2009–10 Port Vale F.C. season

Port Vale

2009–10 season
Chairman	Bill Bratt
Manager	Micky Adams
Stadium	Vale Park
Football League Two	10th (68 Points)
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	Third Round
League Trophy	Third Round
Player of the Year	Anthony Griffith
Top goalscorer	League: Marc Richards (20) All: Marc Richards (23)
Highest home attendance	8,467 vs. Shrewsbury Town (8 May 2010)
Lowest home attendance	3,154 vs. Stockport County (6 September 2009)
Average home league attendance	4,939
Home colours Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2008–09 season was Port Vale's 98th season of football in the Football League, and second successive season in League Two. Micky Adams received plaudits for his first full season in charge. He took a squad of players that had previously been near the bottom of the division and made them difficult to beat, taking them to a tenth-place finish, just outside the play-offs. In the League Cup Vale defeated two Championship sides to reach the Third Round stage. They also exited the League Trophy at the Third Round, and the FA Cup at the Second Round, whilst the reserve side finished as Staffordshire Senior Cup runners-up. Marc Richards hit 23 goals, whilst Player of the Year Anthony Griffith was also an essential part of the first eleven.

Manager Micky Adams.

Combative midfielder Anthony Griffith was Player of the Season.

Top-scorer Marc Richards scored a hat-trick past Chesterfield.

John McCombe became a fan favourite.

Young defender Lee Collins had an excellent season.

Captain Tommy Fraser.

Young keeper Chris Martin established himself as the club's #1.

Overview

League Two

The pre-season saw a new manager appointed – experienced 47-year-old Micky Adams arrived at Vale Park on 5 June 2009.^[1] Chairman Bill Bratt stated that Adams' goal would be to stabilize the club,^[2] a point reiterated by observers such as Robbie Earle,^[3] as well as Adams himself.^[4] He made his first signing on 15 June, bringing 21-year-old Tommy Fraser to the club on a free transfer, who had played for Adams at Brighton.^[5] He appointed Fraser as club captain.^[6] After confirming the signing of Adam Yates, who was linked to the club before Adams' arrival, Adams signed Doug Loft, who had also played under him at Brighton.^[7] After a pre-season friendly, Adams considered switching to a 3–5–2 formation for the season.^[8] On 21 July, it was announced that Adams had appointed veteran striker Geoff Horsfield as player-assistant manager. He was still strengthening his squad early in the season, signing midfielders Jason Jarrett, Kris Taylor and Claus Bech Jørgensen on short-term deals. He also signed Jamie Guy on loan from Colchester United, Damien McCrory on loan from Plymouth Argyle,^[9] and winger Lewis Haldane from Bristol Rovers – Haldane would later make the move permanent in January.^[10][11] In order to raise cash he placed six youngsters on the transfer list.^[12]

The season started with just one defeat in the first seven league games, demonstrating how Adams had made his side difficult to beat. Joe Anyon returned to fitness to play a reserve game on 23 September,^[13] but failed to displace teenager Chris Martin.^[14] After a period of three defeats in seven days, including being knocked out of the League Cup at the third round, Adams decided to place his whole squad on the transfer list, saying of his team's performance: "We looked like a woman who had a big fur coat on but underneath she’s got no knickers on."^[15] It was a controversial move, one that divided opinion among analysts and fans,^[16][17] also bringing the fourth tier club to national attention.^[18] The move appeared to many to be a motivational tactic.^[19] He later admitted he merely played "a psychological game with them... [and] I don't think they fell for it – I don't think anybody fell for it".^[20] Luke Prosser and Danny Glover both were shipped off to Conference National side Salisbury City on one-month loan deals.^[21] Steve Thompson was released from his contract to join Telford United.^[22] Three wins – including a cup win over League One Stockport County and a league win at local rivals Crewe Alexandra – and three draws within four weeks saw Adams nominated for the League Two Manager of the Month award for October 2009.^[23] He signed a contract extension in November 2009, keeping him at the club until summer 2012.^[24][25]

"The vision that I share with the board and the supporters is to win promotion. I think it can be achieved. It's all about short steps. The first one was to stabilise and we've done that. The players have bought into my philosophy and the next stage is to win promotion and establish ourselves as a League One club."

— Adams planned to push for promotion the following season.^[26]

In November, Sam Stockley took the decision to retire on medical advice, having suffered an eye injury.^[27] However he later joined Hungarian club Ferencvárosi TC as a player-coach.^[28] This allowed Adam Yates to make the right-back spot his own. Glover also left the club for a loan spell at Rochdale.^[29] Arriving at the club was Bristol Rovers loanee Sean Rigg,^[30] who would sign permanently at the season's end.^[31]

In the January 2010 transfer window Adams signed Lewis Haldane permanently, with Sean Rigg and Craig Davies signing on loan.^[32] In February, Anyon returned to the starting line after young rival Martin was rested.^[33] He performed well over seven games, but made two costly errors that resulted in two goals and dropped points in the play-off hunt.^[34] Thus he was consigned to the bench until the season's end. Luke Prosser, Danny Glover and Ross Davidson were also informed they would not be offered new contracts,^[35] and Prosser immediately joined James Lawrie on loan at Kidderminster Harriers.^[36] Both Glover and Davidson joined Stafford Rangers on loan. Adams' men stormed into the play-off places for the first time in the season with just two games left to play, following a 2–1 win over champions-elect Notts County.^[37] Yet with just one point from their final two games, the Vale finished just outside the play-off zone.

They finished in tenth place with 68 points, boasting the best goals conceded tally outside of the top three. They were four points short of Dagenham & Redbridge in the play-off zone – who would go on to win the play-off final. Only runaway champions Notts County lost fewer games than Vale, though only Macclesfield Town and Cheltenham Town picked up more draws. Marc Richards was the club's top-scorer with 23 goals, more than double that of his nearest rival.

At the end of the season Joe Anyon was offered a new contract at Vale Park on reduced pay,^[38] but instead signed with Lincoln City.^[39] Chris Martin signed a new two-year contract,^[40] which came with an increase in wages.^[41] Released players moved on to other clubs: Luke Prosser (Southend United);^[42] Simon Richman and Danny Glover (Worcester City);^[43] David Howland (Glentoran);^[44] and James Lawrie (AFC Telford United).^[45] Ross Davidson also joined Stafford Rangers, after having spent much of the season loan at the club, as well as a brief time at Nantwich Town. Geoff Horsfield retired as a player to concentrate on his role as assistant manager.^[46]

Finances

On the financial side rumours abounded. In July 2009, Bill Bratt spoke out to publicly deny rumours spread on Vale fan sites, specifically rumours of sponsorship deals with Basement Jaxx and Maplin Electronics. Bratt said the rumours were "inaccurate, spurious and damaging", claiming the speculation could damage genuine and confidential negotiations.^[47] In November, Bratt announced that he was planning to retire as chairman at the end of the season,^[48][49] though he later decided to stay on. Reports that Andy Townsend would be appointed as a football advisor also surfaced,^[50] but never transpired. There also came statements that shirt sponsors Harlequin Property would invest £500,000 into the club, though again this never materialized. Stoke-on-Trent city council gave the club a two-year repayment holiday for a £2.25 million loan taken out in 2005.^[51]

Cup competitions

In the FA Cup, Vale advanced past Stevenage after a replay, with a 1–0 win at Broadhall Way. This ended Stevenage's year-long unbeaten home record.^[52] They were then defeated 1–0 by League One Huddersfield Town in the Second Round.

In the League Cup, the club beat Championship side Sheffield United 2–1 at Bramall Lane in the First Round.^[53] The Vale then defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 in the Second Round, with goals from Adams' signing Kris Taylor and Rob Taylor – a player not appreciated under Dean Glover.^[54] It was only after this game that Adams actually signed his managerial contract – two months after taking charge.^[55] The delay was blamed on 'legal complications'.^[56] Vale then took another Championship side, Scunthorpe United, to extra time at Glanford Park, before succumbing to a 2–0 defeat.

In the League Trophy, Vale knocked out Stockport County with a 3–1 win, before exiting at the Third Round after losing out to Bradford City at Valley Parade in a penalty shoot-out.

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Notts County	46	27	12	7	96	31	+65	93
P	2	Bournemouth	46	25	8	13	61	44	+17	83
P	3	Rochdale	46	25	7	14	82	48	+34	82
	4	Morecambe	46	20	13	13	73	64	+9	73
	5	Rotherham United	46	21	10	15	55	52	+3	73
	6	Aldershot Town	46	20	12	14	69	56	+13	72
P	7	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	20	12	14	69	58	+11	72
	8	Chesterfield	46	21	7	18	61	62	−1	70
	9	Bury	46	19	12	15	54	59	−5	69
	10	Port Vale	46	17	17	12	61	50	+11	68
	11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67
	12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	12	17	55	54	+1	63
	13	Burton Albion	46	17	11	18	71	70	+1	62
	14	Bradford City	46	16	14	16	59	62	−3	62
	15	Accrington Stanley	46	18	7	21	62	74	−12	61
	16	Hereford United	46	17	8	21	54	65	−11	59
	17	Torquay United	46	14	15	17	64	55	+9	57
	18	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	68	73	−5	55
	19	Macclesfield Town	46	12	18	16	49	58	−9	54
	20	Lincoln City	46	13	11	22	42	65	−23	50
	21	Barnet	46	12	12	22	47	63	−16	48
	22	Cheltenham Town	46	10	18	18	54	71	−17	48
R	23	Grimsby Town	46	9	17	20	45	72	−27	44
R	24	Darlington	46	8	6	32	33	87	−54	30

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D
Position	12	17	20	15	16	10	13	14	16	15	16	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	16	16	13	12	12	13	12	14	14	14	15	14	14	12	13	11	9	11	13	11	10	10	9	9	7	9	10

Sourced from Statto.^[57]

Football League Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 2009	Rochdale	H	1–1	6,158	Richards (pen)
15 August 2009	Bradford City	A	0–0	11,333
18 August 2009	Macclesfield Town	A	0–2	3,433
22 August 2009	Darlington	H	1–0	4,561	Richards
29 August 2009	Hereford United	A	2–2	2,434	Dodds, R.Taylor
5 September 2009	Grimsby Town	H	4–0	5,056	Dodds, Richards, Owen, Collins
12 September 2009	Aldershot Town	A	1–1	3,406	R.Taylor
19 September 2009	Bury	H	0–1	5,461
26 September 2009	Notts County	A	1–3	7,561	Richards (pen)
29 September 2009	Accrington Stanley	H	2–2	4,326	Dodds, Fraser
3 October 2009	Bournemouth	H	0–0	4,905
10 October 2009	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–0	7,096	McCombe
17 October 2009	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	6,943	Richards, K.Taylor
24 October 2009	Cheltenham Town	H	1–1	4,979	Richards
31 October 2009	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	1–1	2,003	Dodds
14 November 2009	Rotherham United	H	1–2	4,788	Prosser
21 November 2009	Barnet	A	0–0	1,939
24 November 2009	Torquay United	H	2–2	3,996	Loft, R.Taylor
1 December 2009	Lincoln City	A	2–1	2,569	Richards, Dodds
5 December 2009	Morecambe	H	0–2	4,679
12 December 2009	Northampton Town	A	1–1	4,132	Richards (pen)
28 December 2009	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	4,401	Rigg, R.Taylor
19 January 2010	Burton Albion	H	3–1	4,458	Richards (2), Rigg
23 January 2010	Macclesfield Town	H	0–0	5,167
26 January 2010	Rochdale	A	0–0	3,081
30 January 2010	Hereford United	H	2–0	4,686	Davies, Richards
6 February 2010	Burton Albion	A	0–1	4,644
9 February 2010	Chesterfield	H	1–2	4,090	Davies
13 February 2010	Torquay United	A	2–1	2,563	Haldane, Richards
20 February 2010	Barnet	H	0–2	4,571
23 February 2010	Lincoln City	A	4–0	3,231	Own goal, R.Taylor, Davies, McCombe
27 February 2010	Morecambe	A	0–1	2,064
2 March 2010	Darlington	A	3–1	1,582	Loft, Dodds, Haldane
6 March 2010	Northampton Town	H	1–3	4,861	Loft
9 March 2010	Bradford City	H	2–1	3,728	Richards, R.Taylor
13 March 2010	Chesterfield	A	5–0	4,138	Richards (3), R.Taylor, Davies (pen)
20 March 2010	Cheltenham Town	A	1–1	3,503	McCombe
27 March 2010	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1	7,232
3 April 2010	Rotherham United	A	2–1	3,721	Davies, Richards
5 April 2010	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	3–1	4,572	Haldane, R.Taylor, Davies
10 April 2010	Aldershot Town	H	1–1	5,399	Rigg
13 April 2010	Accrington Stanley	A	2–1	2,205	Davies, K.Taylor
17 April 2010	Bury	A	1–1	4,570	Richards (pen)
24 April 2010	Notts County	H	2–1	7,459	Richards, K.Taylor
1 May 2010	Bournemouth	A	0–4	9,055
8 May 2010	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	8,467	Richards (pen)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	7 November 2009	Stevenage	H	1–1	3,999	Yates
R1 Replay	17 November 2009	Stevenage	A	1–0	2,914	Dodds
R2	28 November 2009	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	5,311

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	11 August 2009	Sheffield United	A	2–1	7,627	Richards (2)
R2	25 August 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	6,667	K.Taylor, R.Taylor
R3	22 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	A	0–2	3,383

League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	6 September 2009	Stockport County	H	3–1	3,154	Haldane, Dodds, Richards
R3	10 November 2009	Bradford City	A	(3)2–2 (4)	5,096	McCombe, R.Taylor

Player statistics

Appearances Pos. # Name Football League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK 1 Joe Anyon 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 DF 2 Sam Stockley 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 12 0 MF 3 Rob Taylor 38 8 2 0 3 1 1 1 44 10 MF 4 Anthony Griffith 40 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 47 0 DF 5 John McCombe 40 3 3 0 3 0 2 1 48 4 DF 6 Luke Prosser 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 MF 7 Doug Loft 32 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 37 3 MF 8 David Howland 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 FW 9 Marc Richards 46 20 3 0 3 2 2 1 54 23 MF 10 Tommy Fraser 38 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 44 1 DF 11 Adam Yates 32 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 37 1 GK 12 Chris Martin 39 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 47 0 MF 14 Louis Dodds 44 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 49 8 DF 15 Lee Collins 45 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 53 1 DF 16 Gareth Owen 40 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 46 1 FW 17 Steve Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 17 Sean Rigg 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 3 FW 18 Danny Glover 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 MF 19 Simon Richman 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 MF 20 Ross Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 21 James Lawrie 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 DF 22 Danny Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK 24 Daniel Lloyd-Weston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 25 Claus Bech Jørgensen 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 FW 25 Jamie Guy 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 FW 25 Craig Davies 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 7 MF 26 Kris Taylor 41 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 49 4 MF 27 Damien McCrory 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 FW 28 Geoff Horsfield 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 13 0 MF 29 Sam Morsy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 MF 32 Lewis Haldane 37 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 43 4 FW 33 Jason Jarrett 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 FW 33 Anthony Malbon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 34 Matthew Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Lee Molyneux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Scorers All competitions Scorer Goals Marc Richards 23 Rob Taylor 10 Louis Dodds 8 Craig Davies 7 Kris Taylor 4 Lewis Haldane John McCombe Sean Rigg 3 Doug Loft Lee Collins 1 Tommy Fraser Gareth Owen Luke Prosser Adam Yates League Scorer Goals Marc Richards 20 Rob Taylor 8 Craig Davies 7 Louis Dodds 6 Kris Taylor 3 Lewis Haldane John McCombe Sean Rigg Doug Loft Lee Collins 1 Tommy Fraser Gareth Owen Luke Prosser

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total
4	Montserrat	MF	Anthony Griffith	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	0
10	England	MF	Tommy Fraser	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	1
16	England	DF	Gareth Owen	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
3	England	MF	Rob Taylor	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
14	England	MF	Louis Dodds	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
9	England	FW	Marc Richards	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2	England	DF	Sam Stockley	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
15	England	DF	Lee Collins	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
26	England	MF	Kris Taylor	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
32	Wales	MF	Lewis Haldane	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
5	England	DF	John McCombe	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
33	England	FW	Jason Jarrett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	Wales	FW	Craig Davies	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	England	MF	Doug Loft	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	Northern Ireland	MF	David Howland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	England	GK	Chris Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	Ireland	MF	Damien McCrory	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	England	MF	Sean Rigg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	England	DF	Adam Yates	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	65	4	3	0	8	0	0	0	76	4

Sourced from Soccerway.^[58]

Awards

End of Season Awards	Winner[59]
Player of the Year	Anthony Griffith
Away Travel Player of the Year	Anthony Griffith
Players' Player of the Year	Lee Collins
Chairman Player of the Year	Lee Collins
Young Player of the Year	Chris Martin
Youth Player of the Year	Sam Morsy
Mr Shirt Off Your Back	Louis Dodds
Clubman of the Year	Brian Lewis
Assist of the Season	Lee Collins (vs Hereford United, 30 January 2010)
Goal of the Season	Rob Taylor (vs Hereford United, 29 August 2009)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 2009	MF		Doug Loft	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[60]
May 2009	FW		Anthony Malbon		Free transfer	[60]
June 2009	MF		Tommy Fraser	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[60]
June 2009	DF		Adam Yates	Morecambe	Free transfer	[60]
July 2009	FW		Geoff Horsfield	Lincoln City	Free transfer	[60]
July 2009	DF		Kris Taylor	Hereford United	Free transfer	[60]
August 2009	MF		Claus Bech Jørgensen	Blackpool	Non-contract	[60]
August 2009	MF		Sam Morsy		Free transfer	[60]
September 2009	MF		Jason Jarrett	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[60]
January 2010	FW		Lewis Haldane	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	[60]
January 2010	MF		Sean Rigg	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	[60]
April 2010	DF		Matthew Bell		Free transfer	[60]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
September 2009	MF		Claus Bech Jørgensen	Fleetwood Town	Rejected contract	[60]
October 2009	MF		Luke Chapman	Hednesford Town	Mutual consent	[60]
October 2009	FW		Steve Thompson	A.F.C. Telford United	Mutual consent	[60]
November 2009	DF		Sam Stockley	Ferencvárosi TC	Retired	[60]
December 2009	MF		Jason Jarrett	Oldham Athletic	Released	[60]
March 2010	DF		Luke Prosser	Southend United	Released	[60]
April 2010	MF		David Howland	Glentoran	Released	[60]
April 2010	FW		James Lawrie	A.F.C. Telford United	Released	[60]
April 2010	MF		Simon Richman	Worcester City	Released	[60]
May 2010	GK		Joe Anyon	Lincoln City	Released	[60]
May 2010	MF		Ross Davidson	Stafford Rangers	Released	[60]
May 2010	FW		Danny Glover	Worcester City	Released	[60]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
31 July 2009	FW		Sean Rigg	Colchester United	21 November 2009	[60]
24 August 2009	FW		Lewis Haldane	Bristol Rovers	January 2010	[60]
1 September 2009	DF		Damien McCrory	Plymouth Argyle	1 November 2009	[60]
23 November 2009	MF		Sean Rigg	Bristol Rovers	January 2010	[60]
15 January 2010	FW		Craig Davies	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season	[60]
25 March 2010	DF		Lee Molyneux	Southampton	End of season	[60]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
13 August 2009	DF		Luke Prosser	Salisbury City	1 October 2009	[60]
14 August 2009	FW		Danny Glover	Salisbury City	14 September 2009	[60]
August 2009	MF		Ross Davidson	Stafford Rangers	September 2009	[60]
3 September 2009	FW		Steve Thompson	Stafford Rangers	October 2009	[60]
26 November 2009	FW		Danny Glover	Rochdale	2010	[60]
December 2009	MF		Ross Davidson	Nantwich Town	February 2010	[60]
February 2010	FW		Anthony Malbon	Leek Town	February 2010	[60]
March 2010	MF		Ross Davidson	Stafford Rangers	End of season	[60]
March 2010	FW		Danny Glover	Stafford Rangers	End of season	[60]
25 March 2010	DF		Luke Prosser	Kidderminster Harriers	End of season	[60]

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