List of Port Vale F.C. seasons

Port Vale F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, playing in Football League One, the third level of the English football league system, as of the 2015–16 season. The club was probably formed in 1879^[1] and in 1884 took the name Burslem Port Vale F.C. The club folded in 1907 and the new club dropped 'Burslem' from its name. They played their home matches at the Athletic Ground between 1886 and 1913, at The Old Recreation Ground between 1913 and 1950, and at Vale Park from 1950 to the present day. The club joined the Football League in 1892 as founder members of the Football League Second Division, resigning in 1907, only to return in 1919.

Twice in the 20th century Port Vale came close to winning promotion to the highest tier of English football, in 1930–31; they finished fifth, eight points from automatic promotion. In 1996–97 they finished eighth, four points away from sixth place Crystal Palace (who went on to win promotion to the Premier League in the play-offs). However a decline then set in and by 2008 the club had plummeted to the Football League's basement division.

First team matches were recorded for the first time in 1882, meaning records go back over 125 years, friendlies are not included in this data (including goal tallies). Port Vale have never played top-flight football, they have spent 43 seasons in the second tier, 43 seasons in the third tier, and 18 seasons in the fourth tier of the Football League. No team has played more second tier or Football League seasons without ever reaching the top-flight.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup^[A]	Other	Top scorer^[B]
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup^[A]	Other	Top scorer^[B]
1882–83	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football											NSCCC winners	Enoch Hood	2
1883–84	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football											SSC SF	Charles Simpson	1
1884–85	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football											BCC winners	Ernie Payne	5
1885–86	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football									R5		NSCCC runners-up	Billy Reynolds	7
1886–87	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football									R3		SSC SF	Billy Reynolds	11
1887–88	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football									1Q		SSC R3	Harry Cookson	23^[E]
1888–89	The Combination	26	7	4	15	40	57	22		2Q		NSCCC SF	Jimmy Ditchfield	8
1889–90	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football									2Q		SSC SF	Frank McGinnes	2
1890–91	Midland Football League	24	11	3	10	59	49	25	8th	2Q		NSCCC winners		19
1891–92	Midland Football League	21	12	1	8	52	33	25	3rd	1Q		SCC winners		19
1892–93	Second Division	22	6	3	13	30	57	15	11th	1Q		BSC 2R	Meshach Dean	6
1893–94		28	13	4	11	66	64	30	7th	1Q		SSC 2R	Billy Beats	20
1894–95		30	7	4	19	39	77	18	15th	1Q		SSC 2R	Meshach Dean	8
1895–96		30	7	4	19	43	78	18	14th	2Q		SSC 1R	Ernest Beckett	8
1896–97	Midland Football League	28	14	3	11	64	56	31	7th	5Q		SSCC winners	Dick Evans Danny Simpson	14
1897–98	Midland Football League	22	10	3	7	46	32	23	5th	R2		SSC winners	Dick Evans Danny Simpson	11
1898–99	Second Division	34	17	5	12	56	34	39	9th	5Q		BSC runners-up	James Peake	17
1899–00		34	14	6	14	39	49	34	11th	5Q		BSC runners-up	Howard Harvey	17
1900–01		34	11	11	12	45	47	33	9th	R1		SSC QF	Adrian Capes	11
1901–02		34	10	9	15	43	59	29	12th	5Q		SSC SF		20
1902–03		34	13	8	13	57	62	34	9th	4Q		SSC R1		18
1903–04		34	10	9	15	54	52	29	13th	R1		SSC R1		17
1904–05		34	10	7	17	47	72	27	16th	6Q		BSC SF	Dick Allman	8
1905–06		38	12	4	22	49	82	28	17th	R1		SSC SF	Harry Mountford	15
1906–07		38	12	7	19	60	83	31	16th	R2		SSC SF	Billy Beats	15
1907–08	North Staffordshire Federation League	16	8	3	5	34	28	19	5th			NSFLC R6	Bert Beech	11
1908–09	North Staffordshire & District League	26	11	3	12	57	51	25	8th			HC R2	Bert Beech	17
1909–10		26	21	1	4	89	25	43	1st			SJC winners	Joe Brough	43
1910–11		26	14	3	9	50	41	31	4th			NSNSC SF	J. Tunnicliffe	11
1911–12	The Central League	32	15	12	5	46	23	42	2nd			SSC winners	Frank Cannon	18
1912–13		38	19	7	12	55	38	45	4th	3Q		BSC winners	Eli Adams	20
1913–14		38	17	11	10	78	62	45	4th	R1		BSC runners-up	Chris Young	37
1914–15		38	25	3	10	84	42	53	3rd	5Q		NSIC winners	Chris Young	40
No competitive football was played for the 1914–1915 season due to the First World War.
1916–17	Lancashire Regional Section	30	7	7	16	50	40	21	15th			ST 12th	Jack Needham	12
1917–18		30	9	8	13	47	55	26	11th			ST 14th	David Bowcock	7
1918–19		30	10	4	16	39	78	24	12th			ST 4th	Harry Howell	9
1919–20	Second Division	42	16	8	18	59	62	40	13th	R1		SSC winners	Bobby Blood	26
1920–21		42	11	14	17	43	49	36	17th	6Q		NSIC runners-up	Bobby Blood	20
1921–22		42	14	8	20	43	57	36	18th	R1		NSIC winners	Tom Page	10
1922–23		42	14	9	19	39	51	37	17th	5Q		NSIC runners-up	Tom Butler	9
1923–24		42	13	12	17	50	66	38	16th	5Q		NSIC runners-up	Billy Briscoe Tom Page	10
1924–25		42	17	8	17	48	56	42	8th	R1			Wilf Kirkham	33
1925–26		42	19	6	17	79	69	44	8th	R3				35
1926–27		42	16	13	13	88	78	45	8th	R4		NSRIC runners-up		41
1927–28		42	18	8	16	68	57	44	9th	R5				14
1928–29		42	15	4	23	71	86	34	21st	R3				15
1929–30	Third Division North	42	30	7	5	103	37	67	1st	R2		NSRIC runners-up	Sam Jennings	21
1930–31	Second Division	42	21	5	16	67	61	47	5th	R4			Sam Jennings	17
1931–32		42	13	7	22	58	89	33	20th	R4		NSRIC runners-up	Tom Nolan	11
1932–33		42	14	10	18	66	79	38	17th	R3			Wilf Kirkham	15
1933–34		42	19	7	16	60	55	45	8th	R3			Tom Nolan	22
1934–35		42	11	12	19	55	74	34	18th	R3			Tom Nolan	16
1935–36		42	12	8	22	56	106	32	21st	R4			Jack Roberts	12
1936–37	Third Division North	42	17	10	15	58	64	44	11th	R3		NSC SF	Tommy Ward	18
1937–38	Third Division North	42	12	14	16	65	73	38	15th	R1		NSC R1	Jack Roberts	28
1938–39	Third Division South	42	14	9	19	52	58	37	18th	R2		SoSC SF	Tom Nolan	17
1939–40^[D]	Third Division South	2	0	1	1	0	1	1		P		FLWRT 8th	Jack Roberts	13
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War.
1944–45	Football League North	18	5	2	11	22	36	12	45th			FLN2C 54th	Alf Bellis	10
1945–46	Third Division (South) North Region	20	9	6	5	34	25	24	3rd	R3		TDSRC 8th	Bill Pointon	19
1946–47	Third Division South	42	17	9	16	68	63	43	10th	R4			Morris Jones	26
1947–48		42	16	11	15	63	54	43	8th	R1			Ronnie Allen	13
1948–49		42	14	11	17	51	54	39	13th	R1			Walter Aveyard	13
1949–50		42	15	11	16	47	42	41	13th	R4			Cliff Pinchbeck	16
1950–51		46	16	13	17	60	65	45	12th	R3			Cliff Pinchbeck	19
1951–52		46	14	15	17	50	66	43	13th	R1			Albert Mullard	13
1952–53	Third Division North	46	20	18	8	67	35	58	2nd	R2		CC runners-up	Basil Hayward	22
1953–54	Third Division North	46	26	17	3	74	21	69	1st	SF			Basil Hayward	25
1954–55	Second Division	42	12	11	19	48	71	35	17th	R4			Cyril Done	13
1955–56		42	16	13	13	60	58	45	12th	R4			Len Stephenson	14
1956–57		42	8	6	28	57	101	22	22nd	R3			Cyril Done	9
1957–58	Third Division South	46	16	10	20	67	58	42	15th	R2			Stan Steele	22
1958–59	Fourth Division	42	26	12	8	110	58	64	1st	R1			Stan Steele	22
1959–60	Third Division	46	19	8	19	80	79	46	14th	R5		SCT runners-up	Graham Barnett	17
1960–61		46	17	15	14	96	79	49	7th	R3	R2	SCT winners	Cliff Portwood	26
1961–62		46	17	11	18	65	58	45	12th	R5	R1		Bert Llewellyn Arthur Longbottom	20
1962–63		46	23	8	17	72	58	54	3rd	R4	R2		Tony Richards	13
1963–64		46	16	14	16	53	49	46	13th	R4	R2		Tony Richards	13
1964–65		46	9	14	23	41	76	32	22nd	R2	R1		Albert Cheesebrough	7
1965–66	Fourth Division	46	15	9	22	48	59	39	19th	R3	R1		John Rowland	23
1966–67		46	14	15	17	55	58	43	13th	R2	R1		Mick Cullerton	12
1967–68		46	12	15	19	61	72	39	18th	R1	R2		Roy Chapman	25
1968–69		46	16	14	16	46	46	46	13th	R3	R1		Roy Chapman	12
1969–70		46	20	19	7	61	33	59	4th	R2	R1		John James	17
1970–71	Third Division	46	15	12	19	52	59	42	17th	R1	R1		John James	15
1971–72		46	13	15	18	43	59	41	15th	R3	R1		Bobby Gough	10
1972–73		46	21	11	14	56	69	53	6th	R3	R2		Sammy Morgan Ray Williams	11
1973–74		46	14	14	18	52	58	42	20th	R3	R1		John Woodward	18
1974–75		46	18	15	13	61	54	51	6th	R1	R1		Terry Bailey Ray Williams	14
1975–76		46	15	16	15	55	54	46	12th	R2	R1		Mick Cullerton	21
1976–77		46	11	16	19	47	71	38	19th	R5	R1	DC runners-up	Ken Beamish	18
1977–78		46	8	20	18	46	67	36	21st	R2	R1		Ken Beamish	16
1978–79	Fourth Division	46	14	14	18	57	70	42	16th	R1	R1		Bernie Wright	15
1979–80		46	12	12	22	56	70	36	20th	R1	R1		Neville Chamberlain	11
1980–81		46	12	15	19	57	70	39	19th	R3	R1		Neville Chamberlain	13
1981–82		46	18	16	12	56	49	70	7th	R3	R2		Ernie Moss	17
1982–83		46	26	10	10	67	34	88	3rd	R1	R1		Robert Newton	20
1983–84	Third Division	46	11	10	25	51	83	43	23rd	R1	R2	FLT R2	Eamonn O'Keefe	11
1984–85	Fourth Division	46	14	18	14	61	59	60	12th	R3	R2	FLT R2	Alistair Brown	21
1985–86	Fourth Division	46	21	16	9	67	37	79	4th	R2	R2	FLT ASF	Andy Jones	18
1986–87	Third Division	46	15	12	19	76	70	57	12th	R2	R2	FLT AQF	Andy Jones	37
1987–88		46	18	11	17	58	56	65	11th	R5	R1	FLT R1	Darren Beckford David Riley	10
1988–89		46	24	12	10	78	48	84	3rd	R3	R2	FLT P	Darren Beckford	23
1989–90	Second Division	46	15	16	15	62	57	61	11th	R4	R2	FMC R2		21
1990–91		46	15	12	19	56	64	57	15th	R4	R2	FMC R1		23
1991–92		46	10	15	27	42	59	45	24th	R3	R3	FMC R2	Martin Foyle	16
1992–93		46	26	11	9	79	44	89	3rd	R3	R1	FLT winners	Ian Taylor	19
1993–94		46	26	10	10	79	46	88	2nd	R4	R1	FLT AQF	Martin Foyle	18
1994–95	First Division	46	15	13	18	58	64	58	17th	R2	R2		Martin Foyle	20
1995–96		46	15	15	16	59	66	60	12th	R5	R1	AIC runners-up	Tony Naylor	12
1996–97		46	17	16	13	58	55	67	8th	R3	R3		Tony Naylor	20
1997–98		46	13	10	23	56	55	49	19th	R3	R1		Lee Mills	16
1998–99		46	13	8	25	45	75	47	21st	R3	R1		Martin Foyle	9
1999–00		46	7	15	24	48	69	36	23rd	R3	R1		Tony Rougier	9
2000–01	Second Division	46	16	14	16	55	49	62	11th	R1	R1	FLT winners	Tony Naylor	21
2001–02		46	16	10	20	51	62	58	14th	R2	R2	FLT AQF	Stephen McPhee	14
2002–03		46	14	11	21	54	70	53	17th	R1	R1	FLT AQF	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	9
2003–04		46	21	10	15	73	62	73	7th	R2	R1	FLT AR1	Stephen McPhee	27
2004–05	League One	46	17	5	24	49	59	56	18th	R2	R1	FLT AR2	Billy Paynter	13
2005–06		46	16	12	18	49	54	60	13th	R4	R1	FLT AR2	Leon Constantine	12
2006–07		46	18	6	22	64	65	60	12th	R2	R4	FLT AR2	Leon Constantine	26
2007–08		46	9	11	26	47	81	38	23rd	R2	R1	FLT P	Luke Rodgers	12
2008–09	League Two	46	13	9	24	44	66	48	18th	R2	R1	FLT R1	Marc Richards	11
2009–10		46	17	17	12	61	50	68	10th	R2	R3	FLT R3		23
2010–11		46	17	14	15	54	49	65	11th	R3	R2	FLT R2		20
2011–12		46	20	9	17	68	60	59	12th	R1	R1	FLT R1		17
2012–13		46	21	15	11	87	52	78	3rd	R2	R1	FLT R3	Tom Pope	33
2013–14	League One	46	18	7	21	59	73	61	9th	R4	R1	FLT R2		16
2014–15		46	15	9	22	55	65	54	18th	R1	R2	FLT R2		12
2015–16		46	18	11	17	56	58	65	12th	R2	R2	FLT R2	AJ Leitch-Smith	13

Key

Winners	Runners up	Promoted	Relegated

Key to league record:
P – games played
W – games won
D – games drawn
L – games lost
F – goals for
A – goals against
Pts – points
Pos – final position

Key to rounds:
P – Preliminaries
1Q – first qualifying round
2Q – second qualifying round
3Q – third qualifying round
4Q – fourth qualifying round
5Q – fifth qualifying round
6Q – sixth qualifying round
R1 – first round
R2 – second round
R3 – third round
R4 – fourth round
R5 – fifth round
R6 – sixth round
QF – quarter-final
SF – semi-final
Grp – group stage
AQF – Area quarter-finals
ASF – Area semi-finals
AF – Area final

Key to cups:
AIC – Anglo-Italian Cup ASP – Associate Members' Cup
BSC – Birmingham Senior Cup
BBC – Burslem Challenge Cup
CC – Coronation Cup
DC – Debenhams Cup
FLT – Football League Trophy
FLWRT – Football League Western Regional Tournament
FMC – Full Members Cup
HC – Hanley Cup
NSC – Northern Section Cup
SJC – Staffordshire Junior Cup
NSFLC – North Staffordshire Federation League Cup
NSIC/NSRIC – North Staffordshire (Royal) Infirmary Cup
NSNSC – North Staffordshire Nursing Society's Cup
SCT – Supporters' Clubs' Trophy
SoSC – Southern Section Cup
SSC – Staffordshire Senior Cup
SSCC – Staffordshire Senior Charity Cup
ST – Subsidiary Tournament (to league)
TDSRC – Third Division (South) North Region Cup

Notes

A. ^ The Football League Cup competition did not start until the 1960–61 season.
B. ^ Other than where stated, includes all senior competitive first-team matches.
C. ^ The Second Division was renamed Football League One as part of a new sponsorship deal in the 2004–05 season.
D. ^ League abandoned due to WW2.
E. ^ Friendly matches are the only recorded matches for this season

References

↑ The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale, ISBN 0-9508981-4-7, 1990, pages 4-13, The Port Vale Record 1879-1993, ISBN 0-9508981-9-8, 1993, page 4, and What If There Had Been No Port In The Vale?: Startling Port Vale Stories, ISBN 978-0-952915-28-7, 2011, pages 18-33, all by Kent, Jeff.

Kent, Jeff (1993). The Port Vale Record 1879–1993. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-9-8.

Port Vale Football Club

History Managers Records Seasons

Grounds	Athletic Ground Old Recreation Ground Vale Park

Players	25+ appearances <25 appearances Player of the Year Winners

Matches	1989 Play-off Final 1993 League Trophy Final 1993 Play-off Final 1996 Anglo-Italian Final 2001 League Trophy Final Potteries derby

Port Vale F.C. seasons

1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 99–1900

1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

Lists of English football seasons by club

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Non-League	Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Altrincham Arlesey Town Ashford United Banbury United Bradford Park Avenue Burnham Cambridge City Chippenham Town Chesham United Cirencester Town Corby Town Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Dartford Dover Athletic Eastbourne Borough F.C. United of Manchester Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Glossop North End Gloucester City Harrow Borough Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United Hitchin Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Maidstone United Margate Nelson Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Town Redditch United Southport Tamworth Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walton & Hersham Welling United Weymouth Woking York City

Defunct teams	Chester City Hereford United Hinckley United Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury Scarborough Wimbledon Wigan Borough

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