2001–02 Port Vale F.C. season

Port Vale 2001–02 football season

Port Vale

2001–02 season

Chairman

Bill Bell

Manager

Brian Horton

Stadium

Vale Park

Football League Second Division

14th (58 Points)

FA Cup

Second Round
(knocked out by Cardiff City)

League Cup

Second Round
(knocked out by Charlton Athletic)

Football League Trophy

Area Quarter-finalists
(knocked out by Hull City)

Player of the Year

Mark Goodlad

Top goalscorer

League: Stephen McPhee (11)
All: Stephen McPhee (14)

Highest home attendance

10,344 vs. Stoke City, 21 October 2001

Lowest home attendance

2,664 vs. Carlisle United, 16 October 2001

Average home league attendance

5,210

Biggest win

5–0 vs. Cambridge United, 5 October 2001

Biggest defeat

0–3 (three games)

Home colours

← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was Port Vale's 90th season of football in the English Football League and second-successive season (39th overall) in the Second Division. On the pitch, Vale finished in mid-table whilst exiting both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the second round, and the Football League Trophy at the Area Quarter-finals. Behind the scenes, the club was heading for administration.

Overview

Second Division

The pre-season saw Brian Horton sign numerous bit-part players on free transfers: Ashley Dodd (Manchester United); Ian Armstrong (Liverpool); Phil Hardy (an eleven-year Wrexham veteran); Rae Ingram (Macclesfield Town); and Alex Gibson (Stoke City). He also signed Stephen McPhee from Coventry City, who would go on to become a key player for the club.

The season opened with six points from three games, with the sequence concluding with a 4–1 win over Peterborough United, after which Horton said that "I hope we don't start thinking every game will be a four-goal stroll because it won't be". This was followed by just one point from six games, in September, after failing to secure Paul Hall's signature, New Zealand international striker Chris Killen was signed on loan from Manchester City. Simon Osborn also joined from Wolverhampton Wanderers on a one-month contract, before he moved on to Gillingham. On 5 October, Vale won 5–0 at home to Cambridge United, with Killen scoring a brace and collecting an assist. Steve Torpey was allowed to join Scarborough on a one-month loan. Arriving in Burslem was Sean McClare, who joined on a one-month loan from Barnsley, before signing permanently when the loan deal finished. Frenchman Johan Gallon also had a trial at the club but was not offered a contract. On 21 October, Vale played rivals Stoke City, and McPhee scored for Vale, before Chris Iwelumo buried a late equaliser for the "Potters". The next month Danny Webber was taken in on loan from Manchester United.

Vale continued through the Christmas period in inconsistent form, despite the arrival of 36-year-old John Durnin. In January, Mvondo Atangana became the first Cameroonian to play for the Vale, when he joined on loan from Dundee United – he would only play two games before picking up a serious injury. Meanwhile, Richard Burgess was allowed to join Nuneaton Borough permanently. Vale then went on a sequence of seven wins in eight games to shoot up the table, including a 1–0 win over Stoke at the Britannia Stadium thanks to a Micky Cummins header, as Horton was named Manager of the Month. The 23,019 attendance at Stoke was the highest at any match in the division during the season. In contrast, the lowest attendance figure was 2,379, who saw a 1–0 win at Cambridge United three days later. This run raised hopes of a play-off bid. It also encouraged chairman Bill Bell to offer new contracts to the management team (Horton, Grew, Foyle and Glover), as well as seven players. Horton was also awarded the Manager of the Month award for February. However, Vale finished poorly, winning just one of their final eleven games.

Vale finished in fourteenth place with 58 points, quite some distance from either the play-offs or the relegation zone. The team lost 14 of their 23 league games away from home. Stoke finished nine places and 22 points above the Vale and won promotion via the play-offs, never to meet the Vale again for the rest of the decade. McPhee hit fourteen goals to become the club's top-scorer, with Brooker and Cummins close behind in the scoring charts. Cummins was also an ever-present. Overworked goalkeeper Mark Goodlad was voted Player of the Year.

At the end of the season, numerous players were allowed to leave on free transfers: Sagi Burton (Crewe Alexandra); George O'Callaghan (Cork City); Danny Maye (Southend United); Paul Donnelly (Stone Dominoes); Steve Torpey (Prescot Cables); and Phil Hardy. Durnin also turned his hand to coaching, and was appointed as the club's under-17 coach.

Finances

The collapse of ITV Digital cost the club £400,000 in revenue. Chairman Bill Bell announced a 30% cut in the players' wage budget at the end of the campaign. These ominous warnings belied a financial crisis that would hit the club hard the following season. In August, former chairman Jim Lloyd returned to the club as a director. The next month, Chief Executive Dave Jolley was sacked. A Charles Machin-led consortium made a £1 million bid for the club in December but was turned away by Bill Bell, who claimed that Valiant2001 "won't last three months". Later that month, former commercial director Neil Hughes was arrested for fraud allegedly stealing £20,000 from the club, but he denied the offence. The club's debt stood at £1.7 million in February. The next month, the Football Association's compliance unit began investigating the club but found no wrongdoing. The club's shirt sponsors were Tunstall Assurance.

Cup competitions

In the FA Cup, Vale avoided losing to a non-League club for the second successive season by beating Aylesbury United 3–0 at Vale Park. They had been held by the "Ducks" 0–0 at half-time, and the non-League side seemed to have taken the lead on 52 minutes until captain Scott Honeyball's headed goal was disallowed for an infringement; Burgess then put the Vale ahead two minutes later before Cummins and Brooker made the game safe. They exited at the second round after a 3–0 defeat to Cardiff City at Ninian Park.

In the League Cup, for the second consecutive season, Vale faced Third Division Chesterfield in the first round, this time, however, the two-legged format was scrapped in favour of a standard knock-out tournament structure. Vale progressed with a 2–1 win thanks to a brace from McPhee. It was a bad-tempered affair, with three sendings-off. Facing Premier League Charlton Athletic at The Valley in the second round, Alan Curbishley's men eliminated the Vale with a 2–0 win.

In the Football League Trophy, Vale advanced past Carlisle United and Rochdale to reach the Area Quarter-finals. where they faced Hull City at Boothferry Park. The "Tigers" eliminated the "Valiants" with a 2–1 win.

League table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	15	15	63	60	+3	63
13	Swindon Town	46	15	14	17	46	56	−10	59
14	Port Vale	46	16	10	20	51	62	−11	58
15	Colchester United	46	15	12	19	65	76	−11	57
16	Blackpool	46	14	14	18	66	69	−3	56

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Port Vale's score comes first

Football League Second Division

Results by matchday

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L
Position	3	10	6	11	13	15	15	19	19	18	19	16	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	17	16	16	17	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14

Source: Statto
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Notts County	H	4–2	6,076	O'Callaghan (2), McPhee, Dodd
18 August 2001	Brentford	A	0–2	4,561
25 August 2001	Peterborough United	H	4–1	4,925	Hardy, Cummins, Brooker, McPhee
27 August 2001	Colchester United	A	0–2	3,611
1 September 2001	Reading	H	0–2	5,196
8 September 2001	Bristol City	A	1–1	12,560	O'Callaghan
15 September 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–4	9,295	Brooker
18 September 2001	Swindon Town	H	0–2	3,737
22 September 2001	Northampton Town	H	0–1	4,419
25 September 2001	Wrexham	A	3–1	3,091	McPhee (2), Killen
29 September 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–3	5,714	Killen
5 October 2001	Cambridge United	H	5–0	4,119	Killen (2), Cummins, Armstrong, Brooker
13 October 2001	Chesterfield	A	1–1	4,348	Brooker
21 October 2001	Stoke City	H	1–1	10,344	McPhee
24 October 2001	Cardiff City	H	0–2	4,552
27 October 2001	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	5,634	Killen
3 November 2001	Bury	H	1–0	4,688	Killen
10 November 2001	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1	6,648
20 November 2001	Bournemouth	A	0–0	4,428
24 November 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	5,026	Cummins
1 December 2001	Blackpool	H	1–1	5,390	Cummins
15 December 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3	7,859	Cummins
21 December 2001	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	4,317
26 December 2001	Bristol City	H	1–0	5,682	McPhee
29 December 2001	Colchester United	H	3–1	4,444	Armstrong, Rowland, Brooker
1 January 2002	Reading	A	0–2	10,743
8 January 2002	Peterborough United	A	0–3	3,747
12 January 2002	Brentford	H	2–1	4,588	McPhee (pen), Armstrong
19 January 2002	Notts County	A	3–1	6,006	Brooker (2), McPhee (pen)
22 January 2002	Oldham Athletic	H	3–2	4,408	McClare, Brooker, McPhee
2 February 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–1	4,737	Durnin
10 February 2002	Stoke City	A	1–0	23,019	Cummins
13 February 2002	Cambridge United	A	1–0	2,379	McPhee
16 February 2002	Chesterfield	H	4–1	5,529	Cummins (2), Bridge-Wilkinson (2)
23 February 2002	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	6,228	Bridge-Wilkinson
26 February 2002	Northampton Town	A	0–1	5,155
2 March 2002	Swindon Town	A	0–3	5,867
5 March 2002	Wrexham	H	1–3	4,436	McPhee
9 March 2002	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	4,630	Bridge-Wilkinson
16 March 2002	Blackpool	A	0–4	7,811
23 March 2002	Bury	A	1–1	3,700	Bridge-Wilkinson
30 March 2002	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0	4,359	Brooker
1 April 2002	Cardiff City	A	0–1	15,556
6 April 2002	Bournemouth	H	0–0	3,514
13 April 2002	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	12,270	Bridge-Wilkinson
20 April 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1	8,812

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	17 November 2001	Aylesbury United	H	3–0	4,956	Burgess, Cummins, Brooker
R2	8 December 2001	Cardiff City	A	0–3	9,650

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Chesterfield	H	2–1	2,723	McPhee (2)
R2	12 September 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	7,247

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 October 2001	Carlisle United	H	2–1	2,664	Armstrong, Brooker
R2	30 October 2001	Rochdale	A	2–1	1,639	Burton (pen), Armstrong
RQF	4 December 2001	Hull City	A	1–2	5,326	McPhee

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos.	#	Name	Football League		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
Pos.	#	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	1	Mark Goodlad	43	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	50	0
DF	2	Matt Carragher	41	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	47	0
DF	3	Phil Hardy	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	1
MF	4	Sean McClare	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	1
DF	5	Michael Walsh	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
DF	6	Sagi Burton	37	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	42	1
MF	7	Neil Brisco	37	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	43	0
MF	8	Micky Cummins	46	8	2	1	2	0	3	0	53	9
FW	9	Steve Brooker	41	9	2	1	2	0	3	1	48	11
FW	10	Stephen McPhee	44	11	2	0	2	0	3	1	51	14
MF	11	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	6
GK	12	Dean Delany	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
GK	13	Chris Gowan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	14	Rae Ingram	22	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	28	0
MF	16	Ashley Dodd	9	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	13	1
MF	17	Ian Armstrong	31	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	34	5
MF	18	George O'Callaghan	11	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	15	3
DF	19	Alex Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
DF	20	Paul Donnelly	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
DF	21	Liam Burns	34	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	39	0
DF	22	Paul Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	23	Steve Rowland	25	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	29	1
MF	24	Ben Simpson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	25	Danny Maye	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
FW	26	Billy Paynter	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
FW	27	Steve Torpey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	28	Chris Birchall	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
MF	30	John Durnin	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
Players that left the club mid-season:
MF	4	Simon Osborn	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
FW	15	Richard Burgess	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
FW	15	Mvondo Atangana	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	29	Chris Killen	9	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	6
FW	29	Danny Webber	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
DF	30	Paul Byrne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	FW	Scotland	10	Stephen McPhee	11	0	2	1	14
2	FW	England	9	Steve Brooker	9	1	0	1	11
3	MF	Ireland	8	Micky Cummins	8	1	0	0	9
4	FW	New Zealand	29	Chris Killen	6	0	0	0	6
–	FW	England	#	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	6	0	0	0	6
6	MF	England	17	Ian Armstrong	3	0	0	2	5
7	MF	Ireland	18	George O'Callaghan	3	0	0	0	3
8	DF	Wales	232	Steve Rowland	1	0	0	0	1
–	DF	Ireland	3	Phil Hardy	1	0	0	0	1
–	MF	England	4	Sean McClare	1	0	0	0	1
–	MF	England	30	John Durnin	1	0	0	0	1
–	MF	England	16	Ashley Dodd	1	0	0	0	1
–	DF	Saint Kitts	6	Sagi Burton	0	0	0	1	1
–	FW	England	15	Richard Burgess	0	1	0	0	1
–		–	–	Own goals	0	0	0	0	0
				TOTALS	51	3	2	5	61

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee
May 2001	MF	Ashley Dodd	Manchester United	Free transfer
June 2001	DF	Alex Gibson	Stoke City	Free transfer
June 2001	DF	Phil Hardy	Wrexham	Free transfer
June 2001	DF	Rae Ingram	Macclesfield Town	Free transfer
July 2001	FW	Stephen McPhee	Coventry City	Free transfer
August 2001	FW	Steve Torpey	Liverpool	Free transfer
Summer 2001	MF	Ian Armstrong	Liverpool	Free transfer
September 2001	MF	Simon Osborn	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
29 November 2001	MF	Sean McClare	Barnsley	Free transfer
December 2001	MF	John Durnin	Rhyl	Free transfer

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
October 2001	MF	Simon Osborn	Gillingham	Free transfer
January 2002	FW	Richard Burgess	Nuneaton Borough	Free transfer
April 2002	MF	Ashley Dodd	Moor Green	Free transfer
April 2002	DF	Phil Hardy		Released
May 2002	MF	George O'Callaghan	Cork City	Free transfer
May 2002	FW	Steve Torpey	Prescot Cables	Free transfer
June 2002	MF	Danny Maye	Southend United	Free transfer
July 2002	DF	Paul Donnelly	Stone Dominoes	Free transfer
July 2002	DF	Alex Gibson	Stafford Rangers	Free transfer
August 2002	DF	Sagi Burton	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to
23 September 2001	FW	Chris Killen	Manchester City	23 November 2001
19 October 2001	MF	Sean McClare	Barnsley	28 November 2001
23 November 2001	FW	Danny Webber	Manchester United	31 December 2001
18 January 2002	FW	Mvondo Atangana	Dundee United	18 February 2002

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
15 October 2001	FW		Steve Torpey	Scarborough	15 November 2001

References

Specific

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General

Soccerbase

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National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bradford City Burnley Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Manchester City Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chesterfield Colchester United Huddersfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Stoke City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
Third Division	Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United York City

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