1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season
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The 1926–27 season was Port Vale's eighth consecutive season of football (21st overall) in the English Football League.[1] Vale finished in eighth position for the third season running, obtaining 45 points, this time coming nine points off promotion to the top tier in English football. For the first time in the club's history, they played in a league above rivals Stoke City. Wilf Kirkham broke a club record by scoring 38 league goals, and 41 goals in all competitions.[1] He scored six braces, four hat-tricks, and also scored four goals in one game.
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1926–27 season | ||
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Chairman | Frank Huntbach | |
Manager | Joe Schofield | |
Stadium | The Old Recreation Ground | |
Football League Second Division | 8th (45 Points) | |
FA Cup | Fourth Round (knocked out by Arsenal) | |
North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup | Runners-up (knocked out by Stoke) | |
Top goalscorer | League: Wilf Kirkham (38) All: Wilf Kirkham (41) | |
Highest home attendance | 21,056 vs. Middlesbrough, 15 April 1927 | |
Lowest home attendance | 5,327 vs. Grimsby Town, 20 November 1926 | |
Average home league attendance | 10,736 | |
Biggest win | 7–1 vs. Fulham, 2 April 1927 | |
Biggest defeat | 0–5 vs. Stoke, 5 May 1927 | |
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