1901–02 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season

Burslem Port Vale
1901–02 season
Chairman	Robert Audley
Manager	Sam Gleaves
Stadium	Athletic Ground
Football League Second Division	13th (29 Points)
FA Cup	Fifth Qualification Round
Birmingham Senior Cup	Semi-final
Staffordshire Senior Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Capes (14); All: Adrian Capes (18)
Highest home attendance	8,000 vs Leicester Fosse (12 October 1901)
Lowest home attendance	100 vs Blackpool (5 April 1902)
Average home league attendance	2,931+
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1901–02 season was Burslem Port Vale's fourth consecutive season (eighth overall) of football in the Football League.^[1] The season was an unremarkable mid-table affair, however was a positive step for the club as they managed to turn a profit without selling any major players.

The Burslem Port Vale team in 1901.

George Price put in a 42-game shift.

Midfielder Bert Eardley hardly played all season.

Overview

Second Division

After an indifferent start to the season, Vale fell apart at the end of 1901, going on a run of five defeats in seven games. However they turned their form around by the end of the season, going five games unbeaten in March. Vale finished in thirteenth place, but only six points separated seventh spot from the re-election zones.^[1] As it happened Chesterfield, Stockport County, and Gainsborough Trinity all won re-election. However West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough ran away with the league, leaving Vale 22 points off a promotion place.

A settled side saw Lucien Boullemier, Ernest Mullineux, George Price, and Adrian Capes ever-presents in the league. Capes was leading scorer with eighteen 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.^[1]

Finances

On the financial front things were looking up for the club.^[1] A £368 profit was made, with most of this figure coming from the club's annual Easter bazaar at Burslem Town Hall.^[1] This upturn in finances caused the directors to loosen their unwritten rule on only recruiting local players.^[1]

Cup competitions

In the FA Cup the club decimated 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.^[1] Eventually vanquishing the Welsh side, the next round saw Walsall knock the Vale out before the First Round Proper.^[1] 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.^[1] Vale lost in the semi-final in a replay with Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[1] 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.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	2	1	52	13	11	3	3	30	16	82	29	2.828	+ 53	55
2	Middlesbrough	34	15	1	1	58	7	8	4	5	32	17	90	24	3.750	+ 66	51
3	Preston North End	34	12	3	2	50	11	6	3	8	21	21	71	32	2.219	+ 39	42
4	Woolwich Arsenal	34	13	2	2	35	9	5	4	8	15	17	50	26	1.923	+ 24	42
5	Lincoln City	34	11	6	0	26	4	3	7	7	19	31	45	35	1.286	+ 10	41
6	Bristol City	34	13	1	3	39	12	4	5	8	13	23	52	35	1.486	+ 17	40
7	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	3	2	39	12	1	5	11	10	46	49	58	0.845	– 9	34
8	Glossop	34	7	6	4	22	15	3	6	8	14	25	36	40	0.900	– 4	32
9	Burnley	34	9	6	2	30	8	1	4	12	11	37	41	45	0.911	– 4	30
10	Burton United	34	8	6	3	32	23	3	2	12	14	31	46	54	0.852	– 8	30
11	Barnsley	34	9	3	5	36	33	3	3	11	15	30	51	63	0.810	– 12	30
12	Burslem Port Vale	34	7	7	3	26	17	3	2	12	17	42	43	59	0.729	– 16	29
13	Blackpool	34	9	3	5	27	21	2	4	11	13	35	40	56	0.714	– 16	29
14	Leicester Fosse	34	11	2	4	26	14	1	3	13	12	42	38	56	0.679	– 18	29
15	Newton Heath	34	10	2	5	27	12	1	4	12	11	41	38	53	0.717	– 15	28
16	Chesterfield	34	10	3	4	35	18	1	3	13	12	50	47	68	0.691	– 21	28
17	Stockport County	34	8	3	6	25	20	0	4	13	11	52	36	72	0.500	– 36	23
18	Gainsborough Trinity	34	4	9	4	26	25	0	2	15	4	55	30	80	0.375	– 50	19

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

Results

Burslem Port Vale's score comes first

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
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	13

Source: Statto^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 September 1901	Doncaster Rovers	A	3–3	2,000	Eardley, Simpson, Capes
9 September 1901	Bristol City	H	3–0	5,000	Simpson (2), Capes
14 September 1901	Lincoln City	H	1–2	4,000	Simpson
21 September 1901	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	5,000	Price
28 September 1901	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1–0	3,000	Simpson
5 October 1901	Barnsley	A	0–4
12 October 1901	Leicester Fosse	H	3–0	6,500	Rushton, Capes, Jones
19 October 1901	Preston North End	A	0–2	5,000
26 October 1901	Burnley	H	1–1	4,000	Tunstall
9 November 1901	Chesterfield	A	3–4	3,000	Capes, unknown, Simpson
23 November 1901	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	7,000
14 December 1901	Stockport County	H	1–1		unknown
21 December 1901	Newton Heath	A	0–1	3,000
26 December 1901	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1–3	5,500	Heames
28 December 1901	Glossop	H	1–0		Rushton
1 January 1902	Blackpool	A	0–1	4,000
4 January 1902	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–2	1,500	Heames, Price
11 January 1902	Lincoln City	A	1–1	2,000	Capes
18 January 1902	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–3	4,000	Heames, Rushton
25 January 1902	Leicester Fosse	A	1–0	2,000	Boullemier
1 February 1902	Barnsley	H	2–1	1,500	Simpson, Capes
15 February 1902	Preston North End	H	0–0	3,500
22 February 1902	Burnley	A	1–4	2,500	Price
1 March 1902	Burton United	A	0–3	3,000
8 March 1902	Chesterfield	H	4–2	1,000	Simpson (2), Rushton, Capes
10 March 1902	Burton United	H	2–1		Rushton, Capes
15 March 1902	Gainsborough Trinity	A	3–2	1,200	Capes (2), o.g.
22 March 1902	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	2,000	Capes
28 March 1902	Gainsborough Trinity	H	1–1		Capes
29 March 1902	Bristol City	A	0–4	5,000
5 April 1902	Blackpool	H	0–1	100
12 April 1902	Stockport County	A	2–4		Capes (2)
19 April 1902	Newton Heath	H	1–1	2,000	Heames
26 April 1902	Glossop	A	1–0	1,500	unknown

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3Q	2 November 1901	Wellington Town	H	6–0		Capes (2), Simpson (2), Price (2)
4Q	20 November 1901	Wrexham	A	1–2		Eardley
4Q Replay	28 November 1901	Wrexham	A	0–0	1,500
4Q Replay	30 November 1901	Wrexham	H	3–1		Boullemier, Capes, Rushton
5Q Replay	7 December 1901	Walsall	H	1–2	1,200	Heames

Birmingham Senior Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1	30 September 1901	Stoke	A	2–2	3,500	unknown
Replay	7 October 1901	Stoke	H	4–0	1,500	unknown
SF	14 October 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	4,000	Capes
Replay	2 December 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	N	0–2	500

Staffordshire Senior Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1	16 September 1900	Walsall	H	5–2	handful	Croxton (2), Heames, Price, Simpson
SF	21 October 1900	Stoke	H	1–2		unknown

Player statistics

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	William Chadwick	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
GK	Harry Cotton	29	0	5	0	2	0	36	0
DF	Jim Beech	10	0	2	0	1	0	13	0
DF	Lucien Boullemier	34	1	5	1	2	0	41	2
DF	Tom Davies	25	0	1	0	3	0	29	0
DF	Ernest Mullineux	34	0	5	0	1	0	40	0
DF	Duncan Cooper	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF	H.H. Watkins	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
MF	Billy Heames	31	4	5	1	2	1	38	5
MF	Bert Eardley	7	1	2	1	0	0	9	2
MF	W. H. Machin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Thomas Wainwright	7	0	2	0	1	0	10	0
MF	Albert Cook	9	0	4	0	0	0	13	0
MF	Harry Croxton	23	0	3	0	2	2	28	2
MF	George Rushton	20	5	3	1	2	0	25	6
FW	Danny Simpson	25	9	2	2	1	1	28	12
FW	George Price	34	3	5	2	3	1	42	6
FW	Tommy Lander	25	0	1	0	1	0	27	0
FW	Adrian Capes	34	14	5	3	4	1	43	18
FW	Leonard Jones	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
FW	Tom Simpson	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
FW	William Tunstall	6	1	3	0	1	0	10	1

Scorers

All competitions

Scorer	Goals
Adrian Capes	18
Danny Simpson	12
George Rushton	6
George Price	6
Billy Heames	5
Bert Eardley	2
Harry Croxton
Lucien Boullemier
Leonard Jones	1
William Tunstall	1

League

Scorer	Goals
Adrian Capes	14
Danny Simpson	9
George Rushton	5
Billy Heames	4
George Price	3
Leonard Jones	1
William Tunstall
Lucien Boullemier
Bert Eardley

Albert Cook played the occasional game.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 1901	GK	William Chadwick	Hanley Swifts	Free transfer	^[3]
May 1901	GK	Harry Cotton	Nantwich	Free transfer	^[3]
June 1901	MF	George Rushton	Leek Broughs	Free transfer	^[3]
June 1901	FW	Tom Simpson	Stoke	Free transfer	^[3]
November 1901	DF	Duncan Cooper	Witton Albion	Free transfer	^[3]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1902	DF	Jim Beech	Smallthorne Albion	Retired	^[3]
Summer 1902	MF	Tommy Lander		Released	^[3]
Summer 1902	MF	George Rushton	Barrow	Free transfer	^[3]
Summer 1902	MF	Thomas Wainwright	Crewe Alexandra	Released	^[3]

References

Specific

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kent, Jeff (1990). "The Hopeless Struggle (1898-1907)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 50–70. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.
↑ Port Vale 1901–1902 : Results & Fixtures. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.

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[Kent-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kent, Jeff (1990). "The Hopeless Struggle (1898-1907)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 50–70. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.

[2] Port Vale 1901–1902 : Results & Fixtures. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

[transfers-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

Port Vale F.C. seasons
1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 99–1900
1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

Port Vale Football Club
History Managers Records Seasons
Grounds	Athletic Ground Old Recreation Ground Vale Park
Players	25+ appearances <25 appearances Player of the Year Winners
Matches	1989 Play-off Final 1993 League Trophy Final 1993 Play-off Final 1996 Anglo-Italian Final 2001 League Trophy Final Potteries derby