1954–55 Port Vale F.C. season
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The 1954–55 season was Port Vale's 43rd season of football in the English Football League, and their first season (thirtieth overall) back in the Second Division following their promotion from the Third Division North.[1] The club adapted well to their first second tier campaign since 1935–36, finishing in seventeenth place.
1954–55 season | ||
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Chairman | Fred Burgess | |
Manager | Freddie Steele | |
Stadium | Vale Park | |
Football League Second Division | 17th (35 Points) | |
FA Cup | Fourth Round (knocked out by Tottenham Hotspur) | |
Top goalscorer | League: Cyril Done (13) All: Cyril Done (13) | |
Highest home attendance | 40,066 vs. Stoke City, 25 April 1955 | |
Lowest home attendance | 11,963 vs. West Ham United, 10 January 1955 | |
Average home league attendance | 20,869 | |
Biggest win | 4–0 vs. Fulham, 27 December 1954 | |
Biggest defeat | 1–7 vs. Swansea Town, 16 September 1954 | |
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The season saw two club attendance records broken, with a highest average home attendance of 20,708 and the highest Football League attendance at Vale Park, when on 25 April 40,066 turned up for their encounter against Stoke City. It was the first season the two rival clubs met in the same league since 1932–33.