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2020–21 Port Vale F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Port Vale's 109th season in the English Football League and fourth consecutive season in EFL League Two. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. Though no honours were won on the pitch, Port Vale was named as Community Club of the Year at the 2021 EFL Awards for their work helping the local area during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Port Vale
2020–21 season
OwnerSynsol Holdings Limited
ChairpersonCarol Shanahan
ManagerJohn Askey
(until 4 January)[1]
Danny Pugh
(caretaker 4 January – 15 February)[1]
Darrell Clarke
(from 15 February)[2]
StadiumVale Park
League Two13th (60 points)
FA CupFirst round
(knocked out by King's Lynn Town)
EFL CupSecond round
(knocked out by Fleetwood Town)
EFL TrophyThird round
(knocked out by Sunderland)
Player of the YearTom Conlon
Top goalscorerLeague: Devante Rodney (11)
All: Devante Rodney (12)
Average home league attendance0 (behind closed doors)
Biggest win5–1 vs. Southend United, 30 January 2021
Biggest defeat0–4 vs. Mansfield Town, 2 January 2021

Going into his second full season as the club's manager, John Askey kept largely the same squad that finished just outside the play-offs in 2019–20, signing just seven players before the season kicked off in September. Fans were not allowed to attend matches due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Vale exited the EFL Cup in the second round but were second in the league by the end of September. Four wins and three defeats in October in seven games saw them maintain a play-off place. However, they lost six matches in November, causing them to exit the FA Cup in the first round to non-League King's Lynn Town and drop firmly into mid-table in the league. Pressure built over the Christmas period as Vale ended the year 16th in the table, and Askey left the club on 4 January, two days after a 4–0 defeat to Mansfield Town. Danny Pugh spent the rest of the month as caretaker manager, overseeing comprehensive victories over Grimsby Town and Southend United as well as an exit from the EFL Trophy and two defeats in games he was unable to attend due to him testing positive for COVID-19.

David Flitcroft was appointed as the club's first ever director of football in February and Darrell Clarke was signed from Walsall as the club's new manager. It took Clarke eight games to get his first win as Vale manager. Still, this was followed by another two consecutive victories, which left Vale nine points clear of the relegation zone going into April. The winning run continued, and 16 out of a possible 18 points were secured in April, with just a single goal conceded. Clarke released all 15-out-of-contract players at the end of the season and placed a further three contracted players on the transfer-list.

Club captain Leon Legge.
Tom Pope left the club after nine seasons in two spells.
Cristian Montaño made 34 appearances.
Goalkeeper Scott Brown played all 46 league games.
Luke Joyce missed just five league games
David Amoo missed parts of the season due to injuries.

Overview

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EFL League Two

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On 7 July 2020, manager John Askey made his first summer signing in 22-year-old striker Devante Rodney, who had been released by Salford City.[3] Two weeks later he brought in versatile right-back Zak Mills, who had been released by Oldham Athletic, in order to provide competition for James Gibbons.[4] Tom Pope began the season with a six match ban after a Twitter post he made in January was judged to have amounted to Antisemitic canard.[5] Askey meanwhile continued to strengthen the squad, bringing in midfielder Danny Whitehead, who had also played under Askey at Macclesfield Town and had just been released from Salford City.[6] The club kit was revealed later that week, the unique “V” patterned home strip having partly designed by Robbie Williams, club owner Carol Shanahan and her son Patrick.[7] Askey looked at a number of players on trial during pre-season, including free agents Dino Visser, Harvey Bradbury, Rhys Lovett, Ethan Beckford and David Fitzpatrick, as well as Nottingham Forest academy player Kieran Hayes.[8][9][10][11] However, the next signing, a fourth and final striker, was Theo Robinson, who had played for the club in 2016.[12] He also signed trialist left-back David Fitzpatrick, another of his former charges at Macclesfield, on a one-year deal.[13] He completed the squad with goalkeeper Dino Visser, who "did everything asked of him" in his trial.[14] However, winger Rhys Browne left the club by mutual consent, citing family reasons; Askey said that "it was a shame because he was doing well".[15] Askey looked to replace him quickly by bringing in Harry McKirdy (free agent) and Ryan McLean (Newcastle Town) on trial and went on to sign McKirdy to a one-year deal.[16][17]

Vale opened the season with a convincing 2–0 home win over Crawley Town on 12 September, Mark Cullen scoring both of the goals; this extended the club's record of not losing a league opening fixture since 2004.[18] The following week they travelled to St James Park, home of the previous season's play-off finalists, and picked up another 2–0 win, with Tom Conlon scoring a goal and providing the assist for Rodney's first goal for the club.[19] Port Vale met Harrogate Town in a league fixture for the first time on 29 September and the two teams played out a 0–0 draw in a hard-fought game.[20] Askey was nominated for the EFL League Two Manager of the Month award as the team had secured seven points from nine without conceding a goal.[21]

Going into October, Vale were beaten 1–0 at Morecambe after Shaun Brisley gave away a soft penalty with 14 minutes left to play; after the game opposition manager Derek Adams stated that the gameplan had been to stop Luke Joyce getting on the ball and to play on the counterattack.[22] With right-back James Gibbons sidelined with a long-term injury, Askey brought in Leicester City full-back Mitch Clark for his third loan spell at the club.[23] He started at home to Carlisle United on 10 October, a game in which Vale lost 1–0 after Rodney missed a free header and Pope missed a penalty.[24] They got back to winning ways at home to Paul Scholes's Salford City; Scott Brown saved a penalty and Cristian Montaño went on to score the game's only goal with four minutes left to play.[25] However, they fell to a 3–1 defeat at league leaders Cambridge United three days later, with Paul Mullin claiming a hat-trick.[26] A trip to struggling Oldham Athletic followed and Vale claimed all three points from Boundary Park thanks to goals from Nathan Smith and Mitch Clark.[27] They went on to pick up back-to-back wins after coming from a goal down to claim a 2–1 home victory over Cheltenham Town.[28] A brace from Pope on Halloween saw the Vale win at bottom-placed Southend United.[29]

On 14 November, Vale fell to a 4–3 home defeat to Tranmere Rovers; they had been leading 2–0 at half-time but the game changed in the away side's favour after Joyce was sent off on 52 minutes.[30] The game had many talking points besides the sending off, including a goal disallowed for either side, a penalty for either side and the way Vale reacted to going a man down.[31] Three days later Vale would lose 1–0 to Scunthorpe United thanks to a superb strike from Abo Eisa.[32] A third consecutive league defeat followed as Vale failed to hold on to a 0–0 draw at league leaders Newport County after Leon Legge was sent off for picking up two yellow cards; Newport's goal was scored six minutes into injury-time by 41-year-old Kevin Ellison.[33] Second-from-bottom Stevenage seemed like the perfect place to end the losing run, but Vale were beaten 2–1.[34] They finished off the month by losing 3–2 at home to Leyton Orient, conceding the winning goal five minutes from time.[35]

The trip to Bolton Wanderers on 5 December saw an away side on a run of five defeats visit a side on a six-game winning spell. Vale defied the odds to record a 6–3 victory in a game with nine different goalscorers, becoming the first away side to score six goals at the University of Bolton Stadium.[36] The next week Vale outperformed Colchester United but only held on to the lead for seven minutes after allowing the away side to equalise after a lapse in defensive concentration.[37] Another 1–1 home draw with a play-off team followed this time Forest Green Rovers equalising just seven minutes after Vale opened the scoring with an own goal.[38] The team's trip to Walsall's Bescot Stadium started excellently as they led 2–0 at half-time; however, the home side made four changes during the break and equalised after 11 minutes and despite Rodney putting Vale back in front, Walsall went on to win the game 4–3 after Jake Scrimshaw and Dan Scarr completed second half braces.[39] Barrow then inflicted a Boxing day defeat on the side at Vale Park, with former loanee Scott Quigley opening the scoring thanks to an assist from former Vale captain Antony Kay; after the match, Askey admitted that "the wheels have just fallen off" the club's promotion campaign as they slipped to 17th in the table.[40] He named three academy players on the bench at Valley Parade on 29 December, as Vale saw out 2020 with a 0–0 draw with Bradford City.[41]

The new year began with a 4–0 defeat at Mansfield Town thanks to a Jordan Bowery hat-trick and Legge being sent off for the second time of the season; speaking in his post-match interview, Askey alluded to "a lot of strange happenings going", saying that "it’s not a level playing field at the moment".[42] This proved to be Askey's last game in charge and he left the club on 4 January, with coach Danny Pugh stepping in as caretaker manager.[1] Pugh made Conlon the new club captain.[43] Pugh selected a 4–4–2 formation for first game in charge, a 3–0 home win over Grimsby Town that proved to be a stark contrast to their defeat seven days previously.[44] The club then signed Jake Taylor, a 22-year-old midfielder who had impressed on loan from Nottingham Forest the previous season, to a three-and-a-half-year deal.[45] With Pope ruled out injured for the rest of the season, the club also brought in striker Kurtis Guthrie after he secured his release from Bradford City.[46] In order to comply with EFL squad limit rules the club deregistered Harry McKirdy and Theo Robinson so as to make room for the two new signings.[47] Guthrie started on the bench at Forest Green Rovers on 16 January, which ended as a 1–1 draw following a late equalising goal from Rodney.[48] However, two days later, Pugh had to start self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19; his assistants – Frank Sinclair, Billy Paynter and Anthony Griffith took over first-team duties in his absence.[49] They oversaw a 3–1 defeat to Walsall in which Brown played poorly and allowed a weak back-pass to bobble over his foot and into the back of the net.[50] The bad run continued at Scunthorpe, as poor defending allowed a brace from Ryan Loft to condemn Vale to a 2–0 loss;[51] stand-in manager Frank Sinclair said that "it wasn’t good enough, especially the first half".[52] Pugh returned to the touchline in time to oversee a 5–1 victory over bottom-club Southend United, who Pope described as "the worst professional side I have ever seen".[53][54] On transfer deadline day the club signed 19-year-old centre-back Mustapha Olagunju on loan from Huddersfield Town and 20-year-old striker Will Swan on loan from Nottingham Forest.[55][56]

The search for a new manager continued into February, with David Flitcroft and John McGreal seen as the two front-runners for the position.[57] The team went on to lose 3–1 at Tranmere, with James Vaughan scoring a brace.[58] Flitcroft was appointed as the club's first-ever director of football on 8 February.[59] Seven days later Darrell Clarke was announced as the club's new manager, with Walsall being paid a compensation fee.[2] His first match in charge was a 1–1 draw at Leyton Orient, in which he was pleased with his team's effort.[60] His first home match was a goalless draw with Stevenage, after which he commented that "Effort and commitment - excellent. But nowhere near good enough for me on the quality".[61] The league leaders, Cambridge, left Burslem with three points after an excellent late strike from Liam O'Neil.[62]

On 2 March, Vale were beaten 1–0 at Salford, and lost both Gibbons and Montaño to hamstring injuries.[63] A trip to league leaders Cheltenham Town four days later saw the team two goals down within the opening 20 minutes, with Brown – who had publicly criticised many of his teammates in the week – having scored an own goal; Vale would lose the game 3–2 despite Will Swan and Alex Hurst scoring their first Football League goals in the late stages.[64] Vale dominated at home to Oldham Athletic on 9 March, but failed to convert any of their chances as the game ended 0–0, with Clarke bemoaning his side's lack of ruthlessness and musing that "we led the horse to a lot of water there didn't we?".[65] After the game Clarke announced that experienced coach Andy Crosby had been added to the staff, whilst there would be a ban on players speaking to the media until the end of the campaign.[66][67] However, the losing run continued as Bolton Wanderers came away from Vale Park with a 1–0 win, after which Clarke encouraged players who were unwilling to fight for the club to tell him so as "we look them in the eye sometimes and just get the feeling they are not really fancying this".[68] Clarke finally got his first win as Port Vale manager on 16 March as Conlon and Rodney fired Vale to a 2–1 home win over Newport County, and after the match said "the players tonight deserve all the plaudits".[69] Rodney then went on to score the only goal of the game at Colchester to put the Vale ten points clear of the relegation zone.[70] A 3–1 victory at Crawley Town all but guaranteed safety from relegation and earned the team praise from opposition manager John Yems.[71] Following the match it was confirmed that Zak Mills missed the rest of the season due to injury, and the club gained special dispensation from the EFL to re-register Harry McKirdy to the 22-man squad in his place.[72]

Robinson ended his 19-game-long goal drought two minutes into the home game with Exeter City on 2 April, which ended up giving the Vale a 1–0 victory that Clarke dedicated to the memory of recently deceased former defender Lee Collins.[73] Rebecca Welch became the first woman to be appointed to referee an EFL fixture for Vale's trip to Harrogate Town on 5 April, and she oversaw a fifth consecutive win for the away side with Guthrie scoring his first goal in 15 games for the club to wrap up a 2–0 win.[74] A 1–0 home victory over play-off hopefuls Morecambe extended the winning run to six games; the match was halted for 30 minutes in the first half due to heavy snowfall.[75] On 13 April, Manny Oyeleke, whose contract was due to expire in the summer, was allowed to leave the club to join National League play-off chasing Chesterfield.[76] The six-game winning run – the club's longest winning streak since March 1996 – came to an end with a goalless draw at play-off hopefuls Carlisle United.[77] A brace from Conlon, including a wonder strike to open the scoring, was enough to win 2–0 at Barrow.[78] A 2–1 win over Bradford City kept the unbeaten run going, though Clayton Donaldson's consolation goal brought Vale's five match clean sheet streak to an end.[79]

Vale's nine-game unbeaten came to an end with a 1–0 defeat at already-relegated Grimsby Town after Matt Green capitalised on an under-hit back-pass from Joyce; Montaño was sent off late in the game after receiving a second yellow card for dissent.[80] The season came to an end with a 3–0 defeat to Mansfield Town as a number of changes were made to the starting eleven, after which Clarke commented that "I can’t wait to get rid of the deadwood if I am honest".[81] Two days later, Clarke released all 15 out of contract players: Brisley, Brown, Ryan Campbell-Gordon, Adam Crookes, Cullen, Fitzpatrick, Guthrie, Joyce, McKirdy, Mills, Montaño, Pope, Scott, Daniel Trickett-Smith and Visser.[82] He also transfer-listed Robinson, Whitehead and Scott Burgess.[83]

Finances

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The season began with no fans allowed into any grounds across the English Football League due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in England, with initial plans to see crowds return to stadiums in October. However, these plans were halted due to a rise in cases nationally in September.[84] Port Vale fans bought around 4,000 season tickets regardless, the same as during the previous season, and shirt sales were also at a record high; chairperson Carol Shanahan said that "the club are overwhelmed and beyond grateful in the trust and support we have been shown by Port Vale fans".[85] By 31 March, the club had sold 11,000 replica shirts – 6,000 of which were black away kit – as compared to 3,800 sales the previous season.[86] The club was given the Community Club of the Year (Overall & Midlands) awards at the 2021 EFL Awards for "a staggering 300,000 food parcels and 6,000 phone calls delivered to those in need during the pandemic", whilst club president and former manager John Rudge was given the Contribution to League football award.[87] The club earned £270,983 of net revenue from the EFL's iFollow service.[88] The Shanahan's had to invest over £1 million into the club to make up for the shortfall from playing behind closed doors.[89]

Cup competitions

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Port Vale were drawn at home to King's Lynn Town (National League) in the first round of the FA Cup, the first-ever meeting between the two clubs. Vale lost the game 1–0 as King's Lynn claimed their first clean sheet of the season.[90]

The first round draw of the EFL Cup was made by Paul Merson and set Port Vale away at Scunthorpe United (League Two).[91] Vale won the tie with Zac Mills and Theo Robinson scoring debut goals in a 2–1 win.[92] The draw for both the second and third rounds were confirmed simultaneously, and guaranteed the club a home tie with Everton (Premier League) or Salford City (League Two) if they managed first to overcome Fleetwood Town (League One).[93] Askey made ten changes against Fleetwood and was encouraged by his team's performance in a 2–1 defeat.[94]

The regional group stage draw for the EFL Trophy placed Port Vale in a group with Tranmere Rovers (League Two), Wigan Athletic (League One) and Liverpool under-21s.[95] They drew their home fixture with Tranmere Rovers 0–0 and Visser went on to save three penalties in the shoot-out to secure two points for the Vale.[96] They effectively booked their place into the next round with a 3–1 victory at Wigan Athletic, in which Robinson scored a brace.[97] Vale finished top of the group with a 4–2 home win over Liverpool U21.[98] They then advanced into the third round with a 2–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers U21.[99] In the third round, an away tie at League One giants Sunderland proved too much for a Vale side with seven changes from their last league fixture, as the "Black Cats" claimed a 2–0 victory; it was later revealed that Pope broke his arm with 19 minutes left to play and he carried on playing until the full-time whistle.[100][101]

Results

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Pre-season

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15 August 2020 Friendly Port Vale 1–2 Blackpool Burslem
15:00 BST Burgess   51' Report Kaikai   43'
Anderson   54'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
18 August 2020 Friendly Fleetwood Town 1–2 Port Vale Thornton-Cleveleys
15:00 BST Saunders   33' Report Conlon   10'
Browne   35' (pen.)		 Stadium: Poolfoot Farm
Attendance: 0
Referee: Simon Mather
26 August 2020 Friendly Nottingham Forest 1–2 Port Vale Loughborough
15:00 BST Mighten   Report OG  
Robinson  		 Stadium: Loughborough University
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Port Vale 2–1 Rochdale Burslem
15:00 BST Conlon   45' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Report Morley   65' (pen.) Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rob Lewis

EFL League Two

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 +21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 +9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 −2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 −6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 −5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 +2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 −9 57
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[102]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 17 9 20 57 56  +1 60 9 5 9 27 24  +3 8 4 11 30 32  −2

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHHHAAHAHAAHAH
ResultWWDLLWLWWWLLLLLWDDLLDLWDLLWLDDLLLDLWWWWWWDWWLL
Position3225108131075889111311141316171617131416161516191820212121212019181615131414121313
Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

12 September 2020 1 Port Vale 2–0 Crawley Town Burslem
15:00 BST Cullen   39', 66' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
19 September 2020 2 Exeter City 0–2 Port Vale Exeter
15:00 BST Report Conlon   21'
Rodney   72'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
26 September 2020 3 Port Vale 0–0 Harrogate Town Burslem
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
3 October 2020 4 Morecambe 1–0 Port Vale Morecambe
15:00 BST Phillips   76' (pen.) Report Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
10 October 2020 5 Port Vale 0–1 Carlisle United Burslem
15:00 BST Report Mellish   55' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
17 October 2020 6 Port Vale 1–0 Salford City Burslem
15:00 BST Montaño   86' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
20 October 2020 7 Cambridge United 3–1 Port Vale Cambridge
19:45 BST Mullin   3' (pen.), 51', 90+5' Report Robinson   18' (pen.) Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
24 October 2020 8 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Port Vale Oldham
15:00 BST Dearnley   50' Report Smith   12'
Clark   39'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
27 October 2020 9 Port Vale 2–1 Cheltenham Town Burslem
19:45 GMT Legge   52'
Worrall   68'		 Report Williams   48' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitestone
31 October 2020 10 Southend United 0–2 Port Vale Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Report Pope   48', 64' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
14 November 2020 11 Port Vale 3–4 Tranmere Rovers Burslem
19:45 GMT Conlon   16' (pen.)
Amoo   24'
Rodney   75'		 Report Vaughan   58', 71' (pen.)
Woolery   90+3'
Morris   90+6'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
17 November 2020 12 Port Vale 0–1 Scunthorpe United Burslem
19:00 GMT Report Eisa   28' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
21 November 2020 13 Newport County 1–0 Port Vale Newport, Wales
15:00 GMT Ellison   90+6' Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
24 November 2020 14 Stevenage 2–1 Port Vale Stevenage
19:45 GMT Oteh   10'
Newton   53'		 Report Rodney   81' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
28 November 2020 15 Port Vale 2–3 Leyton Orient Burslem
13:00 GMT Legge   8'
Montaño   76'		 Report Johnson   11'
Wilkinson   31'
Brophy   85'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
5 December 2020 16 Bolton Wanderers 3–6 Port Vale Horwich
15:00 GMT Jones   11'
Doyle   66'
Isgrove   78'		 Report Oyeleke   6'
Legge   9'
Conlon   42' (pen.)
Montaño   46'
Worrall   50'
Smith   62'		 Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
12 December 2020 17 Port Vale 1–1 Colchester United Burslem
15:00 GMT Rodney   58' Report Norris   65' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
15 December 2020 18 Port Vale 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Burslem
19:45 GMT Stokes   34' (og.) Report Collins   41' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
19 December 2020 19 Walsall 4–3 Port Vale Walsall
15:00 GMT Scrimshaw   52', 80'
Scarr   56', 82'		 Report Pope   37'
Conlon   44'
Rodney   75'		 Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
26 December 2020 20 Port Vale 0–2 Barrow Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Quigley   23'
Brough   50'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
29 December 2020 21 Bradford City 0–0 Port Vale Bradford
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
2 January 2021 22 Mansfield Town 4–0 Port Vale Mansfield
15:00 GMT Clarke   1'
Bowery   32', 77' (pen.), 80'		 Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
9 January 2021 23 Port Vale 3–0 Grimsby Town Burslem
15:00 GMT Brisley   8'
Rodney   15'
Waterfall   60' (og.)		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
16 January 2021 24 Forest Green Rovers 1–1 Port Vale Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Cadden   20' Report Rodney   76' Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
23 January 2021 25 Port Vale 1–3 Walsall Burslem
15:00 GMT Conlon   33' Report Adebayo   6', 55'
Fitzpatrick   68' (og.)		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
26 January 2021 26 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Port Vale Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT Loft   26', 32' Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
30 January 2021 27 Port Vale 5–1 Southend United Burslem
15:00 GMT Rodney   1', 45+2'
Cordner   20' (og.)
Crookes   27'
Oyeleke   89'		 Report Ferguson   85' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
6 February 2021 28 Tranmere Rovers 3–1 Port Vale Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Woolery   17'
Vaughan   30', 59'		 Report Taylor   41' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
20 February 2021 29 Leyton Orient 1–1 Port Vale Leyton
15:00 GMT Kemp   63' Report Worrall   47' Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
23 February 2021 30 Port Vale 0–0 Stevenage Burslem
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
27 February 2021 31 Port Vale 0–1 Cambridge United Burslem
15:00 GMT Report O'Neil   85' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
2 March 2021 32 Salford City 1–0 Port Vale Salford
19:45 GMT Henderson   45' Report Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
6 March 2021 33 Cheltenham Town 3–2 Port Vale Cheltenham
15:00 GMT May   14'
Brown   18' (og.)
Sercombe   75'		 Report Swan   83'
Hurst   85'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
9 March 2021 34 Port Vale 0–0 Oldham Athletic Burslem
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
13 March 2021 35 Port Vale 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Jones   63' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
16 March 2021 36 Port Vale 2–1 Newport County Burslem
19:00 GMT Conlon   12'
Rodney   75'		 Report Scrimshaw   55' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
20 March 2021 37 Colchester United 0–1 Port Vale Colchester
15:00 GMT Report Rodney   19' Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Madley
27 March 2021 38 Crawley Town 1–3 Port Vale Crawley
15:00 GMT Nadesan   45' Report Conlon   13'
Smith   65'
Worrall   76'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
2 April 2021 39 Port Vale 1–0 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 BST Robinson   2' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
5 April 2021 40 Harrogate Town 0–2 Port Vale Harrogate
15:00 BST Report Worrall   48'
Guthrie   90'		 Stadium: Wetherby Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rebecca Welch
10 April 2021 41 Port Vale 1–0 Morecambe Burslem
15:00 BST Smith   34' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
17 April 2021 42 Carlisle United 0–0 Port Vale Carlisle
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
20 April 2021 43 Barrow 0–2 Port Vale Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST Report Conlon   30', 76' Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
24 April 2021 44 Port Vale 2–1 Bradford City Burslem
15:00 BST Robinson   16'
Conlon   32' (pen.)		 Report Donaldson   14' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
1 May 2021 45 Grimsby Town 1–0 Port Vale Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Green   32' Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
8 May 2021 46 Port Vale 0–2 Mansfield Town Burslem
15:00 BST Report McLaughlin   10', 63'
Quinn   30'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison

FA Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Port Vale 0–1 King's Lynn Town Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Carey   82' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Richardson

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 September 2020 First round Scunthorpe United 1–2 Port Vale Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Loft   69' Report Mills   45+5'
Robinson   90+3'		 Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
15 September 2020 Second round Fleetwood Town 2–1 Port Vale Fleetwood
19:00 BST Madden   14'
Morris   75'		 Report Whitehead   49' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Port Vale 3 2 1 0 0 7 3 +4 8 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 1 1 0 5 4 +1 6
3 L1 Wigan Athletic 3 1 0 1 1 9 6 +3 4
4 ACA Liverpool U21 3 0 0 0 3 5 13 −8 0
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Port Vale 0–0
(4–3 p)		 Tranmere Rovers Burslem
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
Penalties
Whitehead  
Cullen  
Conlon  
Trickett-Smith  
Rodney  
Fitzpatrick  		 Banks  
Khan  
Morris  
O'Connor  
Payne  
Walker-Rice  
6 October 2020 Group stage Wigan Athletic 1–3 Port Vale Wigan
19:45 BST Pearce   79' Report Robinson   13', 30'
Montaño   55'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
10 November 2020 Group stage Port Vale 4–2 Liverpool U21 Burslem
19:45 GMT Cullen   12'
Hurst   19'
McKirdy   61'
Rodney   64'		 Report Millar   11', 34' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
8 December 2020 (2020-12-08) Second round Port Vale 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Burslem
19:00 GMT McKirdy   27'
Mills   80'		 Report Perry   20' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
12 January 2021 (2021-01-12) Third round Sunderland 2–0 Port Vale Sunderland
18:00 GMT O'Brien   21'
McGeady   90+7' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
 
Caretaker manager Danny Pugh.
 
New manager Darrell Clarke.
 
Theo Robinson scored six goals.
 
David Fitzpatrick played 27 games.
 
Kurtis Guthrie scored one goal in 17 games.

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Pos. # Name EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK 1   Scott Brown 46 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 48 0
DF 2   James Gibbons 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
DF 3   Adam Crookes 16 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 22 1
MF 4   Luke Joyce 41 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 46 0
DF 5   Leon Legge 37 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 40 3
DF 6   Nathan Smith 44 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 50 4
MF 7   David Worrall 37 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 42 5
FW 9   Tom Pope 19 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 23 3
MF 10   Tom Conlon 42 10 1 0 1 0 4 0 48 10
MF 11   Cristian Montaño 29 3 0 0 1 0 4 1 34 4
FW 12   Theo Robinson 29 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 37 6
FW 13   Mark Cullen 18 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 22 3
FW 14   Kurtis Guthrie 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
DF 15   Zak Mills 21 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 25 2
DF 16   Shaun Brisley 24 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 29 1
MF 17   Jake Taylor 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1
MF 18   Danny Whitehead 15 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 20 1
MF 19   David Amoo 26 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 29 1
MF 20   Scott Burgess 23 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 30 0
FW 21   Devante Rodney 40 11 0 0 1 0 3 1 44 12
MF 22   Harry McKirdy 8 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 12 2
DF 23   Ryan Campbell-Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 24   David Fitzpatrick 22 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 27 0
MF 25   Daniel Trickett-Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
MF 26   Luke Chambers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 27   Alex Hurst 20 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 26 2
DF 28   Michael Lennon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 29   Eden Bailey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK 30   Dino Visser 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 0
GK 31   Joe Collinge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK 32   Tom Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 33   Mustapha Olagunju 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
FW 34   Will Swan 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Players that left the club mid-season:
MF 8   Manny Oyeleke 20 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 23 2
DF 17   Mitch Clark 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
MF   Rhys Browne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 FW   England 21 Devante Rodney 11 0 0 1 12
2 MF   England 10 Tom Conlon 10 0 0 0 10
3 FW   Jamaica 12 Theo Robinson 3 0 1 2 6
4 MF   England 7 David Worrall 5 0 0 0 5
5 MF   Colombia 11 Cristian Montaño 3 0 0 1 4
– DF   England 6 Nathan Smith 4 0 0 0 4
7 FW   England 13 Mark Cullen 2 0 0 1 3
– DF   England 5 Leon Legge 3 0 0 0 3
– FW   England 9 Tom Pope 3 0 0 0 3
10 FW   England 27 Alex Hurst 1 0 0 1 2
– MF   England 22 Harry McKirdy 0 0 0 2 2
– DF   England 15 Zak Mills 0 0 1 1 2
– MF   England 8 Manny Oyeleke 2 0 0 0 2
14 DF   England 19 David Amoo 1 0 0 0 1
– DF   England 16 Shaun Brisley 1 0 0 0 1
– DF   Wales 17 Mitch Clark 1 0 0 0 1
– DF   England 3 Adam Crookes 1 0 0 0 1
– FW   England 14 Kurtis Guthrie 1 0 0 0 1
– FW   England 34 Will Swan 1 0 0 0 1
– MF   England 17 Jake Taylor 1 0 0 0 1
– MF   England 18 Danny Whitehead 0 0 1 0 1
– – – – Own goals 3 0 0 0 3
TOTALS 57 0 3 9 69

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
                   
5   England DF Leon Legge 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 2
11   Colombia MF Cristian Montaño 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1
4   England MF Luke Joyce 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
16   England DF Shaun Brisley 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
10   England MF Tom Conlon 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
14   England FW Kurtis Guthrie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15   England DF Zak Mills 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1   England GK Scott Brown 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8   England MF Manny Oyeleke 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
21   England FW Devante Rodney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7   England MF David Worrall 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3   England DF Adam Crookes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19   England MF David Amoo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   Wales DF Mitch Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   England DF David Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2   England DF James Gibbons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27   England MF Alex Hurst 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6   England DF Nathan Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34   England FW Will Swan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18   England MF Danny Whitehead 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 59 4 2 0 5 0 4 0 70 4

Sourced from Soccerway.[103]

Awards

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End of Season Awards Winner[104]
Player of the Year Tom Conlon
Players' Player of the Year Tom Conlon
Club Player of the Year Tom Conlon
Supporters' Club Player of the Year Tom Conlon
Goal of the Season Tom Conlon (vs Barrow, 20 April 2021)
Young Player of the Year Devante Rodney
Youth Player of the Year Eden Bailey
Community Champion Scott Brown
Official Away Travel Player of the Year David Worrall
EFL Long Service award Steve Speed (groundsman)
EFL Awards Winner[87]
Community Club of the Year (Overall) Port Vale
Community Club of the Year (Midlands) Port Vale
Contribution to League football John Rudge

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
7 July 2020 CF   Devante Rodney Salford City Free transfer [3]
16 July 2020 RB   Zak Mills Oldham Athletic Free transfer [4]
3 August 2020 CM   Danny Whitehead Salford City Free transfer [6]
24 August 2020 CF   Theo Robinson Southend United Free transfer [12]
25 August 2020 LB   David Fitzpatrick Macclesfield Town Free transfer [13]
27 August 2020 GK   Dino Visser Crewe Alexandra Free transfer [14]
11 September 2020 AM   Harry McKirdy Carlisle United Free transfer [17]
11 January 2021 CM   Jake Taylor Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [45]
15 January 2021 CF   Kurtis Guthrie Bradford City Free transfer [46]
25 January 2021 GK   Tom Scott Manchester City Free transfer [105]

Transfers out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
5 August 2020 FW   Maxwell Chimenes Newcastle Town Free transfer [106]
29 August 2020 RW   Rhys Browne Wealdstone Mutual consent [15][107]
23 September 2020 CM   Hayden Campbell Salford City Free transfer [108]
13 April 2021 CM   Manny Oyeleke Chesterfield £10,000 [76][109]
10 May 2021 CB   Shaun Brisley   Wrexham Released [82][110]
10 May 2021 GK   Scott Brown Exeter City Released [82][111]
10 May 2021 LB   Ryan Campbell-Gordon Hanley Town Released [82][112]
10 May 2021 CB   Adam Crookes Grimsby Town Released [82][113]
10 May 2021 CF   Mark Cullen Hartlepool United Released [82][114]
10 May 2021 LB   David Fitzpatrick Altrincham Released [82][115]
10 May 2021 CF   Kurtis Guthrie   RoundGlass Punjab Released [82][116]
10 May 2021 DM   Luke Joyce AFC Fylde Released [82][117]
10 May 2021 AM   Harry McKirdy Swindon Town Released [82][118]
10 May 2021 RB   Zak Mills Walsall Released [82][119]
10 May 2021 LB   Cristian Montaño   Livingston Released [82][120]
10 May 2021 CF   Tom Pope Congleton Town Released [82][121]
10 May 2021 GK   Tom Scott FC Halifax Town Released [82][122]
10 May 2021 AM   Daniel Trickett-Smith Leek Town Released [82][123]
10 May 2021 GK   Dino Visser Hereford Released [82][124]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
9 October 2020 RB   Mitch Clark Leicester City 1 January 2021 [23]
1 February 2021 CB   Mustapha Olagunju Huddersfield Town End of season [56]
1 February 2021 MF   Will Swan Nottingham Forest End of season [55]

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
19 September 2020 LB   Ryan Campbell-Gordon Hednesford Town 26 October 2020 [125]
13 October 2020 AM   Daniel Trickett-Smith Leek Town 1 January 2021 [126]
27 October 2020 LB   Ryan Campbell-Gordon Gainsborough Trinity 1 January 2021 [127]

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