1959–60 Port Vale F.C. season
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The 1958–59 season was Port Vale's 48th season of football in the English Football League, and their first season in the Third Division following their promotion from the Fourth Division.[1] Progressing to the Fifth Round of the FA Cup, there they set a Vale Park and club-record attendance of 49,768, in a 2–1 defeat by Aston Villa on 20 February. In the first of a short-lived Supporters' Clubs' Trophy, they lost to rivals Stoke City 5–3 on aggregate; whilst in the league they finished a respectable fourteenth, thirteen points from both promotion and relegation.
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1959–60 season | ||
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Chairman | Fred Burgess | |
Manager | Norman Low | |
Stadium | Vale Park | |
Football League Third Division | 14th (46 Points) | |
FA Cup | Fifth Round (knocked out by Aston Villa) | |
Supporters' Clubs' Trophy | Runners–up (knocked out by Stoke City) | |
Top goalscorer | League: Graham Barnett (14) All: Graham Barnett (17) | |
Highest home attendance | 49,768 vs. Aston Villa, 20 February 1960 | |
Lowest home attendance | 5,514 vs. Swindon Town, 30 April 1960 | |
Average home league attendance | 10,733 | |
Biggest win | 7–0 vs. Halifax Town, 28 December 1959 | |
Biggest defeat | 0–6 vs. Tranmere Rovers, 5 September 1959 | |
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