List of Port Vale F.C. seasons
Seasons

List of Port Vale F.C. seasons

Section Title: Seasons
Table Section Text: None

Season	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Other	Top scorer

Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos

1882–83	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football	NSCCC winners	Enoch Hood	2

1883–84	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football	SSC SF	Charles Simpson	1

1884–85	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football	BCC winners	Ernie Payne	5

1885–86	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football	R5	NSCCC runners-up	Billy Reynolds	7

1886–87	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football	R3	SSC SF	11

1887–88	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football	1Q	SSC R3	Harry Cookson	23

1888–89	The Combination	26	7	4	15	40	57	22	2Q	NSCCC SF	Jimmy Ditchfield	8

1889–90	Burslem Port Vale did not play league football	2Q	SSC SF	Frank McGinnes	2

1890–91	Midland League	24	11	3	10	59	49	25	8th	2Q	NSCCC winners	19

1891–92	21	12	1	8	52	33	25	3rd	1Q	SCC winners	19

1892–93	Second Division	22	6	3	13	30	57	15	11th	1Q	BSC 2R	Meshach Dean	6

1893–94	28	13	4	11	66	64	30	7th	1Q	SSC 2R	Billy Beats	20

1894–95	30	7	4	19	39	77	18	15th	1Q	SSC 2R	Meshach Dean	8

1895–96	30	7	4	19	43	78	18	14th	2Q	SSC 1R	Ernest Beckett	8

1896–97	Midland League	28	14	3	11	64	56	31	7th	5Q	SSCC winners	Dick Evans Danny Simpson	14

1897–98	22	10	3	7	46	32	23	5th	R2	SSC winners	11

1898–99	Second Division	34	17	5	12	56	34	39	9th	5Q	BSC runners-up	James Peake	17

1899–00	34	14	6	14	39	49	34	11th	5Q	BSC runners-up	Howard Harvey	17

1900–01	34	11	11	12	45	47	33	9th	R1	SSC QF	Adrian Capes	11

1901–02	34	10	9	15	43	59	29	12th	5Q	SSC SF	20

1902–03	34	13	8	13	57	62	34	9th	4Q	SSC R1	18

1903–04	34	10	9	15	54	52	29	13th	R1	SSC R1	17

1904–05	34	10	7	17	47	72	27	16th	6Q	BSC SF	Dick Allman	8

1905–06	38	12	4	22	49	82	28	17th	R1	SSC SF	Harry Mountford	15

1906–07	38	12	7	19	60	83	31	16th	R2	SSC SF	Billy Beats	15

1907–08	North Staffordshire Federation League	16	8	3	5	34	28	19	5th	NSFLC R6	Bert Beech	11

1908–09	North Staffordshire & District League	26	11	3	12	57	51	25	8th	HC R2	17

1909–10	26	21	1	4	89	25	43	1st	SJC winners	Joe Brough	43

1910–11	26	14	3	9	50	41	31	4th	NSNSC SF	J. Tunnicliffe	11

1911–12	The Central League	32	15	12	5	46	23	42	2nd	SSC winners	Frank Cannon	18

1912–13	38	19	7	12	55	38	45	4th	3Q	BSC winners	Eli Adams	20

1913–14	38	17	11	10	78	62	45	4th	R1	BSC runners-up	Chris Young	37

1914–15	38	25	3	10	84	42	53	3rd	5Q	NSIC winners	40

No competitive football was played for the 1914–1915 season due to the First World War.

1916–17	Lancashire Regional Section	30	7	7	16	50	40	21	15th	ST 12th	Jack Needham	12

1917–18	30	9	8	13	47	55	26	11th	ST 14th	David Bowcock	7

1918–19	30	10	4	16	39	78	24	12th	ST 4th	Harry Howell	9

1919–20	Second Division	42	16	8	18	59	62	40	13th	R1	SSC winners	Bobby Blood	26

1920–21	42	11	14	17	43	49	36	17th	6Q	NSIC runners-up	20

1921–22	42	14	8	20	43	57	36	18th	R1	NSIC winners	Tom Page	10

1922–23	42	14	9	19	39	51	37	17th	5Q	NSIC runners-up	Tom Butler	9

1923–24	42	13	12	17	50	66	38	16th	5Q	NSIC runners-up	Billy Briscoe Tom Page	10

1924–25	42	17	8	17	48	56	42	8th	R1	Wilf Kirkham	33

1925–26	42	19	6	17	79	69	44	8th	R3	35

1926–27	42	16	13	13	88	78	45	8th	R4	NSRIC runners-up	41

1927–28	42	18	8	16	68	57	44	9th	R5	14

1928–29	42	15	4	23	71	86	34	21st	R3	15

1929–30	Third Division North	42	30	7	5	103	37	67	1st	R2	NSRIC runners-up	Sam Jennings	21

1930–31	Second Division	42	21	5	16	67	61	47	5th	R4	17

1931–32	42	13	7	22	58	89	33	20th	R4	NSRIC runners-up	Tom Nolan	11

1932–33	42	14	10	18	66	79	38	17th	R3	Wilf Kirkham	15

1933–34	42	19	7	16	60	55	45	8th	R3	Tom Nolan	22

1934–35	42	11	12	19	55	74	34	18th	R3	16

1935–36	42	12	8	22	56	106	32	21st	R4	Jack Roberts	12

1936–37	Third Division North	42	17	10	15	58	64	44	11th	R3	NSC SF	Tommy Ward	18

1937–38	42	12	14	16	65	73	38	15th	R1	NSC R1	Jack Roberts	28

1938–39	Third Division South	42	14	9	19	52	58	37	18th	R2	SoSC SF	Tom Nolan	17

1939–40	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	P	FLWRT 8th	Jack Roberts	13

No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War.

1944–45	Football League North	18	5	2	11	22	36	12	45th	FLN2C 54th	Alf Bellis	10

1945–46	Third Division (South) North Region	20	9	6	5	34	25	24	3rd	R3	TDSRC 8th	Bill Pointon	19

1946–47	Third Division South	42	17	9	16	68	63	43	10th	R4	Morris Jones	26

1947–48	42	16	11	15	63	54	43	8th	R1	Ronnie Allen	13

1948–49	42	14	11	17	51	54	39	13th	R1	Walter Aveyard	13

1949–50	42	15	11	16	47	42	41	13th	R4	Cliff Pinchbeck	16

1950–51	46	16	13	17	60	65	45	12th	R3	19

1951–52	46	14	15	17	50	66	43	13th	R1	Albert Mullard	13

1952–53	Third Division North	46	20	18	8	67	35	58	2nd	R2	CC runners-up	Basil Hayward	22

1953–54	46	26	17	3	74	21	69	1st	SF	25

1954–55	Second Division	42	12	11	19	48	71	35	17th	R4	Cyril Done	13

1955–56	42	16	13	13	60	58	45	12th	R4	Len Stephenson	14

1956–57	42	8	6	28	57	101	22	22nd	R3	Cyril Done	9

1957–58	Third Division South	46	16	10	20	67	58	42	15th	R2	Stan Steele	22

1958–59	Fourth Division	42	26	12	8	110	58	64	1st	R1	22

1959–60	Third Division	46	19	8	19	80	79	46	14th	R5	SCT runners-up	Graham Barnett	17

1960–61	46	17	15	14	96	79	49	7th	R3	R2	SCT winners	Cliff Portwood	26

1961–62	46	17	11	18	65	58	45	12th	R5	R1	Bert Llewellyn Arthur Longbottom	20

1962–63	46	23	8	17	72	58	54	3rd	R4	R2	Tony Richards	13

1963–64	46	16	14	16	53	49	46	13th	R4	R2	13

1964–65	46	9	14	23	41	76	32	22nd	R2	R1	Albert Cheesebrough	7

1965–66	Fourth Division	46	15	9	22	48	59	39	19th	R3	R1	John Rowland	23

1966–67	46	14	15	17	55	58	43	13th	R2	R1	Mick Cullerton	12

1967–68	46	12	15	19	61	72	39	18th	R1	R2	Roy Chapman	25

1968–69	46	16	14	16	46	46	46	13th	R3	R1	12

1969–70	46	20	19	7	61	33	59	4th	R2	R1	John James	17

1970–71	Third Division	46	15	12	19	52	59	42	17th	R1	R1	15

1971–72	46	13	15	18	43	59	41	15th	R3	R1	Bobby Gough	10

1972–73	46	21	11	14	56	69	53	6th	R3	R2	Sammy Morgan Ray Williams	11

1973–74	46	14	14	18	52	58	42	20th	R3	R1	John Woodward	18

1974–75	46	18	15	13	61	54	51	6th	R1	R1	Terry Bailey Ray Williams	14

1975–76	46	15	16	15	55	54	46	12th	R2	R1	Mick Cullerton	21

1976–77	46	11	16	19	47	71	38	19th	R5	R1	DC runners-up	Ken Beamish	18

1977–78	46	8	20	18	46	67	36	21st	R2	R1	16

1978–79	Fourth Division	46	14	14	18	57	70	42	16th	R1	R1	Bernie Wright	15

1979–80	46	12	12	22	56	70	36	20th	R1	R1	Neville Chamberlain	11

1980–81	46	12	15	19	57	70	39	19th	R3	R1	13

1981–82	46	18	16	12	56	49	70	7th	R3	R2	Ernie Moss	17

1982–83	46	26	10	10	67	34	88	3rd	R1	R1	Robert Newton	20

1983–84	Third Division	46	11	10	25	51	83	43	23rd	R1	R2	FLT R2	Eamonn O'Keefe	11

1984–85	Fourth Division	46	14	18	14	61	59	60	12th	R3	R2	FLT R2	Alistair Brown	21

1985–86	46	21	16	9	67	37	79	4th	R2	R2	FLT ASF	Andy Jones	18

1986–87	Third Division	46	15	12	19	76	70	57	12th	R2	R2	FLT AQF	37

1987–88	46	18	11	17	58	56	65	11th	R5	R1	FLT R1	Darren Beckford David Riley	10

1988–89	46	24	12	10	78	48	84	3rd	R3	R2	FLT P	Darren Beckford	23

1989–90	Second Division	46	15	16	15	62	57	61	11th	R4	R2	FMC R2	21

1990–91	46	15	12	19	56	64	57	15th	R4	R2	FMC R1	23

1991–92	46	10	15	27	42	59	45	24th	R3	R3	FMC R2	Martin Foyle	16

1992–93	46	26	11	9	79	44	89	3rd	R3	R1	FLT winners	Ian Taylor	19

1993–94	46	26	10	10	79	46	88	2nd	R4	R1	FLT AQF	Martin Foyle	18

1994–95	First Division	46	15	13	18	58	64	58	17th	R2	R2	20

1995–96	46	15	15	16	59	66	60	12th	R5	R1	AIC runners-up	Tony Naylor	12

1996–97	46	17	16	13	58	55	67	8th	R3	R3	20

1997–98	46	13	10	23	56	55	49	19th	R3	R1	Lee Mills	16

1998–99	46	13	8	25	45	75	47	21st	R3	R1	Martin Foyle	9

1999–00	46	7	15	24	48	69	36	23rd	R3	R1	Tony Rougier	9

2000–01	Second Division	46	16	14	16	55	49	62	11th	R1	R1	FLT winners	Tony Naylor	21

2001–02	46	16	10	20	51	62	58	14th	R2	R2	FLT AQF	Stephen McPhee	14

2002–03	46	14	11	21	54	70	53	17th	R1	R1	FLT AQF	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	9

2003–04	46	21	10	15	73	62	73	7th	R2	R1	FLT AR1	Stephen McPhee	27

2004–05	League One	46	17	5	24	49	59	56	18th	R2	R1	FLT AR2	Billy Paynter	13

2005–06	46	16	12	18	49	54	60	13th	R4	R1	FLT AR2	Leon Constantine	12

2006–07	46	18	6	22	64	65	60	12th	R2	R4	FLT AR2	26

2007–08	46	9	11	26	47	81	38	23rd	R2	R1	FLT P	Luke Rodgers	12

2008–09	League Two	46	13	9	24	44	66	48	18th	R2	R1	FLT R1	Marc Richards	11

2009–10	46	17	17	12	61	50	68	10th	R2	R3	FLT R3	23

2010–11	46	17	14	15	54	49	65	11th	R3	R2	FLT R2	20

2011–12	46	20	9	17	68	60	59	12th	R1	R1	FLT R1	17

2012–13	46	21	15	11	87	52	78	3rd	R2	R1	FLT R3	Tom Pope	33

2013–14	League One	46	18	7	21	59	73	61	9th	R4	R1	FLT R2	16

2014–15	46	15	9	22	55	65	54	18th	R1	R2	FLT R2	12

2015–16	46	18	11	17	56	58	65	12th	R2	R2	FLT R2	AJ Leitch-Smith	13

2016–17	46	12	13	21	45	70	49	21st	R3	R1	EFLT GS	Alex Jones	10

2017–18	League Two	46	11	14	21	49	67	47	20th	R1	R1	EFLT R2	Tom Pope	19

Sentence(s)

David Riley was the club's joint-top scorer in the 1987–88 season, with 10 goals (along with Darren Beckford).

final_sentence: David Riley was the club's joint-top scorer in the 1987–88 season, with 10 goals (along with Darren Beckford).