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Vale Park

Average attendance (2002/2003) 4321
Capacity: --------- 22356
Length: --------- 114 yards
Width: ----------- 77 yards
Address: --------- Burslem,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST6 1AW

The History of Port Vale
1911 --- Burslem Port Vale changed name
1919-20 --- Took over the League record of Leeds City (8-4-2-2-17-10-10), and future fixtures, after the Yorkshire club had been expelled
1929 --- Relegated to Division Three North
1929-30 --- Football League Division Three North
Champions Promoted to Division Two
1932 --- Escaped relegation to Division Three on goal average
1933-34 --- Welsh Cup semi-finalists
1936 --- Relegated to Division Three North
1938-39 --- Transferred to Division Three South
1939-40 --- Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war
1952-53 --- Switched back to Division Three North Football League Division Three North runner-up
1953-54 --- Football League Division Three North Champions
Promoted to Division Two F.A. Cup semi-finalists 1957 --- Relegated to Division Three South
1958-59 --- Placed in Division Four on League reorganisation
Football League Division Four Champions Promoted to Division Three 1965 --- Relegated to Division Four
1969-70 --- Promoted to Division Three
1978 --- Relegated to Division Four
1982-83 --- Promoted to Division Three
1984 --- Relegated to Division Four
1985-86 --- Promoted to Division Three
1988-89 --- Missed automatic promotion place on goal difference, but promoted after play-offs (SF Preston North End 1 Port Vale 1, Port Vale 3 Preston North End 1 - Agg 4-2, F Bristol Rovers 1 Port Vale 1, Port Vale 1 Bristol Rovers 0 - Agg 2-1) 1992 --- Relegated to Division Three
1992-93 --- Division Three re-designated Division Two on formation of F A Premier League Not promoted after play-off (SF Stockport County 1 Port Vale 1, Port Vale 1 Stockport County 0 - Agg 2-1, F West Bromwich Albion 3 Port Vale 0 @ Wembley)
1993-94 --- Football League Division Two runner-up Promoted to Division One
1999 --- Escaped relegation on goals scored
2000 --- Relegated to Division Two
2001 --- Winners of the LDV Vans Cup

Club Details
Also known as - Valiants
Ground ---- Vale Park
Manager ---- Brian Horton
Assistant Manager -(none)
Coach ---- Matin Foyle
Physio ---- Matt Connery
Year Formed ---- 1876