2020–21 Port Vale F.C. season

The 2020–21 Port Vale F.C. season is the club'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.

Port Vale
2020–21 season
OwnerSynsol Holdings Limited
ChairpersonCarol Shanahan
ManagerJohn Askey
StadiumVale Park

Overview

EFL League Two

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7][8][9]

Results

Pre-season

15 August 2020 FriendlyPort Vale1–2BlackpoolBurslem
15:00 BST Burgess  51' Report Kaikai  43'
Anderson  54'
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0

EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Mansfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Port Vale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Scunthorpe United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Southend United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. 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[10]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos. # Name EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF David Amoo 0000000000
DF Shaun Brisley 0000000000
GK Scott Brown 0000000000
MF Rhys Browne 0000000000
MF Scott Burgess 0000000000
DF Ryan Campbell-Gordon 0000000000
MF Tom Conlon 0000000000
DF Adam Crookes 0000000000
FW Mark Cullen 0000000000
DF James Gibbons 0000000000
MF Alex Hurst 0000000000
MF Luke Joyce 0000000000
DF Zak Mills 0000000000
FW Devante Rodney 0000000000
MF Cristian Montaño 0000000000
MF Manny Oyeleke 0000000000
FW Tom Pope 0000000000
FW Devante Rodney 0000000000
DF Nathan Smith 0000000000
MF Daniel Trickett-Smith 0000000000
MF Danny Whitehead 0000000000
MF David Worrall 0000000000

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
7 July 2020CFDevante RodneySalford CityFree transfer[1]
16 July 2020RBZak MillsOldham AthleticFree transfer[2]
3 August 2020CMDanny WhiteheadSalford CityFree transfer[4]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020CFJordan McFarlane-ArcherReleased[11]
1 July 2020CMWill AtkinsonReleased[11]
1 July 2020DMCallum EvansBath CityReleased[11][12]
1 July 2020CBKieran KennedyYork CityReleased[11][13]
1 July 2020AMRyan LloydReleased[11]
1 July 2020GKJonny MaddisonReleased[11]
5 August 2020FWMaxwell ChimenesNewcastle TownFree transfer[14]

References

  1. Baggaley, Michael (7 July 2020). "Port Vale sign former Salford and Man City youth striker Devante Rodney". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Zak Mills: Port Vale sign former Oldham Athletic defender after his release by Latics". BBC Sport. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. Baggaley, Michael (24 July 2020). "Port Vale's Tom Pope given six-game FA ban and fine for Twitter comments". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. "Danny Whitehead: Port Vale sign former Salford City midfielder". BBC Sport. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. Baggaley, Michael (7 August 2020). "Port Vale reveal new 2020/21 home kit in collaboration with Robbie Williams". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. Fielding, Rob (15 August 2020). "Port Vale take Macclesfield Town defender on trial". OneValeFan. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  7. Smith, Peter (11 August 2020). "Port Vale boss looking forward to giving trial players run out in friendlies". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. Curtis, Leigh (14 August 2020). "Port Vale showing interest in Nottingham Forest striker". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. Fielding, Rob (14 August 2020). "Manager reveals identities of two more trialists training with Port Vale". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  11. "2019/2020 Retained List". Port Vale F.C. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  12. "Player News - Callum Evans". Bath City FC. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  13. "York City sign defender Kieran Kennedy as rebuild continues". York Press. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  14. "Chimenes Joins Newcastle". Northern Premier League. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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