordon Hodgson
Gordon Hodgson was a South African-born English sportsman, being best known for as a striker for Liverpool and also a first-class cricketer for Lancashire, he also excelled at baseball....
continued his policy of developing young players, whilst work on the new stadium continued. Their club record run without failing to score reached 33 games, ending on 13 March 1948, having begun on 19 October 1946.
Third Division South
The pre-season saw the arrival of outside-right John CurrieJohn Currie (English footballer)
John Edward Currie was an English footballer.-Playing career:Currie played for Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, where he enjoyed a loan spell with Stafford Rangers before switching permanently to Staffordshire based Port Vale in June 1947. He only managed nine appearances in the 1947–48 season...
from Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
. The total number of players at the club was 81, though the vast majority of these amateurs who never played for the first team. Standing season tickets were reduced to £3 13s
Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency used in some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere. The word is thought to derive...
, in an attempt to boost support.
The season began with a 1–1 draw with Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....
in front of 15,714 supporters, followed four days later by a 2–1 win at Carrow Road
Carrow Road
Carrow Road is a football stadium in Norwich, England, and is the home of Norwich City Football Club. The stadium is located toward the easterly end of the city, not far from Norwich railway station and the River Wensum....
. Following this the Vale were exceptional at home but poor away, as their unbeaten run at home reached fifteen games. Their home form was exemplified by 6–4 and 7–0 wins over Aldershot
Aldershot F.C.
Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...
and Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
respectively, in which Ronnie Allen
Ronnie Allen
Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team...
scored a hat-trick in both games, and Jack Smith score a hat-trick past Aldershot. The defence seeming too weak for a promotion push, Harry Hubbick
Harry Hubbick
Henry Edward Hubbick was an English footballer.-Playing career:After leaving school Hubbick worked as a coal miner. In his free time he played football for Jarrow, Blyth Spartans and Spennymoor United before signing for professional club Burnley in 1935...
was signed from Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
in October. The Sentinels "Placer" complained of the weakened passing of the post-war generation, in both the Vale side and in footballers in general. In November Morris Jones
Morris Jones (footballer)
William Morris Jones is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Jones played for South Liverpool before joining Port Vale in June 1939. Due to the Second World War it took until a 31 August 1946 match against Brighton & Hove Albion before he made his debut, in the interim had had guested for...
was sold to Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
for £2,500, having handed in a transfer request. Gordon Hodgson
Gordon Hodgson
Gordon Hodgson was a South African-born English sportsman, being best known for as a striker for Liverpool and also a first-class cricketer for Lancashire, he also excelled at baseball....
searched for new attacking talents, leaving his players to relax with games of table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, darts
Darts
Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...
, and reading material
Book
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...
. On Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
day a 5–0 win was recorded over Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
, with defender Tommy Cheadle
Tommy Cheadle
Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade...
put into the centre-forward role. This marked the start of a eight match unbeaten run which took the "Valiants" into fourth place by the end of January.
Hodgson's policy of youth over experience led many older players to hand in transfer requests. In January Alf Bellis
Alf Bellis
Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City...
was traded to Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
in exchange for Walter Keeley
Walter Keeley
Walter Keeley was an English footballer.-Playing career:Keeley played for the RAF, Accrington Stanley, Manchester United and Bury before joining Port Vale, along with 'a substantial fee', in exchange for Alf Bellis in January 1948. He made an excellent debut, scoring twice in a 3–0 home win over...
and 'a substantial fee'. A 5–0 thrashing at muddy Plainmoor
Plainmoor
Plainmoor is a suburb of Torquay, Devon, but is best known as the name of the stadium in which Torquay United Football Club currently play.-History:...
from Torquay United
Torquay United F.C.
Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...
in February was followed by a win over Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
which was disturbed by a dog on the pitch, whilst the week after came a draw in three inches of snow at Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
. The club's promotion hopes faded with a defeat by 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...
at the Rec, England star Tommy Lawton
Tommy Lawton
Thomas "Tommy" Lawton was an English association footballer who rose to fame a short time before the outbreak of the Second World War and enjoyed a successful career which lasted until well into the 1950s....
scoring the winner. In preparation for next season Joe Dale
Joe Dale
Joseph "Joe" Dale was an English footballer.-Playing career:Dale played for Witton Albion before he transferred to Manchester United in June 1947. He made his United debut on 27 September 1947 in a 2–1 win at Preston North End. He only played one further game before he was bought by Port Vale for...
was signed from Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
for £1,000. The last game of the season attracted 5,602 spectators – the lowest total of the season – ironically this was against Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
, their opponents in the highest attended home game of the previous campaign. This low attendance was partly blamed on the FA Cup final
1948 FA Cup Final
The 1948 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium on 24 April 1948. United, who had not appeared in an FA Cup Final for 39 years, won 4–2, with two goals from Jack Rowley and one apiece from Stan Pearson and John Anderson. Eddie Shimwell and Stan Mortensen...
, which was broadcast at the same time.
They finished in eighth place with 43 points, thereby barely improving on the previous season. Ronnie Allen was the top-scorer with just thirteen goals. Scoring was very much a team effort.
Finances
On the financial side, a loss of £1,292 was reported – mainly due to a transfer debit. Gate receipts had increased to £26,666 and the wage bill had risen drastically to £13,647. Cash was needed for the ongoing construction of 'The Wembley of the NorthVale 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....
', and so schemes such as the '100 Club' were introduced, offering supporters a seat for life at the stadium at a cost of £100. Meanwhile Norman Hallam
Norman Hallam
Norman Henry Hallam is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Hallam played for Chelsea before joining Port Vale in May 1946. He quit full-time football however in July 1948 to become a Methodist Minister, but played two games in 1950...
departed in the summer, who left the area to become a Methodist
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
Minister in Carlisle.
Cup competitions
In the FA CupFA 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...
, Vale fell at the first hurdle, losing 2–1 to Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
at Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...
in a below-par performance.
Final league table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 74 | 37 | 2.000 | 61 |
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 76 | 35 | 2.171 | 57 |
| 3 | Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 40 | 1.750 | 51 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... |
42 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 | 49 |
| 5 | Swansea Town Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position... |
42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 70 | 52 | 1.346 | 48 |
| 6 | 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... |
42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 59 | 1.153 | 46 |
| 7 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 77 | 65 | 1.185 | 43 |
| 8 | Port Vale 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... |
42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 54 | 1.167 | 43 |
| 9 | Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had... |
42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | 43 |
| 10 | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 58 | 0.966 | 41 |
| 11 | Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003... |
42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 41 |
| 12 | 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... |
42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 61 | 73 | 0.836 | 41 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 39 |
| 14 | Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 39 |
| 15 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 79 | 0.722 | 38 |
| 16 | Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011... |
42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 0.891 | 36 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 36 |
| 18 | Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 63 | 62 | 1.016 | 35 |
| 19 | Aldershot Aldershot F.C. Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable... |
42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 67 | 0.672 | 35 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city.... |
42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 71 | 75 | 0.947 | 34 |
| 21 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 61 | 76 | 0.803 | 34 |
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.... |
42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 73 | 0.589 | 34 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League Third Division South
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1947 | Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city.... |
H | 1–1 | 15,714 | Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
| 27 August 1947 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
A | 2–1 | 22,024 | Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... , Smith |
| 30 August 1947 | Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
A | 1–4 | 9,404 | Smith |
| 1 September 1947 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
H | 2–0 | 11,688 | Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... , Smith |
| 6 September 1947 | Aldershot Aldershot F.C. Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable... |
H | 6–4 | 13,840 | Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... (3), Jones Morris Jones (footballer) William Morris Jones is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Jones played for South Liverpool before joining Port Vale in June 1939. Due to the Second World War it took until a 31 August 1946 match against Brighton & Hove Albion before he made his debut, in the interim had had guested for... (3) |
| 10 September 1947 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
A | 1–1 | 8,802 | Hallam Norman Hallam Norman Henry Hallam is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Hallam played for Chelsea before joining Port Vale in May 1946. He quit full-time football however in July 1948 to become a Methodist Minister, but played two games in 1950... |
| 13 September 1947 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
A | 0–2 | 15,063 | |
| 15 September 1947 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
H | 7–0 | 12,232 | Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... (3), Hallam Norman Hallam Norman Henry Hallam is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Hallam played for Chelsea before joining Port Vale in May 1946. He quit full-time football however in July 1948 to become a Methodist Minister, but played two games in 1950... (2), Smith (2) |
| 20 September 1947 | Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
H | 1–1 | 17,092 | Bellis Alf Bellis Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City... |
| 27 September 1947 | Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011... |
A | 0–1 | 16,828 | |
| 4 October 1947 | Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had... |
H | 2–1 | 15,106 | Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... , Smith |
| 11 October 1947 | 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... |
A | 1–2 | 20,172 | Bellis Alf Bellis Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City... |
| 18 October 1947 | Swansea Town Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position... |
H | 1–1 | 14,355 | Smith |
| 25 October 1947 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
A | 0–3 | 17,025 | |
| 1 November 1947 | Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... |
H | 4–1 | 14,878 | Martin (2), Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... , Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
| 8 November 1947 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
A | 1–2 | 27,740 | Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... |
| 15 November 1947 | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
H | 1–0 | 13,305 | Smith |
| 22 November 1947 | Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
A | 2–1 | 15,309 | Bellis Alf Bellis Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City... , Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... |
| 20 December 1947 | Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city.... |
A | 1–2 | 11,651 | Martin |
| 25 December 1947 | Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.... |
H | 5–0 | 11,431 | Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... (2), McGarry Bill McGarry William Harry "Bill" McGarry was an English international football player and manager.A right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years... , Martin, Triner Don Triner Donald Arthur Triner is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Triner played for Downing's Tileries before joining Port Vale in December 1938. In only his second game, a 1–0 home win at Bristol Rovers on 7 January 1939, he broke his leg... |
| 27 December 1947 | Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.... |
A | 2–2 | 7,329 | Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... , Martin |
| 3 January 1948 | Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
H | 1–0 | 12,905 | Bellis Alf Bellis Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City... |
| 10 January 1948 | Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
H | 3–0 | 12,225 | Keeley Walter Keeley Walter Keeley was an English footballer.-Playing career:Keeley played for the RAF, Accrington Stanley, Manchester United and Bury before joining Port Vale, along with 'a substantial fee', in exchange for Alf Bellis in January 1948. He made an excellent debut, scoring twice in a 3–0 home win over... (2), Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... |
| 17 January 1948 | Aldershot Aldershot F.C. Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable... |
A | 1–1 | 4,459 | Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... |
| 24 January 1948 | 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... |
H | 4–1 | 10,816 | Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... (2), Keeley Walter Keeley Walter Keeley was an English footballer.-Playing career:Keeley played for the RAF, Accrington Stanley, Manchester United and Bury before joining Port Vale, along with 'a substantial fee', in exchange for Alf Bellis in January 1948. He made an excellent debut, scoring twice in a 3–0 home win over... , Martin (pen) |
| 31 January 1948 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
H | 4–1 | 13,419 | Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... (2), Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... , Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
| 7 February 1948 | Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
A | 0–5 | 6,067 | |
| 14 February 1948 | Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011... |
H | 1–0 | 14,263 | Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
| 21 February 1948 | Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had... |
A | 1–1 | 3,961 | Martin |
| 28 February 1948 | 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... |
H | 1–2 | 18,147 | Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... |
| 6 March 1948 | Swansea Town Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position... |
A | 0–2 | 18,180 | |
| 13 March 1948 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
H | 2–1 | 15,221 | Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... , Martin |
| 20 March 1948 | Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... |
A | 1–2 | 11,100 | Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
| 26 March 1948 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
H | 0–2 | 17,889 | |
| 27 March 1948 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
H | 1–0 | 12,541 | Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
| 29 March 1948 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
A | 1–2 | 24,053 | Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
| 3 April 1948 | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
A | 0–2 | 12,293 | |
| 7 April 1948 | Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003... |
A | 0–0 | 7,653 | |
| 10 April 1948 | Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
H | 0–1 | 12,282 | |
| 17 April 1948 | Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
A | 0–0 | 12,430 | |
| 24 April 1948 | Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003... |
H | 1–1 | 5,602 | Smith |
| 1 May 1948 | 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... |
A | 0–0 | 8,309 |
FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 29 November 1947 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
A | 1–2 | 13,000 | Smith |
Appearances
| Pos. | Name | Football League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GK |  George HeppellGeorge Heppell George Heppell was an English football goalkeeper who made over 200 appearances for Port Vale.-Playing career:... |
39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| DF | Basil Hayward Basil Hayward Carl Basil Hayward was an English footballer player and manager. He was the younger brother of Doug and Eric Hayward.... |
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| DF | Tommy Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... |
23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
| DF | Garth Butler Garth Butler Walter Garth Butler an English footballer. He was nicknamed 'the assassin' for his habit of taking several different coloured pills before a match.-Playing career:Butler joined Port Vale from Derby County in June 1946... |
39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| DF |  Bob PursellBob Pursell (footballer born 1919) Robert Wilson Pursell was a Scottish footballer. He was the son of Peter Pursell and nephew to Bob Pursell, who were also defenders who played for Port Vale.-Playing career:... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Harry Hubbick Harry Hubbick Henry Edward Hubbick was an English footballer.-Playing career:After leaving school Hubbick worked as a coal miner. In his free time he played football for Jarrow, Blyth Spartans and Spennymoor United before signing for professional club Burnley in 1935... |
30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| MF | Alf Bellis Alf Bellis Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City... |
17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| MF | Wilf Smith |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Don Triner Don Triner Donald Arthur Triner is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Triner played for Downing's Tileries before joining Port Vale in December 1938. In only his second game, a 1–0 home win at Bristol Rovers on 7 January 1939, he broke his leg... |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| MF |  Jimmy ToddJimmy Todd James "Jimmy" Todd was a footballer from Northern Ireland who played most notably for Port Vale in the 1940s and '50s.-Playing career:... |
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| MF | Alan Martin |
42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 8 |
| MF | Bill McGarry Bill McGarry William Harry "Bill" McGarry was an English international football player and manager.A right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years... |
26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| MF | Eric Eastwood |
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| MF | Norman Hallam Norman Hallam Norman Henry Hallam is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Hallam played for Chelsea before joining Port Vale in May 1946. He quit full-time football however in July 1948 to become a Methodist Minister, but played two games in 1950... |
29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| MF | Walter Keeley Walter Keeley Walter Keeley was an English footballer.-Playing career:Keeley played for the RAF, Accrington Stanley, Manchester United and Bury before joining Port Vale, along with 'a substantial fee', in exchange for Alf Bellis in January 1948. He made an excellent debut, scoring twice in a 3–0 home win over... |
16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| MF | Joe Dale Joe Dale Joseph "Joe" Dale was an English footballer.-Playing career:Dale played for Witton Albion before he transferred to Manchester United in June 1947. He made his United debut on 27 September 1947 in a 2–1 win at Preston North End. He only played one further game before he was bought by Port Vale for... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | John Currie John Currie (English footballer) John Edward Currie was an English footballer.-Playing career:Currie played for Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, where he enjoyed a loan spell with Stafford Rangers before switching permanently to Staffordshire based Port Vale in June 1947. He only managed nine appearances in the 1947–48 season... |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | Ted Shore Ted Shore Edward Shore is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Shore joined Port Vale as an amateur in September 1945. He made his debut in a 4–0 home win over Clapton Orient in a war league match on 13 October 1945, signing as a professional later in the month... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Jack Smith |
26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 |
| FW | Bill Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10 |
| FW | Morris Jones Morris Jones (footballer) William Morris Jones is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Jones played for South Liverpool before joining Port Vale in June 1939. Due to the Second World War it took until a 31 August 1946 match against Brighton & Hove Albion before he made his debut, in the interim had had guested for... |
14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| FW | Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... |
38 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 13 |
| FW | Eric Prince Eric Prince (footballer) Eric Prince is an English former footballer. He was the younger brother of fellow footballer Sid Prince.-Playing career:... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
All competitions
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... |
13 |
| Bill Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
10 |
| Jack Smith |
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| Alan Martin |
8 |
| Tommy Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... |
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| Alf Bellis Alf Bellis Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City... |
4 |
| Morris Jones Morris Jones (footballer) William Morris Jones is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Jones played for South Liverpool before joining Port Vale in June 1939. Due to the Second World War it took until a 31 August 1946 match against Brighton & Hove Albion before he made his debut, in the interim had had guested for... |
3 |
| Norman Hallam Norman Hallam Norman Henry Hallam is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Hallam played for Chelsea before joining Port Vale in May 1946. He quit full-time football however in July 1948 to become a Methodist Minister, but played two games in 1950... |
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| Walter Keeley Walter Keeley Walter Keeley was an English footballer.-Playing career:Keeley played for the RAF, Accrington Stanley, Manchester United and Bury before joining Port Vale, along with 'a substantial fee', in exchange for Alf Bellis in January 1948. He made an excellent debut, scoring twice in a 3–0 home win over... |
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| Bill McGarry Bill McGarry William Harry "Bill" McGarry was an English international football player and manager.A right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years... |
1 |
| Don Triner Don Triner Donald Arthur Triner is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Triner played for Downing's Tileries before joining Port Vale in December 1938. In only his second game, a 1–0 home win at Bristol Rovers on 7 January 1939, he broke his leg... |
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League
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Ronald "Ronnie" Allen was an English international football player and manager. He was a professional footballer for nineteen years, between 1946 and 1964, making 638 appearances in the Football League, and scoring 276 goals. He also won five caps for England national team... |
13 |
| Bill Pointon Bill Pointon William James Pointon is a former professional footballer.-Playing career:Pointon joined Port Vale as a war-time player in February 1941. Due to the Second World War his debut did not come until 16 September 1944, in the meantime he guested for Portsmouth, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion... |
10 |
| Jack Smith |
9 |
| Alan Martin |
8 |
| Tommy Cheadle Tommy Cheadle Thomas Cheadle was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale in various positions for over a decade... |
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| Alf Bellis Alf Bellis Alfred "Alf" Bellis is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Bellis joined Port Vale from Burnell's Ironworks in March 1938. During the war he played for the club, as well as guesting for Ellesmere Port Town, Rochdale, Notts County, Manchester United and Manchester City... |
4 |
| Morris Jones Morris Jones (footballer) William Morris Jones is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Jones played for South Liverpool before joining Port Vale in June 1939. Due to the Second World War it took until a 31 August 1946 match against Brighton & Hove Albion before he made his debut, in the interim had had guested for... |
3 |
| Norman Hallam Norman Hallam Norman Henry Hallam is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Hallam played for Chelsea before joining Port Vale in May 1946. He quit full-time football however in July 1948 to become a Methodist Minister, but played two games in 1950... |
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| Walter Keeley Walter Keeley Walter Keeley was an English footballer.-Playing career:Keeley played for the RAF, Accrington Stanley, Manchester United and Bury before joining Port Vale, along with 'a substantial fee', in exchange for Alf Bellis in January 1948. He made an excellent debut, scoring twice in a 3–0 home win over... |
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| Bill McGarry Bill McGarry William Harry "Bill" McGarry was an English international football player and manager.A right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years... |
1 |
| Don Triner Don Triner Donald Arthur Triner is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Triner played for Downing's Tileries before joining Port Vale in December 1938. In only his second game, a 1–0 home win at Bristol Rovers on 7 January 1939, he broke his leg... |
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