2022–23 Port Vale F.C. season

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Port Vale
2022–23 season
OwnerSynsol Holdings Limited
ChairCarol Shanahan
ManagerDarrell Clarke
(until 17 April)[1]
Andy Crosby
(interim from 17 April)[1]
StadiumVale Park
League One18th (49 points)
FA CupFirst round
(knocked out by Exeter City)
EFL CupFirst round
(knocked out by Rotherham United)
EFL TrophyRound of 16
(knocked out by Salford City)
Player of the YearNathan Smith
Top goalscorerLeague: Ellis Harrison (11)
All: Ellis Harrison (11)
Highest home attendance11,336 vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 1 October 2022
Lowest home attendance1,090 vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers U21, 18 October 2022
Average home league attendance7,681
Biggest win4–0 vs. Shrewsbury Town, 20 September 2022
Biggest defeat0–4 (twice)

The 2022–23 season was Port Vale's 111th season in the English Football League, and first season back in EFL League One following promotion out of EFL League Two with victory in the 2022 EFL League Two play-off final. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

In a compacted pre-season, the club signed seven players permanently and brought in a further six on loan, whilst six first-team players were moved on. Having won their opening game on 30 July, Vale picked up four points from five games in August, whilst they exited the EFL Cup in the first round. Summer signing Ellis Harrison soon found his form though, scoring five goals from seven league games, whilst the Vale qualified for the knock-out stages of the EFL Trophy with one group game to spare. Despite facing a difficult run of fixtures in October, they picked up ten points to firmly establish themselves in mid-table. They added four points from four league games in November and also advanced into the Round of 16 of the EFL Trophy. Vale ended 2022 in ninth place, though were knocked out of the EFL Trophy by Salford City.

Port Vale had a quiet January transfer window, with two loan signings coming and three senior players outgoing permanently. They went on to pick up just four points from seven league games in February but stabilised in March as attacking talent came back to fitness. However, one point from four games saw manager Darrell Clarke sacked on 17 April, with assistant manager Andy Crosby given the task of keeping the club out of the relegation zone as interim manager. The club's final total of 49 points was enough to secure an eighteenth-place finish, four points above the relegation zone, and Crosby was given the job permanently.

Manager Darrell Clarke was sacked on 17 April.
Andy Crosby stepped in as interim manager for the final four games.
Top scorer Ellis Harrison hit 11 goals.
Nathan Smith played 45 of the club's 46 league games.
Gavin Massey played 47 games.

Overview[edit]

EFL League One[edit]

Having achieved promotion out of EFL League Two via the play-offs, the Port Vale squad had a shorter summer break than most other EFL League One clubs as their final game was on 28 May rather than 30 April. As a result, the director of football David Flitcroft said that players would be having a phased return to training, with players who featured in more games taking longer to report back for the pre-season training camp in Spain.[2] The first summer signing was Lewis Cass, who had played for the club on loan from Newcastle United in the 2021–22 season.[3] Seeking experienced League One players, the club signed Belgian midfielder Funso Ojo following his release from Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.[4] Meanwhile Aaron Martin and Jake Taylor were sold on, to Eastleigh and Morecambe respectively.[5][6] The club brought in number of signings in the last week of July: 20-year-old former Watford defender Derek Agyakwa (who had been at the club on trial), 21-year-old former Stoke City defender Will Forrester, 29-year-old former Wigan Athletic attacker Gavin Massey, and 17-year-old Southampton loanee defender Thierry Small.[7][8][9][10] Rory Holden, a 24-year-old midfielder who had played under Clarke at Walsall, was also signed after spending pre-season with the club.[11] Vale opened the season at Vale Park with a 2–1 win over Fleetwood Town; centre-backs Nathan Smith and Connor Hall scored within two minutes of each other complete a comeback victory after Daniel Batty opened the scoring on six minutes.[12]

Having won on the opening day, Vale then fell to a heavy 4–0 defeat at fellow newly promoted side Exeter City, with Jamie Proctor having to make do with 17-year-old attacking midfielder Tommy McDermott as a strike partner amid a shortage of specialist forwards on the books.[13] One specialist forward was signed on 11 August, Welshman Ellis Harrison arrived for an undisclosed fee from Fleetwood Town, having previously won two promotions under Clarke at Bristol Rovers.[14] Goalkeeper Jack Stevens also arrived on a season-long loan from Oxford United.[15] Both signings made their debuts in an entertaining 0–0 home draw with Bolton Wanderers, in which the away side were reduced to ten men after Ricardo Santos was sent off on 37 minutes.[16] Vale went on to lose 2–1 away at Milton Keynes Dons, where a brace from Bradley Johnson gave the hosts their first points of the campaign, and after the match Clarke defended his decision to rotate the squad to rest players.[17] Vale went on to pick up their first away win of the campaign at struggling Burton Albion, winning 2–0 after Ben Garrity and Ellis Harrison scored second-half goals.[18] However, they ended August with a 1–0 home defeat to Portsmouth.[19] As the transfer window drew to a close, the club signed 19-year-old Irish striker Mipo Odubeko on a season-long loan from West Ham United.[20] The club made three further loan signings on transfer deadline day: 22-year-old Blackburn Rovers striker Danny Butterworth, 22-year-old Cremonese winger Dennis Politic, and 21-year-old winger Stoke City winger Liam McCarron; Politic had impressed on loan at the club the previous summer, whilst McCarron became the first Stoke player to be loaned directly to Vale since March 1978 in what was heralded as a "new era" between the two Potteries derby rivals.[21][22][23] Chris Hussey also had his contract terminated and signed with Stockport County.[24]

On 3 September, Vale conceded a stoppage-time equaliser at home to Cheltenham Town after having come from behind to lead 2–1 at half-time.[25] Ten days later, Vale came from behind thanks to a late Harrison header to draw 1–1 at Barnsley; Stevens received praise for his performance after making several good saves.[26] Two goals from Harrison earned the Vale a 2–1 victory at home to Shrewsbury Town, taking his tally to five goals in seven games.[27] However, Vale then slipped to a 3–0 defeat at Peterborough United, where Jonson Clarke-Harris scored a brace.[28]

A crowd of 11,336 turned out to witness a 1–0 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on 1 October, with Will Vaulks's "thunderbolt from distance" separating the two teams.[29] Seven days later, a crowd of 28,706 came to Pride Park Stadium to witness the Vale come from behind to beat Derby County 2–1 despite Tom Conlon missing a penalty; the referee awarded Vale another penalty in the second half, which Ellis Harrison converted, and after Derby goalscorer James Collins was sent off for an elbow on Smith, James Wilson scored his first goal of the campaign to win the game on 66 minutes.[30] The attendance for this game was the biggest league crowd to witness a Vale match since 1998 and the largest to witness a Vale victory since 1955.[31] The penalties were the first Port Vale were awarded in 73 competitive games, the longest known streak at the time.[32] Ellis Harrison convered another penalty the next game as Vale came from two goals down to draw 2–2 at home to Forest Green Rovers.[33] They went on to pick up three points away at Cambridge United courtesy of an own goal eleven minutes from full-time.[34] Vale lost 3–2 at home to Ipswich Town despite coming from two goals down to level the scorelines with goals either side of the half-time whistle.[35] Vale beat Lincoln City 1–0, with Danny Butterworth scoring his first goal for the club, and after the match assistant manager Andy Crosby praised the squad and said that: "following six games in the month, to pick up ten points against the calibre of opponents we have played has made it a really good month".[36]

Vale opened November with a 2–2 draw at Wycombe Wanderers, having twice come from a goal down to secure a point with goals from James Wilson and Tom Conlon.[37] Billy Bodin and Matty Taylor – who had both played for Darrell Clarke at Bristol Rovers – scored braces to condemn Vale to a 4–0 defeat at Oxford United.[38] Clarke said that the match showed that the club still had to go "a long way to be an established League One team".[39] Playing on the day before the 2022 FIFA World Cup started, Vale recorded a 1–0 home win over Charlton Athletic, with Danny Butterworth scoring the only goal of the game with what the club website described as "a beautiful second half solo goal".[40] However, Charlton manager Ben Garner labelled Vale as "anti football" and a team with "no ambition for them to go and really attack and take the game to you".[41]

More than 400 Vale fans travelled down to witness a 2–0 victory against league leaders Plymouth Argyle on the Friday night of 2 December, with James Wilson being credited for both goals on the club website despite Tom Conlon initially being credited by news outlets for the opening goal of the game.[42] Vale's three-match winning run came to an end with a 1–0 defeat at Bristol Rovers, where Aaron Collins won the match on 87 minutes.[43] They beat Morecambe 1–0 at home in the boxing day fixture, with Gavin Massey scoring the only goal of the game with a "fantastic long-range strike" on 41 minutes.[44] The year ended with a 2–0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday, with Michael Smith scoring a first-half penalty and a curved strike from outside the box in the second half;[45] the away support of 3,139 was the Vale's largest league away following since February 2002.[46]

The new year began with a 3–1 comeback victory at Forest Green Rovers, as late goals from Mipo Odubeko, Ellis Harrison and Dennis Politic secured three points after Vale spent 84 minutes of the match a goal down.[47] The first piece of January transfer window business was a departure, as Connor Hall was sold to Colchester United as he required a club closer to his Cambridgeshire home.[48] Also leaving was central midfielder Brad Walker, who was sold on to Tranmere Rovers for an undisclosed fee.[49] Sky Sports moved the home with game with Peterborough United to a freezing cold Monday night on 16 January, where a second-half brace from Ephron Mason-Clark secured an away victory for newly appointed opposition manager Darren Ferguson.[50] The following day, Harry Charsley's departure to League Two side Newport County was confirmed; similarly to Walker, he had struggled for gametime in central midfield.[51] The first arrival of the window was 19-year-old left-back Aaron Donnelly, who joined on loan from Nottingham Forest on 23 January.[52] He was an unused substitute as the Vale were beaten 2–1 at home by Derby County the following day, where a goal from Ojo early in the second-half goal seemed to have won all three points for the Valiants, only for Derby to turn the game around with two goals in the space of two minutes starting with David McGoldrick's strike with just three minutes left of the ninety to play.[53] Donnelly instead made his debut in a goalless draw at Cheltenham Town.[54] On transfer deadline day, Tommy McDermott and James Plant were loaned out to Salisbury, whilst prolific 32-year-old striker Matty Taylor joined on loan from Oxford United.[55][56] Clarke later admitted the club "regressed" in the transfer window.[57]

A poor performance meant that the Vale opened February with a 3–0 home defeat to Wycombe Wanderers.[58] A frustrating 1–1 draw with Accrington Stanley followed, David Worrall's 57th-minute strike cancelling out Accrington's penalty after Ojo was penalised for a foul on Aaron Pressley, who converted the spot-kick; however, late in the game Butterworth missed a penalty which had been awarded to the Vale after Harvey Rodgers was sent off for using his hand to divert a header from Garrity off the goal line.[59] A 3–2 defeat at Shrewsbury Town followed, which Clarke shouldered the blame for after admitting to picking the wrong starting eleven which left the side vulnerable to set-pieces.[60] A 3–1 home defeat by Barnsley followed, with the visitors taking the lead within 60 seconds of the kick-off.[61] A seven-game run without a win came to an end with a 1–0 home victory over Exeter City, with Forrester scoring the only goal of the game one minute after the visitors were reduced to ten men.[62] This was followed by a 1–0 defeat at Morecambe in a game where Vale were much the better side.[63] They played well at Bolton Wanderers, scoring first through Harrison, but lost the game 2–1 after the home side scored twice within nine first-half minutes.[64]

Donnelly scored his first career goal to secure a 1–0 home victory over Milton Keynes Dons.[65] Vale then picked up a point on the road with a 1–1 draw at Fleetwood Town with Taylor opening his account for the club, before Jack Marriott equalised on 84 minutes.[66] On 18 March, Harrison opened the scoring at home to Burton in the opening two minutes, but a collapse in team performance saw the struggling away side come back to win 3–2.[67] They held a two goals lead at Portsmouth on 25 March, with Stone saving a penalty, though another penalty was given away in the second half as Vale ultimately surrendered their lead and finished with a 2–2 draw.[68]

April began with a poor defeat at home to Cambridge United after Sam Smith and Lloyd Jones scored for the visitors just after half-time.[69] Speaking after the match, Clarke said "I am angry, frustrated and disappointed" and reminded his players that many were playing for their futures at the club for the remainder of the campaign.[70] This was followed by a 3–0 defeat at another relegation-threatened club in Accrington Stanley on Good Friday, where Stevens dropped the ball into his own net and Ojo was sent off in stoppage-time for violent conduct – the first red card of Vale's season.[71] A 0–0 home draw with relegation-threatened Oxford United ended the losing streak, though Politic was sent off in the closing stages for violent conduct.[72] Two further red cards came Vale's way in a 3–2 defeat at Lincoln City, Conlon being the first one following a chaotic seven minute period around the half an hour mark where Vale came from a goal down to lead 2–1 against ten-men after Lincoln goalkeeper Carl Rushworth was sent off in the process of giving away a penalty, however, Lincoln won the match on 87 minutes after substitute Sammy Robinson was sent off for the visitors for a second bookable offence;[73] Conlon's red card was rescinded on appeal.[74] Clarke was sacked on 17 April and assistant manager Andy Crosby was installed as interim manager until the end of the season.[1] Crosby's first game in charge was a spirited 2–1 defeat at promotion-chasing Ipswich Town, with Nathan Broadhead's second half brace cancelling out Benning's opener.[75] A 2–0 home win over Bristol Rovers all but secured safety from relegation, with Ellis Harrison and Tom Pett scoring midway through the first half – Harrison's overhead kick was later voted as the club's goal of the season.[76][77] Safety was confirmed despite a 3–2 defeat at Charlton Athletic as other results went in Vale's favour; Plant scored his first goal in the EFL, whilst Taylor grabbed a consolation goal deep into injury time.[78]

Speaking in May, Funso Ojo admitted that many of the squad lost focus after losing Connor Hall in the January transfer window and sensing there was nothing to play for, leading to momentum turning against the club and a run of poor results.[79] Plymouth Argyle secured the League One title with a 3–1 win at Vale Park on the final day of the season.[80] Nathan Smith was named as the club's Player of the Year.[81] The club released six players at the end of the season: Agyakwa, Lucas Covolan, Holden, Pett, Proctor and Robinson.[82] Crosby was given the management job on a permanent basis.[83] Wilson was the first of the out of contract players that were offered a contract to confirm his departure from the club.[84] Worrall confirmed that he would be leaving to join Barrow on a two-year deal.[85]

Finances[edit]

Port Vale received around £500,000 more from central payments from the Premier League and English Football League (EFL) as a League One club than they received in League Two.[86] However, £1.2 million was spent on improving Vale Park and making it a Championship standard ground.[87] The club sold over 21,000 replica kits, with designer Patrick Shanahan going for a traditional look to the home kit and basing the away kit on the 1991–92 Kalamazoo kit.[88] In January, the club stated that crowds of 10,000 would be needed to support the management in building a promotion winning team as the ownership decided to show "restraint" in the transfer window.[89][90] Chief executive and club secretary, Colin Garlick, left the club in April 2023 after six-and-a-half-years at the club.[91] Club chair Carol Shanahan announced a shake-up of the club's management behind the scenes, stating that "anything that touches the ball is Dave Flitcroft. So, the first team, the academy and also the pitch, the groundstaff will work for Dave".[92] Plans were also announced for a new scoreboard and vital improvements to the Vale Park pitch drainage system.[93][94] Speaking after the club accounts were published in April, football finance commentator Kieran Maguire said that the club was losing roughly £1million a year and owed the Shanahan family more than £5.5million, and that such a situation was fairly standard in modern football.[95] When the club's accounts were published they showed a loss of £3.4 million over the season.[96]

Cup competitions[edit]

Port Vale had a home tie with Exeter City (League One) in the first round of the FA Cup and Clarke was disappointed to lose the game 3–2, saying that "the second half was nowhere near the standards we set".[97]

Vale were drawn at home to Rotherham United (Championship) in the first round of the EFL Cup and suffered a 2–1 defeat having trailed by two goals at half-time.[98] This was the 40th time Vale had been knocked out of the competition at the first round, more than any other club.[99]

In the EFL Trophy they were drawn into a group with Shrewsbury Town (League One), Stockport County (League Two), and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21.[100] They beat Stockport 1–0 in front of 1,980 spectators at Vale Park in a game that saw a senior debut for James Plant, a first club appearance for Mipo Odubeko and first club goal for Chris Hussey.[101] Having beaten Shrewsbury Town at home in the league three days earlier, Vale picked up a 4–0 victory at the New Meadow, with Dennis Politic claiming a hat-trick and Jack Shorrock becoming the youngest player in the club's history at 15 years and 145 days old.[102] First place in the group was confirmed with a 2–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers U21, where Derek Agyakwa and Rhys Walters made their first-team debuts.[103] They advanced into the Round of 16 with a 2–1 home win over Barnsley (League One) thanks to first-half goals from Dennis Politic and David Worrall.[104] However, a disappointing 1–0 defeat at Salford City (League Two) concluded Vale's cup campaigns.[105]

Results[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

7 July 2022 Friendly Kidsgrove Athletic 3–0 Port Vale Kidsgrove
19:30 BST 49'
54'
73'		 Report Stadium: Hollinwood Road
13 July 2022 Friendly Port Vale 1–0 Dundee United Spain
14:00 BST McDermott 48' Report
23 July 2022 Friendly Rochdale 2–3 Port Vale Spotland
15:00 BST Keohane 11'
Henderson 16'		 Report Proctor 18' (pen.), 53'
Ojo 57'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium

League One[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League One

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 −22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 −16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 −15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 −23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 −7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 −27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons (R) 46 11 12 23 44 66 −22 45 Relegation to EFL League Two
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[106]
(R) Relegated

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 10 23 48 71  −23 49 8 5 10 23 30  −7 5 5 13 25 41  −16

Last updated: 7 May 2023.
Source: The Fishy

Results by matchday[edit]

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ResultWLDLWLDDWLLWDWLWDLWWLWLWLLDLDLLWLLWDLDLLDLLWLL
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Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2023. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 July 2022 1 Port Vale 2–1 Fleetwood Town Burslem
15:00 BST Smith 30'
Hall 32'		 Report Batty 6' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 8,109
Referee: Peter Wright
6 August 2022 2 Exeter City 4–0 Port Vale Exeter
15:00 BST Kite 24'
Brown 38' (pen.), 72'
Nombe 75'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Charles Breakspear
13 August 2022 3 Port Vale 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Burslem
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 10,277
Referee: Ross Joyce
16 August 2022 4 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Port Vale Milton Keynes
19:45 BST Johnson 34', 85' Report Harrison 90+3' Stadium: Stadium:mk
Attendance: 7,041
Referee: Tom Nield
20 August 2022 5 Burton Albion 0–2 Port Vale Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST Report Garrity 49'
Harrison 90+1'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,744
Referee: Andy Haines
27 August 2022 6 Port Vale 0–1 Portsmouth Burslem
15:00 BST Report Scarlett 25' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 8,878
Referee: Craig Hicks
3 September 2022 7 Port Vale 2–2 Cheltenham Town Burslem
15:00 BST Odubeko 37'
Forrester 40'		 Report Nlundulu 24'
Brown 90+2'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,949
Referee: Rebecca Welch
10 September 2022 Wycombe Wanderers Postponed Port Vale High Wycombe
15:00 BST Stadium: Adams Park
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[107]
13 September 2022 8 Barnsley 1–1 Port Vale Barnsley
19:45 BST Kitching 43' Report Harrison 83' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,552
Referee: Thomas Parsons
17 September 2022 9 Port Vale 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Burslem
15:00 BST Harrison 9', 90+1' Report Saydee 19' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,403
Referee: Ben Speedie
24 September 2022 10 Peterborough United 3–0 Port Vale Peterborough
15:00 BST Clarke-Harris 26', 36'
Ward 73'		 Report Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 7,235
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
1 October 2022 11 Port Vale 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Burslem
15:00 BST Report Vaulks 63' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 11,336
Referee: Christopher Pollard
8 October 2022 12 Derby County 1–2 Port Vale Derby
15:00 BST Collins 5' Report Harrison 55' (pen.)
Wilson 66'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 28,706
Referee: Sam Allison
15 October 2022 13 Port Vale 2–2 Forest Green Rovers Burslem
15:00 BST Odubeko 78'
Harrison 88' (pen.)		 Report Peart-Harris 14'
Cargill 37'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,092
Referee: Martin Woods
22 October 2022 14 Cambridge United 0–1 Port Vale Cambridge
15:00 BST Report Digby 79' (o.g.) Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,218
Referee: Thomas Kirk
25 October 2022 15 Port Vale 2–3 Ipswich Town Burslem
19:45 BST Massey 45+6'
Smith 47'		 Report Ladapo 34', 51'
Humphreys 38'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,928
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
29 October 2022 16 Port Vale 1–0 Lincoln City Burslem
15:00 BST Butterworth 68' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,294
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
1 November 2022 17 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Port Vale High Wycombe
15:00 BST Mehmeti 4'
Wing 61'		 Report Wilson 45+7'
Conlon 77'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,192
Referee: Robert Lewis
Note: Fixture was rescheduled from 10 September 2022.
12 November 2022 18 Oxford United 4–0 Port Vale Oxford
15:00 GMT Bodin 10', 62'
Taylor 27', 66'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 8,198
Referee: David Rock
19 November 2022 19 Port Vale 1–0 Charlton Athletic Burslem
15:00 GMT Butterworth 57' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,604
Referee: Samuel Barrott
2 December 2022 20 Plymouth Argyle 0–2 Port Vale Plymouth
19:45 GMT Report Wilson 65', 71' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,633
Referee: John Busby
10 December 2022 21 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Port Vale Bristol
15:00 GMT Collins 87' Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,264
Referee: Carl Brook
13 December 2022 Port Vale Postponed Accrington Stanley Burslem
15:00 GMT Stadium: Vale Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch at Vale Park.[108]
26 December 2022 22 Port Vale 1–0 Morecambe Burslem
15:00 GMT Massey 40' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,867
Referee: Simon Mather
29 December 2022 23 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Port Vale Sheffield
19:45 GMT Smith 30', 70' (pen.) Report Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,021
Referee: Darren Drysdale
1 January 2023 24 Forest Green Rovers 1–3 Port Vale Nailsworth
15:00 GMT McAllister 2' Report Odubeko 86'
Harrison 90+8' (pen.)
Politic 90+12'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 3,041
Referee: Lee Swabey
16 January 2023 25 Port Vale 0–2 Peterborough United Burslem
20:00 GMT Report Mason-Clark 56', 64' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,109
Referee: Peter Wright
21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) Morecambe Postponed Port Vale Morecambe
15:00 GMT Stadium: Globe Arena
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[109]
24 January 2023 26 Port Vale 1–2 Derby County Burslem
19:45 GMT Ojo 56' Report McGoldrick 87'
Mendez-Laing 89'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 10,307
Referee: Ben Toner
28 January 2023 27 Cheltenham Town 0–0 Port Vale Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,929
Referee: Martin Coy
4 February 2023 28 Port Vale 0–3 Wycombe Wanderers Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Hanlan 13'
Jacobson 79' (pen.)
McCleary 82'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,237
Referee: Marc Edwards
7 February 2023 29 Port Vale 1–1 Accrington Stanley Burslem
19:45 GMT Worrall 57' Report Pressley 52' (pen.) Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,729
Referee: Ben Speedie
11 February 2023 30 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Port Vale Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Dunkley 27'
Leahy 33'
Phillips 43'		 Report Politic 13'
Proctor 52'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 8,502
Referee: Thomas Parsons
14 February 2023 31 Port Vale 1–3 Barnsley Burslem
19:45 GMT Smith 14' Report Connell 1'
Kitching 21'
Phillips 61'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,663
Referee: Samuel Barrott
18 February 2023 32 Port Vale 1–0 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 GMT Forrester 60' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,209
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
21 February 2023 (2023-02-21) 33 Morecambe 1–0 Port Vale Morecambe
19:45 GMT Mayor 51' Report Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 4,360
Referee: Ross Joyce
25 February 2023 34 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Port Vale Horwich
15:00 GMT Adeboyejo 18'
Sheehan 27'		 Report Harrison 8' Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 19,857
Referee: Will Finnie
4 March 2023 35 Port Vale 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Burslem
15:00 GMT Donnelly 22' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,696
Referee: Darren Handley
11 March 2023 36 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Port Vale Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Marriott 83' Report Taylor 57' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 4,187
Referee: Paul Howard
18 March 2023 37 Port Vale 2–3 Burton Albion Burslem
15:00 GMT Harrison 2'
Proctor 80'		 Report Taylor 8', 67'
Smith 48' (pen.)		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,897
Referee: Sam Allison
25 March 2023 38 Portsmouth 2–2 Port Vale Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Bishop 67' (pen.)
Jacobs 70'		 Report Taylor 8'
Ojo 39'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,046
Referee: Neil Hair
1 April 2023 39 Port Vale 0–2 Cambridge United Burslem
15:00 BST Report Smith 48'
Jones 52'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,730
Referee: Tom Reeves
7 April 2023 40 Accrington Stanley 3–0 Port Vale Accrington
15:00 BST Stevens 31' (og.)
Rodgers 40'
Pressley 68' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,444
Referee: Andy Woolmer
10 April 2023 41 Port Vale 0–0 Oxford United Burslem
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,672
Referee: Martin Woods
15 April 2023 42 Lincoln City 3–2 Port Vale Lincoln
15:00 BST Sørensen 11'
House 42'
Jackson 87'		 Report Taylor 30' (pen.)
Butterworth 33'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 8,290
Referee: David Rock
18 April 2023 43 Ipswich Town 2–1 Port Vale Ipswich
19:45 BST Broadhead 53', 84' (pen.) Report Benning 45+2' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 27,696
Referee: Robert Lewis
22 April 2023 44 Port Vale 2–0 Bristol Rovers Burslem
15:00 BST Harrison 22'
Pett 29'		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,669
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
29 April 2023 45 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Port Vale Charlton, London
15:00 BST Campbell 14'
Rak-Sakyi 58'
Leaburn 77'		 Report Plant 62'
Taylor 90+7'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,314
Referee: Carl Brook
6 May 2023 46 Port Vale 1–3 Plymouth Argyle Burslem
15:00 BST Plant 3'
Report Randell 34'
Edwards 38'
Azaz 61'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 11,998
Referee: Simon Mather

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup
5 November 2022 First round Port Vale 2–3 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 GMT Politic 25'
Butterworth 87'		 Report Brown 43', 66'
Collins 89'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,807
Referee: Simon Mather

EFL Cup[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup
10 August 2022 First round Port Vale 1–2 Rotherham United Burslem
19:45 BST Benning 81' Report Rathbone 8'
Ogbene 45+4'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,094
Referee: Bobby Madden

EFL Trophy[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Port Vale 3 3 0 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 3 2 0 0 1 4 4 0 6
3 L2 Stockport County 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4 L1 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: EFL.com
30 August 2022 Group stage Port Vale 1–0 Stockport County Burslem
19:30 BST Hussey 64' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,980
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
20 September 2022 Group stage Shrewsbury Town 0–4 Port Vale Shrewsbury
19:00 BST Report Politic 15', 56', 57'
Walker 74'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 1,635
Referee: Ben Toner
18 October 2022 Group stage Port Vale 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Burslem
19:30 BST Benning 80'
Odubeko 87'		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,090
Referee: Scott Oldham
22 November 2022 Round of 32 Port Vale 2–1 Barnsley Burslem
19:00 GMT Politic 14'
Worrall 27'		 Report Edwards 73' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Lewis Smith
13 December 2022 Salford City Postponed Port Vale Salford
19:30 GMT Stadium: Moor Lane
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a part-frozen pitch at Moor Lane.[110]
20 December 2022 Round of 16 Salford City 1–0 Port Vale Salford
19:30 GMT Smith 10' Report Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 743
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
The team's form suffered greatly after Connor Hall departed in January.
Club captain Tom Conlon.
Club chairperson Carol Shanahan.

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Pos. # Name EFL League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK 1 England Aidan Stone 20 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 26 0
DF 2 England Lewis Cass 19 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 24 0
DF 3 England Dan Jones 25 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 30 0
DF 5 Northern Ireland Aaron Donnelly 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
DF 6 England Nathan Smith 45 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 49 3
MF 7 England David Worrall 39 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 44 2
MF 8 England Ben Garrity 34 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 37 1
FW 9 England James Wilson 25 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 4
MF 10 England Tom Conlon 37 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 42 1
DF 11 England Mal Benning 39 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 44 3
FW 13 England Jamie Proctor 20 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 2
MF 14 Belgium Funso Ojo 28 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 2
DF 15 England Will Forrester 35 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 38 2
MF 17 Northern Ireland Rory Holden 11 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 16 0
FW 19 England Gavin Massey 41 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 47 2
FW 20 England Matty Taylor 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4
FW 21 Republic of Ireland Mipo Odubeko 22 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 27 4
FW 22 Wales Ellis Harrison 33 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 34 11
MF 23 England Tom Pett 30 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 36 1
DF 24 Netherlands Derek Agyakwa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
GK 25 England Jack Stevens 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 0
FW 26 England Danny Butterworth 31 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 34 4
DF 27 England Sammy Robinson 22 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 27 0
MF 28 England Tommy McDermott 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
MF 29 England James Plant 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 2
MF 30 Scotland Liam McCarron 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
MF 31 England Jack Shorrock 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF 32 England Rhys Walters 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF 33 Romania Dennis Politic 24 2 1 1 0 0 4 4 29 7
MF 34 Portugal Joao Silva Pevide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Brazil Lucas Covolan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players that left the club mid-season:
MF 4 England Brad Walker 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 10 1
DF 5 England Connor Hall 20 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 25 1
DF 16 England Chris Hussey 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
DF 18 England Thierry Small 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 0
MF 20 Republic of Ireland Harry Charsley 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 0

Top scorers[edit]

Place Position Nation Number Name EFL League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 FW  Wales 22 Ellis Harrison 11 0 0 0 11
2 MF  Romania 33 Dennis Politic 2 1 0 4 7
3 FW  England 26 Danny Butterworth 3 1 0 0 4
– FW  Ireland 21 Mipo Odubeko 3 0 0 1 4
– FW  England 20 Matty Taylor 4 0 0 0 4
– FW  England 9 James Wilson 4 0 0 0 4
7 DF  England 11 Mal Benning 1 0 1 1 3
– DF  England 6 Nathan Smith 3 0 0 0 3
9 DF  England 15 Will Forrester 2 0 0 0 2
– FW  England 19 Gavin Massey 2 0 0 0 2
– MF  Belgium 14 Funso Ojo 2 0 0 0 2
– MF  England 29 James Plant 2 0 0 0 2
– FW  England 13 Jamie Proctor 2 0 0 0 2
– MF  England 7 David Worrall 1 0 0 1 2
15 MF  England 10 Tom Conlon 1 0 0 0 1
– DF  Northern Ireland 5 Aaron Donnelly 1 0 0 0 1
– MF  England 8 Ben Garrity 1 0 0 0 1
– DF  England 5 Connor Hall 1 0 0 0 1
– DF  England 16 Chris Hussey 0 0 0 1 1
– MF  England 23 Tom Pett 1 0 0 0 1
– MF  England 4 Brad Walker 0 0 0 1 1
– – – – Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 48 2 1 9 60

Disciplinary record[edit]

Number Nation Position Name EFL League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
27  England DF Sammy Robinson 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1
33  Romania MF Dennis Politic 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
10  England MF Tom Conlon 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1[a]
14  Belgium MF Funso Ojo 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
19  England FW Gavin Massey 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
11  England DF Mal Benning 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
22  Wales FW Ellis Harrison 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
8  England MF Ben Garrity 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
3  England DF Dan Jones 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6  England DF Nathan Smith 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
23  England MF Tom Pett 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
15  England DF Will Forrester 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
26  England FW Danny Butterworth 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
28  England MF Tommy McDermott 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
13  England FW Jamie Proctor 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5  England DF Aaron Donnelly 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20  England FW Matty Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9  England FW James Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7  England MF David Worrall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24  Netherlands DF Derek Agyakwa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5  England DF Connor Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21  Ireland FW Mipo Odubeko 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29  England MF James Plant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25  England GK Jack Stevens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1  England GK Aidan Stone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 93 4 0 0 1 0 6 0 100 4
  1. ^ Tom Conlon's red card against Lincoln City on 15 April was rescinded on appeal.[74]

Sourced from Soccerway.[111]

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2022[a] CB England Lewis Cass Newcastle United Free transfer [3]
1 July 2022[b] CM Belgium Funso Ojo Scotland Aberdeen Free transfer [4]
25 July 2022 RW England Gavin Massey Wigan Athletic Free transfer [10]
26 July 2022 CB Netherlands Derek Agyakwa Watford Free transfer [7]
26 July 2022 CB England Will Forrester Stoke City Free transfer [8]
29 July 2022 CM Northern Ireland Rory Holden Walsall Free transfer [11]
11 August 2022 CF Wales Ellis Harrison Fleetwood Town Undisclosed [14]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 11 June, and would become official on 1 July, when his Newcastle United contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on 1 July, when his Aberdeen contract expired

Transfers out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
8 July 2022 CB England Aaron Martin Eastleigh Undisclosed [5]
8 July 2022 CM England Jake Taylor Morecambe Undisclosed [6]
1 September 2022 LB England Chris Hussey Stockport County Contract terminated [24]
7 January 2023 CB England Connor Hall Colchester United Undisclosed [48]
11 January 2023 FW Wales Tyrone Cadeau Matlock Town Free transfer [112]
12 January 2023 DM England Brad Walker Tranmere Rovers Undisclosed [49]
17 January 2023 CM Republic of Ireland Harry Charsley Newport County Mutual consent [51]
23 June 2023 GK England Aidan Stone Notts County Free Transfer [113]
30 June 2023 CB Netherlands Derek Agyakwa Released [82]
30 June 2023 GK Brazil Lucas Covolan Maidstone United Released [82][114]
30 June 2023 CM Northern Ireland Rory Holden Wales The New Saints Released [82][115]
30 June 2023 LM England Tom Pett Cheltenham Town Released [82][116]
30 June 2023 CF England Jamie Proctor Barrow Released [82][117]
30 June 2023 RB England Sammy Robinson Kidderminster Harriers Released [82][118]
30 June 2023 RM England David Worrall Barrow Rejected contract [85]

Loans in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
26 July 2022 LB England Thierry Small Southampton 11 November 2022[a] [9]
11 August 2022 GK England Jack Stevens Oxford United End of season [15]
26 August 2022 CF Republic of Ireland Mipo Odubeko West Ham United End of season [20]
1 September 2022 CF England Danny Butterworth Blackburn Rovers End of season [21]
1 September 2022 LW Romania Dennis Politic Italy Cremonese End of season [21]
1 September 2022 LW Scotland Liam McCarron Stoke City End of season [22]
23 January 2023 LB Northern Ireland Aaron Donnelly Nottingham Forest End of season [52]
31 January 2023 CF England Matty Taylor Oxford United End of season [56]
  1. ^ On 11 November, Small was recalled back early by his parent club Southampton.[119]

Loans out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
5 July 2022 GK Brazil Lucas Covolan Chesterfield End of season [120]
13 September 2022 CB Netherlands Derek Agyakwa Chorley 13 October 2022 [121]
24 September 2022 LW England James Plant Nantwich Town 24 October 2022 [122]
31 January 2023 MF England Tommy McDermott Salisbury End of season [55][123]
31 January 2023 MF England James Plant Salisbury End of season [55][123]
4 March 2023 MF England Rhys Walters Leek Town End of season [124]
16 March 2023 GK England Reuben Perry Wallingford & Crowmarsh End of season [125]

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