Port Vale F.C.
Club records

Port Vale F.C.

Section Title: Club records
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Highest Football League finish	1930–31, 5th place in Second Division (second tier)

Best FA Cup finish	1953–54, semi-finalists

Highest home attendance	49,768: vs Aston Villa, 20 February 1960, FA Cup Fifth Round

Largest league victory	9–1: vs Chesterfield, 24 September 1932, Second Division

Heaviest league defeat	0–10: vs Sheffield United, 10 December 1892, Second Division

Most capped player	Chris Birchall: 24, Trinidad and Tobago

Most appearances in all competitions	Roy Sproson: 842, 1950–72

Most goals in all competitions	Wilf Kirkham: 164, 1923–33

Most goals in a season	Wilf Kirkham: 41, 1926–27

Highest transfer fee paid	£500,000: Gareth Ainsworth from Lincoln City, 11 September 1997

Highest transfer fee received	£2,000,000: Gareth Ainsworth to Wimbledon, 29 October 1998

Sentence(s)

Wilf Kirkham made his Vale debut in 1923, and over the next ten years would score a club record 164 goals, including a club record 41 goals in the 1926–27 campaign.

final_sentence: Wilf Kirkham made his Vale debut in 1923, and over the next ten years would score a club record 164 goals, including a club record 41 goals in the 1926–27 campaign.