1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season
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The 1955–56 season was Port Vale's 44th season of football in the English Football League, and their second-successive season (thirty-first overall) in the Second Division.[1] Gaining ten points on their previous season's total, the club progressed well, achieving their best finish since 1933–34. Finishing one place above rivals Stoke City, it was the first time they outperformed Stoke since 1930–31. Part of the promotion-chasing pack at the season's end, they tailed off with four points from six games as Leeds United finished strongly to end up second. Vale's season was built on the defensive strength of the legendary 1953–54 season, along with record-signing England international Eddie Baily.
1955–56 season | ||
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Chairman | Fred Burgess | |
Manager | Freddie Steele | |
Stadium | Vale Park | |
Football League Second Division | 12th (45 Points) | |
FA Cup | Fourth Round (knocked out by Everton) | |
Top goalscorer | League: Cyril Done, Len Stephenson (12 each) All: Len Stephenson (14) | |
Highest home attendance | 44,278 vs. Everton, 28 January 1956 | |
Lowest home attendance | 11,781 vs. Middlesbrough, 28 April 1956 | |
Average home league attendance | 18,985 | |
Biggest win | 3–0 and 4–1 | |
Biggest defeat | 1–7 vs. Blackburn Rovers, 12 November 1955 | |
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