1993–94 Port Vale F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Port Vale 1993–94 John Rudge Bill Bell Vale Park Football League Second Division 2nd (88 points) FA Cup Fourth Round(eliminated by Wolverhampton Wanderers) League Cup First Round(eliminated by Lincoln City) Football League Trophy Area Quarter-finals(eliminated by Swansea City) Player of the Year Neil Aspin Martin Foyle (17) Martin Foyle (18) 12,042 vs. Southampton, 18 January 1994 5,175 vs. Lincoln City, 17 August 1993 8,377 6–0 vs. Hartlepool United, 12 November 1994 0–4 vs. Reading, 23 October 1993 _black_nzfc_shoulders _whitesides _band_black ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 ffffff 1992–93 1994–95 The 1993–94 season was Port Vale's 82nd season of football in the English Football League and fifth-successive (37th overall) season in the Second Division. Under the guidance of manager John Rudge and chairman Bill Bell, Vale secured promotion to the First Division by finishing as runners-up, narrowly missing the title by just a single point behind Reading, amassing 88 points in total A memorable moment in the FA Cup saw Vale cause an upset by eliminating top-flight Southampton before being knocked out in the Fourth Round, while their League Cup run ended at the First Round and their Football League Trophy journey concluded at the Area Quarter-finals. Martin Foyle led the line with distinction, finishing as both league (17) and season top scorer with 18 goals across all competitions, while Neil Aspin earned the Player of the Year award. Support from the terraces was solid, with a highest home attendance of 12,042 (versus Southampton), a low of 5,175 (against Lincoln City), and a league average of 8,377 spectators. Port Vale's most emphatic league victory came in a 6–0 win over Hartlepool United, while their heaviest defeat was a 4–0 loss to Reading. A season of resurgence, Vale played well in the FA Cup, its explosive front‑line and solid support to earned a return to the First Division. Overview Second Division The pre-season saw John Rudge sign left-back Allen Tankard from Wigan Athletic for £87,500. Experienced forward Keith Houchen was allowed to join Hartlepool United on a free transfer, and Paul Kerr signed with Leicester City. The season opened with a 2–1 defeat to Burnley at Turf Moor, a result which belied their tag as favourites for promotion.Baggaley Mike Vale hit the ground running at Salford https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/vale-hit-the-ground-running-at-salford 12 August 2024 Valiant's Substack 11 August 2024 Though the season got going for the Vale with their opening home game, as they recorded a 6–0 win over Barnet despite an early sending off for Peter Billing, both Martin Foyle and Bernie Slaven bagging hat-tricks.Harper C Valiant Review: The Official Matchday Magazine of Port Vale F.C. 31 August 1993 7 The Association of Football Statisticians reported that it was the first time a Football LEageu club had scored six goals after receiving a red card.Substack Valiant's Jon Brady and Vale plans https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/jon-brady-and-vale-plans 22 January 2026 Valiant's Substack 22 January 2026 This, however, would be the only victory in the first seven league games. In September, Steve Livingstone joined the club on loan from Chelsea. Then, in October, Canadian Ollie Heald signed from Norvan, having impressed whilst on trial. On 2 October, Vale recorded a 3–0 home victory over Wrexham after scoring three goals in the first three minutes of the second half.Baggaley Mike Vale in Wales https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/vale-in-wales 10 July 2025 Valiant's Substack 10 July 2025 Vale shot up the table with eight victories in ten games. In January, Aidan Newhouse arrived on loan from Wimbledon but only played two games. Rudge made enquiries after Andy Saville, but the club could not afford the £350,000 expected by Birmingham City.Baggaley Mike Vale chief executive talks ticketing, Railway, Hamil and plans https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/vale-chief-executive-talks-ticketing 15 January 2024 Valiant's Substack 15 January 2024 On 5 February, Vale beat Reading 2–1 to record the first away league win for a club at Elm Park in 12 months.Baggaley Mike What next for Port Vale after manager Andy Crosby is sacked https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/what-next-for-port-vale-after-manager 5 February 2024 Valiant's Substack 5 February 2024 Bernie Slaven left the club in February for Darlington. The next month, Rudge brought Joe Allon to the club after Allon had left Brentford. He also signed winger David Lowe on loan from Leicester City. Vale picked up four clean sheets in the first five games of March but ended the month with two defeats. Vale had a solid April, winning six of their eight games, with Foyle scoring a hat-trick past Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road on 4 April.Match Preview Leyton Orient vs Port Vale https://www.port-vale.co.uk/news/match-preview-leyton-orient-vs-port-vale 30 January 2026 Port Vale FC 30 January 2026 en On 26 April, the team won 1–0 away at Swansea City as opposition manager Frank Burrows admitted that "they battered us and nobody has dominated here so much this season".Baggaley Mike The Vale are going up https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/the-vale-are-going-up 27 April 2025 Valiant's Substack 27 April 2025 Four days later, Vale defeated Exeter City by three goals to one, two of which were scored by Foyle – including a diving header for his 20th of the season; a Vale Park pitch invasion ensued on the final whistle.Port Vale FC matchday programme Sherwin Phil Turn Back Time 28 January 2019 53 Two victories from their final two games of the season ensured promotion. A 3–1 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion was witnessed by 15,423 people – the biggest crowd at the Goldstone Ground for six years.Baggaley Mike Budget, goals and an awful start https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/budget-goals-and-an-awful-start 8 September 2026 Valiant's Substack 7 September 2026 Glover opened the scoring and a brace from Foyle confirmed the victory despite the home side pulling a goal back from a Dean Wilkins free kick.Baggaley Mike Targets and expectations as Vale prepare to start again https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/targets-and-expectations-as-vale 7 May 2024 Valiant's Substack 6 May 2024 They finished second with 88 points, despite having finished third the previous season with 89 points. The top scorer was Martin Foyle with 18 goals, though Ian Taylor and Nicky Cross also hit double figures. At the end of the season, star midfielder Ian Taylor was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for £1 million (plus add-ons). The club also sold Peter Swan to Plymouth Argyle for £300,000. Also leaving the club were Nicky Cross and Trevor Wood, who joined Hereford United and Walsall respectively. Finances The club's shirt sponsors were Tunstall Assurance. Cup competitions In the FA Cup, Vale brushed aside Blackpool (2–0) and Huddersfield Town (1–0). Drawn against Premier League Southampton in the third round, the "Valiants" earned a 1–1 draw at The Dell with an Andy Porter goal from a free kick, which helped to put more pressure on struggling opposition manager Ian Branfoot, which would have been worse still without Iain Dowie's equaliser.Baggaley Mike Port Vale transfer window and injury updates ahead of Wycombe https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/port-vale-transfer-window-and-injury 18 January 2024 Valiant's Substack 18 January 2024 Back at Burslem, Vale achieved a giantkilling with a Bernie Slaven goal on a mud-filled Vale Park pitch; a clean sheet was achieved as Neil Aspin kept Matt Le Tissier quiet.Baggaley Mike Finding a way in difficult times https://portvalethevaliant.substack.com/p/finding-a-way-in-difficult-times 20 February 2026 Valiant's Substack 19 February 2026 In the fourth round they faced First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, and were defeated 2–0. In the League Cup, Vale exited in the first round to Third Division Lincoln City on away goals, having drawn 2–2 at Vale Park and 0–0 at Sincil Bank. In the Football League Trophy, Vale reached the Area Quarter-finalists. They would not enter the competition again until 2000–01. Results Pre-season Isle of Man International Football Festival 28 July 1993 19:15 BST Wrexham 3–0 L https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=1953 Port Vale Bennett 44 Phillips 59 Connolly 80 National Sports Centre Douglas, Isle of Man P Lewis 375 M Stevens, K Maitland K Giles Football League Second Division 1993–94 Football League League table Second Division y PTV Results by matchday table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A Result L/W/L/D/D/L/D/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/D/W/L/W/D/D/W/L/W/D/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/W/L/L/D/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W Position 16/9/14/14/16/18/21/18/13/9/9/7/8/5/7/8/6/7/4/4/4/4/5/6/7/7/7/6/6/6/5/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/4/2/4/3/2/2 Points 0p/3p/3p/4p/5p/5p/6p/9p/12p/15p/18p/21p/21p/24p/27p/28p/31p/31p/34p/35p/36p/39p/39p/42p/43p/46p/47p/50p/50p/51p/54p/57p/60p/63p/63p/63p/64p/67p/70p/73p/73p/76p/79p/82p/85p/88p Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 StattoPort Vale 1993–1994 : Results & Fixtures https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065636/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/port-vale/1993-1994/results 4 March 2016 . Statto Organisation. Retrieved 28 April 2012. Matches 1 14 August 1993 Burnley 2–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/burnley-v-port-vale-14-august-1993-175146/ Port Vale Joyce 14 53 Taylor Turf Moor Burnley 12,592 2 21 August 1993 Port Vale 6–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-barnet-21-august-1993-175186/ Barnet Foyle Slaven Vale Park Burslem 7,538 3 28 August 1993 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/plymouth-argyle-v-port-vale-28-august-1993-175229/ Port Vale Castle Marshall Home Park Plymouth 6,072 4 31 August 1993 Port Vale 2–2 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-cambridge-united-31-august-1993-175251/ Cambridge United Cross Kerr Danzey Claridge Vale Park Burslem 6,484 5 4 September 1993 Port Vale 2–2 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-cardiff-city-04-september-1993-175283/ Cardiff City Slaven Griffith Blake Vale Park Burslem 8,140 6 11 September 1993 Bristol Rovers 2–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/bristol-rovers-v-port-vale-11-september-1993-175314/ Port Vale Taylor Skinner Twerton Park Bath, Somerset 4,908 7 14 September 1993 Huddersfield Town 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/huddersfield-town-v-port-vale-14-september-1993-175344/ Port Vale Dunn Slaven Leeds Road Huddersfield 5,154 8 18 September 1993 Port Vale 1–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-hartlepool-united-18-september-1993-175369/ Hartlepool United Kerr 26 Vale Park Burslem AW Smith 7,279 9 25 September 1993 Brentford 1–2 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/brentford-v-port-vale-25-september-1993-175397/ Port Vale Gayle Cross van der Laan Griffin Park Brentford, West London 5,106 10 2 October 1993 15:00 BST Port Vale 3–0 W https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=510 Wrexham Kerr 46 Cross 47 48 Vale Park Burslem Vic Callow 8,722 11 9 October 1993 15:00 BST Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-hull-city-09-october-1993-175473/ Hull City Cross Allison 17 Vale Park Burslem 9,459 12 16 October 1993 Blackpool 1–3 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/blackpool-v-port-vale-16-october-1993-175502/ Port Vale Griffiths Cross Taylor Bloomfield Road Blackpool 8,969 13 23 October 1993 Port Vale 0–4 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-reading-23-october-1993-175549/ Reading Lovell Quinn Taylor Vale Park Burslem 9,252 14 30 October 1993 Rotherham United 0–2 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/rotherham-united-v-port-vale-30-october-1993-175587/ Port Vale Foyle Taylor Millmoor Rotherham 4,786 15 6 November 1993 Port Vale 3–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-swansea-city-06-november-1993-175653/ Swansea City Cook og. Glover Taylor Vale Park Burslem 7,854 16 20 November 1993 Exeter City 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/exeter-city-v-port-vale-20-november-1993-175693/ Port Vale Storer 65 van der Laan 63 St James Park Exeter 3,908 17 27 November 1993 Port Vale 4–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-27-november-1993-175731/ Brighton & Hove Albion Cross Foyle Taylor Vale Park Burslem 7,261 18 7 December 1993 AFC Bournemouth 2–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/afc-bournemouth-v-port-vale-07-december-1993-175761/ Port Vale Cotterill Wood Jeffers Dean Court Bournemouth 2,954 19 11 December 1993 Barnet 2–3 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/barnet-v-port-vale-11-december-1993-175772/ Port Vale Haag Rowe Foyle Kerr Taylor Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet 3,100 20 18 December 1993 Port Vale 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-burnley-18-december-1993-175812/ Burnley Slaven Mullin 85 Vale Park Burslem 10,710 21 27 December 1993 Fulham 0–0 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/fulham-v-port-vale-27-december-1993-175846/ Port Vale Craven Cottage Fulham, West London 5,760 22 29 December 1993 Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-leyton-orient-29-december-1993-175880/ Leyton Orient van der Laan Barnett Vale Park Burslem 8,978 23 1 January 1994 York City 1–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/york-city-v-port-vale-01-january-1994-175904/ Port Vale Barnes Bootham Crescent York 5,903 24 15 January 1994 Port Vale 2–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-blackpool-15-january-1994-175974/ Blackpool Briggs og. Cross Vale Park Burslem 7,915 25 22 January 1994 15:00 GMT Hull City 0–0 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/hull-city-v-port-vale-22-january-1994-176008/ Port Vale Boothferry Park Kingston upon Hull 6,918 26 5 February 1994 Reading 1–2 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/reading-v-port-vale-05-february-1994-176073/ Port Vale Quinn pen. Foyle Kent Elm Park Reading, Berkshire 7,645 27 12 February 1994 15:00 GMT Port Vale 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-stockport-county-12-february-1994-176108/ Stockport County Foyle 50 Francis 89 Vale Park Burslem Ray Shepherd 10,628 28 19 February 1994 Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-plymouth-argyle-19-february-1994-176136/ Plymouth Argyle Lowe Taylor Marshall Vale Park Burslem 9,093 29 22 February 1994 Cambridge United 1–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/cambridge-united-v-port-vale-22-february-1994-176159/ Port Vale Rowett Abbey Stadium Cambridge 2,543 30 1 March 1994 Port Vale 0–0 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-bradford-city-01-march-1994-176192/ Bradford City Vale Park Burslem 7,294 31 5 March 1994 Port Vale 2–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-bristol-rovers-05-march-1994-176219/ Bristol Rovers Taylor Vale Park Burslem 8,682 32 12 March 1994 Hartlepool United 1–4 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/hartlepool-united-v-port-vale-12-march-1994-176260/ Port Vale MacPhail 11 Gilchrist 15 og. Lowe 31 Cross 57 Aspin 85 Victoria Park Hartlepool J Watson 1,798 33 15 March 1994 Port Vale 1–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-huddersfield-town-15-march-1994-176288/ Huddersfield Town Kent Vale Park Burslem 7,010 34 19 March 1994 Port Vale 1–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-brentford-19-march-1994-176320/ Brentford Taylor Vale Park Burslem 8,269 35 26 March 1994 15:00 GMT Wrexham 2–1 L https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=3838 Port Vale Bennett 12 57 van der Laan 65 Racecourse Ground Wrexham Terry Lunt 7,202 36 29 March 1994 Bradford City 2–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/bradford-city-v-port-vale-29-march-1994-176385/ Port Vale Tolson Jewell Foyle Valley Parade Bradford 5,776 37 2 April 1994 Port Vale 2–2 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-fulham-02-april-1994-176426/ Fulham Allon Farrell Pike Vale Park Burslem 7,380 38 4 April 1994 Leyton Orient 2–3 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/leyton-orient-v-port-vale-04-april-1994-176456/ Port Vale Cooper Thomas Foyle Brisbane Road Leyton, East London 3,412 39 12 April 1994 Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-rotherham-united-12-april-1994-176516/ Rotherham United Griffiths Banks Vale Park Burslem 6,804 40 16 April 1994 Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-afc-bournemouth-16-april-1994-176540/ AFC Bournemouth Cross Taylor Pennock Vale Park Burslem 7,603 41 19 April 1994 19:30 BST Stockport County 2–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/stockport-county-v-port-vale-19-april-1994-176561/ Port Vale Francis 39 67 Lowe 84 Edgeley Park Stockport Paul Danson 5,910 42 21 April 1994 Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-york-city-21-april-1994-176568/ York City Glover Lowe Cooper Vale Park Burslem 8,703 43 26 April 1994 Swansea City 0–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/swansea-city-v-port-vale-26-april-1994-176611/ Port Vale Taylor Vetch Field Swansea 4,252 44 30 April 1994 Port Vale 3–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-exeter-city-30-april-1994-176636 Exeter City Foyle Kent Vale Park Burslem 10,377 45 3 May 1994 Cardiff City 1–3 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/cardiff-city-v-port-vale-03-may-1994-176659/ Port Vale Stant Kent Lowe Taylor Ninian Park Cardiff 4,705 46 7 May 1994 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–3 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/brighton-and-hove-albion-v-port-vale-07-may-1994-176666/ Port Vale Wilkins Foyle Glover Goldstone Ground Hove 15,423 FA Cup 1993–94 FA Cup R1 13 November 1993 Port Vale 2–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-blackpool-13-november-1993-216760/ Blackpool Foyle Kerr Vale Park Burslem 8,211 R2 3 December 1993 Port Vale 1–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-huddersfield-town-03-december-1993-216790/ Huddersfield Town Tankard Vale Park Burslem 8,602 R3 8 January 1994 Southampton 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/southampton-v-port-vale-08-january-1994-216828/ Port Vale Dowie 43 Porter 14 The Dell Southampton 11,086 Replay 18 January 1994 Port Vale 1–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-southampton-18-january-1994-216843/ Southampton Slaven 18 Vale Park Burslem 12,042 R4 29 January 1994 Port Vale 0–2 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-wolverhampton-wanderers-29-january-1994-216862/ Wolverhampton Wanderers Blades 25 Keen 89 Vale Park Burslem M Bodenham 21,999 League Cup 1993–94 Football League Cup R1 1st Leg 17 August 1993 Port Vale 2–2 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-lincoln-city-17-august-1993-32609/ Lincoln City Slaven Taylor Lormor Vale Park Burslem 5,175 R1 2nd Leg 24 August 1993 Lincoln City 0–0 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/lincoln-city-v-port-vale-24-august-1993-32637/ Port Vale Sincil Bank Lincoln 3,642 2a–2 Football League Trophy 1993–94 Football League Trophy R1 19 October 1993 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/shrewsbury-town-v-port-vale-19-october-1993-292278/ Port Vale Kerr Taylor Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 2,192 R1 9 November 1993 19:30 GMT Port Vale 0–0 D https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=2461 Wrexham Vale Park Burslem V G Callow J R Hubbard, D A Morrall P T Johnson 4,376 R2 30 November 1993 Cambridge United 2–4 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/cambridge-united-v-port-vale-30-november-1993-292283/ Port Vale Foyle Taylor Cross Abbey Stadium Cambridge 1,648 Quarter-final 11 January 1994 Swansea City 1–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/swansea-city-v-port-vale-11-january-1994-292306/ Port Vale Vetch Field Swansea 2,630 Squad statistics Appearances and goals Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward Second Division FA Cup Other GK ENG Paul Musselwhite 46 0 5 0 6 0 DF ENG Neil Aspin 40 1 5 0 6 0 DF ENG Peter Billing 8 0 0 0 1 0 DF ENG Dean Glover 46 3 5 0 6 0 DF ENG Gareth Griffiths 4 2 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Bradley Sandeman 9 0 1 0 0 0 DF ENG Dean Stokes 21 0 3 0 1 0 DF ENG Peter Swan 40 0 5 0 3 0 DF ENG Allen Tankard 26 0 2 1 5 0 MF ENG John Jeffers 25 1 5 0 5 0 MF ENG Kevin Kent 30 4 2 0 4 0 MF ENG Paul Kerr 25 4 3 1 6 1 MF ENG Andy Porter 37 0 5 1 3 0 MF ENG Ian Taylor 42 13 2 0 6 3 MF NLD Robin van der Laan 33 5 5 0 5 0 MF ENG Ray Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Joe Allon 4 2 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Nicky Cross 37 12 5 0 5 1 FW ENG Martin Foyle 37 17 3 1 5 2 FW CAN Ollie Heald 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG David Lowe 19 5 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club during the season: FW ENG Steve Livingstone 5 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Aidan Newhouse 2 0 1 0 0 0 FW SCO Bernie Slaven 23 7 4 1 4 1 |} Top scorers PlacePositionNationNameSecond DivisionFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyTotal1FWEnglandMartin Foyle17102202MFEnglandIan Taylor13012163FWEnglandNicky Cross12001134FWScotlandBernie Slaven711095MFEnglandPaul Kerr410166FWEnglandDavid Lowe50005–MFNetherlandsRobin van der Laan500058MFEnglandKevin Kent400049DFEnglandDean Glover3000310FWEnglandJoe Allon20002–DFEnglandGareth Griffiths2000212DFEnglandNeil Aspin10001–MFEnglandJohn Jeffers10001–DFEnglandAllen Tankard01001–MFEnglandAndy Porter01001––Own goals30003TOTALS7952692 Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. January 1993 DF ENG Dean Stokes Halesowen Town Free transfer Port Vale FC Club Details Transfers Soccer Base http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2083&teamTabs=transfers www.soccerbase.com 7 October 2016 February 1993 DF ENG Gareth Griffiths WAL Rhyl £1,000 May 1993 DF ENG Peter Billing Coventry City £35,000 July 1993 DF ENG Allen Tankard Wigan Athletic £87,500 September 1993 MF CAN Ollie Heald CAN Norvan Free transfer March 1994 FW ENG Joe Allon Brentford Free transfer Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. September 1993 FW ENG Brian Mills Released February 1994 FW SCO Bernie Slaven Darlington Free transfer May 1994 FW ENG Nicky Cross Hereford United Free transfer May 1994 DF ENG Simon Mills Boston United Free transfer May 1994 GK NIR Trevor Wood Walsall Free transfer 1 July 1994 MF ENG Ian Taylor Sheffield Wednesday £1,000,000 23 July 1994 DF ENG Peter Swan Plymouth Argyle £300,000 Summer 1994 MF ENG Paul Kerr Wycombe Wanderers Free transfer Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref. September 1993 FW ENG Steve Livingstone Chelsea September 1993 January 1994 FW ENG Aidan Newhouse Wimbledon January 1994 February 1994 MF ENG David Lowe Leicester City End of season Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref. March 1994 MF ENG Paul Kerr Leicester City End of season References Specific General Soccerbase Category:Port Vale F.C. seasons Port Vale