1982–83 Port Vale F.C. season

Port Vale

1982–83 season

Chairman

Don Ratcliffe
(until October)
Jim Lloyd
(October onwards)

Manager

John McGrath

Stadium

Vale Park

Football League Fourth Division

3rd (88 Points)

First Round

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Bob Newton (20)
All: Bob Newton (20)

Highest home attendance

8,241 vs. Crewe Alexandra (5 March 1983)

Lowest home attendance

2,565 vs. Rochdale (30 August 1982)

Average home league attendance

4,806

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1982–83 season was Port Vale's 71st season of football in the Football League, and their fifth successive season (11th overall) in the Fourth Division.^[1] John McGrath led the Vale to a club-record 88 points (equalled in 1993–94), which saw them win promotion in third place. This was some achievement considering McGrath had sold both the Chamberlain brothers and goalkeeper Mark Harrison to rivals Stoke City at the start of the season. Receiving £240,000 for these three players, he spent only £15,000 to bring top-scorer Bob Newton to Vale Park, and signed Player of the Year Wayne Cegielski for free.

Overview

Fourth Division

The pre-season saw John McGrath try, and fail, to re-sign the League of Ireland's player of the year, Felix Healy.^[1] He instead signed four players on free transfers: John Ridley (a former Valiant), Wayne Cegielski (Wrexham), Les Lawrence (Torquay United), and Steve Waddington (Walsall).^[1] The club also signed a shirt sponsorship deal with PMT.^[1] In August, rivals Stoke City paid Vale £180,000 for Mark Chamberlain and Mark Harrison.^[1] Chamberlain would go on to play for England.^[1] McGrath acted quickly to sign replacement keeper Barry Siddall from Sunderland, and take winger Kevin Sheldon on loan from Wigan Athletic.^[1]

The season started with five players making their débuts in a 1–0 defeat to Swindon Town at The County Ground.^[1] Waddington damaged his cartilages in this game.^[1] McGrath attempted to sign Norwich City's Mick Channon, but failed.^[1] Instead he took Bob Newton from Hartlepool United for £15,000.^[1] Stoke then took Neville Chamberlain to the Victoria Ground for £40,000.^[1] Vale's form did not suffer, and they instead won five straight games in October, taking them into third place.^[1] Also Chairman Don Ratcliffe was replaced by Jim Lloyd.^[1] Winger Steve Fox also arrived from Welsh club Wrexham on a free transfer.^[1] During the club's 2–1 win over Crewe Alexandra on 22 October at Gresty Road a petrol bomb was thrown at the 3,000 strong Vale crowd, though it was extinguished by police without doing 'any real damage'.^[1] On 6 November, Vale were losing 3–0 to Rochdale at Spotland and The Sentinel headlined their report with "Heavy defeat for Port Vale".^[1] This proved to be an inaccurate headline, as substitute Jimmy Greenhoff inspired a Vale fightback, and the match finished 3–3.^[1] In December, Colin Tartt was transfer listed following 'a bust-up with McGrath'.^[1] Following only one win in a run of five games, Tranmere Rovers' players told the Vale players "see you next season" after picking up a 1–0 win at Vale Park.^[1]

A win over Wimbledon started a run of ten wins in twelve games, despite having to sign Everton's Neville Southall on loan following a knee injury to Siddall.^[1] Their run put them nine points clear at the top of the table.^[1] At the end of February, Southall was recalled, and Stoke refused to loan back Harrison as cover.^[1] Wolverhampton Wanderers' Andy Poole proved to be an inadequate replacement.^[1] Vale then lost Greenhoff to Rochdale, who offered him the vacant management post.^[1] Lol Hamlett's last match as trainer (he retired due to illness) was a 2–0 defeat to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road, as Vale were in danger of failing to win promotion.^[1] McGrath decided to sign striker Jim Steel from Oldham Athletic for £10,000, and loaned Mark Lawrence from Hartlepool United.^[1] Siddall returned and so did Vale's form, as they recorded five victories in seven games.^[1] Ernie Moss left for Lincoln City for a £1,500 fee, McGrath saying 'age caught up with him'.^[1] Wimbledon ran away with the championship, though Vale managed to secure promotion with a 2–0 win over Stockport County at Edgeley Park on 6 May.^[1] The jubilant players seemed distracted in the final two games, and their two defeats allowed Hull City to take the runners-up spot.^[1]

They finished in third place with 88 points, seven points clear of fifth placed Bury.^[1] Conceding just 34 goals, theirs was the best defensive record in the top four divisions, along with Hull.^[1] Bob Newton was top-scorer with twenty goals, whilst four players were chosen for the PFA Fourth Division team – Phil Sproson, Russell Bromage, Geoff Hunter, and Steve Fox.^[1]

Finances

On the financial side, a record £100,888 profit was announced, their first profitable season since 1975–76.^[1] The lottery brought in £142,324, the open market rents took in £51,462, whilst Vale's average home attendance was the second highest in the division.^[1] Total liabilities stood at £236,850 and the bank overdraft was £128,123.^[1] Two players departing at the end of the season were Les Lawrence (Aldershot) and Steve Waddington (Chesterfield), who had not established themselves in the first team.^[1]

Cup competitions

In the FA Cup, they were knocked out by Third Division side Bradford City 1–0 in the First Round.

In the League Cup, Vale lost out 2–1 on aggregate to Rochdale, following a 2–0 defeat at Spotland.

Final league table

Main article: 1982–83 Football League

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wimbledon	46	29	11	6	96	45	+51	98
2	Hull City	46	25	15	6	75	34	+41	90
3	Port Vale	46	26	10	10	67	34	+33	88
4	Scunthorpe United	46	23	14	9	71	42	+29	83
5	Bury	46	23	12	11	74	46	+28	81
6	Colchester United	46	24	9	13	75	55	+20	81
7	York City	46	22	13	11	88	58	+30	79
8	Swindon Town	46	19	11	16	61	54	+7	68
9	Peterborough United	46	17	13	16	58	52	+6	64
10	Mansfield Town	46	16	13	17	61	70	-9	61
11	Halifax Town	46	16	12	18	59	66	-7	60
12	Torquay United	46	17	7	22	56	65	-9	58
13	Chester	46	15	11	20	55	60	-5	56
14	Bristol City	46	13	17	16	59	70	-11	56
15	Northampton Town	46	14	12	20	65	75	-10	54
16	Stockport County	46	14	12	20	60	79	-19	54
17	Darlington	46	13	13	20	61	71	-10	52
18	Aldershot	46	12	15	19	61	82	-21	51
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	11	22	49	71	-22	50
20	Rochdale	46	11	16	19	55	73	-18	49
21	Blackpool	46	13	12	21	55	74	-19	49
22	Hartlepool United	46	13	9	24	46	76	-30	48
23	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	8	27	53	71	-18	41
24	Hereford United	46	11	8	27	42	79	-37	41

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Port Vale's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	20	20	17	12	5	13	7	9	7	4	3	2	3	5	5	3	5	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3

Sourced from Statto.^[2]

Football League Fourth Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 August 1982	Swindon Town	A	0–1	3,785
4 September 1982	Bury	H	0–0	2,888
6 September 1982	Colchester United	H	0–0	2,887
11 September 1982	Mansfield Town	A	2–0	2,316	Ridley, Bromage
18 September 1982	Chester	H	2–1	3,303	Sproson (2)
25 September 1982	Darlington	A	0–0	2,255
28 September 1982	Aldershot	A	4–1	1,781	Moss, Tartt, Earle, Newton
2 October 1982	Stockport County	H	2–3	3,474	Newton, Armstrong
9 October 1982	Hereford United	H	2–0	2,875	Cegielski, Bright
15 October 1982	Halifax Town	A	2–0	2,009	Moss, Cegielski
18 October 1982	Hartlepool United	H	3–0	3,664	Moss, Armstrong, Hunter
22 October 1982	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	4,713	Cegielski, Newton (pen)
30 October 1982	Blackpool	H	1–0	5,449	Newton (pen)
2 November 1982	Scunthorpe United	A	0–1	3,766
6 November 1982	Rochdale	A	3–3	2,220	Hunter, Moss, Greenhoff
13 November 1982	Hull City	H	1–0	5,298	Sproson
27 November 1982	Peterborough United	A	0–0	3,043
4 December 1982	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1	3,452
18 December 1982	Wimbledon	H	1–0	2,761	Newton
27 December 1982	Bristol City	A	3–1	6,852	Armstrong, Moss, Newton
28 December 1982	Torquay United	H	1–0	4,760	Moss
1 January 1983	Northampton Town	A	2–2	3,618	Moss, Newton (pen)
3 January 1983	York City	H	2–1	6,056	Greenhoff, Moss
8 January 1983	Bury	A	1–0	4,748	Hunter
15 January 1983	Swindon Town	H	3–0	6,397	Newton (2), Moss
22 January 1983	Chester	A	0–1	4,269
29 January 1983	Mansfield Town	H	4–1	4,102	Armstrong (2), Fox, Newton
5 February 1983	Darlington	H	2–1	4,110	Armstrong, Moss
19 February 1983	Hereford United	A	2–0	3,075	Newton, Ridley
26 February 1983	Halifax Town	H	2–1	5,163	Sproson, Hunter
2 March 1983	Hartlepool United	A	2–2	1,398	Ridley, Newton
5 March 1983	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	8,241	Tartt
12 March 1983	Blackpool	A	0–2	4,519
19 March 1983	Rochdale	H	4–0	5,129	Newton (3), Bromage
26 March 1983	Hull City	A	0–1	14,410
2 April 1983	Torquay United	A	1–0	2,408	Steel
4 April 1983	Bristol City	H	1–1	6,573	Armstrong
8 April 1983	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–0	3,252	Newton, Fox
12 April 1983	Colchester United	A	2–1	3,275	Newton, Fox
16 April 1983	Aldershot	H	2–1	5,624	Cegielski, Newton (pen)
23 April 1983	Wimbledon	A	0–1	4,061
29 April 1983	Peterborough United	H	2–1	5,375	Cegielski, Newton
2 May 1983	York City	A	0–0	4,814
6 May 1983	Stockport County	A	2–0	5,516	Steel (2)
9 May 1983	Scunthorpe United	H	0–1	6,212
14 May 1983	Northampton Town	H	1–2	6,761	Newton (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 1982–83 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	20 November 1982	Bradford City	H	0–1	6,151

League Cup

Main article: 1982–83 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	30 August 1982	Rochdale	H	1–0	2,565	Moss
R1 2nd Leg	14 September 1982	Rochdale	A	0–2	1,546

Player statistics

Appearances

Pos.	Name	Football League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Barry Siddall	33	0	1	0	2	0	36	0
GK	Neville Southall	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
GK	Neil McAdam	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
GK	Andy Poole	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Phil Sproson	42	4	1	0	2	0	45	4
DF	Wayne Cegielski	45	5	1	0	2	0	48	5
MF	Russell Bromage	46	2	1	0	2	0	49	2
MF	Terry Armstrong	42	7	1	0	2	0	45	7
MF	Colin Tartt	45	2	1	0	2	0	48	2
MF	Geoff Hunter	46	4	1	0	2	0	49	4
MF	Steve Waddington	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
MF	John Ridley	41	3	1	0	2	0	44	3
MF	Kevin Sheldon	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Mark Lawrence	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MF	Robbie Earle	8	1	0	0	1	0	9	1
MF	Steve Fox	34	3	1	0	0	0	35	3
FW	Neville Chamberlain	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
FW	Andy Shankland	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
FW	Ernie Moss	30	10	1	0	2	1	33	11
FW	Jimmy Greenhoff	15	2	1	0	1	0	17	2
FW	Mark Bright	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
FW	Jim Steel	13	3	0	0	0	0	13	3
FW	Les Lawrence	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
FW	Bob Newton	41	20	1	0	0	0	42	20

Scorers

All competitions

Scorer	Goals
Bob Newton	20
Ernie Moss	11
Terry Armstrong	7
Wayne Cegielski	5
Phil Sproson	4
Geoff Hunter	4
John Ridley	3
Steve Fox
Jim Steel
Russell Bromage	2
Colin Tartt
Jimmy Greenhoff
Robbie Earle	1
Mark Bright	1

League

Scorer	Goals
Bob Newton	20
Ernie Moss	10
Terry Armstrong	7
Wayne Cegielski	5
Phil Sproson	4
Geoff Hunter	4
John Ridley	3
Steve Fox
Jim Steel
Russell Bromage	2
Colin Tartt
Jimmy Greenhoff
Robbie Earle	1
Mark Bright	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1982	MF	Robbie Earle	Stoke City	Free transfer	^[3]
July 1982	DF	Wayne Cegielski	Wrexham	Free transfer	^[3]
July 1982	FW	Les Lawrence	Torquay United	Free transfer	^[3]
July 1982	MF	John Ridley	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[3]
July 1982	MF	Steve Waddington	Walsall	Free transfer	^[3]
August 1982	GK	Neil McAdam	Northwich Victoria	Free transfer	^[3]
August 1982	GK	Barry Siddall	Sunderland	Free transfer	^[3]
September 1982	FW	Bob Newton	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[3]
March 1983	GK	Andy Poole	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[3]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
September 1982	FW	Neville Chamberlain	Stoke City	£40,000	^[3]
October 1982	MF	Steve Fox	Wrexham	Free transfer	^[3]
March 1983	FW	Jimmy Greenhoff	Rochdale	Free transfer	^[3]
March 1983	FW	Ernie Moss	Lincoln City	£1,500	^[3]
March 1983	GK	Andy Poole	Gillingham	Free transfer	^[3]
March 1983	FW	Jim Steel	Oldham Athletic	£10,000	^[3]
May 1983	GK	Neil McAdam	Oswestry Town	Free transfer	^[3]
July 1983	FW	Les Lawrence	Aldershot	Free transfer	^[3]
July 1983	MF	Steve Waddington	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[3]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
August 1982	MF	Kevin Sheldon	Wigan Athletic	September 1982	^[3]
January 1983	GK	Neville Southall	Everton	February 1983	^[3]
March 1983	MF	Mark Lawrence	Hartlepool United	May 1983	^[3]

References

Specific

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Kent, Jeff (1990). "From Rags to Riches (1979–1990)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 258–290. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.
↑ Port Vale 1982–1983 : Results & Fixtures. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

General

Kent, Jeff (1993). The Port Vale Record 1879-1993. Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-9-8.

Port Vale F.C. seasons

1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 99–1900

1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

Port Vale Football Club

History Managers Records Seasons

Grounds	Athletic Ground Old Recreation Ground Vale Park

Players	25+ appearances <25 appearances Player of the Year Winners

Matches	1989 Play-off Final 1993 League Trophy Final 1993 Play-off Final 1996 Anglo-Italian Final 2001 League Trophy Final Potteries derby

1982–83 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Sheffield United Southend United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bristol City Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wimbledon York City

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