List of Port Vale F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, playing in Football League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system, as of the 2010–11 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 between 1912 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.
Numerous players throughout the club's history have enjoyed long careers with the club. Roy Sproson made 837 appearances (761 in the league) for Vale between 1950 and 1972, later becoming manager in 1974. Wilf Kirkham is the club's record goalscorer with 154 goals in all competitions, as well as 38 goals in a season. Gareth Ainsworth 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 is the club's record international cap holder with 22, playing for Trinidad and Tobago between 2001 and 2006, including three appearances in the 2006 World Cup. Others made little impact at the club, but were significant figures at other clubs, such as Willie Aitken, who went on to serve as head coach at Juventus.
Players with 25 or more appearances
Appearances and goals are for matches in the Football League (including play-off games), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, Debenhams Cup, Supporters' Clubs' Trophy, and Coronation Cup. Minor cup competitions (such as the Staffordshire Senior Cup) may also be included prior to World War II only, as are all first team league appearances in local leagues prior to World War I. Friendly matches in the 19th century are included. Players who only appeared as guests in wartime are not included. Players known only by their surname (i.e. the initial of their first name is not recorded) are not included. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics correct as of 4 December 2016. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club. Players highlighted in pink represented their country whilst at the club.
Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Name | Nationality | Position | Port Vale career | Appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Sproson | England | DF | 1949–1972 | 842 | 35 |
Phil Sproson | England | DF | 1977–1989 | 500 | 41 |
Harry Poole | England | FW | 1953–1968 | 499 | 79 |
Ray Walker | England | MF | 1984–1985 1986–1997 |
440 | 43 |
Dean Glover | England | DF | 1989–1998 | 440 | 20 |
Andy Porter | England | MF | 1986–1998 2004–2006 |
437 | 26 |
Neil Aspin | England | DF | 1989–1999 | 410 | 3 |
Terry Miles | England | MF | 1955–1968 | 405 | 17 |
Russell Bromage | England | MF | 1977–1987 | 402 | 15 |
Basil Hayward | England | DF | 1946–1958 | 373 | 58 |
Stan Steele | England | FW | 1955–1961 1961–1965 |
370 | 97 |
Tommy McLaren | Scotland | MF | 1967–1977 | 369 | 29 |
Tommy Cheadle | England | DF | 1946–1957 | 368 | 15 |
Paul Musselwhite | England | GK | 1992–2000 | 367 | 0 |
Robbie Earle | Jamaica | MF | 1982–1991 | 357 | 90 |
Martin Foyle | England | FW | 1991–2000 | 356 | 107 |
Roger Jones | England | MF | 1923–1937 | 346 | 19 |
Bob Connelly | Scotland | MF | 1921–1932 | 341 | 18 |
Louis Dodds | England | FW | 2008–2016 | 332 | 57 |
Billy Briscoe | England | FW | 1918–1923 1924–1931 |
331 | 60 |
Colin Tartt | England | MF | 1972–1977 1981–1985 |
327 | 20 |
Allen Tankard | England | DF | 1993–2001 | 324 | 13 |
Jimmy Oakes | England | DF | 1923–1933 | 316 | 3 |
John Ridley | England | MF | 1973–1978 1982–1985 |
310 | 9 |
Tom Page | England | FW | 1920–1929 | 302 | 65 |
John Cunliffe | England | MF | 1950–1959 | 302 | 55 |
Reg Potts | England | DF | 1945–1957 | 301 | 3 |
Tony Naylor | England | FW | 1994–2001 | 296 | 90 |
Albert Leake | England | MF | 1950–1961 | 293 | 43 |
Ron Wilson | Scotland | DF | 1963–1970 | 293 | 5 |
Micky Cummins | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2000–2006 | 287 | 34 |
Wilf Kirkham | England | FW | 1923–1929 1932–1933 |
276 | 164 |
Ray King | England | GK | 1949–1957 | 275 | 0 |
Ken Hancock | England | GK | 1958–1964 | 273 | 0 |
Clint Boulton | England | DF | 1965–1971 | 267 | 12 |
Geoff Hunter | England | MF | 1981–1987 | 265 | 17 |
George Price | England | FW | 1896–1907 | 263 | 54 |
Brian Horton | England | MF | 1970–1976 | 258 | 37 |
Billy Heames | MF | 1897–1904 | 254 | 28 | |
George Pilkington | England | DF | 2003–2008 | 253 | 12 |
Neil Griffiths | England | DF | 1973–1981 | 248 | 15 |
Mark Goodlad | England | GK | 2000–2008 | 247 | 0 |
Adam Yates | England | DF | 2009– | 246 | 5 |
Stan Turner | England | DF | 1949–1957 | 246 | 0 |
Adrian Capes | England | FW | 1900–1905 1908–1911 |
243 | 89 |
Billy Elson | England | MF | 1886–1894 | 241 | 15 |
Anthony Griffith | Montserrat | MF | 2008–2012 2013–2014 |
237 | 2 |
Alan Webb | England | DF | 1984–1992 | 235 | 3 |
Jimmy Ditchfield | England | FW | 1886–1896 | 230 | 85 |
John James | England | FW | 1966–1973 | 229 | 44 |
Bobby Gough | England | FW | 1968–1974 | 229 | 35 |
Billy Poulson | England | DF | 1879–1891 | 225 | 15 |
Jack Shelton | MF | 1911–1915 | 224 | 8 | |
Billy Reynolds | England | FW | 1882–1892 | 222 | 104 |
Darren Hughes | England | DF | 1987–1994 | 222 | 4 |
Tom Nolan | England | FW | 1931–1935 1936–1940 |
221 | 96 |
Matt Carragher | England | DF | 1997–2003 | 221 | 2 |
Mark Grew | England | GK | 1986–1992 | 221 | 0 |
Bert Eardley | England | MF | 1899–1907 1908–1910 |
220 | 40 |
Simon Mills | England | DF | 1987–1994 | 220 | 8 |
John Jeffers | England | MF | 1988–1995 | 219 | 11 |
Colin Askey | England | MF | 1949–1958 | 218 | 23 |
John Connaughton | England | GK | 1974–1980 | 218 | 0 |
Tony Lacey | England | MF | 1970–1975 | 215 | 9 |
Darren Beckford | England | FW | 1987–1991 | 214 | 81 |
George Heppell | England | GK | 1937–1952 | 213 | 0 |
John McCombe | England | DF | 2007–2013 | 211 | 16 |
Robin van der Laan | Netherlands | MF | 1990–1995 | 210 | 27 |
Mick Hulligan | England | MF | 1948–1955 | 209 | 23 |
Joe Brough | England | FW | 1906–1907 1909–1910 1913–1922 |
209 | 111 |
John Nicholson | England | MF | 1961–1965 | 208 | 1 |
Harry Croxton | DF | 1901–1905 1908–1911 |
206 | 11 | |
Jim Beech | DF | 1894–1902 | 205 | 8 | |
Marc Richards | England | FW | 2007–2012 | 202 | 75 |
Alan Martin | England | MF | 1942–1951 | 201 | 30 |
David Harris | England | DF | 1973–1979 | 201 | 10 |
Mick Cullerton | Scotland | FW | 1965–1969 1975–1978 |
200 | 58 |
Mick Morris | England | FW | 1967–1972 | 200 | 25 |
Kenny Beech | England | MF | 1975–1981 | 198 | 22 |
Tom Pope | England | FW | 2011–2015 | 196 | 69 |
Ken Griffiths | England | FW | 1945–1958 | 196 | 56 |
Doug Loft | England | MF | 2009–2014 | 196 | 19 |
Selwyn Whalley | England | DF | 1953–1966 | 196 | 8 |
George Shenton | England | DF | 1927–1936 | 196 | 0 |
Ray Williams | England | FW | 1975–1981 | 194 | 40 |
Michael Walsh | England | DF | 1998–2007 | 194 | 4 |
Lucien Boullemier | England | DF | 1897–1902 1905 |
193 | 8 |
John Brodie | England | DF | 1971–1977 | 193 | 3 |
Teddy Bateup | England | GK | 1911–1918 | 193 | 0 |
Harry Griffiths | England | DF | 1935–1947 | 192 | 9 |
Terry Bailey | England | MF | 1974–1978 | 190 | 29 |
Jack Maddock | England | DF | 1923–1931 | 184 | 12 |
Bob McCrindle | Scotland | MF | 1889–1894 | 183 | 6 |
Peter Pursell | Scotland | DF | 1919–1924 | 183 | 0 |
Brian Jackson | England | MF | 1958–1962 | 182 | 36 |
Rob Taylor | England | MF | 2008–2014 | 181 | 21 |
Ian Bogie | England | MF | 1995–2000 | 180 | 12 |
Albert Mullard | England | MF | 1951–1956 | 179 | 23 |
Nicky Cross | England | FW | 1989–1994 | 176 | 43 |
Chris Birchall | Trinidad and Tobago | MF | 2001–2006 2013–2016 |
175 | 17 |
Bob Suart | England | MF | 1911–1915 | 175 | 13 |
Harry Pearson | England | DF | 1911–1915 1917–1920 |
175 | 7 |
Jack Lowe | England | MF | 1923–1928 | 174 | 17 |
Ben Williamson | England | FW | 2011–2015 | 169 | 27 |
Stan Palk | England | FW | 1948–1952 | 169 | 14 |
David Raine | England | DF | 1957–1962 | 169 | 1 |
John Rowland | England | FW | 1962–1966 | 166 | 43 |
Wilf Smith | England | MF | 1936–1950 | 164 | 0 |
Lee Collins | England | DF | 2008–2012 | 163 | 4 |
Alf Bellis | England | MF | 1938–1948 | 158 | 46 |
Neville Chamberlain | England | FW | 1977–1982 | 158 | 41 |
Billy Paynter | England | FW | 2000–2006 | 158 | 34 |
Bill McGarry | England | DF | 1945–1951 | 158 | 5 |
Jimmy Todd | Northern Ireland | MF | 1946–1953 | 157 | 0 |
Ronnie Allen | England | FW | 1946–1950 | 156 | 40 |
Stewart Talbot | England | MF | 1994–2000 | 154 | 13 |
Ernest Collinge | England | DF | 1921–1926 | 153 | 9 |
Stuart Sharratt | England | GK | 1966–1972 | 152 | 0 |
Danny Simpson | England | FW | 1896–1903 | 151 | 53 |
Meshach Dean | MF | 1890–1896 | 151 | 42 | |
Steve Brooker | England | FW | 2001–2004 | 151 | 40 |
Richard Duffy | Wales | DF | 2012–2016 | 151 | 1 |
Sam Collins | England | DF | 2002–2006 | 149 | 11 |
Roy Cross | England | DF | 1970–1975 | 148 | 1 |
Harry Cotton | England | GK | 1901–1905 | 148 | 0 |
Paul Maguire | Scotland | MF | 1985–1988 | 147 | 27 |
Stephen McPhee | Scotland | FW | 2001–2004 | 147 | 44 |
Trevor Rhodes | England | MF | 1933–1938 | 147 | 29 |
George Bateman | England | DF | 1882–1886 1887–1890 |
146 | 5 |
Tom Lyons | England | DF | 1917–1922 | 146 | 3 |
Bill Summerscales | England | DF | 1970–1974 | 145 | 6 |
Keith Ball | England | GK | 1968–1972 | 145 | 0 |
Kevin Kent | England | FW | 1991–1996 | 144 | 7 |
Carl Dickinson | England | DF | 2013–2016 | 143 | 3 |
Joseph Holyhead | England | MF | 1903–1907 | 142 | 7 |
W.E. Powell | DF | 1884–1893 | 142 | 0 | |
Tom Holford | England | MF | 1919–1924 | 141 | 9 |
Frank McGinnes | Scotland | FW | 1889–1892 | 140 | 109 |
Marc Bridge-Wilkinson | England | MF | 2000–2004 | 140 | 36 |
Peter Swan | England | FW | 1991–1994 | 140 | 8 |
Ken Gunn | Scotland | MF | 1933–1937 | 138 | 10 |
Chris Neal | England | GK | 2012–2016 | 138 | 0 |
Steve Rowland | Wales | DF | 2001–2006 | 136 | 1 |
Billy Beats | England | FW | 1892–1895 1906–1907 |
135 | 47 |
Neil Brisco | England | MF | 1998–2004 | 135 | 2 |
Dick Evans | England | FW | 1894–1899 1904 |
134 | 49 |
Jack Round | England | MF | 1930–1935 | 134 | 5 |
Garth Butler | England | DF | 1946–1951 | 134 | 0 |
Liam Burns | Northern Ireland | MF | 1997–2004 | 133 | 1 |
Ernest Mullineux | England | DF | 1900–1904 | 132 | 1 |
Terry Armstrong | England | MF | 1976–1979 | 131 | 13 |
Terry Alcock | England | DF | 1963–1967 1977–1978 |
131 | 2 |
Andy Jones | Wales | FW | 1985–1987 1989 |
129 | 64 |
Alan Bennett | England | MF | 1949–1957 | 129 | 9 |
Gareth Owen | Wales | DF | 2008–2013 | 129 | 2 |
Bill Cope | England | DF | 1929–1934 | 129 | 0 |
Lee Mills | England | FW | 1995–1998 | 128 | 44 |
Jon McCarthy | Northern Ireland | MF | 1995–1997 2002 |
128 | 17 |
Steve Guppy | England | MF | 1994–1997 | 128 | 13 |
Sammy Morgan | Northern Ireland | FW | 1970–1973 | 126 | 27 |
Peter Ford | England | DF | 1959–1963 | 126 | 6 |
Harry Jones | England | DF | 1911–1915 | 126 | 0 |
Andy Hill | England | DF | 1995–1998 | 123 | 1 |
Jack Smith | MF | 1909–1911 1912–1914 1916–1919 |
122 | 14 | |
Bill Pointon | England | FW | 1941–1949 | 119 | 53 |
Harry Anstiss | England | FW | 1927–1931 | 119 | 40 |
Garry Dulson | England | DF | 1974–1978 | 119 | 3 |
Jack Roberts | England | FW | 1935–1940 | 118 | 74 |
Phil Griffiths | Wales | MF | 1926–1931 1939–1945 |
118 | 43 |
Joe Anyon | England | GK | 2004–2010 | 118 | 0 |
Lol Hamlett | England | DF | 1949–1952 | 118 | 0 |
Gareth Griffiths | England | DF | 1995–1998 | 116 | 5 |
Albert Pearson | England | FW | 1914–1919 1921–1922 |
114 | 29 |
Gerry Keenan | England | DF | 1978–1982 | 114 | 7 |
John King | England | DF | 1968–1971 | 114 | 0 |
Paul Bowles | England | DF | 1979–1982 | 113 | 6 |
Jack Shields | DF | 1886–1890 | 113 | 2 | |
Ben Davies | England | GK | 1929–1933 | 112 | 0 |
Ian Taylor | England | MF | 1992–1994 | 111 | 38 |
Mark Chamberlain | England | MF | 1979–1982 | 110 | 20 |
Harry Hodgkinson | England | DF | 1879–1888 | 110 | 11 |
Harry Mountford | England | FW | 1903–1907 | 109 | 31 |
Ted McDonald | England | MF | 1894–1896 1897–1899 |
109 | 12 |
Walter Aveyard | England | FW | 1948–1952 | 108 | 29 |
Derek Brownbill | England | FW | 1975–1978 | 108 | 19 |
Charlie Simpson | England | MF | 1882–1890 | 107 | 15 |
James Hamilton | England | DF | 1903–1907 | 107 | 0 |
Bill Bentley | England | DF | 1977–1980 | 106 | 0 |
Jock Cameron | Scotland | DF | 1913–1914 1916–1919 |
105 | 1 |
Len Birks | England | DF | 1920–1924 | 105 | 0 |
Sean Rigg | England | FW | 2009–2012 | 104 | 18 |
Bert Llewellyn | England | FW | 1960–1963 | 103 | 50 |
Alfred Strange | England | FW | 1924–1927 | 103 | 29 |
Jack Hampson | Wales | DF | 1921–1924 | 103 | 9 |
Jeff Smith | England | MF | 2004–2007 | 103 | 7 |
Vic Rouse | England | MF | 1926–1929 | 103 | 0 |
Bob Morton | England | MF | 1932–1935 | 102 | 20 |
John Green | England | MF | 1967–1971 | 102 | 8 |
Wayne Cegielski | Wales | DF | 1982–1985 | 102 | 5 |
Jennison Myrie-Williams | England | MF | 2011–2014 | 101 | 22 |
Ian Armstrong | England | MF | 2001–2005 | 101 | 17 |
Sagi Burton | Saint Kitts and Nevis | DF | 2000–2002 | 101 | 4 |
Arthur Caldwell | England | MF | 1935–1939 | 100 | 22 |
Bob Hazell | England | DF | 1986–1989 | 100 | 2 |
Johnny Rowe | England | DF | 1937–1940 | 100 | 0 |
Mick Mahon | England | MF | 1967–1969 | 99 | 22 |
Jimmy Scarratt | England | MF | 1891–1895 | 98 | 24 |
Danny Whitaker | England | MF | 2006–2008 | 98 | 15 |
Billy Fitchford | England | MF | 1914–1923 | 98 | 14 |
Tom Coleman | MF | 1908–1911 | 97 | 29 | |
Peter Farrell | England | MF | 1978–1982 | 97 | 11 |
Arthur Cumberlidge | England | MF | 1937–1946 | 97 | 1 |
David Riley | England | FW | 1987–1990 | 96 | 14 |
John Woodward | England | FW | 1973–1975 | 95 | 32 |
Bob Mountford | Australia | FW | 1969–1975 | 95 | 11 |
Jimmy Goodfellow | England | MF | 1966–1969 | 95 | 11 |
Tommy Widdrington | England | MF | 1999–2001 2005 |
95 | 8 |
Alan Boswell | England | GK | 1972–1974 | 95 | 0 |
Robert Carter | England | MF | 1904–1907 | 93 | 25 |
Barry Siddall | England | GK | 1982–1984 | 93 | 0 |
Arthur Jepson | England | GK | 1938–1946 | 92 | 0 |
James Clutton | DF | 1889–1893 | 92 | 0 | |
Gary Ford | England | MF | 1988–1991 | 91 | 13 |
Alf Walker | England | MF | 1911–1914 | 91 | 8 |
Tommy Walker | MF | 1891–1893 | 91 | 8 | |
Dave Brammer | England | MF | 1999–2001 2008–2009 |
91 | 4 |
Trevor Dance | England | GK | 1975–1980 | 91 | 0 |
Bob Ramsey | DF | 1886–1888 1893–1894 |
90 | 1 | |
Tom Fern | England | GK | 1924–1927 | 90 | 0 |
Tony Loska | England | DF | 1971–1973 | 89 | 5 |
Jack Simms | England | MF | 1926–1931 | 88 | 28 |
Paul Kerr | England | MF | 1992–1993 | 88 | 21 |
Chris Martin | England | GK | 2007–2012 | 88 | 0 |
Christopher Banks | England | DF | 1982–1988 | 87 | 1 |
Luke Rodgers | England | FW | 2007–2009 | 86 | 20 |
Jon Bowden | England | MF | 1985–1987 | 86 | 7 |
Danny Sonner | Northern Ireland | MF | 2005–2007 | 86 | 2 |
Bradley Sandeman | England | DF | 1992–1996 | 86 | 1 |
John Potts | England | GK | 1934–1936 | 86 | 0 |
Herbert Birchenough | England | GK | 1897–1900 | 86 | 0 |
Leon Constantine | England | FW | 2005–2007 | 85 | 38 |
Jack Wilkinson | England | FW | 1957–1959 | 84 | 41 |
Ernie Moss | England | FW | 1981–1983 | 84 | 28 |
Roy Chapman | England | FW | 1967–1969 | 83 | 37 |
Alistair Brown | Scotland | FW | 1984–1986 | 83 | 27 |
Craig James | England | DF | 2004–2006 | 83 | 1 |
Allan Todd | Scotland | GK | 1933–1937 | 83 | 0 |
Paul Harsley | England | MF | 2006–2008 | 82 | 6 |
Steve Fox | England | MF | 1982–1984 | 82 | 6 |
Frank Stokes | England | DF | 1898–1901 | 82 | 0 |
Chris Young | England | FW | 1913–1915 | 81 | 77 |
Bernie Wright | England | FW | 1978–1980 | 81 | 24 |
Stuart Tomlinson | England | GK | 2010–2012 | 81 | 0 |
William Cope | England | DF | 1904–1907 | 80 | 1 |
Mark Harrison | England | GK | 1980–1982 | 80 | 0 |
A. Meigh | DF | 1908–1911 | 80 | 0 | |
Ben Davies | FW | 1882–1887 | 79 | 25 | |
Sam Morsy | Egypt | MF | 2010–2013 | 79 | 4 |
Cliff Pinchbeck | England | FW | 1949–1951 | 78 | 40 |
Noel Kinsey | Wales | FW | 1958–1961 | 78 | 7 |
Jack Vickers | England | DF | 1933–1936 | 78 | 0 |
Tom Yule | Scotland | MF | 1913–1915 | 77 | 20 |
Albert Cook | MF | 1900–1906 1907 1909–1911 |
77 | 10 | |
Samuel Whittingham | England | MF | 1903–1906 | 77 | 3 |
Spencer Fieldhouse | England | MF | 1908–1911 | 76 | 14 |
Michael O'Connor | England | MF | 2014–2016 | 76 | 12 |
C. McAlpine | DF | 1890–1892 1892–1893 |
76 | 1 | |
Jonathan Hammond | England | GK | 1914–1921 | 76 | 0 |
Jos Randles | England | MF | 1885–1899 | 75 | 14 |
Fred Mills | England | MF | 1932–1934 | 75 | 5 |
Lewis Haldane | Wales | MF | 2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 |
75 | 4 |
Kris Taylor | England | MF | 2009–2011 | 75 | 4 |
Wayne Corden | England | MF | 1994–2000 | 75 | 3 |
Tommy Lander | England | MF | 1897–1902 | 75 | 2 |
Spencer Evans | Wales | DF | 1936–1938 | 75 | 1 |
Roderick Welsh | England | DF | 1935–1938 | 75 | 0 |
John Davies | GK | 1889–1892 | 75 | 0 | |
Cliff Portwood | England | MF | 1959–1961 | 74 | 38 |
Dean Stokes | England | DF | 1993–1998 | 74 | 0 |
Tom Baddeley | England | GK | 1893–1896 | 74 | 0 |
George Poyser | England | DF | 1931–1934 | 73 | 0 |
Alf Wood | England | MF | 1892–1895 | 72 | 22 |
Arthur Masters | England | FW | 1937–1939 | 72 | 15 |
Jimmy Hill | Northern Ireland | FW | 1965–1968 | 72 | 11 |
James Wootton | England | MF | 1919–1922 | 72 | 7 |
Robin Hulbert | England | MF | 2004–2008 | 72 | 1 |
Jak Alnwick | England | GK | 2015– | 72 | 0 |
Mark McGregor | England | DF | 2006–2008 | 72 | 0 |
Howard Matthews | England | GK | 1906–1907 1926–1928 |
72 | 0 |
Chris Lines | England | MF | 2013–2015 | 71 | 4 |
George Abbey | Nigeria | DF | 2004–2007 | 71 | 1 |
Arthur Cooper | England | MF | 1941–1947 | 71 | 1 |
Lewis Ballham | England | FW | 1880–1890 | 70 | 29 |
Eamonn O'Keefe | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1983–1985 | 70 | 19 |
Chris Robertson | Scotland | DF | 2013–2015 | 70 | 6 |
Alex Smith | England | DF | 1999–2001 | 70 | 3 |
W. Perkins | MF | 1902–1904 | 70 | 3 | |
Joe Barr | DF | 1889–1891 | 70 | 1 | |
Tony Richards | England | FW | 1963–1966 | 69 | 31 |
James Peake | FW | 1897–1899 1900–1901 |
69 | 30 | |
Ron Futcher | England | FW | 1988–1990 | 69 | 23 |
Jimmy McGrath | England | MF | 1932–1934 | 69 | 11 |
Norman Hallam | England | MF | 1946–1953 | 69 | 4 |
Arthur Rowley | England | MF | 1902–1904 | 69 | 4 |
Jonny Brain | England | GK | 2003–2006 | 69 | 0 |
Keith Jones | Wales | GK | 1957–1959 | 68 | 0 |
Bob Pursell | Scotland | DF | 1939–1949 | 68 | 0 |
Bob Pursell | Scotland | DF | 1920–1922 | 68 | 0 |
Tom McFarlane | DF | 1898–1900 | 68 | 0 | |
Samuel Jennings | England | FW | 1929–1931 | 67 | 46 |
Nathan Lowndes | England | FW | 2004–2007 | 67 | 7 |
Ron Smith | England | MF | 1963–1965 | 67 | 7 |
Graham Hawkins | England | DF | 1978–1979 | 67 | 3 |
Jim Arnold | England | GK | 1985–1986 | 67 | 0 |
Bobby Blood | England | FW | 1919–1921 | 66 | 47 |
Frank Cannon | England | FW | 1911–1913 | 66 | 28 |
Bill Rowley | England | GK | 1884–1886 | 66 | 1 |
Howard Harvey | England | FW | 1898–1900 | 65 | 30 |
Andy Nelson | Scotland | MF | 1913–1915 | 65 | 27 |
Teddy May | MF | 1886–1888 | 65 | 18 | |
Len Stephenson | England | FW | 1955–1957 | 65 | 16 |
Lee Glover | Scotland | FW | 1994–1996 | 65 | 13 |
David Howland | Northern Ireland | MF | 2008–2010 | 65 | 4 |
Edgar Hood | DF | 1909–1915 | 65 | 3 | |
Sidney Blunt | England | DF | 1924–1928 | 65 | 1 |
Terry Lowe | England | DF | 1960–1966 | 65 | 0 |
Tom Davies | DF | 1899–1903 | 65 | 0 | |
Jackie Mudie | Scotland | FW | 1963–1967 | 64 | 11 |
Sam Foley | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2015– | 64 | 6 |
Tommy Fraser | England | MF | 2009–2011 | 64 | 2 |
Herbert Smith | England | MF | 1925–1929 | 64 | 0 |
Alfred Bourne | England | GK | 1919–1922 | 64 | 0 |
Tom Simpson | FW | 1901–1904 | 63 | 23 | |
Stan Smith | England | FW | 1950–1957 | 63 | 21 |
Edgar Bentley | England | DF | 1914–1920 | 63 | 4 |
Anthony Grant | England | MF | 2015– | 63 | 3 |
Oshor Williams | England | MF | 1984–1986 | 62 | 7 |
John Williams | England | DF | 1985–1986 | 62 | 3 |
Alan Lamb | Scotland | MF | 1977–1978 | 62 | 3 |
Jim Bennett | DF | 1911–1918 | 62 | 3 | |
Chris Shuker | England | MF | 2012–2014 | 62 | 2 |
Paul Edwards | England | MF | 2007–2009 | 62 | 2 |
Fred Obrey | England | MF | 1936–1938 | 62 | 1 |
James Holdcroft | England | MF | 1894–1897 | 62 | 0 |
George Youds | DF | 1892–1897 | 62 | 0 | |
Tommy Ward | England | MF | 1936–1938 1939 |
61 | 29 |
Ernie Coquet | England | DF | 1911–1913 | 61 | 5 |
Ralph Dain | England | DF | 1882–1886 | 61 | 2 |
Harry Benson | England | DF | 1908–1911 | 61 | 0 |
Albert Pynegar | England | FW | 1929–1930 | 60 | 35 |
Arthur Longbottom | England | FW | 1961–1963 | 60 | 22 |
Mark Snijders | Netherlands | DF | 1997–2000 | 60 | 2 |
George Eccles | England | DF | 1893–1896 | 60 | 1 |
Ben Purkiss | England | DF | 2015– | 60 | 0 |
Trevor Brissett | England | DF | 1980–1982 | 60 | 0 |
Teddy Peers | Wales | GK | 1922–1923 | 60 | 0 |
Arthur McGarry | England | MF | 1918–1921 | 60 | 0 |
Albert Cheesebrough | England | FW | 1963–1965 | 59 | 14 |
Tom Baxter | England | MF | 1929–1931 | 59 | 11 |
Cliff Birks | England | MF | 1932–1936 | 59 | 7 |
Byron Moore | England | MF | 2014–2016 | 59 | 6 |
Clayton McDonald | England | DF | 2011–2013 | 59 | 1 |
Billy Wootton | England | DF | 1925–1932 | 59 | 0 |
Tommy Clare | England | DF | 1884 1897 1898–1901 |
59 | 0 |
Morris Jones | England | FW | 1939–1947 | 58 | 29 |
Keith Houchen | England | FW | 1991–1993 | 58 | 12 |
Gareth Ainsworth | England | MF | 1997–1998 | 58 | 11 |
Gary Roberts | England | MF | 2010–2011 | 58 | 7 |
Graham Barnett | England | FW | 1956–1960 | 57 | 37 |
Michael Husbands | Saint Lucia | FW | 2005–2007 | 57 | 7 |
Harry Marshall | England | FW | 1930–1932 | 57 | 6 |
Harry Leese | England | DF | 1913–1919 | 57 | 5 |
Thomas Spilsbury | England | DF | 1897–1901 | 57 | 1 |
Chris Pearce | Wales | GK | 1983–1986 | 57 | 0 |
Nimper Billings | England | FW | 1908–1914 | 56 | 27 |
Jimmy Owen | FW | 1884–1886 | 56 | 17 | |
Peter Sutcliffe | England | MF | 1977–1978 | 56 | 8 |
Michael Brown | England | MF | 2014– | 56 | 6 |
Jimmy Greenhoff | England | FW | 1981–1983 | 56 | 5 |
Arthur Box | England | GK | 1904–1907 | 56 | 1 |
George Hannah | England | MF | 1938–1946 | 56 | 0 |
Stewart Littlewood | England | FW | 1926–1929 1931–1933 |
55 | 35 |
James Hill | England | MF | 1917–1921 | 55 | 7 |
Colin Daniel | England | MF | 2014–2016 | 55 | 6 |
Jan Jansson | Sweden | MF | 1996–1999 | 55 | 6 |
Ryan McGivern | Northern Ireland | DF | 2014–2016 | 55 | 0 |
George Whitcombe | Wales | MF | 1926–1930 | 55 | 0 |
Adrian Littlejohn | England | FW | 2003–2004 | 54 | 10 |
Tony Rougier | Trinidad and Tobago | MF | 1999–2000 | 54 | 10 |
Paul Smith | England | MF | 1986–1987 | 54 | 9 |
John Ritchie | England | DF | 1965–1967 | 54 | 4 |
Richard Eyre | England | MF | 1995–2001 | 54 | 1 |
Ernest Beckett | England | FW | 1895–1896 1898–1899 |
53 | 17 |
Akpo Sodje | England | FW | 2006–2007 | 53 | 16 |
Stan Edwards | England | MF | 1961–1963 | 53 | 11 |
Simon Richman | England | MF | 2008–2010 | 53 | 5 |
Brian Taylor | England | MF | 1965–1967 | 53 | 4 |
Ernest Perry | England | MF | 1919–1921 | 53 | 2 |
Chris Sulley | England | DF | 1992–1993 | 53 | 1 |
Arden Maddison | England | DF | 1924–1927 | 53 | 1 |
Ray Hancock | England | GK | 1948–1956 | 53 | 0 |
Bert Beech | FW | 1907–1911 | 52 | 36 | |
Cyril Done | England | FW | 1954–1957 | 52 | 34 |
Ted Edwards | England | FW | 1896–1899 | 52 | 18 |
Jack Moss | MF | 1908–1914 | 52 | 4 | |
Harry Hubbick | England | DF | 1947–1949 | 52 | 1 |
Billy Cavenor | FW | 1909–1910 1911–1912 1913–1914 |
51 | 45 | |
Bob Newton | England | FW | 1982–1983 | 51 | 24 |
Fred Belfield | FW | 1893–1899 | 51 | 17 | |
Harry Oscroft | England | MF | 1959–1961 | 51 | 12 |
Jim Mason | FW | 1892–1898 | 51 | 9 | |
Jack Mandley | England | MF | 1926–1930 | 51 | 6 |
Trevor Wood | Northern Ireland | GK | 1988–1994 | 51 | 0 |
Justin Richards | England | FW | 2010–2011 | 50 | 14 |
Colin Grainger | England | MF | 1961–1964 | 50 | 8 |
Fred Mitcheson | England | FW | 1933–1935 | 50 | 8 |
Mark Boyd | England | MF | 2002–2004 | 50 | 4 |
Liam Chilvers | England | DF | 2011 2012–2014 |
50 | 2 |
John Durnin | England | MF | 2001–2003 | 50 | 2 |
Ian Elsby | England | MF | 1979–1981 | 50 | 1 |
Harry Prince | England | GK | 1941–1943 1944–1949 |
50 | 0 |
Tom Coxon | England | MF | 1902–1903 1906–1907 |
49 | 17 |
Bernie Slaven | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1993–1994 | 49 | 14 |
Mark Marshall | Jamaica | MF | 2014–2015 | 49 | 7 |
Harry Davies | England | FW | 1938–1939 | 49 | 4 |
Kevin Finney | England | MF | 1987–1991 | 49 | 2 |
Levi Reid | England | MF | 2002–2005 | 49 | 1 |
Bert Smith | FW | 1885–1888 | 48 | 18 | |
Tony Dinning | England | MF | 2005–2006 | 48 | 5 |
Peter Griffiths | England | MF | 1984–1986 | 48 | 5 |
Jack Sherlock | England | MF | 1929–1933 | 48 | 3 |
Tim Parkin | England | DF | 1989–1992 | 48 | 1 |
Wayne Ebanks | England | DF | 1985–1987 | 48 | 0 |
Jimmy O'Neill | Republic of Ireland | GK | 1965–1966 | 48 | 0 |
Len Barber | England | FW | 1947–1955 | 47 | 12 |
Fred Donaldson | England | DF | 1954–1960 | 47 | 4 |
Terry Lees | England | DF | 1975–1976 | 47 | 2 |
Sean McClare | England | MF | 2001–2003 | 47 | 1 |
Jeff Minton | England | MF | 1999–2001 | 46 | 8 |
Keith Chadwick | England | MF | 1972–1977 | 46 | 7 |
Danny Glover | England | FW | 2007–2010 | 46 | 4 |
Reg Davies | England | GK | 1964–1965 | 46 | 1 |
Teddy Morse | England | DF | 1895–1898 | 46 | 1 |
W. Morgan | GK | 1887–1889 | 46 | 0 | |
Eli Adams | England | FW | 1912–1913 | 45 | 21 |
Dennis Fidler | England | MF | 1960–1961 | 45 | 14 |
Ken Todd | England | MF | 1978–1979 | 45 | 9 |
W. Jones | MF | 1890–1893 | 45 | 7 | |
Gary Hamson | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 45 | 4 |
Billy Tempest | England | MF | 1924–1926 | 45 | 3 |
Arthur Prince | England | MF | 1923–1924 | 45 | 1 |
Alex Donald | Scotland | MF | 1965–1968 | 45 | 0 |
Harry Aston | England | FW | 1886–1887 | 44 | 16 |
Willie Aitken | Scotland | FW | 1919–1920 | 44 | 9 |
Paul Millar | Northern Ireland | MF | 1988–1991 | 44 | 5 |
Anthony Gardner | England | DF | 1998–2000 | 44 | 4 |
Tommy Gore | England | MF | 1983–1984 | 44 | 3 |
Clayton Fortune | England | DF | 2005–2006 2006–2007 |
44 | 2 |
Felix Healy | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1978–1980 | 44 | 2 |
Ryan Brown | England | DF | 2002–2005 | 44 | 0 |
Jack Prince | England | GK | 1928–1930 | 44 | 0 |
AJ Leitch-Smith | England | FW | 2015–2016 | 43 | 13 |
Tom Tippett | England | FW | 1931–1933 | 43 | 11 |
Billy Bingham | Northern Ireland | MF | 1963–1965 | 43 | 7 |
Billy Agnew | Scotland | FW | 1921–1923 | 43 | 6 |
Fred Farrington | MF | 1888–1894 | 43 | 6 | |
Alex Williams | England | GK | 1986–1987 | 43 | 0 |
Bob Delgado | Wales | DF | 1979–1980 | 43 | 0 |
Joseph Everill | GK | 1909–1911 | 43 | 0 | |
Abe Heath | England | GK | 1897–1898 | 43 | 0 |
Levi Higginson | England | GK | 1890–1893 | 43 | 0 |
William Dodds | England | FW | 1906–1907 | 42 | 14 |
Dick Danks | England | FW | 1887–1894 | 42 | 8 |
William Loverseed | England | FW | 1902–1905 | 42 | 7 |
Remie Streete | England | DF | 2014 2015– |
42 | 5 |
Gordon Logan | Scotland | DF | 1967–1970 | 42 | 1 |
Walter Smith | England | GK | 1920–1922 | 42 | 0 |
Bert Fishwick | England | FW | 1928–1931 | 41 | 15 |
Ernie Payne | England | FW | 1884–1885 | 41 | 12 |
Billy Grassam | Scotland | MF | 1899–1900 | 41 | 10 |
Eric Prince | England | FW | 1944–1948 | 41 | 8 |
Robert Firth | England | MF | 1921–1922 | 41 | 5 |
Charlie Davies | Wales | MF | 1890–1891 | 41 | 5 |
Sam Kelly | England | MF | 2015– | 41 | 3 |
Paul Beesley | England | DF | 1997–1998 1998–1999 |
41 | 3 |
Ian Brightwell | England | DF | 2002–2004 | 41 | 0 |
Rogier Koordes | Netherlands | MF | 1997–1999 | 41 | 0 |
Robert Gillespie | England | FW | 1927–1930 | 40 | 14 |
Ashley Vincent | England | FW | 2012–2013 | 40 | 8 |
George O'Callaghan | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1998–2002 | 40 | 4 |
Ernest Breeze | England | DF | 1932–1936 | 40 | 0 |
James Henshall | England | MF | 1928–1933 | 39 | 6 |
Albert Broadhouse | MF | 1916–1920 | 39 | 3 | |
Dean Delany | England | GK | 2000–2004 | 39 | 0 |
John Poole | England | GK | 1953–1961 | 39 | 0 |
Dick Allman | England | FW | 1903–1905 | 38 | 11 |
Alf Smith | FW | 1913–1914 1918 |
38 | 6 | |
Vic Horrocks | England | MF | 1905–1907 1911–1912 |
38 | 2 |
Freddie Veseli | Albania | DF | 2014–2015 | 38 | 1 |
Daniel Jones | England | DF | 2013–2014 | 38 | 1 |
Colin Miles | England | DF | 2006–2008 | 38 | 0 |
Eric Hayward | England | DF | 1934–1937 | 38 | 0 |
Richard O'Kelly | England | FW | 1986–1988 | 37 | 8 |
Ville Viljanen | Finland | FW | 2000–2001 | 37 | 6 |
Ryan Burge | England | MF | 2011–2013 | 37 | 3 |
Len Wootton | England | FW | 1945–1947 | 37 | 1 |
Sam Stockley | England | DF | 2008–2009 | 37 | 0 |
John Flowers | England | MF | 1971–1972 | 37 | 0 |
Joe Frail | England | GK | 1891–1894 | 37 | 0 |
Don Triner | England | MF | 1938–1948 | 36 | 10 |
Arthur Dorrell | England | MF | 1931–1932 | 36 | 5 |
Dave Barnett | England | DF | 1998–1999 | 36 | 2 |
Tim Rawlings | England | MF | 1963–1965 | 36 | 2 |
Luke Prosser | England | DF | 2005–2010 | 36 | 1 |
Billy Tabram | Wales | MF | 1933–1934 | 36 | 1 |
Billy Leech | England | MF | 1899–1900 | 36 | 1 |
Alf Bennett | England | GK | 1927–1929 | 36 | 0 |
George Stabb | England | FW | 1935–1936 | 35 | 11 |
Lee Matthews | England | FW | 2004–2006 | 35 | 10 |
Andreas Lipa | Austria | MF | 2003–2004 | 35 | 2 |
Paul Bennett | England | MF | 1978–1980 | 35 | 2 |
Sam Baddeley | England | MF | 1905–1907 | 35 | 0 |
Alfred Maybury | England | GK | 1900–1901 | 35 | 0 |
Aaron Lockett | England | FW | 1914–1915 1916–1917 1919–1920 |
34 | 14 |
Lee Hughes | England | FW | 2013–2014 | 34 | 13 |
J. Tunnicliffe | FW | 1907–1911 | 34 | 11 | |
John Rogers | England | FW | 1976–1977 | 34 | 8 |
George Shelton | England | FW | 1916–1920 | 34 | 7 |
Bert Gosnell | England | MF | 1912–1913 | 34 | 6 |
JJ Hooper | England | FW | 2015– | 34 | 5 |
John Fallows | MF | 1896–1897 | 34 | 4 | |
Ralph Barlow | MF | 1895–1897 | 34 | 1 | |
Mark Innes | Scotland | DF | 2005–2006 | 34 | 0 |
Rae Ingram | England | DF | 2001–2003 | 34 | 0 |
Peter Billing | England | DF | 1993–1995 | 34 | 0 |
Harry Cookson | England | FW | 1887–1888 | 33 | 23 |
Mark Bright | England | FW | 1981–1984 | 33 | 11 |
Tom Butler | England | FW | 1922–1923 | 33 | 11 |
Luke Dean | England | FW | 1934–1937 | 33 | 9 |
Ben Rhodes | FW | 1886–1888 | 33 | 7 | |
Roger Smith | England | MF | 1965–1966 | 33 | 6 |
Donny Davies | England | MF | 1892–1915 | 33 | 5 |
Simon Barker | England | MF | 1998–2000 | 33 | 3 |
Steve Harper | England | MF | 1987–1989 | 33 | 2 |
B. Coyle | DF | 1890–1891 | 33 | 1 | |
Arjan van Heusden | Netherlands | GK | 1994–1998 | 33 | 0 |
Kyle Perry | England | FW | 2008–2009 | 33 | 0 |
Bill Asprey | England | DF | 1967–1968 | 33 | 0 |
Tom Cooper | England | DF | 1924–1926 | 33 | 0 |
William Murray | England | FW | 1911–1912 | 32 | 12 |
Joe Allon | England | FW | 1992 1994–1995 |
32 | 10 |
Jim Steel | Scotland | FW | 1983–1984 | 32 | 7 |
Mel Machin | England | FW | 1962–1966 | 32 | 6 |
Nico Jalink | Netherlands | MF | 1991–1992 | 32 | 1 |
Dick Ray | England | DF | 1894–1895 | 32 | 1 |
Bert Carberry | Scotland | MF | 1957–1958 | 32 | 0 |
Arthur Hartshorne | England | DF | 1902–1903 | 32 | 0 |
Lewis Campbell | Scotland | MF | 1893–1894 | 31 | 15 |
Johnny Miller | England | MF | 1980–1982 | 31 | 5 |
Keith Lowe | England | DF | 2007–2008 | 31 | 3 |
Kevin Kennerley | England | MF | 1976–1978 | 31 | 2 |
Joe Davis | England | DF | 2011–2014 | 31 | 0 |
Tommy Lonsdale | England | GK | 1923–1924 | 31 | 0 |
Ernest Chappell | DF | 1906–1907 1911–1914 |
31 | 0 | |
Hughie Dunn | DF | 1906–1907 | 31 | 0 | |
Jack Smith | England | FW | 1947–1948 | 30 | 11 |
Derek Tomkinson | England | FW | 1949–1951 1952–1955 |
30 | 5 |
Sam Togwell | England | MF | 2005–2006 | 30 | 4 |
Kevin Young | England | MF | 1983–1984 | 30 | 4 |
James Lawrie | Northern Ireland | FW | 2007–2010 | 30 | 2 |
Steve Jones | England | FW | 1979–1981 | 30 | 2 |
Freddie Goodwin | England | MF | 1972–1973 | 30 | 2 |
Michael Curley | England | MF | 1935–1936 | 30 | 1 |
Albert Skinner | England | DF | 1886–1893 | 30 | 0 |
Fred Haycock | England | FW | 1911–1912 | 29 | 12 |
Philip Smith | England | FW | 1905–1906 | 29 | 9 |
Brian Mills | England | FW | 1990–1993 | 29 | 5 |
Ken Wookey | Wales | FW | 1969–1970 | 29 | 4 |
Andy Shankland | England | FW | 1981–1986 | 29 | 2 |
Eric Eastwood | England | MF | 1947–1950 | 29 | 1 |
Terry Harkin | Northern Ireland | FW | 1962–1964 | 28 | 12 |
Martin Henderson | Scotland | FW | 1983–1984 | 28 | 7 |
Gavin Tomlin | England | FW | 2013–2014 | 28 | 6 |
Roddy Georgeson | Egypt | FW | 1966–1967 | 28 | 6 |
James Swarbrick | England | MF | 1911–1912 | 28 | 4 |
Paul Marshall | England | MF | 2009 2012 |
28 | 1 |
Ross Davidson | England | DF | 2008–2010 | 28 | 0 |
Derek Mountford | England | MF | 1951–1957 | 28 | 0 |
Jack Smith | MF | 1892–1895 | 28 | 0 | |
Richard Elston | FW | 1887–1888 | 27 | 9 | |
George Rushton | England | MF | 1901–1902 1903 |
27 | 8 |
Ray Deakin | England | DF | 1981–1982 | 27 | 7 |
Uche Ikpeazu | England | FW | 2015–2016 | 27 | 6 |
Enoch Hood | England | FW | 1879–1885 | 27 | 6 |
Ted Shore | England | MF | 1945–1948 | 27 | 3 |
Tom Reid | Scotland | FW | 1922–1927 | 27 | 3 |
Frank Sharp | Scotland | MF | 1974–1975 | 27 | 2 |
Craig Rocastle | Grenada | MF | 2007–2008 | 27 | 1 |
Grahame McGifford | England | FW | 1977–1978 | 27 | 0 |
Roy Felton | England | DF | 1938–1946 | 27 | 0 |
Harry Roberts | England | FW | 1930–1931 | 26 | 11 |
J.H. Sproston | MF | 1887–1889 | 26 | 11 | |
Eddie Baily | England | FW | 1956 | 26 | 8 |
David Lowe | England | MF | 1992 1994 |
26 | 7 |
Billy Easton | England | FW | 1931–1933 | 26 | 6 |
Peter Beadle | England | FW | 1998–1999 | 26 | 6 |
Richard York | England | MF | 1931–1932 | 26 | 5 |
Nathan Smith | England | DF | 2016– | 26 | 3 |
Alf Dark | England | MF | 1923–1924 | 26 | 1 |
Joe Cardle | England | MF | 2005–2008 | 26 | 0 |
Kevin Pilkington | England | GK | 1998–2000 | 26 | 0 |
Ronnie Jepson | England | FW | 1988–1991 | 26 | 0 |
Kevin Steggles | England | DF | 1987–1988 | 26 | 0 |
Andie Newton | England | MF | 1919–1921 | 26 | 0 |
G. Martin | DF | 1887–1891 | 26 | 0 | |
Billy Tunnicliffe | England | MF | 1937–1938 | 25 | 11 |
Jack Blackwell | England | FW | 1933–1936 | 25 | 5 |
James Reid | England | FW | 1899–1900 | 25 | 5 |
Frank Ryder | England | MF | 1935–1937 | 25 | 4 |
Freddie Steele | England | FW | 1951–1952 | 25 | 2 |
Charlie Rattray | England | MF | 1937–1938 | 25 | 2 |
Archie Dyke | England | MF | 1912–1913 1919 |
25 | 2 |
Graham Williams | Wales | MF | 1968–1969 | 25 | 1 |
Sam Johnson | England | GK | 2011– | 25 | 0 |
Keith Lindsey | DF | 1971–1973 | 25 | 0 |
References
- Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities: A Biographical Dictionary of Players, Officials and Supporters. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- Kent, Jeff (1993). The Port Vale Record 1879-1993. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-9-8.
- Kent, Jeff (1990). The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.
- Soccerbase
- Neil Brown stat site