1991–92 Port Vale F.C. season

Port Vale

1991–92 season

Chairman

Bill Bell

Manager

John Rudge

Stadium

Vale Park

Football League Second Division

24th (45 Points)

Third Round

Third Round

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: Martin Foyle (11)
All: Martin Foyle (16)

Highest home attendance

18,725 vs. Liverpool (20 November 1991)

Lowest home attendance

4,722 vs. Notts County (24 September 1991)

Average home league attendance

7,382

Home colours

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1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season was Port Vale's 80th season of football in the Football League, and third successive (35th overall) season in the Second Division. For only the third time in their history they competed in a division above rivals Stoke City. However it was not a happy campaign, John Rudge was forced to deal with star players Darren Beckford and Robbie Earle being sold for combined fees of £1.7 million. He spent just £375,000 to bring future-legend Martin Foyle to the club, whilst reliable goalkeeper Mark Grew was handed the club's Player of the Year award. Vale were relegated in bottom place, just five points short of safety. They exited the League Cup at the Third Round, despite a credible 2–2 draw with Liverpool at Anfield. Leaving the FA Cup at the Third Round, they were knocked out at the Second Round stage of the Full Members Cup.

Overview

Second Division

The pre-season saw John Rudge sign aged striker Keith Houchen from Hibernian for £100,000. He also spent £300,000 on Hull City defender Peter Swan. This money was raised through the sale of top-scorer Darren Beckford to Norwich City for £925,000 after a Football League tribunal (Vale had wanted £1.5 million). As well as losing his star striker, Rudge had to deal with the departure of his midfield dynamo, Robbie Earle having been sold to Wimbledon for £775,000. To replace Beckford, Rudge signed Martin Foyle from Oxford United for a fee of £375,000. The transfers of both Beckford and Foyle were club-records.

The season started positively, with new man Foyle getting both goals in a 2–0 win over his former employers Oxford. In September, Houchen suffered a tear in his hamstring, and struggled to regain his place upon his recovery. To replace him, Jason Beckford, younger brother of Darren, was brought in on loan from Manchester City. He proved somewhat less prolific than his sibling. The Vale only picked up one victory in nine league games, Houchen bagging a brace in a 2–0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. Heading into December they had lost just three games in a sequence of ten league matches. Yet from 7 December to 21 March they went on a club-record seventeen games without a win (recording ten defeats). During this spell Andy Williams played a handful of games after arriving on a loan deal from Leeds United. Colin West then joined the club on loan from West Bromwich Albion. In February, Rudge took forward Joe Allon on loan from Chelsea. The next month, winger David Lowe arrived on loan from Ipswich Town. Out went Ryan Kidd, signing for Preston North End on a free transfer. At the end of March, victories over Plymouth Argyle and Blackburn Rovers raised hopes of a last minute escape. Picking up five points in the first four games of April, their fate rested in their hands. They failed to escape the drop however, losing both to Cambridge United at the Abbey Stadium and to Grimsby Town at Vale Park.

They finished bottom of the table with 45 points, five points short of the safety of Oxford United. With 42 goals scored Vale had the lowest tally in the division, along with Plymouth, though their 59 goals conceded was a respectable total. Foyle was top-scorer with eleven league goals and sixteen in all competitions. At the end of the season young right-back Paul West was permitted to join Bradford City on a free transfer.

Finances

The club's shirt sponsors were Kalamazoo.

Cup competitions

In the FA Cup, Vale were easily dispatched by Sunderland, who recorded a 3–0 victory at Roker Park.

In the League Cup, Vale advanced past Notts County on away goals with a 2–1 win at Vale Park and a 3–2 defeat at Meadow Lane. Facing First Division Liverpool in the Third Round, the "Valiants" achieved a 2–2 draw at Anfield against a first eleven of eight internationals.^[1] Robin van der Laan put the Vale ahead on seven minutes after heading past Bruce Grobbelaar from a Simon Mills corner.^[1] Steve McManaman equalized three minutes later from a Mark Walters assist, and Liverpool took the lead on 65 minutes after Ian Rush headed in a McManaman flick on. Vale earned a replay on 73 minutes, when Martin Foyle hit the net from a Peter Swan header.^[1] Yet they were knocked out of the competition as the "Reds" recorded a 4–1 win in Burslem in front of an 18,725 strong crowd.^[1]

In the short-lived Full Members Cup, Vale progress past Blackburn Rovers with a 1–0 win through a Foyle goal. They were then eliminated in the next round with a 4–0 defeat to Leicester City at Filbert Street.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	46	16	3	4	42	22	8	9	6	28	28	70	50	+ 20	84
2	Middlesbrough	46	15	6	2	37	13	8	5	10	21	28	58	41	+ 17	80
3	Derby County	46	11	4	8	35	24	12	5	6	34	27	69	51	+ 18	78
4	Leicester City	46	14	4	5	41	24	9	4	10	21	31	62	55	+ 7	77
5	Cambridge United	46	10	9	4	34	19	9	8	6	31	28	65	47	+ 18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	5	4	41	21	7	6	10	29	32	70	53	+ 17	74
7	Charlton Athletic	46	9	7	7	25	23	11	4	8	29	25	54	48	+ 6	71
8	Swindon Town	46	15	3	5	38	22	3	12	8	31	33	69	55	+ 14	69
9	Portsmouth	46	15	6	2	41	12	4	6	13	24	39	65	51	+ 14	69
10	Watford	46	9	5	9	25	23	9	6	8	26	25	51	48	+ 3	65
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	6	6	36	24	7	4	12	25	30	61	53	+ 8	64
12	Southend United	46	11	5	7	37	26	6	6	11	26	37	61	61	± 0	62
13	Bristol Rovers	46	11	9	3	43	29	5	5	13	17	34	60	63	– 3	62
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	37	32	5	10	8	19	24	56	56	± 0	61
15	Millwall	46	10	4	9	32	32	7	6	10	32	39	64	71	– 7	61
16	Barnsley	46	11	4	8	27	25	5	7	11	19	32	45	57	– 12	59
17	Bristol City	46	10	8	5	30	24	3	7	13	25	47	55	71	– 16	54
18	Sunderland	46	10	8	5	36	23	4	3	16	25	42	61	65	– 4	53
19	Grimsby Town	46	7	5	11	25	28	7	6	10	22	34	47	62	– 15	53
20	Newcastle United	46	9	8	6	38	30	4	5	14	28	54	66	84	– 18	52
21	Oxford United	46	10	6	7	39	30	3	5	15	27	43	66	73	– 7	50
22	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	5	7	26	26	2	4	17	16	38	42	64	– 22	48
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	7	7	9	36	37	5	4	14	20	40	56	77	– 21	47
24	Port Vale	46	7	8	8	23	25	3	7	13	19	34	42	59	– 17	45

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Port Vale's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L
Position	4	10	14	13	10	5	7	13	16	18	19	17	10	14	14	17	14	15	15	14	12	11	11	12	11	14	17	17	19	18	20	20	19	21	21	24	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	23	23	24

Sourced from Statto.^[2]

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Oxford United	H	2–1	6,984	Foyle (2)
20 August 1991	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	8,646	Walker (pen)
24 August 1991	Portsmouth	A	0–1	8,033
27 August 1991	Barnsley	H	0–0	6,299
31 August 1991	Bristol City	H	1–1	7,057	S.Mills
3 September 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	16,115	Houchen (2)
7 September 1991	Swindon Town	H	2–2	7,168	Foyle (2)
14 September 1991	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	10,225
18 September 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–3	5,790	Houchen
21 September 1991	Southend United	H	0–0	5,988
28 September 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	4,049
5 October 1991	Cambridge United	H	1–0	5,991	Porter
12 October 1991	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	8,218	S.Mills, Beckford
19 October 1991	Sunderland	H	3–3	7,525	Swan, Foyle, van der Laan
26 October 1991	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	11,403
2 November 1991	Bristol Rovers	A	3–3	3,547	Foyle (2), van der Laan
6 November 1991	Derby County	H	1–0	8,589	Jalink
9 November 1991	Millwall	H	0–2	8,944
16 November 1991	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	4,363
23 November 1991	Leicester City	A	1–0	11,450	Jeffers
30 November 1991	Watford	H	2–1	5,777	Foyle, van der Laan
7 December 1991	Newcastle United	A	2–2	18,386	Hughes, Glover (pen)
13 December 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	6,426	West
21 December 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	8,480	van der Laan
26 December 1991	Barnsley	A	0–0	8,843
28 December 1991	Bristol City	A	0–3	9,235
1 January 1992	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	8,075	Hughes
11 January 1992	Portsmouth	H	0–2	5,925
18 January 1992	Oxford United	A	2–2	4,199	Houchen, Swan
1 February 1992	Sunderland	A	1–1	19,505	Foyle
8 February 1992	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	7,019	o.g.
15 February 1992	Leicester City	H	1–2	8,084	Foyle
22 February 1992	Watford	A	0–0	6,602
29 February 1992	Newcastle United	H	0–1	10,321
6 March 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	8,477	Jeffers
11 March 1992	Derby County	A	1–3	15,345	Jeffers
14 March 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	0–1	5,861
21 March 1992	Millwall	A	0–1	6,148
28 March 1992	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	5,310	Walker (pen)
31 March 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	10,384	van der Laan, Foyle
4 April 1992	Swindon Town	A	0–1	8,567
11 April 1992	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–1	6,441	Swan, Lowe
15 April 1992	Southend United	A	0–0	4,462
21 April 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	8,461	B.Mills
25 April 1992	Cambridge United	A	2–4	7,599	B.Mills, Lowe
2 May 1992	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	8,678

FA Cup

Main article: 1991–92 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Sunderland	A	0–3	Byrne (3)

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	24 September 1991	Notts County	H	2–1	4,722	Foyle, B.Mills
R2 2nd Leg	9 October 1991	Notts County	A	2–3	4,419	Foyle, Houchen
R3 1st Leg	20 October 1991	Liverpool	A	2–2	21,553	van der Laan, Foyle
R3 2nd Leg	20 November 1991	Liverpool	H	1–4	18,725	Foyle

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	1 October 1991	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	2,355	Foyle
R2	23 October 1991	Leicester City	A	0–4	4,858

Player statistics

Appearances

Pos.	Name	Football League		FA Cup		League Cup		Full Members Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Mark Grew	46	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	53	0
DF	Alan Webb	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
DF	Simon Mills	33	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	40	2
DF	Darren Hughes	42	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	49	2
DF	Dean Glover	46	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	53	1
DF	Tim Parkin	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
DF	Neil Aspin	42	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	46	0
DF	Peter Swan	33	3	0	0	4	0	2	0	39	3
DF	Ryan Kidd	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
DF	Paul West	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Andy Porter	32	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	39	1
MF	Ray Walker	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	2
MF	John Jeffers	33	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	38	3
MF	Robin van der Laan	43	5	1	0	4	1	1	0	49	6
MF	Kevin Kent	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	25	0
MF	Andy Williams	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF	David Lowe	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
MF	Nico Jalink	28	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	32	1
MF	Dave Rushton	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW	Jason Beckford	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
FW	Nicky Cross	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
FW	Brian Mills	21	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	27	3
FW	Martin Foyle	43	11	1	0	4	4	2	0	50	16
FW	Joe Allon	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
FW	Keith Houchen	21	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	24	5
FW	Colin West	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Scorers

All competitions

Scorer	Goals
Martin Foyle	16
Robin van der Laan	6
Keith Houchen	5
Peter Swan	3
John Jeffers
Brian Mills
Darren Hughes	2
Simon Mills
Ray Walker
David Lowe
Nico Jalink	1
Jason Beckford
Colin West
Dean Glover
Andy Porter

League

Scorer	Goals
Martin Foyle	11
Robin van der Laan	5
Keith Houchen	4
Peter Swan	3
John Jeffers	3
Darren Hughes	2
Simon Mills
Brian Mills
Ray Walker
David Lowe
Nico Jalink	1
Jason Beckford
Colin West
Dean Glover
Andy Porter

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
July 1990	DF	Ryan Kidd		Free transfer	^[3]
25 June 1991	FW	Martin Foyle	Oxford United	£375,000	^[3]
June 1991	MF	Nico Jalink	RKC Waalwijk	Free transfer	^[3]
July 1991	MF	Dave Rushton		Free transfer	^[3]
August 1991	FW	Keith Houchen	Hibernian	£100,000	^[3]
August 1991	DF	Peter Swan	Hull City	£300,000	^[3]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
March 1992	MF	Nico Jalink	RKC Waalwijk	Released	^[3]
May 1992	GK	Mark Grew	Cardiff City	Free transfer	^[3]
May 1992	DF	Ryan Kidd	Preston North End	Free transfer	^[3]
May 1992	DF	Tim Parkin	Darlington	Free transfer	^[3]
May 1992	MF	Dave Rushton		Released	^[3]
May 1992	DF	Paul West	Bradford City	£80,000	^[3]
June 1992	DF	Alan Webb		Retired	^[3]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
November 1991	FW	Colin West	West Bromwich Albion	November 1991	^[3]
December 1991	MF	Andy Williams	Leeds United	February 1992	^[3]
February 1992	FW	Joe Allon	Chelsea	End of season	^[3]
March 1992	MF	David Lowe	Ipswich Town	End of season	^[3]

References

Specific

1 2 3 4 Sherwin, Phil (29 October 2011). "Glory of Anfield draw will never be forgotten". The Sentinel: The Way We Were.
↑ Port Vale 1991–1992 : Results & Fixtures. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

General

Kent, Jeff (1993). The Port Vale Record 1879-1993. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-9-8.

Port Vale F.C. seasons

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FA competitions

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Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Graham Taylor
UEFA Euro 1992 (qualification – Group 7)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Southend United Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester City Darlington Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Peterborough United Preston North End Reading Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Stoke City Swansea City Torquay United West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnet Blackpool Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Walsall Wrexham York City

Others	Colchester United Newport

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