1902–03 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season

Burslem Port Vale
1902–03 season
Chairman	Robert Audley
Manager	Sam Gleaves
Stadium	Athletic Ground
Football League Second Division	9th (34 Points)
FA Cup	Fourth Qualification Round
Birmingham Senior Cup	First Round
Staffordshire Senior Cup	First Round
Bass Charity Vase	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Capes (16); All: Adrian Capes (18)
Highest home attendance	5,000 vs Manchester City (18 October 1902)
Lowest home attendance	500 vs Burton United (28 March 1903)
Average home league attendance	2,250+
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1902–03 season was Burslem Port Vale's fifth consecutive season (ninth overall) of football in the Football League.^[1] Finishing in ninth place for the second time in three years, it would take just over two decades for the club to again reach the heights of a top ten second tier finish. Their success was down mainly due to their home form, and in fact a club record 29 away games without a win began on 17 January 1903. Adrian Capes would become the club's top scorer for the third successive season.

Overview

Right-back Ernest Mullineux played 34 games for the club in all competitions.

Loyal Valeite Bert Eardley was a key first team member.

Winger Billy Heames missed just the one game in the league.

George Price was an important player yet again.

Top scorer Adrian Capes.

Danny Simpson had his last season with the club.

Right-half Lucien Boullemier retired in October 1902 to concentrate on his pottery, he enjoyed a benefit match.

Half-back Harry Croxton.

Albert Cook played a cameo role.

Second Division

The pre-season saw tough-tackling left-back Arthur Hartshorne arrive from Wolverhampton Wanderers, whilst left-half W. Perkins and forward William Loverseed both arrived from Newark. In September, experienced right-half Arthur Rowley arrived from Bristol Rovers.

Vale had an awful start to the season, winning just one of their first ten games. However this run ended with five wins in their following seven games to take them back to the safety of mid-table. Their 4–2 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 3 January 1903 was their last away win until the 1904–05 season. Their finish to 1902–03 was strong, winning their last seven home games. However they finished with 34 points from 34 games, seventeen points from the promotion zones, and nine points clear of the re-election zones.

Adrian Capes was top scorer with eighteen goals in 37 games, missing just one league game. Goalkeeper Harry Cotton played 36 games; Billy Heames, W. Perkins, Ernest Mullineux, Arthur Hartshorne, Bert Eardley, Arthur Rowley, George Price, and William Loverseed were all constant figures in the first eleven. At the end of the campaign all the major players were kept on, with no big signings made.^[1]

Finances

A financially difficult season, in March 1903 the directors decided to sell defenders Arthur Hartshorne and Ted Holdcroft to Stoke for over £500.^[1] This gave the club a profit of £112 on the campaign.^[1] Poor attendance figures saw gate income fall by £200 from the previous season.^[1] The club's debt was totalled at £171,^[1] and subsequently the club's reserve side was moved from The Football Combination to the North Staffordshire League to save on travel costs.^[1]

Cup competitions

In cup competitions, Vale performed poorly, falling at the first hurdle in the Staffordshire Senior Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup, and Bass Charity Vase. Losing to rivals Stoke in the county cups: 2–0 at home in the Birmingham Cup, and 5–3 away in the Staffordshire Cup replay following a 1–1 draw at home. In the Charity Vase they were conquered by Second Division rivals Burton United 5–1 away in a replay, following a 1–1 draw at home. The club failed to qualify for the FA Cup, after losing 2–1 away at St. Helens Recreation's short, sloped, boggy pitch.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	34	15	1	1	64	15	10	3	4	31	14	95	29	3.276	+ 66	54
2	Small Heath	34	17	0	0	57	11	7	3	7	17	25	74	36	2.056	+ 38	51
3	Woolwich Arsenal	34	14	2	1	46	9	6	6	5	20	21	66	30	2.200	+ 36	48
4	Bristol City	34	12	3	2	43	18	5	5	7	16	20	59	38	1.553	+ 21	42
5	Manchester United	34	9	4	4	32	15	6	4	7	21	23	53	38	1.395	+ 15	38
6	Chesterfield	34	11	4	2	43	10	3	5	9	24	30	67	40	1.675	+ 27	37
7	Preston North End	34	10	5	2	39	12	3	5	9	17	28	56	40	1.400	+ 16	36
8	Barnsley	34	9	4	4	32	13	4	4	9	23	38	55	51	1.078	+ 4	34
9	Burslem Port Vale	34	11	5	1	36	16	2	3	12	21	46	57	62	0.919	– 5	34
10	Lincoln City	34	8	3	6	30	22	4	3	10	16	31	46	53	0.868	– 7	30
11	Glossop	34	9	1	7	26	20	2	6	9	17	38	43	58	0.741	– 15	29
12	Gainsborough Trinity	34	9	4	4	28	14	2	3	12	13	45	41	59	0.695	– 18	29
13	Burton United	34	9	4	4	26	20	2	3	12	13	39	39	59	0.661	– 20	29
14	Blackpool	34	7	5	5	32	24	2	5	10	12	35	44	59	0.746	– 15	28
15	Leicester Fosse	34	5	5	7	20	23	5	3	9	21	42	41	65	0.631	– 24	28
16	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	5	4	27	17	1	2	14	8	55	35	72	0.486	– 37	25
17	Stockport County	34	6	4	7	26	24	1	2	14	13	50	39	74	0.527	– 35	20
18	Burnley	34	6	7	4	25	25	0	1	16	5	52	30	77	0.390	– 47	20

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A		H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	8	8	13	9	13	12	13	15	13	14	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	10	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9

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

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 September 1902	Blackpool	H	1–1	3,200	Capes
8 September 1902	Preston North End	H	0–0	2,000
13 September 1902	Woolwich Arsenal	A	0–3	12,000
20 September 1902	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–0	2,000	Cook, Loverseed, Capes
27 September 1902	Lincoln City	A	1–4	3,000	D.Simpson
4 October 1902	Small Heath	H	2–2	4,000	Perkins, Croxton
11 October 1902	Leicester Fosse	A	0–2	1,000
18 October 1902	Manchester City	H	1–4	5,000	Croxton
25 October 1902	Burnley	A	3–3	1,200	Eardley, Rowley, Holdcroft (pen)
8 November 1902	Chesterfield	A	0–3	2,000
10 November 1902	Stockport County	H	3–1	1,000	Heames, Hartshorne, Eardley
22 November 1902	Gainsborough Trinity	H	3–1		Capes (2), Eardley
6 December 1902	Bristol City	H	2–0	2,000	Eardley, Loverseed
9 December 1902	Glossop	A	1–2	3,000	Heames
13 December 1902	Stockport County	A	4–0		Capes (3), Price
20 December 1902	Manchester United	H	1–1	2,000	Price
3 January 1903	Blackpool	A	5–2	1,000	Loverseed (2), Capes, Hartshorne, Price
10 January 1903	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1–1	4,000	Price
17 January 1903	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–3	3,000	Capes, Eardley
24 January 1903	Lincoln City	H	5–1	2,000	Capes (3), Price (2)
31 January 1903	Small Heath	A	1–5	3,000	Price
7 February 1903	Leicester Fosse	H	2–0	1,000	Eardley, Capes
14 February 1903	Manchester City	A	1–7	12,000	Hartshorne
28 February 1903	Preston North End	A	1–5	3,000	Mullineux
7 March 1903	Chesterfield	H	2–1	800	Rowley, o.g.
21 March 1903	Gainsborough Trinity	A	1–1	3,000	Capes
28 March 1903	Burton United	H	4–2	500	Eardley, unknown, Capes, unknown
30 March 1903	Burnley	H	3–1		Loverseed, Price, T.Simpson
4 April 1903	Bristol City	A	0–3	2,000
10 April 1903	Barnsley	A	0–1	4,000
11 April 1903	Glossop	H	1–0	2,000	Price
13 April 1903	Burton United	A	0–0
18 April 1903	Manchester United	A	1–2	8,000	Rushton
20 April 1903	Barnsley	H	2–0		Rushton, Capes

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3Q	1 November 1902	Stalybridge Rovers	H	3–1		Eardley, Price, Capes
4Q	15 November 1902	St. Helens Recreation	A	1–2	8,000	Capes

Birmingham Senior Cup


1	29 September 1902	Stoke	H	0–2	3,000

Staffordshire Senior Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1	22 September 1902	Stoke	H	1–1		unknown
2	6 October 1902	Stoke	A	3–5		unknown

Bass Charity Vase


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1	9 March 1902	Burton United	H	1–1	poor	Eardley
Replay	18 March 1902	Burton United	A	1–5		Coxon

Player statistics

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	William Chadwick	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
GK	Harry Cotton	32	0	1	0	3	0	36	0
GK	J.Powell	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Lucien Boullemier	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
DF	Tom Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Ernest Mullineux	32	1	2	0	0	0	34	1
DF	Arthur Hartshorne	28	3	2	0	2	0	32	3
DF	Ted Holdcroft	16	1	2	0	0	0	18	1
MF	Billy Heames	33	2	2	0	0	0	35	2
MF	Bert Eardley	25	7	2	1	3	1	30	9
MF	W. H. Machin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Albert Cook	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
MF	Harry Croxton	16	2	0	0	1	0	17	2
MF	George Rushton	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
MF	T.Boole	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Arthur Rowley	27	2	2	0	2	0	31	2
MF	W. Perkins	31	1	2	0	2	0	35	1
MF	Arthur Bourne	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Tom Coxon	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	1
FW	Danny Simpson	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
FW	George Price	27	9	2	1	2	0	31	10
FW	Adrian Capes	33	16	2	2	2	0	37	18
FW	Leonard Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Tom Simpson	11	1	0	0	2	0	13	1
FW	William Tunstall	6	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
FW	William Loverseed	28	5	0	0	2	0	30	5

Scorers

All competitions

Scorer	Goals
Adrian Capes	18
George Price	10
Bert Eardley	9
William Loverseed	5
Arthur Hartshorne	5
Billy Heames	2
George Rushton
Arthur Rowley
Harry Croxton
Albert Cook	1
Danny Simpson
Ted Holdcroft
W. Perkins
Tom Simpson
Tom Coxon
Ernest Mullineux

League

Scorer	Goals
Adrian Capes	16
George Price	9
Bert Eardley	7
William Loverseed	5
Arthur Hartshorne	3
Billy Heames	2
George Rushton
Arthur Rowley
Harry Croxton
Albert Cook	1
Danny Simpson
Ted Holdcroft
W. Perkins
Tom Simpson
Ernest Mullineux

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 1902	MF	W. Perkins	Newark	Free transfer	^[3]
June 1902	DF	Arthur Hartshorne	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[3]
June 1902	FW	William Loverseed	Newark	Free transfer	^[3]
September 1902	MF	Arthur Rowley	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	^[3]
January 1903	MF	George Rushton	Barrow	Free transfer	^[3]
February 1903	FW	Edward Williams	East Vale	Free transfer	^[3]
March 1903	DF	James Hamilton	Burslem Town	Free transfer	^[3]
April 1903	FW	Dick Allman	Burslem Higherhave	Free transfer	^[3]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
September 1902	DF	Lucien Boullemier	Philadelphia Hibernian	Released	^[3]
March 1903	DF	Ted Holdcroft	Stoke	£500	^[3]
April 1903	DF	Arthur Hartshorne	Stoke	Unknown	^[3]
Summer 1903	MF	Arthur Bourne		Released	^[3]
Summer 1903	DF	Duncan Cooper		Released	^[3]
Summer 1903	DF	Tom Davies		Released	^[3]
Summer 1903	FW	Leonard Jones		Released	^[3]
Summer 1903	MF	George Rushton	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	^[3]
Summer 1903	FW	Danny Simpson		Released	^[3]

References

Specific

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 1902–1903 : 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.

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[Kent-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 1902–1903 : Results & Fixtures. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

[transfers-3] 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.

Port Vale F.C. seasons
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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
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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