List of Port Vale F.C. players
Players with 25 or more appearances
Appearances and goals are for matches in the English Football League (including play-off games), FA Cup, League Cup, EFL Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, Debenhams Cup, Supporters' Clubs' Trophy, and Coronation Cup.

List of Port Vale F.C. players

Section Title: Players with 25 or more appearances
Table Section Text: Appearances and goals are for matches in the English Football League (including play-off games), FA Cup, League Cup, EFL Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, Debenhams Cup, Supporters' Clubs' Trophy, and Coronation Cup.

Name	Nationality	Position	Port Vale career	Appearances	Goals

Roy Sproson	England	DF	1949–1972	842	35

Phil Sproson	England	DF	1977–1989	500	41

Harry Poole	England	FW	1953–1968	499	79

Ray Walker	England	MF	1984–1985 1986–1997	442	43

Andy Porter	England	MF	1986–1998 2004–2006	433	26

Dean Glover	England	DF	1989–1998	431	20

Neil Aspin	England	DF	1989–1999	410	3

Russell Bromage	England	MF	1977–1987	402	15

Terry Miles	England	MF	1955–1968	401	17

Basil Hayward	England	DF	1946–1958	372	58

Stan Steele	England	FW	1955–1961 1961–1965	370	97

Tommy McLaren	Scotland	MF	1967–1977	369	29

Tommy Cheadle	England	DF	1946–1957	368	15

Paul Musselwhite	England	GK	1992–2000	367	0

Robbie Earle	Jamaica	MF	1982–1991	357	90

Martin Foyle	England	FW	1991–2000	356	107

Louis Dodds	England	FW	2008–2016 2018–2019	349	56

Roger Jones	England	MF	1923–1937	346	19

Bob Connelly	Scotland	MF	1921–1932	341	18

Billy Briscoe	England	FW	1918–1923 1924–1931	331	60

Colin Tartt	England	MF	1972–1977 1981–1985	327	20

Allen Tankard	England	DF	1993–2001	324	13

Jimmy Oakes	England	DF	1923–1933	316	3

John Ridley	England	MF	1973–1978 1982–1985	310	9

Tom Page	England	FW	1920–1929	302	65

John Cunliffe	England	MF	1950–1959	302	55

Reg Potts	England	DF	1945–1957	301	3

Tony Naylor	England	FW	1994–2001	296	90

Albert Leake	England	MF	1950–1961	293	43

Ron Wilson	Scotland	DF	1963–1970	293	5

Micky Cummins	Republic of Ireland	MF	2000–2006	287	34

Wilf Kirkham	England	FW	1923–1929 1932–1933	276	164

Tom Pope	England	FW	2011–2015 2017–	275	99

Ray King	England	GK	1949–1957	275	0

Ken Hancock	England	GK	1958–1964	273	0

Clint Boulton	England	DF	1965–1971	267	12

Geoff Hunter	England	MF	1981–1987	265	17

George Price	England	FW	1896–1907	263	54

Brian Horton	England	MF	1970–1976	258	37

Billy Heames	England	MF	1897–1904	254	28

George Pilkington	England	DF	2003–2008	253	12

Neil Griffiths	England	DF	1973–1981	248	15

Adam Yates	England	DF	2009–2018	248	5

Mark Goodlad	England	GK	2000–2008	247	0

Stan Turner	England	DF	1949–1957	246	0

Adrian Capes	England	FW	1900–1905 1908–1911	243	89

Billy Elson	England	MF	1886–1894	241	15

Anthony Griffith	Montserrat	MF	2008–2012 2013–2014	237	2

Alan Webb	England	DF	1984–1992	235	3

Jimmy Ditchfield	England	FW	1886–1896	230	85

John James	England	FW	1966–1973	229	44

Bobby Gough	England	FW	1968–1974	229	35

Billy Poulson	England	DF	1879–1891	225	15

Jack Shelton	England	MF	1911–1915	224	8

Billy Reynolds	England	FW	1882–1892	222	104

Darren Hughes	England	DF	1987–1994	222	4

Tom Nolan	England	FW	1931–1935 1936–1940	221	96

Matt Carragher	England	DF	1997–2003	221	2

Mark Grew	England	GK	1986–1992	221	0

Bert Eardley	England	MF	1899–1907 1908–1910	220	40

Simon Mills	England	DF	1987–1994	220	8

John Jeffers	England	MF	1988–1995	219	11

Colin Askey	England	MF	1949–1958	218	23

John Connaughton	England	GK	1974–1980	218	0

Tony Lacey	England	MF	1970–1975	215	9

Darren Beckford	England	FW	1987–1991	214	81

George Heppell	England	GK	1937–1952	213	0

John McCombe	England	DF	2007–2013	211	16

Robin van der Laan	Netherlands	MF	1990–1995	210	27

Mick Hulligan	England	MF	1948–1955	209	23

John Nicholson	England	MF	1961–1965	208	1

Harry Croxton	England	DF	1901–1905 1908–1911	206	11

Jim Beech	England	DF	1894–1902	205	8

Marc Richards	England	FW	2007–2012	202	75

Alan Martin	England	MF	1942–1951	201	30

David Harris	England	DF	1973–1979	201	10

Mick Cullerton	Scotland	FW	1965–1969 1975–1978	200	58

Mick Morris	England	FW	1967–1972	200	25

Kenny Beech	England	MF	1975–1981	198	22

Ken Griffiths	England	FW	1945–1958	196	56

Doug Loft	England	MF	2009–2014	196	19

Selwyn Whalley	England	DF	1953–1966	196	8

George Shenton	England	DF	1927–1936	196	0

Ray Williams	England	FW	1975–1981	194	40

Michael Walsh	England	DF	1998–2007	194	4

Lucien Boullemier	England	DF	1897–1902 1905	193	8

John Brodie	England	DF	1971–1977	193	3

Teddy Bateup	England	GK	1911–1918	193	0

Harry Griffiths	England	DF	1935–1947	192	9

Terry Bailey	England	MF	1974–1978	190	29

Joe Brough	England	FW	1906–1907 1909–1910 1913–1922	189	104

Jack Maddock	England	DF	1923–1931	184	12

Bob McCrindle	Scotland	MF	1889–1894	183	6

Peter Pursell	Scotland	DF	1919–1924	183	0

Brian Jackson	England	MF	1958–1962	182	36

Rob Taylor	England	MF	2008–2014	181	21

Ian Bogie	England	MF	1995–2000	180	12

Albert Mullard	England	MF	1951–1956	179	23

Nicky Cross	England	FW	1989–1994	176	43

Chris Birchall	Trinidad and Tobago	MF	2001–2006 2013–2016	175	17

Bob Suart	England	MF	1911–1915	175	13

Harry Pearson	England	DF	1911–1915 1917–1920	175	7

Jack Lowe	England	MF	1923–1928	174	17

Ben Williamson	England	FW	2011–2015	169	27

Stan Palk	England	FW	1948–1952	169	14

David Raine	England	DF	1957–1962	169	1

John Rowland	England	FW	1962–1966	166	43

Wilf Smith	England	MF	1936–1950	164	0

Lee Collins	England	DF	2008–2012	163	4

Alf Bellis	England	MF	1938–1948	158	46

Neville Chamberlain	England	FW	1977–1982	158	41

Billy Paynter	England	FW	2000–2006	158	34

Bill McGarry	England	DF	1945–1951	158	5

Jimmy Todd	Northern Ireland	MF	1946–1953	157	0

Ronnie Allen	England	FW	1946–1950	156	40

Stewart Talbot	England	MF	1994–2000	154	13

Ernest Collinge	England	DF	1921–1926	153	9

Stuart Sharratt	England	GK	1966–1972	152	0

Danny Simpson	England	FW	1896–1903	151	53

Meshach Dean	England	MF	1890–1896	151	42

Steve Brooker	England	FW	2001–2004	151	40

Richard Duffy	Wales	DF	2012–2016	151	1

Sam Collins	England	DF	2002–2006	149	11

Roy Cross	England	DF	1970–1975	148	1

Harry Cotton	England	GK	1901–1905	148	0

Paul Maguire	Scotland	MF	1985–1988	147	27

Stephen McPhee	Scotland	FW	2001–2004	147	44

Trevor Rhodes	England	MF	1933–1938	147	29

Nathan Smith	England	DF	2016–	146	6

George Bateman	England	DF	1882–1886 1887–1890	146	5

Tom Lyons	England	DF	1917–1922	146	3

Bill Summerscales	England	DF	1970–1974	145	6

Keith Ball	England	GK	1968–1972	145	0

Kevin Kent	England	FW	1991–1996	144	7

Carl Dickinson	England	DF	2013–2016	143	3

Joseph Holyhead	England	MF	1903–1907	142	7

W.E. Powell	DF	1884–1893	142	0

Tom Holford	England	MF	1919–1924	141	9

Frank McGinnes	Scotland	FW	1889–1892	140	109

Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	England	MF	2000–2004	140	36

Peter Swan	England	FW	1991–1994	140	8

Ken Gunn	Scotland	MF	1933–1937	138	10

Chris Neal	England	GK	2012–2016	138	0

Steve Rowland	Wales	DF	2001–2006	136	1

Billy Beats	England	FW	1892–1895 1906–1907	135	47

Neil Brisco	England	MF	1998–2004	135	2

Dick Evans	England	FW	1894–1899 1904	134	49

Jack Round	England	MF	1930–1935	134	5

Garth Butler	England	DF	1946–1951	134	0

Liam Burns	Northern Ireland	MF	1997–2004	133	1

Ernest Mullineux	England	DF	1900–1904	132	1

Terry Armstrong	England	MF	1976–1979	131	13

Terry Alcock	England	DF	1963–1967 1977–1978	131	2

Andy Jones	Wales	FW	1985–1987 1989	129	64

Alan Bennett	England	MF	1949–1957	129	9

Gareth Owen	Wales	DF	2008–2013	129	2

Bill Cope	England	DF	1929–1934	129	0

Lee Mills	England	FW	1995–1998	128	44

Jon McCarthy	Northern Ireland	MF	1995–1997 2002	128	17

Steve Guppy	England	MF	1994–1997	128	13

Sammy Morgan	Northern Ireland	FW	1970–1973	126	27

Peter Ford	England	DF	1959–1963	126	6

Harry Jones	England	DF	1911–1915	126	0

Andy Hill	England	DF	1995–1998	123	1

Jack Smith	MF	1909–1911 1912–1914 1916–1919	122	14

Bill Pointon	England	FW	1941–1949	119	53

Harry Anstiss	England	FW	1927–1931	119	40

Garry Dulson	England	DF	1974–1978	119	3

Jack Roberts	England	FW	1935–1940	118	74

Phil Griffiths	Wales	MF	1926–1931 1939–1945	118	43

Joe Anyon	England	GK	2004–2010	118	0

Lol Hamlett	England	DF	1949–1952	118	0

Gareth Griffiths	England	DF	1995–1998	116	5

Albert Pearson	England	FW	1914–1919 1921–1922	114	29

Gerry Keenan	England	DF	1978–1982	114	7

John King	England	DF	1968–1971	114	0

Paul Bowles	England	DF	1979–1982	113	6

Jack Shields	DF	1886–1890	113	2

Ben Davies	England	GK	1929–1933	112	0

Ian Taylor	England	MF	1992–1994	111	38

Mark Chamberlain	England	MF	1979–1982	110	20

Harry Hodgkinson	England	DF	1879–1888	110	11

Harry Mountford	England	FW	1903–1907	109	31

Ted McDonald	England	MF	1894–1896 1897–1899	109	12

Walter Aveyard	England	FW	1948–1952	108	29

Derek Brownbill	England	FW	1975–1978	108	19

Charlie Simpson	England	MF	1882–1890	107	15

James Hamilton	England	DF	1903–1907	107	0

Bill Bentley	England	DF	1977–1980	106	0

Jock Cameron	Scotland	DF	1913–1914 1916–1919	105	1

Len Birks	England	DF	1920–1924	105	0

Sean Rigg	England	FW	2009–2012	104	18

Bert Llewellyn	England	FW	1960–1963	103	50

Alfred Strange	England	FW	1924–1927	103	29

Jack Hampson	Wales	DF	1921–1924	103	9

Jeff Smith	England	MF	2004–2007	103	7

Vic Rouse	England	MF	1926–1929	103	0

Bob Morton	England	MF	1932–1935	102	20

John Green	England	MF	1967–1971	102	8

Wayne Cegielski	Wales	DF	1982–1985	102	5

Jennison Myrie-Williams	England	MF	2011–2014	101	22

Ian Armstrong	England	MF	2001–2005	101	17

Sagi Burton	Saint Kitts and Nevis	DF	2000–2002	101	4

Arthur Caldwell	England	MF	1935–1939	100	22

Bob Hazell	England	DF	1986–1989	100	2

Johnny Rowe	England	DF	1937–1940	100	0

Mick Mahon	England	MF	1967–1969	99	22

Jimmy Scarratt	England	MF	1891–1895	98	24

Danny Whitaker	England	MF	2006–2008	98	15

Billy Fitchford	England	MF	1914–1923	98	14

Tom Coleman	MF	1908–1911	97	29

Peter Farrell	England	MF	1978–1982	97	11

Arthur Cumberlidge	England	MF	1937–1946	97	1

David Riley	England	FW	1987–1990	96	14

John Woodward	England	FW	1973–1975	95	32

Bob Mountford	Australia	FW	1969–1975	95	11

Jimmy Goodfellow	England	MF	1966–1969	95	11

Tommy Widdrington	England	MF	1999–2001 2005	95	8

Alan Boswell	England	GK	1972–1974	95	0

Robert Carter	England	MF	1904–1907	93	25

Barry Siddall	England	GK	1982–1984	93	0

Arthur Jepson	England	GK	1938–1946	92	0

James Clutton	England	DF	1889–1893	92	0

Gary Ford	England	MF	1988–1991	91	13

Alf Walker	England	MF	1911–1914	91	8

Tommy Walker	MF	1891–1893	91	8

Dave Brammer	England	MF	1999–2001 2008–2009	91	4

Trevor Dance	England	GK	1975–1980	91	0

Bob Ramsay	England	DF	1886–1888 1893–1894	90	1

Tom Fern	England	GK	1924–1927	90	0

Tony Loska	England	DF	1971–1973	89	5

Jack Simms	England	MF	1926–1931	88	28

Paul Kerr	England	MF	1992–1993	88	21

Chris Martin	England	GK	2007–2012	88	0

Chris Banks	England	DF	1982–1988	87	1

Luke Rodgers	England	FW	2007–2009	86	20

Jon Bowden	England	MF	1985–1987	86	7

Danny Sonner	Northern Ireland	MF	2005–2007	86	2

Bradley Sandeman	England	DF	1992–1996	86	1

John Potts	England	GK	1934–1936	86	0

Herbert Birchenough	England	GK	1897–1900	86	0

Leon Constantine	England	FW	2005–2007	85	38

Jack Wilkinson	England	FW	1957–1959	84	41

Ernie Moss	England	FW	1981–1983	84	28

Roy Chapman	England	FW	1967–1969	83	37

Alistair Brown	Scotland	FW	1984–1986	83	27

Sam Foley	Republic of Ireland	MF	2015–2017	83	7

Craig James	England	DF	2004–2006	83	1

Allan Todd	Scotland	GK	1933–1937	83	0

Paul Harsley	England	MF	2006–2008	82	6

Steve Fox	England	MF	1982–1984	82	6

Frank Stokes	England	DF	1898–1901	82	0

Chris Young	England	FW	1913–1915	81	77

Bernie Wright	England	FW	1978–1980	81	24

Ben Purkiss	England	DF	2015–2017	81	0

Stuart Tomlinson	England	GK	2010–2012	81	0

William Cope	England	DF	1904–1907	80	1

Mark Harrison	England	GK	1980–1982	80	0

A. Meigh	DF	1908–1911	80	0

Ben Davies	FW	1882–1887	79	25

Sam Morsy	Egypt	MF	2010–2013	79	4

Jak Alnwick	England	GK	2015–2017	79	0

Cliff Pinchbeck	England	FW	1949–1951	78	40

Noel Kinsey	Wales	FW	1958–1961	78	7

Jack Vickers	England	DF	1933–1936	78	0

Tom Yule	Scotland	MF	1913–1915	77	20

Albert Cook	England	MF	1900–1906 1907 1909–1911	77	10

Sam Whittingham	England	MF	1903–1906	77	3

Spencer Fieldhouse	England	MF	1908–1911	76	14

Michael O'Connor	England	MF	2014–2016	76	12

C. McAlpine	DF	1890–1892 1892–1893	76	1

Jonathan Hammond	England	GK	1914–1921	76	0

Jos Randles	England	MF	1885–1899	75	14

Fred Mills	England	MF	1932–1934	75	5

Lewis Haldane	Wales	MF	2009 2009–2010 2010–2012	75	4

Kris Taylor	England	MF	2009–2011	75	4

Wayne Corden	England	MF	1994–2000	75	3

Tommy Lander	England	MF	1897–1902	75	2

Spencer Evans	Wales	DF	1936–1938	75	1

Roderick Welsh	England	DF	1935–1938	75	0

John Davies	GK	1889–1892	75	0

Cliff Portwood	England	MF	1959–1961	74	38

Dean Stokes	England	DF	1993–1998	74	0

Tom Baddeley	England	GK	1893–1896	74	0

George Poyser	England	DF	1931–1934	73	0

Alf Wood	England	MF	1892–1895	72	22

Arthur Masters	England	FW	1937–1939	72	15

Jimmy Hill	Northern Ireland	FW	1965–1968	72	11

James Wootton	England	MF	1919–1922	72	7

Robin Hulbert	England	MF	2004–2008	72	1

Mark McGregor	England	DF	2006–2008	72	0

Howard Matthews	England	GK	1906–1907 1926–1928	72	0

Chris Lines	England	MF	2013–2015	71	4

George Abbey	Nigeria	DF	2004–2007	71	1

Arthur Cooper	England	MF	1941–1947	71	1

Lewis Ballham	England	FW	1880–1890	70	29

Eamonn O'Keefe	Republic of Ireland	FW	1983–1985	70	19

Chris Robertson	Scotland	DF	2013–2015	70	6

Alex Smith	England	DF	1999–2001	70	3

W. Perkins	MF	1902–1904	70	3

Joe Barr	DF	1889–1891	70	1

Tony Richards	England	FW	1963–1966	69	31

James Peake	FW	1897–1899 1900–1901	69	30

Ron Futcher	England	FW	1988–1990	69	23

Jimmy McGrath	England	MF	1932–1934	69	11

Norman Hallam	England	MF	1946–1953	69	4

Arthur Rowley	England	MF	1902–1904	69	4

Anthony Grant	England	MF	2015–2017	69	3

Jonny Brain	England	GK	2003–2006	69	0

Keith Jones	Wales	GK	1957–1959	68	0

Bob Pursell	Scotland	DF	1939–1949	68	0

Bob Pursell	Scotland	DF	1920–1922	68	0

Tom McFarlane	Scotland	DF	1898–1900	68	0

Sam Jennings	England	FW	1929–1931	67	46

Nathan Lowndes	England	FW	2004–2007	67	7

Ron Smith	England	MF	1963–1965	67	7

Graham Hawkins	England	DF	1978–1979	67	3

Jim Arnold	England	GK	1985–1986	67	0

Bobby Blood	England	FW	1919–1921	66	47

Frank Cannon	England	FW	1911–1913	66	28

Bill Rowley	England	GK	1884–1886	66	1

Howard Harvey	England	FW	1898–1900	65	30

Andy Nelson	Scotland	MF	1913–1915	65	27

Teddy May	England	MF	1886–1888	65	18

Len Stephenson	England	FW	1955–1957	65	16

Lee Glover	Scotland	FW	1994–1996	65	13

Ben Whitfield	England	MF	2017–2018 2018–	65	8

David Howland	Northern Ireland	MF	2008–2010	65	4

Edgar Hood	DF	1909–1915	65	3

Sidney Blunt	England	DF	1924–1928	65	1

Terry Lowe	England	DF	1960–1966	65	0

Tom Davies	DF	1899–1903	65	0

Jackie Mudie	Scotland	FW	1963–1967	64	11

Antony Kay	England	DF	2017–	64	6

Tommy Fraser	England	MF	2009–2011	64	2

Herbert Smith	England	MF	1925–1929	64	0

Alfred Bourne	England	GK	1919–1922	64	0

Tom Simpson	FW	1901–1904	63	23

Stan Smith	England	FW	1950–1957	63	21

Edgar Bentley	England	DF	1914–1920	63	4

Oshor Williams	England	MF	1984–1986	62	7

John Williams	England	DF	1985–1986	62	3

Alan Lamb	Scotland	MF	1977–1978	62	3

Jim Bennett	DF	1911–1918	62	3

Chris Shuker	England	MF	2012–2014	62	2

Paul Edwards	England	MF	2007–2009	62	2

Fred Obrey	England	MF	1936–1938	62	1

James Holdcroft	England	MF	1894–1897	62	0

George Youds	England	DF	1892–1897	62	0

Tommy Ward	England	MF	1936–1938 1939	61	29

Ernie Coquet	England	DF	1911–1913	61	5

David Worrall	England	MF	2017–	61	4

Ralph Dain	England	DF	1882–1886	61	2

Harry Benson	England	DF	1908–1911	61	0

Albert Pynegar	England	FW	1929–1930	60	35

Arthur Longbottom	England	FW	1961–1963	60	22

Remie Streete	England	DF	2014 2015–2017	60	6

Mark Snijders	Netherlands	DF	1997–2000	60	2

George Eccles	England	DF	1893–1896	60	1

Trevor Brissett	England	DF	1980–1982	60	0

Teddy Peers	Wales	GK	1922–1923	60	0

Arthur McGarry	England	MF	1918–1921	60	0

Albert Cheesebrough	England	FW	1963–1965	59	14

Tom Baxter	England	MF	1929–1931	59	11

Cliff Birks	England	MF	1932–1936	59	7

Byron Moore	England	MF	2014–2016	59	6

Clayton McDonald	England	DF	2011–2013	59	1

Billy Wootton	England	DF	1925–1932	59	0

Tommy Clare	England	DF	1884 1897 1898–1901	59	0

Morris Jones	England	FW	1939–1947	58	29

Keith Houchen	England	FW	1991–1993	58	12

Cristian Montaño	Colombia	MF	2017–	57	11

Gareth Ainsworth	England	MF	1997–1998	58	11

Gary Roberts	England	MF	2010–2011	58	7

Graham Barnett	England	FW	1956–1960	57	37

Michael Husbands	Saint Lucia	FW	2005–2007	57	7

Harry Marshall	England	FW	1930–1932	57	6

Luke Hannant	England	MF	2018–	57	5

Harry Leese	England	DF	1913–1919	57	5

Sam Kelly	England	MF	2015–2017	57	3

Thomas Spilsbury	England	DF	1897–1901	57	1

Chris Pearce	Wales	GK	1983–1986	57	0

Nimper Billings	England	FW	1908–1914	56	27

Jimmy Owen	England	FW	1884–1886	56	17

Peter Sutcliffe	England	MF	1977–1978	56	8

Michael Brown	England	MF	2014–2017	56	6

Jimmy Greenhoff	England	FW	1981–1983	56	5

Danny Pugh	England	MF	2017–	56	3

Arthur Box	England	GK	1904–1907	56	1

James Gibbons	England	DF	2016–	56	0

George Hannah	England	MF	1938–1946	56	0

Stewart Littlewood	England	FW	1926–1929 1931–1933	55	35

James Hill	England	MF	1917–1921	55	7

Colin Daniel	England	MF	2014–2016	55	6

Jan Jansson	Sweden Sweden	MF	1996–1999	55	6

Ryan McGivern	Northern Ireland	DF	2014–2016	55	0

George Whitcombe	Wales	MF	1926–1930	55	0

JJ Hooper	England	FW	2015–2017	54	10

Adrian Littlejohn	England	FW	2003–2004	54	10

Tony Rougier	Trinidad and Tobago	MF	1999–2000	54	10

Paul Smith	England	MF	1986–1987	54	9

John Ritchie	England	DF	1965–1967	54	4

Richard Eyre	England	MF	1995–2001	54	1

Ernest Beckett	England	FW	1895–1896 1898–1899	53	17

Akpo Sodje	England	FW	2006–2007	53	16

Stan Edwards	England	MF	1961–1963	53	11

Simon Richman	England	MF	2008–2010	53	5

Brian Taylor	England	MF	1965–1967	53	4

Ernest Perry	England	MF	1919–1921	53	2

Chris Sulley	England	DF	1992–1993	53	1

Arden Maddison	England	DF	1924–1927	53	1

Ray Hancock	England	GK	1948–1956	53	0

Bert Beech	FW	1907–1911	52	36

Cyril Done	England	FW	1954–1957	52	34

Ted Edwards	England	FW	1896–1899	52	18

Jack Moss	MF	1908–1914	52	4

Harry Hubbick	England	DF	1947–1949	52	1

Joe Davis	England	DF	2011–2014 2017–2019	52	0

Billy Cavenor	FW	1909–1910 1911–1912 1913–1914	51	45

Bob Newton	England	FW	1982–1983	51	24

Fred Belfield	England	FW	1893–1899	51	17

Harry Oscroft	England	MF	1959–1961	51	12

Jim Mason	FW	1892–1898	51	9

Jack Mandley	England	MF	1926–1930	51	6

Trevor Wood	Northern Ireland	GK	1988–1994	51	0

Justin Richards	England	FW	2010–2011	50	14

Colin Grainger	England	MF	1961–1964	50	8

Fred Mitcheson	England	FW	1933–1935	50	8

Mark Boyd	England	MF	2002–2004	50	4

Liam Chilvers	England	DF	2011 2012–2014	50	2

John Durnin	England	MF	2001–2003	50	2

Ian Elsby	England	MF	1979–1981	50	1

Harry Prince	England	GK	1941–1943 1944–1949	50	0

Tom Coxon	England	MF	1902–1903 1906–1907	49	17

Bernie Slaven	Republic of Ireland	FW	1993–1994	49	14

Mark Marshall	Jamaica	MF	2014–2015	49	7

Harry Davies	England	FW	1938–1939	49	4

Kevin Finney	England	MF	1987–1991	49	2

Levi Reid	England	MF	2002–2005	49	1

Bert Smith	FW	1885–1888	48	18

Tony Dinning	England	MF	2005–2006	48	5

Peter Griffiths	England	MF	1984–1986	48	5

Jack Sherlock	England	MF	1929–1933	48	3

Tim Parkin	England	DF	1989–1992	48	1

Wayne Ebanks	England	DF	1985–1987	48	0

Jimmy O'Neill	Republic of Ireland	GK	1965–1966	48	0

Len Barber	England	FW	1947–1955	47	12

Fred Donaldson	England	DF	1954–1960	47	4

Terry Lees	England	DF	1975–1976	47	2

Sean McClare	England	MF	2001–2003	47	1

Jeff Minton	England	MF	1999–2001	46	8

Keith Chadwick	England	MF	1972–1977	46	7

Danny Glover	England	FW	2007–2010	46	4

Reg Davies	England	GK	1964–1965	46	1

Teddy Morse	England	DF	1895–1898	46	1

W. Morgan	GK	1887–1889	46	0

Eli Adams	England	FW	1912–1913	45	21

Dennis Fidler	England	MF	1960–1961	45	14

Ken Todd	England	MF	1978–1979	45	9

W. Jones	MF	1890–1893	45	7

Gary Hamson	England	MF	1986–1988	45	4

Billy Tempest	England	MF	1924–1926	45	3

Arthur Prince	England	MF	1923–1924	45	1

Alex Donald	Scotland	MF	1965–1968	45	0

Harry Aston	England	FW	1886–1887	44	16

William Aitken	Scotland	FW	1919–1920	44	9

Paul Millar	Northern Ireland	MF	1988–1991	44	5

Anthony Gardner	England	DF	1998–2000	44	4

Tommy Gore	England	MF	1983–1984	44	3

Clayton Fortune	England	DF	2005–2006 2006–2007	44	2

Felix Healy	Republic of Ireland	MF	1978–1980	44	2

Ryan Brown	England	DF	2002–2005	44	0

Jack Prince	England	GK	1928–1930	44	0

AJ Leitch-Smith	England	FW	2015–2016	43	13

Tom Tippett	England	FW	1931–1933	43	11

Billy Bingham	Northern Ireland	MF	1963–1965	43	7

Billy Agnew	Scotland	FW	1921–1923	43	6

Fred Farrington	England	MF	1888–1894	43	6

Alex Williams	England	GK	1986–1987	43	0

Bob Delgado	Wales	DF	1979–1980	43	0

Joseph Everill	GK	1909–1911	43	0

Abe Heath	England	GK	1897–1898	43	0

Levi Higginson	England	GK	1890–1893	43	0

William Dodds	England	FW	1906–1907	42	14

Dick Danks	England	FW	1887–1894	42	8

William Loverseed	England	FW	1902–1905	42	7

Dan Turner	England	FW	2016–	42	3

Marcus Harness	England	MF	2017–2018	42	2

Gordon Logan	Scotland	DF	1967–1970	42	1

Anthony de Freitas	France	MF	2016–2018	42	0

Walter Smith	England	GK	1920–1922	42	0

Bert Fishwick	England	FW	1928–1931	41	15

Ernie Payne	England	FW	1884–1885	41	12

Billy Grassam	Scotland	MF	1899–1900	41	10

Eric Prince	England	FW	1944–1948	41	8

Anton Forrester	England	FW	2016–2018	41	5

Robert Firth	England	MF	1921–1922	41	5

Charlie Davies	Wales	MF	1890–1891	41	5

Paul Beesley	England	DF	1997–1998 1998–1999	41	3

Ian Brightwell	England	DF	2002–2004	41	0

Rogier Koordes	Netherlands	MF	1997–1999	41	0

Robert Gillespie	England	FW	1927–1930	40	14

Ashley Vincent	England	FW	2012–2013	40	8

George O'Callaghan	Republic of Ireland	MF	1998–2002	40	4

Ernest Breeze	England	DF	1932–1936	40	0

James Henshall	England	MF	1928–1933	39	6

Michael Tonge	England	MF	2017–	39	3

Albert Broadhouse	England	MF	1916–1920	39	3

Scott Brown	England	GK	2018–	39	0

Dean Delany	England	GK	2000–2004	39	0

John Poole	England	GK	1953–1961	39	0

Dick Allman	England	FW	1903–1905	38	11

Alf Smith	FW	1913–1914 1918	38	6

Vic Horrocks	England	MF	1905–1907 1911–1912	38	2

Freddie Veseli	Albania	DF	2014–2015	38	1

Daniel Jones	England	DF	2013–2014	38	1

Colin Miles	England	DF	2006–2008	38	0

Eric Hayward	England	DF	1934–1937	38	0

Richard O'Kelly	England	FW	1986–1988	37	8

Ville Viljanen	Finland	FW	2000–2001	37	6

Ryan Burge	England	MF	2011–2013	37	3

Len Wootton	England	FW	1945–1947	37	1

Sam Stockley	England	DF	2008–2009	37	0

John Flowers	England	MF	1971–1972	37	0

Joe Frail	England	GK	1891–1894	37	0

Don Triner	England	MF	1938–1948	36	10

Arthur Dorrell	England	MF	1931–1932	36	5

Connell Rawlinson	Wales	DF	2018–	36	2

Dave Barnett	England	DF	1998–1999	36	2

Tim Rawlings	England	MF	1963–1965	36	2

Luke Prosser	England	DF	2005–2010	36	1

Billy Tabram	Wales	MF	1933–1934	36	1

Billy Leech	England	MF	1899–1900	36	1

Alf Bennett	England	GK	1927–1929	36	0

George Stabb	England	FW	1935–1936	35	11

Lee Matthews	England	FW	2004–2006	35	10

Rigino Cicilia	Curaçao	FW	2016–2017	35	5

Andreas Lipa	Austria	MF	2003–2004	35	2

Paul Bennett	England	MF	1978–1980	35	2

Sam Baddeley	England	MF	1905–1907	35	0

Alfred Maybury	England	GK	1900–1901	35	0

Aaron Lockett	England	FW	1914–1915 1916–1917 1919–1920	34	14

Lee Hughes	England	FW	2013–2014	34	13

J. Tunnicliffe	FW	1907–1911	34	11

John Rogers	England	FW	1976–1977	34	8

George Shelton	England	FW	1916–1920	34	7

Bert Gosnell	England	MF	1912–1913	34	6

John Fallows	MF	1896–1897	34	4

Ralph Barlow	England	MF	1895–1897	34	1

Mitch Clark	Wales	DF	2018–	34	0

Mark Innes	Scotland	DF	2005–2006	34	0

Rae Ingram	England	DF	2001–2003	34	0

Peter Billing	England	DF	1993–1995	34	0

Harry Cookson	England	FW	1887–1888	33	23

Mark Bright	England	FW	1981–1984	33	11

Tom Butler	England	FW	1922–1923	33	11

Luke Dean	England	FW	1934–1937	33	9

Ben Rhodes	FW	1886–1888	33	7

Roger Smith	England	MF	1965–1966	33	6

Donny Davies	England	MF	1892–1915	33	5

Simon Barker	England	MF	1998–2000	33	3

Steve Harper	England	MF	1987–1989	33	2

B. Coyle	DF	1890–1891	33	1

Arjan van Heusden	Netherlands	GK	1994–1998	33	0

Kyle Perry	England	FW	2008–2009	33	0

Bill Asprey	England	DF	1967–1968	33	0

Tom Cooper	England	DF	1924–1926	33	0

William Murray	England	FW	1911–1912	32	12

Joe Allon	England	FW	1992 1994–1995	32	10

Jim Steel	Scotland	FW	1983–1984	32	7

Mel Machin	England	FW	1962–1966	32	6

Nico Jalink	Netherlands	MF	1991–1992	32	1

Dick Ray	England	DF	1894–1895	32	1

Kjell Knops	Netherlands	DF	2016–2018	32	0

Bert Carberry	Scotland	MF	1957–1958	32	0

Arthur Hartshorne	England	DF	1902–1903	32	0

Lewis Campbell	Scotland	MF	1893–1894	31	15

Johnny Miller	England	MF	1980–1982	31	5

Keith Lowe	England	DF	2007–2008	31	3

Kevin Kennerley	England	MF	1976–1978	31	2

Luke Joyce	England	MF	2018–	31	0

Tommy Lonsdale	England	GK	1923–1924	31	0

Ernest Chappell	DF	1906–1907 1911–1914	31	0

Hughie Dunn	Scotland	DF	1906–1907	31	0

Jack Smith	England	FW	1947–1948	30	11

Derek Tomkinson	England	FW	1949–1951 1952–1955	30	5

Sam Togwell	England	MF	2005–2006	30	4

Kevin Young	England	MF	1983–1984	30	4

James Lawrie	Northern Ireland	FW	2007–2010	30	2

Steve Jones	England	FW	1979–1981	30	2

Freddie Goodwin	England	MF	1972–1973	30	2

Michael Curley	England	MF	1935–1936	30	1

Albert Skinner	England	DF	1886–1893	30	0

Fred Haycock	England	FW	1911–1912	29	12

Philip Smith	England	FW	1905–1906	29	9

Brian Mills	England	FW	1990–1993	29	5

Ken Wookey	Wales	FW	1969–1970	29	4

Andy Shankland	England	FW	1981–1986	29	2

Eric Eastwood	England	MF	1947–1950	29	1

Ryan Boot	England	GK	2013–2018	29	0

Terry Harkin	Northern Ireland	FW	1962–1964	28	12

Martin Henderson	Scotland	FW	1983–1984	28	7

Gavin Tomlin	England	FW	2013–2014	28	6

Roddy Georgeson	Egypt	FW	1966–1967	28	6

Ricky Miller	England	FW	2018–	28	4

James Swarbrick	England	MF	1911–1912	28	4

Tyrone Barnett	England	FW	2017–2019	28	2

Paul Marshall	England	MF	2009 2012	28	1

Ross Davidson	England	DF	2008–2010	28	0

Derek Mountford	England	MF	1951–1957	28	0

Jack Smith	MF	1892–1895	28	0

Richard Elston	FW	1887–1888	27	9

George Rushton	England	MF	1901–1902 1903	27	8

Ray Deakin	England	DF	1981–1982	27	7

Uche Ikpeazu	England	FW	2015–2016	27	6

Enoch Hood	England	FW	1879–1885	27	6

Ted Shore	England	MF	1945–1948	27	3

Tom Reid	Scotland	FW	1922–1927	27	3

Frank Sharp	Scotland	MF	1974–1975	27	2

Tom Conlon	England	MF	2018–	27	1

Leon Legge	England	DF	2018–	27	1

Gavin Gunning	Republic of Ireland	DF	2017–2018	27	1

Craig Rocastle	Grenada	MF	2007–2008	27	1

Grahame McGifford	England	FW	1977–1978	27	0

Roy Felton	England	DF	1938–1946	27	0

Harry Roberts	England	FW	1930–1931	26	11

J.H. Sproston	MF	1887–1889	26	11

Eddie Baily	England	FW	1956	26	8

David Lowe	England	MF	1992 1994	26	7

Billy Easton	England	FW	1931–1933	26	6

Peter Beadle	England	FW	1998–1999	26	6

Richard York	England	MF	1931–1932	26	5

Manny Oyeleke	England	MF	2018–	26	2

Jerome Thomas	England	MF	2016–2017	26	1

Alf Dark	England	MF	1923–1924	26	1

Kiko	Portugal	DF	2016–2017	26	0

Paulo Tavares	Portugal	MF	2016–2017	26	0

Joe Cardle	England	MF	2005–2008	26	0

Kevin Pilkington	England	GK	1998–2000	26	0

Ronnie Jepson	England	FW	1988–1991	26	0

Kevin Steggles	England	DF	1987–1988	26	0

Andie Newton	England	MF	1919–1921	26	0

G. Martin	DF	1887–1891	26	0

Billy Tunnicliffe	England	MF	1937–1938	25	11

Ryan Taylor	England	DF	2016–2017 2017	25	5

Jack Blackwell	England	FW	1933–1936	25	5

James Reid	England	FW	1899–1900	25	5

Frank Ryder	England	MF	1935–1937	25	4

Freddie Steele	England	FW	1951–1952	25	2

Charlie Rattray	England	MF	1937–1938	25	2

Archie Dyke	England	MF	1912–1913 1919	25	2

Graham Williams	Wales	MF	1968–1969	25	1

Sam Johnson	England	GK	2011–2017	25	0

Keith Lindsey	England	DF	1971–1973	25	0

Sentence(s)

Phil Sproson played in 500 matches for Port Vale and scored 41 goals; this places him second in the list of appearances for Port Vale.

final_sentence: Phil Sproson played in 500 matches for Port Vale and scored 41 goals; this places him second in the list of appearances for Port Vale.