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STAGS V VALE - ALL THE STATS YOU NEED
29th November 2002 18:10


The Stags and Port Vale are two sides who played each other in both sections of the old third division before 1957-58 due to the midway geographical position of both sides. To prove the point in the stats shown below, the teams first met in the old div 3 (N) in the 1936-37 season. Two seasons later, they plyed each other in the southern section which they also did in the first full league season after the 2nd World War. And in the 1952-53 and 1953-54 seasons they again played in the northern section. More recently, the teams were promoted together from the old fourth division in 1985-86 and a Stags 2-1 home win just before Christmas was a start of a winning streak with eight wins out of nine putting the Mighty Stags firmly on the promotion trail. Both teams have also featured players who when playing in Sweden played for the same Swedish club – IFK Munkfors – but not at the same time. Martin Foyle (later Aldershot, Oxford, Port Vale) in 1982, Ian Juryeff (who scored four times for Stags in a 7-1-mauling of Halifax in 1984 featured in the vintage Stags section) in 1983. The first meeting between the teams produced a 7-1 win for the Stags on March 27, 1937, to avenge a 5-1 defeat at Port Vale – but not at Vale Park – on November 21, 1936.
And in the 1953-54 season, the Stags were one of only FOUR teams to score at Port Vale when they drew 1-1 on April 5, 1954. The first away win at Port Vale was recorded as a 4-1 on Easter Saturday 1977 – a game which is featured in the Vintage section – also on video. This win was the first of a total eight in the memourable promotion run in at the end of the 1976-77 championship season. And the up to date last win at Port Vale happened on Easter Monday, 1989 – at the end of that season the Stags beat all the teams who were promoted to the old 2nd division – the others being Wolves on April 1, 1989, to a tune of 3-1 at Field Mill – and Sheffield United 2-1 away on April 25 – incidentally the same scoreline as at Port Vale!

The teams also faced each other in the 1st round of the FA cup in 1985-86 with Port Vale winning the replay 1-0 after the clubs played 1-1 at Field Mill on November 16, 1985.

Played for both sides: Allen Tankard, Wayne Corden, Kevin Kent, Gary Ford, Kevin Pilkington.
Managed both sides: Freddie Steele (managed the Stags when they reached the 5th round in the FA Cup 1950-51 and Port Vale when they reached the semi-finals three seasons later).

Home stats: P 21, W 10, D 3, L 8, GF 40, GA 25
Away stats: P 21, W 3, D 8, L 10, GF 20, GA 39

Season Home Date Away Date

1936-37 7-1 1937-03-27 1-5 1936-11-21 Div 3 (N)
1938-39 2-0 1939-01-28 0-3 1938-09-24 Div 3 (S)
1946-47 0-3 1946-09-14 1-4 1947-01-18 Div 3 (S)
1952-53 1-0 1953-03-28 1-1 1952-11-08 Div 3 (N)
1953-54 1-2 1953-08-19 1-1 1954-04-05 Div 3 (N)
1959-60 6-3 1960-04-25 1-4 1959-10-12 Div 3 (old)
1963-64 1-1 1963-09-09 0-1 1963-08-26 Div 3 (old)
1964-65 2-2 1964-09-28 2-2 1964-10-05 Div 3 (old)
1970-71 2-0 1970-09-28 0-2 1971-01-09 Div 3 (old)
1971-72 0-1 1971-11-13 0-1 1972-03-04 Div 3 (old)
1975-76 3-1 1976-01-03 2-2 1976-04-20 Div 3 (old)
1976-77 2-1 1976-12-28 4-1 1977-04-09 Div 3 (old)
1980-81 5-0 1981-01-24 0-0 1980-08-30 Div 4 (old)
1981-82 1-3 1982-02-06 0-0 1981-09-12 Div 4 (old)
1982-83 0-2 1982-09-11 1-4 1983-01-29 Div 4 (old)
1984-85 1-1 1985-03-13 1-0 1984-08-25 Div 4 (old)
1985-86 2-1 1985-12-22 0-0 1985-08-24 Div 4 (old)
1986-87 0-1 1987-01-01 2-3 1987-04-18 Div 3 (old)
1987-88 4-0 1987-12-20 1-1 1988-05-07 Div 3 (old)
1988-89 0-1 1988-12-26 2-1 1989-03-27 Div 3 (old)
1992-93 0-1 1993-04-10 0-3 1993-04-27 Div 2

Svante Bernhard

 

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