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      HISTORY : HEAD TO HEAD - PORT VALE

AT A GLANCE

Competitive games only.

FIRST MEETING: Saturday 21 September 1901, Albion 3-1 Burslem Port Vale, The Hawthorns, Second Division
LAST MEETING: Tuesday 25 August 2015, Albion 0-0 Port Vale (after extra-time, Albion won 5-3 on penalties), The Hawthorns, Capital One Cup 2nd round

LAST HOME WIN: 3-2, Saturday 26 December 1998, The Hawthorns, League Division One
LAST AWAY WIN: 2-1, Saturday 14 August 1999, Vale Park, League Division One
LAST HOME DEFEAT: 0-1, Saturday 10 October 1992, The Hawthorns, League Division Two
LAST AWAY DEFEAT: 1-3, Tuesday 5 March 1996, Vale Park, Anglo-Italian Cup English Final 2nd leg

LAST HOME DRAW: 0-0, Tuesday 25 August 2015, The Hawthorns, Capital One Cup 2nd round (after extra-time, Albion won 5-3 on penalties)
LAST AWAY DRAW: 2-2, Saturday 1 February 1997, Vale Park, League Division One

BIGGEST HOME WIN: 4-1, Monday 6 April 1931, The Hawthorns, Second Division & Saturday 28 April 1906, The Hawthorns, Second Division
BIGGEST AWAY WIN: 3-0, Saturday 22 August 1998, Vale Park, League Division One
BIGGEST HOME DEFEAT: 2-3, Saturday 13 January 1990, The Hawthorns, Second Division

BIGGEST AWAY DEFEAT: 1-8, Saturday 9 March 1929, Old Recreation Ground, Second Division

MOST GOALS IN A GAME: 9, Port Vale 8-1 Albion, Saturday 9 March 1929, Old Recreation Ground, Second Division

ALBION LEAGUE DOUBLES COMPLETED: 3, last achieved in 1998/99
PORT VALE LEAGUE DOUBLES COMPLETED:
3, last achieved in 1992/93

TOP ALBION GOALSCORER: Lee Hughes, 5 goals
TOP PORT VALE GOALSCORER: Tony Naylor, 5 goals

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 23,806, Monday 6 April 1931,Albion 4-1 Port Vale, The Hawthorns, Second Division
HIGHEST AWAY ATTENDANCE: 18,043, Friday 3 April 1931, Port Vale 1-0 Albion, Old Recreation Ground, Second Division (68,221 watched the FA Cup semi-final between the two clubs at Villa Park on Saturday 27 March 1954)
LOWEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 4,800, Saturday 28 April 1906, Albion 4-1 Burslem Port Vale, The Hawthorns, Second Division
LOWEST AWAY ATTENDANCE: 2,861, Saturday 18 January 1902, Port Vale 2-3 Albion, Cobridge Athletic Ground, Second Division

FULL RESULTS LIST

Click on dates for full match details where available.

Opposition goalscorers in italics, * signifies scorer unknown.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

 DATE LEVEL H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE
 Sat 15 Jan 2000 League Division One H 0-0   10,696
 Sat 14 Aug 1999 League Division One A 2-1 Hughes, Kilbane - Minton (pen)     7,891
 Sat 26 Dec 1998 League Division One H 3-2 Murphy, Bortolazzi, Hughes (pen) - Naylor 2   14,929
 Sat 22 Aug 1998 League Division One A 3-0 Hughes 3     8,146
 Sat 21 Mar 1998 League Division One H 2-2 Flynn, Taylor - Jansson, Foyle   14,242
 Sat 15 Nov 1997 League Division One A 2-1 Hunt, Hamilton - Mills   11,124
 Sat 01 Feb 1997 League Division One A 2-2 Peschisolido 2 - Naylor 2     8,093
 Sat 09 Nov 1996 League Division One H 1-1 Taylor - Guppy   13,827
 Sat 02 Mar 1996 League Division One H 1-1 Taylor - McCarthy   13,689
 Tue 26 Dec 1995 League Division One A 1-3 Gilbert - T Naylor, Foyle, Guppy   10,807
 Sat 11 Feb 1995 League Division One A 0-1 Guppy   10,751
 Wed 02 Nov 1994 League Division One H 0-0   14,513
 Sat 27 Feb 1993 League Division Two A 1-2 Hamilton - Cross, Foyle   13,291
 Sat 10 Oct 1992 League Division Two H 0-1 I Taylor   17,512
 Sat 27 Apr 1991 Second Division H 1-1 Goodman - Earle   13,650
 Mon 22 Oct 1990 Second Division A 2-1 Bannister, West (pen) - Walker (pen)     8.824
 Sat 13 Jan 1990 Second Division H 2-3 Goodman, Ford - Cross, Beckford, Porter   13,575
 Sat 26 Aug 1989 Second Division A 1-2 Whyte - Glover (pen), Futcher     7,695
 Mon 06 Apr 1931 Second Division H 4-1 W G Richardson 2, Glidden, Wood - Griffiths   23,806
 Fri 03 Apr 1931 Second Division A 0-1 Littlewood   18,043
 Sat 09 Mar 1929 Second Division A 1-8 James - Pynegar 3, Jones 2, Kirkham, Simms, Mandley   11,538
 Sat 27 Oct 1928 Second Division H 3-1 James, Glidden, Short - Anstiss   12,725
 Sat 05 May 1928 Second Division H 0-0   10,095
 Sat 24 Dec 1927 Second Division A 1-4 Cookson - Simms 3, Gillespie     8,216
 Wed 26 Dec 1906 Second Division H 3-0 Rankin, Dilly, Shinton   17,000
 Mon 10 Sep 1906 Second Division A 1-2 Shinton - Paddock, Beats     5,500
 Sat 28 Apr 1906 Second Division H 4-1 Pheasant (pen), Shinton, A Haywood 2 - Holyhead     4,800
 Sat 23 Dec 1905 Second Division A 1-0 Simmons     3,500
 Sat 18 Feb 1905 Second Division A 2-3 Jack 2 - Carter 2, Allman     3,550
 Mon 26 Dec 1904 Second Division H 0-1 Allman     7,166
 Sat 18 Jan 1902 Second Division A 3-2 Simmons, Lee, Worton - Heames, Rushton     2,861
 Sat 21 Sep 1901 Second Division H 3-1 Worton 2, A Smith - Price     5,096

FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS

 DATE H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

    GATE

 Sun 30 May 1993 N Final 3-0 Hunt, Reid, Donovan    53,471
 
 Football League Division Two play-off final played at Wembley Stadium, London.

FA CUP

 DATE H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

     GATE

 Sat 27 Mar 1954 (1) N SF 2-1 Dudley, Allen (pen) - Leake     68,221
 Sat 12 Jan 1935 H 3 2-1 Gale, W G Richardson - Morton     18,989
 
 1 - Played at Villa Park, Aston Villa FC.

LEAGUE CUP

 DATE H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Tue 25 Aug 2015 (1) H 2 0-0 aet   13,915
 Mon 07 Oct 1985 (2) A 2-2nd leg 2-2  Varadi 2 - Jones, Maguire     7,895
 Tue 24 Sep 1985 (2) H 2-1st leg 1-0  Armstrong     6,268
 
 1 - Albion won 5-3 on penalties, Lambert, Yacob, McManaman, Fletcher and Chester scored for Albion, Leitch-Smith, Purkiss and Foley for Port Vale.
      Duffy missed Vale's second penalty.
 2 - Two-legged tie, Albion won 3-2 on aggregate.

ANGLO-ITALIAN CUP

 DATE H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Tue 05 Mar 1996 A  English Final 2nd leg 1-3  Taylor - McCarthy, Glover, Foyle     7,640
 Sat 24 Feb 1996 H English Final 1st leg 0-0   10,862
 
 Two-legged tie, Port Vale won 3-1 on aggregate..

WARTIME FOOTBALL

 DATE COMPETITION H/A F-A  SCORERS    GATE
 Sat 16 Sep 1944 Football League North A 0-0     6,000
 Sat 09 Sep 1944 Football League North H 2-1  Rowley, Elliott - *     7,749
 Sat 16 Dec 1939 Friendly (1) A 4-1  E Jones, Pike, Dudley, Burgin - Cumberlidge     2,645
   
 1 - Some reports credit one of Albion's goals to Richardson instead of Pike.

OTHER GAMES

 DATE  COMPETITION H/A F-A  SCORERS      GATE
 Tue 05 Aug 2014  Friendly A 2-3  Roofe, Garmston - Williamson, Pope, Dawson (og)       2,145
 Sun 04 Aug 2002

 Friendly

A 2-1  Johnson, Balis (pen) - Boyd       2,282
 Wed 24 Jul 1996  Isle of Man (1) N 2-0  Hunt, Taylor       1,200
 Sat 27 Jul 1991  Friendly (2) N 0-4  *          N/A
 Wed 24 Sep 1958  Friendly (3) A 3-5  Burnside 2, Main - *     18,795
 Sat 22 Oct 1904  Birmingham Cup SF (4) H 2-1  Davies, Jack - Price       5,000
 Thu 26 Apr 1900  Staffordshire Cup Final rep (5) N 5-0  Simmons, Walker 2, Roberts 2       5,000
 Mon 11 Dec 1899  Birmingham Cup 1 A 0-5  Harvey, *       2,000
 Mon 04 Dec 1899  Staffordshire Cup Final (6) N 1-1  Simmons - Grassam       3,500
 Sat 05 Mar 1898  Staffordshire Cup Final (7) N 0-1  Simpson (pen)     10,000
 Mon 07 Feb 1898  Birmingham Cup 1 2nd rep H 2-1 aet  Richards, Flewitt - Simpson       3,500
 Mon 17 Jan 1898  Birmingham Cup 1 rep (8) H 0-0       3,000
 Mon 13 Dec 1897  Birmingham Cup 1 A 0-0       6,000
 Mon 12 Feb 1894  Birmingham Cup 2 H 3-1  McLeod, Pearson, Bostock - Wood       2,100
 Sat 11 Mar 1893  Friendly H 2-2  Pearson 2 - Wood, *       1,000
 Mon 29 Sep 1890  Friendly (9) A 1-1  Burns - McGinnes          N/K
 Mon 31 Oct 1887  Birmingham Cup 2 A 3-0  Askin, Bayliss, J Horton       2,500
 Sat 30 Apr 1887  Birmingham Cup SF (10) N 5-1  Bayliss 3, Woodhall 2 - Reynolds       4,000
 Sat 16 Jan 1886  Birmingham Cup SF (11) N 5-0  T Green 2, Timmins, Loach, Bunn       3,000
 Mon 20 Apr 1885  Friendly A 1-1  *       3,000
 Sat 07 Feb 1885  Friendly A 3-2  *          N/K
 Sat 04 Oct 1884

 Friendly (12)

A 3-0  *          N/K
 Sat 19 Apr 1884  Friendly A 6-0  *          N/K
   
 1 - Isle of Man Tournament group game played at Castletown.
 2 - Private practice match played at the M&B Sports Ground, Portland Road, Edgbaston.
 3 - Official opening of Port Vale's floodlights.
 4 - Some reports give Albion's second goal as an own goal by Pope.
 5 - Played at Aston Lower Grounds.
 6 - Played at the Victoria Ground, Stoke FC. Some reports credit the Vale goal to Jimmy Reid as opposed to Billy Grassam.
 7 - Played at the Victoria Ground, Stoke FC.
 8 - Vale reportedly refused to play extra-time.
 9 - Some sources give the score of this game as 2-1 to Albion. Burns' goal was reported to have been given despite going over the crossbar.
      The decision resulted in 'unpleasantness' between the teams and protests from the Vale supporters.
 10 - Played at the Victoria Ground, Stoke FC.
 11 - Played at Aston Lower Grounds.
 12 - Some sources report the game as being played at home.

RESULTS OVERVIEW

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

 VENUE P W D L F A PTS
 Home 16 6 7 3 27 16 20
 Away 16 6 1 9 23 33 17
 Total 32 12 8 12 50 49 37

FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS

 VENUE P W D L F A
 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Neutral 1 1 0 0 3 0
 Total 1 1 0 0 3 0

FA CUP

 VENUE P W D L F A
 Home 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Neutral 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Total 2 2 0 0 4 2

LEAGUE CUP

 VENUE P W D L F A
 Home 2 1 1 0 1 0
 Away 1 0 1 0 2 2
 Total 3 1 2 0 3 2

ANGLO-ITALIAN CUP

 VENUE P W D L F A
 Home 1 0 1 0 0 0
 Away 1 0 0 1 1 3
 Total 2 0 1 1 1 3

LEAGUE & CUP TOTAL

 VENUE P W D L F A
 Home 20 8 9 3 30 17
 Away 18 6 2 10 26 38
 Neutral 2 2 0 0 5 1
 Total 40 16 11 13 61 56

WARTIME FOOTBALL

 VENUE P W D L F A
 Home 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Away 2 1 1 0 4 1
 Total 3 2 1 0 6 2

OTHER GAMES

 VENUE P W D L F A
 Home 5 3 2 0 9 5
 Away 11 5 3 3 24 18
 Neutral 7 4 1 2 18 7
 Total 23 12 6 5 51 30

 

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