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Port Vale
Port Vale F.C. logo
Port Vale F.C. logo
Full namePort Vale Football Club
Nickname(s)The Valiants
Founded1876
GroundVale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
Capacity19,892[1]
ChairmanBill Bratt
ManagerMartin Foyle
LeagueLeague One
2004-05League One, 18th

Port Vale Football Club is an English association football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. They are the only club in the football league to not be named after a place.

They currently play in Football League One. Their current manager is Martin Foyle – the previous manager of the Port Vale youth team – as well as being an important player for the club in the past. Dean Glover was brought into the club as assistant manager to Martin Foyle.

Stoke is home to two league football clubs, the other being Stoke City whose ground is five miles away. Throughout much of their history they have been regarded as the second team in the city in support, wealth and achievement. However, during the 1990s Port Vale could rightly claim to have overtaken their city rivals as they spent several seasons in the English First Division.

Their most successful period was possibly during the late 1980s and early 1990s under the management of John Rudge. He guided the team to four promotions including two into the First Division, where Vale had not played for 30 years. He also took them to three Wembley finals.

Among the club's fanbase is British singer, Robbie Williams, who was raised in Stoke-On-Trent. When asked on Jonathan Ross's TV chat show if he had any good memories from his days with boyband Take That, he hesitated and then jokingly replied "Yeah... I remember Port Vale beat Spurs at one point."

Achievements

Statistics

Best attendance49768: vs Aston Villa 20 February 1960 FA Cup R5
Best league win9 - 1: vs Chesterfield 24 September 1932 Division Two
Worst league loss0 - 10: vs Sheffield United 10 December 1892 Division Two
Best cup win7 - 1: vs Irthlingborough 12 January 1907 FA Cup R1
Most capped playerChris Birchall [2]: 13 (as of November 2005) Trinidad and Tobago
Most League appearancesRoy Sproson: 761 1950-1972
Most League goalsWilf Kirkham: 154 1923-1933
Most Goals in a seasonWilf Kirkham: 38 1926/27 Division Two
Transfer fee received£2,000,000: Gareth Ainsworth to Wimbledon 29 October 1998
Transfer fee paid£500,000: Gareth Ainsworth from Lincoln City 11 September 1997

Port Vale squad 2005/2006 season (February 2006)

1. Mark Goodlad 2. George Pilkington 3. Craig James 4. Danny Sonner 5. Michael Walsh 6. Clayton Fortune (On loan from Bristol City) 7. Lee Matthews 8. Michael Cummins 9. Nathan Lowndes 10. Sean Doherty 11. Jeff Smith 12. Tony Dinning 14. Robin Hulbert 15. George Abbey 16. Steve Rowland 17. Chris Birchall 18. Mark Innes 20. Jason Talbot 21. Joe Cardle 22. Daniel Holmes 23. Hector Sam 24. Jonny Brain 26. Andy Porter 27. Mark McGregor 28. Luke Prosser 30. Michael Husbands 33. Leon Constantine 34. Louis Briscoe 34. Sam Togwell (On loan from Crystal Palace) 

   Justin Talbot (On loan from Mansfield)

Notable former players

List of Managers

Alan Webb? is this correct?

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