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

Staffordshire Senior Cup

Semi-final

Birmingham 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

← 1900–01

1902–03 →

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.

George Price put in a 42 game shift.

Midfielder Bert Eardley hardly played all season.

Danny Simpson was a key goal scorer.

Top scorer Adrian Capes.

Experienced winger Billy Heames played most matches.

Right-half Lucien Boullemier played in every league match.

Thomas Wainwright left for Crewe Alexandra at the end of the season.

Half-back Harry Croxton.

Right-back Ernest Mullineux played all league and FA Cup matches.

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

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
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

Sourced from Statto.^[2]

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1901–02 Football League

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

Main article: 1901–02 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

The Burslem Port Vale team in 1901.

Player statistics

Appearances

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

References

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.

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

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

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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

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