1901–02 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Burslem Port Vale 1901–02 Sam Gleaves Secretary Robert Audley Athletic Ground Football League Second Division 12th (29 points) FA Cup Fifth Qualification Round(eliminated by Walsall) Birmingham Senior Cup Semi-finals(eliminated by Wolverhampton Wanderers) Staffordshire Senior Cup Semi-finals(eliminated by Stoke) Adrian Capes (14) Adrian Capes (18) 8,000 vs Leicester Fosse, 12 October 1901 100 vs Blackpool, 5 April 1902 2,931+ 6–0 vs. Wellington Town, 2 November 1901 0–4 (twice) _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000080 000080 1900–01 1902–03 The 1901–02 season was Burslem Port Vale's fourth consecutive season (eighth overall) of football in the English Football League.Kent Jeff The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale Witan Books 1990 50–70 The Hopeless Struggle (1898-1907) 0-9508981-4-7 Playing home fixtures at the Athletic Ground under manager‑secretary Sam Gleaves and chairman Robert Audley, the club finished a largely muted 12th with 29 points from 10 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, scoring around 43 goals and conceding 59. In cup competition, Vale bowed out in the Fifth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, losing to Walsall, and exited both the Birmingham Senior Cup and Staffordshire Senior Cup at the semi-final stage, succumbing to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stoke respectively. Adrian Capes led the scoring charts with 14 league goals and 18 across all competitions. Attendances varied from a low of 100 spectators versus Blackpool in April 1902 to a season-high of 8,000 for the home match against Leicester Fosse on 12 October 1901, with an average league attendance of around 2,931. Financially, the campaign marked a rare bright spot as Vale achieved a profit without selling any major players, aided by events such as an Easter bazaar fundraiser that helped offset club expenditure. thumb|The Burslem Port Vale team in 1901. thumb|George Price put in a 42-game shift. thumb|Midfielder Bert Eardley hardly played all season. Overview Second Division Vale had an indifferent start to the campaign, gaining seven points from seven games. The players came under criticism for a perceived lack of fitness, whilst the forward play seemed disjointed. The team fell to a 4–0 defeat at struggling Barnsley, only to vanquish Leicester Fosse by three goals to nil the following week. The Leicester result was followed by seven games without a win, however, with the players drained from playing 12 cup games and six league matches between 3 October and 7 December. The next win in the league came on 28 December, when Glossop were defeated 1–0. This was followed by another four games without a win, leaving the club in the re-election places. They had, though, put up "a good show" at the Athletic Ground in a 3–2 defeat to league leaders West Bromwich Albion, with goalkeeper Harry Cotton being singled out for praise. Two successive wins eased fears of a re-election finish, though they were followed by heavy defeats away at Burnley and Burton United. Vale then defeated bottom club Chesterfield by four goals to two, and followed this up with two further victories, including coming from two goals down to win 3–2 away at Gainsborough Trinity. A point at home to second-placed Middlesbrough on 22 March and at home to Gainsborough Trinity six days later made it five games unbeaten. The players sensed thereafter that there was little to play for and were criticised for their "holiday friendly" manner in a four-goal defeat at Bristol City the day after the Trinity draw. Two further losses to Blackpool and Stockport County raised concern as the Vale were left three points clear of danger with two games left to play. They battled to a 1–1 home draw with Newton Heath and ensured their League status with a final-day victory away at Glossop. Port Vale finished in 12th place in a tight lower half of the table, where just two points separated 9th from 16th. A settled side saw Lucien Boullemier, Ernest Mullineux, George Price, and Adrian Capes ever-presents in the league. Capes was the leading scorer with 18 goals, with Danny Simpson's twelve-goal haul a major contribution to the campaign. At the end of the season, centre-half Jim Beech retired, having spent eight years with the club. Finances On the financial front, things were looking up for the club. A £368 profit was made, with most of this figure coming from the club's annual Easter bazaar at Burslem Town Hall. This upturn in finances caused the directors to loosen their unwritten rule on only recruiting local players. Cup competitions In the FA Cup the club decimated Combination League club Wellington Town 6–0, before beating Wrexham after two replays. The first encounter with Wrexham was called off due to fog; the rearranged tie resulted in a 2–1 defeat; however, a replay was scheduled when it was discovered that their opponents had fielded an ineligible player. Eventually vanquishing the Welsh side, the next round saw Midland League side Walsall knock the Vale out before the first round Proper. In the Birmingham Senior Cup the "Valeites" defeated local rivals 4–0 Stoke in a first round replay, after a 2–2 draw at Stoke. Vale lost in the semi-final in a replay with Wolverhampton Wanderers. In the Staffordshire Senior Cup Vale brushed aside Walsall 5–2, before Stoke took their revenge in the semi-final, with a 2–1 victory over Vale in Cobridge. Results Football League Second Division 1901–02 Football League League table Second Division y BPV Results by matchday table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A Result D/W/L/L/W/L/W/L/D/L/L/D/L/L/W/L/D/D/L/W/W/D/L/L/W/W/W/D/D/L/L/L/D/W Position 9/4/8/11/9/12/7/12/9/12/13/13/15/16/15/16/14/15/15/13/11/14/14/14/14/10/9/8/8/11/13/14/15/12 Points 1p/3p/3p/3p/5p/5p/7p/7p/8p/8p/8p/9p/9p/9p/11p/11p/12p/13p/13p/15p/17p/18p/18p/18p/20p/22p/24p/25p/26p/26p/26p/26p/27p/29p Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold green1 red1 StattoPort Vale 1901–1902 : Results & Fixtures https://web.archive.org/web/20100430200351/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/port-vale/1901-1902/results 30 April 2010 . Statto Organisation. Retrieved 28 April 2012. Matches 1 7 September 1901 Doncaster Rovers 3–3 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/doncaster-rovers-v-port-vale-07-september-1901-203505/ Port Vale Eardley Simpson Capes Intake Ground Doncaster 2,000 2 9 September 1901 Port Vale 3–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-bristol-city-09-september-1901-201368/ Bristol City Simpson Capes Athletic Ground Cobridge 5,000 3 14 September 1901 Port Vale 1–2 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-lincoln-city-14-september-1901-202978/ Lincoln City Simpson Athletic Ground Cobridge 4,000 4 21 September 1901 West Bromwich Albion 3–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/west-bromwich-albion-v-port-vale-21-september-1901-203421/ Port Vale Price The Hawthorns West Bromwich 5,000 5 28 September 1901 Port Vale 1–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-woolwich-arsenal-28-september-1901-200630/ Woolwich Arsenal Simpson Athletic Ground Cobridge 3,000 6 5 October 1901 Barnsley 4–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/barnsley-v-port-vale-05-october-1901-203425/ Port Vale Oakwell Barnsley 7 12 October 1901 Port Vale 3–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-leicester-city-12-october-1901-202719/ Leicester Fosse Rushton Capes Jones Athletic Ground Cobridge 6,500 8 19 October 1901 Preston North End 2–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/preston-north-end-v-port-vale-19-october-1901-203494/ Port Vale Deepdale Preston, Lancashire 5,000 9 26 October 1901 Port Vale 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-burnley-26-october-1901-201454/ Burnley Tunstall Athletic Ground Cobridge 4,000 10 9 November 1901 Chesterfield 4–3 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/chesterfield-town-v-port-vale-09-november-1901-203537/ Port Vale Capes unknown Simpson Saltergate Chesterfield, Derbyshire 3,000 11 23 November 1901 Middlesbrough 3–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/middlesbrough-v-port-vale-23-november-1901-203516/ Port Vale Cassidy Tennant Turner Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 7,000 12 14 December 1901 Port Vale 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-stockport-county-14-december-1901-203622/ Stockport County unknown Swann Athletic Ground Cobridge 13 21 December 1901 Newton Heath 1–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/manchester-united-v-port-vale-21-december-1901-203422/ Port Vale Richards Bank Street Clayton, Manchester 3,000 14 26 December 1901 Woolwich Arsenal 3–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/woolwich-arsenal-v-port-vale-26-december-1901-203473/ Port Vale Briercliffe Gooing Main Heames Manor Ground Plumstead, Greenwich 5,500 15 28 December 1901 Port Vale 1–0 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-glossop-north-end-28-december-1901-202234/ Glossop Rushton Athletic Ground Cobridge 16 1 January 1902 Blackpool 1–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/blackpool-v-port-vale-01-january-1902-203490/ Port Vale Bloomfield Road Blackpool 4,000 17 4 January 1902 Port Vale 2–2 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-doncaster-rovers-04-january-1902-201981/ Doncaster Rovers Heames Price Athletic Ground Cobridge 1,500 18 11 January 1902 Lincoln City 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/lincoln-city-v-port-vale-11-january-1902-203465/ Port Vale Capes Sincil Bank Lincoln 2,000 19 18 January 1902 Port Vale 2–3 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-west-bromwich-albion-18-january-1902-203885/ West Bromwich Albion Heames Rushton Athletic Ground Cobridge 4,000 20 25 January 1902 Leicester Fosse 0–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/leicester-city-v-port-vale-25-january-1902-203491/ Port Vale Boullemier Filbert Street Leicester 2,000 21 1 February 1902 Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-barnsley-01-february-1902-200824/ Barnsley Simpson Capes Athletic Ground Cobridge 1,500 22 15 February 1902 Port Vale 0–0 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-preston-north-end-15-february-1902-203601/ Preston North End Athletic Ground Cobridge 3,500 23 22 February 1902 Burnley 4–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/burnley-v-port-vale-22-february-1902-203462/ Port Vale Price Turf Moor Burnley 2,500 24 1 March 1902 Burton United 3–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/burton-united-v-port-vale-01-march-1902-203506/ Port Vale Peel Croft Burton upon Trent 3,000 25 8 March 1902 Port Vale 4–2 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-chesterfield-town-08-march-1902-201895/ Chesterfield Simpson Rushton Capes Athletic Ground Cobridge 1,000 26 10 March 1902 Port Vale 2–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-burton-united-10-march-1902-201583/ Burton United Rushton Capes Athletic Ground Cobridge 27 15 March 1902 Gainsborough Trinity 2–3 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/gainsborough-trinity-v-port-vale-15-march-1902-203492/ Port Vale Capes og. The Northolme Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 1,200 28 22 March 1902 Port Vale 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-middlesbrough-22-march-1902-203267/ Middlesbrough Capes Ramsey Athletic Ground Cobridge 2,000 29 28 March 1902 Port Vale 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-gainsborough-trinity-28-march-1902-202199/ Gainsborough Trinity Capes Athletic Ground Cobridge 30 29 March 1902 Bristol City 4–0 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/bristol-city-v-port-vale-29-march-1902-203415/ Port Vale St John's Lane Bristol 5,000 31 5 April 1902 Port Vale 0–1 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-blackpool-05-april-1902-200961/ Blackpool Athletic Ground Cobridge 100 32 12 April 1902 Stockport County 4–2 L https://www.11v11.com/matches/stockport-county-v-port-vale-12-april-1902-203493/ Port Vale McLachlan Madden Chesworth Capes Edgeley Park Stockport 33 19 April 1902 Port Vale 1–1 D https://www.11v11.com/matches/port-vale-v-manchester-united-19-april-1902-203194/ Newton Heath Heames Coupar Athletic Ground Cobridge 2,000 34 26 April 1902 Glossop 0–1 W https://www.11v11.com/matches/glossop-north-end-v-port-vale-26-april-1902-203479/ Port Vale unknown North Road Glossop 1,500 FA Cup 1901–02 FA Cup 3Q 2 November 1901 Port Vale 6–0 W Wellington Town Capes Simpson Price Athletic Ground Cobridge 4Q 20 November 1901 15:00 GMT Wrexham 2–1 L https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=14419 Port Vale Eardley Racecourse Ground Wrexham Replay 28 November 1901 15:00 GMT Wrexham 0–0 D https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=14420 Port Vale Racecourse Ground Wrexham J.C. Tillotson 1,500 Replay 30 November 1901 15:00 GMT Port Vale 3–1 W https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=14410 Wrexham Boullemier 25 Capes 75 Rushton 76 Mitchell 63 Athletic Ground Cobridge J.C. Tillotson 2,000 5Q 7 December 1901 Port Vale 1–2 L Walsall Heames Athletic Ground Cobridge 1,200 Birmingham Senior Cup 1R 30 September 1901 Stoke 2–2 D Port Vale unknown Victoria Ground Stoke-upon-Trent 3,500 Replay 7 October 1901 Port Vale 4–0 W Stoke unknown Athletic Ground Cobridge 1,500 Semi-final 14 October 1901 Port Vale 1–1 D Wolverhampton Wanderers Capes Athletic Ground Cobridge 4,000 Replay 2 December 1901 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 L Port Vale Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton 500 Staffordshire Senior Cup 1R 16 September 1901 Port Vale 5–2 W Walsall Croxton Heames Price Simpson Athletic Ground Cobridge handful Semi-final 21 October 1901 Port Vale 1–2 L Stoke unknown Athletic Ground Cobridge Squad statistics Appearances and goals Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; FB – Full back; HB – Half back; FW – Forward Second Division FA Cup Other GK ENG William Chadwick 5 0 0 0 1 0 GK ENG Harry Cotton 29 0 5 0 2 0 FB ENG Duncan Cooper 5 0 0 0 0 0 FB ENG Tom Davies 25 0 1 0 3 0 FB ENG Ernest Mullineux 34 0 5 0 1 0 FB H.H. Watkins 0 0 2 0 1 0 HB Jim Beech 10 0 2 0 1 0 HB ENG Lucien Boullemier 34 1 5 1 2 0 HB ENG Albert Cook 9 0 4 0 0 0 HB ENG Harry Croxton 23 0 3 0 2 2 HB W. H. Machin 2 0 0 0 0 0 HB Thomas Wainwright 7 0 2 0 1 0 FW ENG Adrian Capes 34 14 5 3 4 1 FW ENG Bert Eardley 7 1 2 1 0 0 FW ENG Billy Heames 31 4 5 1 2 1 FW Leonard Jones 3 1 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Tommy Lander 25 0 1 0 1 0 FW ENG George Price 34 3 5 2 3 1 FW ENG George Rushton 20 5 3 1 2 0 FW ENG Danny Simpson 25 9 2 2 1 1 FW Tom Simpson 6 0 0 0 0 0 FW William Tunstall 6 1 3 0 1 0 |} Top scorers PlacePositionNationNameSecond DivisionFA CupOtherTotal1FWEnglandAdrian Capes1431182FWEnglandDanny Simpson921123FWEnglandBilly Heames4116–FWEnglandGeorge Rushton5106–FWEnglandGeorge Price32166FWEnglandBert Eardley1102–HBEnglandHarry Croxton0022–HBEnglandLucien Boullemier11029FWLeonard Jones1001–FWWilliam Tunstall1001–––Unknown3036–––Own goals1001TOTALS4311964 Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. May 1901 GK William Chadwick Hanley Swifts Free transfer Kent Jeff Port Vale Personalities Witan Books 1996 0-9529152-0-0 May 1901 GK Harry Cotton Nantwich Free transfer June 1901 FW ENG George Rushton Leek Broughs Free transfer June 1901 FW Tom Simpson Stoke Free transfer November 1901 FB ENG Duncan Cooper Witton Albion Free transfer Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. Summer 1902 HB ENG Jim Beech Retired Summer 1902 FW ENG Tommy Lander Released Summer 1902 FW ENG George Rushton Barrow Free transfer Summer 1902 HB ENG Thomas Wainwright Crewe Alexandra Released References Specific General Kent, Jeff Jeff Kent (author) The Port Vale Record 1879-1993 Witan Books 1993 0-9508981-9-8 Category:Port Vale F.C. seasons Burslem Port Vale