2020–21 Port Vale F.C. season

Port Vale
2020–21 season
Owner	Synsol Holdings Limited
Chairperson	Carol Shanahan
Manager	John Askey
Stadium	Vale Park
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2019–20

The 2020–21 Port Vale F.C. season is the club's 109th season in the English Football League, and fourth consecutive season in EFL League Two. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Overview

EFL League Two

On 7 July 2020, manager John Askey made his first summer signing in 22-year old striker Devante Rodney, who had been released by Salford City.^[1] Two weeks later he brought in versatile right-back Zak Mills, who had been released by Oldham Athletic, in order to provide competition for James Gibbons.^[2] Tom Pope began the season with a six match ban after a Twitter post he made in January was judged to have amounted to Antisemitic canard.^[3] Askey meanwhile continued to strengthen the squad, bringing in midfielder Danny Whitehead, who had also played under Askey at Macclesfield Town and had just been released from Salford City.^[4] The club kit was revealed later that week, the unique “V” patterned home strip having partly designed by Robbie Williams, club owner Carol Shanahan and her son Patrick.^[5] Askey looked at a number of players on trial during pre-season, including free agents Dino Visser, Harvey Bradbury, Rhys Lovett and Ethan Beckford, as well as Nottingham Forest academy player Kieran Hayes.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Results

Pre-season

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Exeter City	46	18	16	12	71	50	+21	70
10	Carlisle United	46	18	12	16	60	51	+9	66
11	Leyton Orient	46	17	10	19	53	55	−2	61
12	Crawley Town	46	16	13	17	56	62	−6	61
13	Port Vale	46	17	9	20	57	57	0	60
14	Stevenage	46	14	18	14	41	41	0	60
15	Bradford City	46	16	11	19	48	53	−5	59
16	Mansfield Town	46	13	19	14	57	55	+2	58
17	Harrogate Town	46	16	9	21	52	61	−9	57

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[9]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos.	#	Name	EFL League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total
Pos.	#	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF		David Amoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Shaun Brisley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		Scott Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Rhys Browne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Scott Burgess	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Ryan Campbell-Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Tom Conlon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Adam Crookes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Mark Cullen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		James Gibbons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Alex Hurst	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Luke Joyce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Zak Mills	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Devante Rodney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Cristian Montaño	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Manny Oyeleke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Tom Pope	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Devante Rodney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Nathan Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Daniel Trickett-Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Danny Whitehead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		David Worrall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 July 2020	CF	Devante Rodney	Salford City	Free transfer	^[1]
16 July 2020	RB	Zak Mills	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[2]
3 August 2020	CM	Danny Whitehead	Salford City	Free transfer	^[4]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF	Jordan McFarlane-Archer		Released	^[10]
1 July 2020	CM	Will Atkinson		Released	^[10]
1 July 2020	DM	Callum Evans	Bath City	Released	^[10]^[11]
1 July 2020	CB	Kieran Kennedy	York City	Released	^[10]^[12]
1 July 2020	AM	Ryan Lloyd		Released	^[10]
1 July 2020	GK	Jonny Maddison		Released	^[10]
5 August 2020	FW	Maxwell Chimenes	Newcastle Town	Free transfer	^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Baggaley, Michael (7 July 2020). "Port Vale sign former Salford and Man City youth striker Devante Rodney". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Zak Mills: Port Vale sign former Oldham Athletic defender after his release by Latics". BBC Sport. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ Baggaley, Michael (24 July 2020). "Port Vale's Tom Pope given six-game FA ban and fine for Twitter comments". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Danny Whitehead: Port Vale sign former Salford City midfielder". BBC Sport. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ Baggaley, Michael (7 August 2020). "Port Vale reveal new 2020/21 home kit in collaboration with Robbie Williams". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ Smith, Peter (11 August 2020). "Port Vale boss looking forward to giving trial players run out in friendlies". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ Curtis, Leigh (14 August 2020). "Port Vale showing interest in Nottingham Forest striker". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ Fielding, Rob (14 August 2020). "Manager reveals identities of two more trialists training with Port Vale". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2019/2020 Retained List". Port Vale F.C. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Player News - Callum Evans". Bath City FC. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "York City sign defender Kieran Kennedy as rebuild continues". York Press. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
^ "Chimenes Joins Newcastle". Northern Premier League. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[rodneyin-1] Baggaley, Michael (7 July 2020). "Port Vale sign former Salford and Man City youth striker Devante Rodney". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[millsin-2] "Zak Mills: Port Vale sign former Oldham Athletic defender after his release by Latics". BBC Sport. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[toot-3] Baggaley, Michael (24 July 2020). "Port Vale's Tom Pope given six-game FA ban and fine for Twitter comments". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[dwh-4] "Danny Whitehead: Port Vale sign former Salford City midfielder". BBC Sport. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[5] Baggaley, Michael (7 August 2020). "Port Vale reveal new 2020/21 home kit in collaboration with Robbie Williams". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[6] Smith, Peter (11 August 2020). "Port Vale boss looking forward to giving trial players run out in friendlies". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[7] Curtis, Leigh (14 August 2020). "Port Vale showing interest in Nottingham Forest striker". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[8] Fielding, Rob (14 August 2020). "Manager reveals identities of two more trialists training with Port Vale". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[9] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[Retained_List-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2019/2020 Retained List". Port Vale F.C. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[11] "Player News - Callum Evans". Bath City FC. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[12] "York City sign defender Kieran Kennedy as rebuild continues". York Press. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

[13] "Chimenes Joins Newcastle". Northern Premier League. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

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