1928–29 Port Vale F.C. season

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1928–29 Port Vale F.C. season

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Port Vale

1928–29 season

Chairman

Frank Huntbach

Manager

Joe Schofield

Stadium

The Old Recreation Ground

Football League Second Division

21st (34 Points)

FA Cup

Third Round
(knocked out by Manchester United)

Top goalscorer

League: Wilf Kirkham (15)
All: Wilf Kirkham (15)

Highest home attendance

18,869 vs. Stoke City, 26 January 1929

Lowest home attendance

3,307 vs. Bristol City, 4 May 1929

Average home league attendance

10,207

Biggest win

8–1 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 9 March 1929

Biggest defeat

1–7 vs. Preston North End, 23 February 1929

Home colours

← 1927–28

1929–30 →

The 1928–29 season was Port Vale's tenth consecutive season of football (23rd overall) in the English Football League.^[1] For the first time in their history they suffered relegation. This was down to poor away form; at home, they went a club record 19 games without a draw, picking up all but five points in front of their home fans. The season also saw the departure of club legends Tom Page and Wilf Kirkham.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Oldham Athletic	42	16	5	21	54	75	0.720	37
19	Swansea Town	42	13	10	19	62	75	0.827	36
20	Bristol City	42	13	10	19	58	72	0.806	36
21	Port Vale	42	15	4	23	71	86	0.826	34	Relegated
22	Clapton Orient	42	12	8	22	45	72	0.625	32	Relegated

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W
Position	18	14	17	13	13	18	18	16	19	17	15	17	16	17	14	13	12	13	15	16	17	19	19	19	19	20	19	20	21	20	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1928	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–4	12,274	Fishwick (pen)
27 August 1928	Southampton	A	2–1	11,743	Littlewood (2)
1 September 1928	Notts County	A	0–3	15,314
8 September 1928	Millwall	H	5–2	10,578	Littlewood (3), Briscoe (2)
15 September 1928	Stoke City	A	1–2	35,288	Griffiths
22 September 1928	Hull City	A	0–2	11,728
24 September 1928	Southampton	H	1–2	7,344	Fishwick
29 September 1928	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	12,502	Gillespie, Littlewood
6 October 1928	Reading	A	1–2	11,276	Simms
13 October 1928	Preston North End	H	3–2	12,098	Littlewood (2), Mandley
20 October 1928	Clapton Orient	H	3–0	10,007	Littlewood, Simms, Anstiss
27 October 1928	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	10,851	Anstiss
3 November 1928	Nottingham Forest	H	4–2	9,936	Simms (4)
10 November 1928	Grimsby Town	A	1–3	9,017	Kirkham
17 November 1928	Barnsley	H	3–0	7,417	Kirkham (2), Gillespie
24 November 1928	Chelsea	A	3–3	23,305	Kirkham (2), Simms
1 December 1928	Blackpool	H	1–0	8,244	Simms
8 December 1928	Swansea Town	A	0–2	8,968
15 December 1928	Bradford Park Avenue	H	0–1	7,339
22 December 1928	Bristol City	A	1–2	10,459	Simms
25 December 1928	Middlesbrough	A	1–5	21,977	Fishwick
26 December 1928	Middlesbrough	H	2–3	13,988	Fishwick, Mandley
29 December 1928	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–4	11,426
5 January 1929	Notts County	H	3–0	7,475	Kirkham (2), Jones
19 January 1929	Millwall	A	1–2	20,056	Kirkham
26 January 1929	Stoke City	H	1–2	18,869	Mandley
2 February 1929	Hull City	H	4–1	6,065	Fishwick, Kirkham, o.g., Pynegar
9 February 1929	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–4	21,342	Fishwick, Simms
23 February 1929	Preston North End	A	1–7	9,356	Kirkham
25 February 1929	Reading	H	4–0	4,303	Kirkham (3), Simms
2 March 1929	Clapton Orient	A	0–1	15,543
9 March 1929	West Bromwich Albion	H	8–1	11,539	Pynegar (3), Jones (2), Mandley, Simms, Kirkham
16 March 1929	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	7,388	Kirkham, Jones
23 March 1929	Grimsby Town	H	0–3	13,085
29 March 1929	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	17,697	Pynegar, Anstiss
30 March 1929	Barnsley	A	0–6	9,615
1 April 1929	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	19,571	Mandley
6 April 1929	Chelsea	H	1–0	11,701	Pynegar
13 April 1929	Blackpool	A	0–4	8,696
20 April 1929	Swansea Town	H	0–0	8,587
27 April 1929	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0–2	9,132
4 May 1929	Bristol City	H	5–0	3,307	Pynegar (4), Griffiths

Pos.	Name	Football League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Alf Bennett	11	0	0	0	11	0
GK	Jack Prince	31	0	1	0	32	0
GK	Jim McKenna	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Thomas Sproson	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Jimmy Oakes	26	0	0	0	26	0
DF	Jack Maddock	24	0	1	0	25	0
DF	Billy Wootton	6	0	0	0	6	0
DF	George Shenton	10	0	0	0	10	0
MF	Bob Connelly	42	0	1	0	43	0
MF	Roger Jones	18	4	1	0	19	4
MF	Herbert Smith	23	0	1	0	24	0
MF	George Whitcombe	12	0	0	0	12	0
MF	Vic Rouse	28	0	1	0	29	0
MF	Jack Simms	34	12	1	0	35	12
MF	Phil Griffiths	6	2	0	0	6	2
MF	Bert Fishwick	14	6	1	0	15	6
MF	Jack Mandley	35	5	1	0	36	5
MF	Frank Williams	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Tom Page	17	0	0	0	17	0
FW	Wilf Kirkham	31	15	1	0	32	15
FW	Billy Briscoe	24	2	1	0	25	2
FW	Stewart Littlewood	10	9	0	0	10	9
FW	Harry Anstiss	17	3	0	0	17	3
FW	Robert Gillespie	14	2	0	0	14	2
FW	Albert Pynegar	18	10	0	0	18	10
FW	Frank Allen	0	0	0	0	0	0

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Second Division	Total
1	FW	England	Wilf Kirkham	15	15
2	MF	England	Jack Simms	12	12
3	FW	England	Albert Pynegar	10	10
4	FW	England	Stewart Littlewood	9	9
5	MF	England	Bert Fishwick	6	6
6	MF	England	Jack Mandley	5	5
7	MF	England	Roger Jones	4	4
8	FW	England	Harry Anstiss	3	3
9	FW	England	Billy Briscoe	2	2
–	MF	Wales	Phil Griffiths	2	2
–	FW	England	Robert Gillespie	2	2
–	–	–	Own goals	1	1
			TOTALS	71	71

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 1928	GK		Jack Prince	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[3]
January 1929	FW		Albert Pynegar	Oldham Athletic	Exchange	^[3]

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