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2015–16 Port Vale F.C. season

October 19, 2023

The 2015–16 season was Port Vale's 104th season of football in the English Football League, and third successive season in League One. It was manager Rob Page's first full season in management. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 through to 30 June 2016.

Port Vale
2015–16 season
ChairmanNorman Smurthwaite
ManagerRob Page
StadiumVale Park
Football League One12th (65 points)
FA CupSecond Round
(knocked out by Exeter City)
League CupSecond Round
(knocked out by West Bromwich Albion)
Football League TrophySecond Round
(knocked out by Blackpool)
Player of the YearAnthony Grant
Top goalscorerLeague: A-Jay Leitch-Smith (10)
All: A-Jay Leitch-Smith (12)
Highest home attendance6,822 vs. Sheffield United, 3 October 2015
Lowest home attendance2,571 vs. Carlisle United, 1 September 2015
Average home league attendance4,993
Biggest win3–0 (twice) and 4–1 (once)
Biggest defeat0–5 vs. Walsall, 8 May 2016

Chairman Norman Smurthwaite announced a cut in the wage bill and reduced contract offers for many out-of-contract players, which led to Mark Marshall, Ben Williamson and top-scorer Tom Pope leaving the club on free transfers after rejecting contract offers. A new youth policy was unveiled, and eight free agents, five youth team players and two loan players were signed at the start of the campaign. They made an encouraging start to the campaign, with new names Enoch Andoh and Jak Alnwick impressing, beating Championship side Burnley in the League Cup before going out on penalties to Premier League club West Bromwich Albion. However a poor defeat in the Second Round of the FA Cup to League Two side Exeter City cost the club a lucrative Third Round tie with Liverpool and prompted Smurthwaite to officially put the club up for sale.

Vale remained positioned between 13th and 8th from November onwards, and realistic hopes of a play-off position were ended after a run of just one point from four games from 19 March. They ended this run of poor form by relegating local rivals Crewe Alexandra on 2 April. They were reliant on loan striker Uche Ikpeazu for goals early in the campaign, before Louis Dodds and A-Jay Leitch-Smith in particular found scoring form in the latter half of the season.

Rob Page had a successful first season in management.
A-Jay Leitch-Smith finished as top-scorer with 12 goals.
Louis Dodds scored right goals in 44 appearances.
Uche Ikpeazu scored six goals during his loan spell.
New signing Ben Purkiss proved to be a key player.
Chris Birchall had his final season in professional football.

Overview Edit

League One Edit

Five youth team players were given professional contracts for the 2015–16 season: defender Lewis Bergin, midfielders Chekaine Steele, Billy Reeves and Omar Haughton, and striker Jonathon Kapend.[1] Manager Rob Page signed a new two-year contract in May 2015.[2] However he needed to avoid a poor start to the season as chairman Norman Smurthwaite warned he was prepared to make "ruthless decisions" if the club were struggling by September.[3] The first signings of the season were powerful former loanee defender Remie Streete from Newcastle United, and former Norwich City youth player Sam Kelly.[4] Midfielder Sam Foley also joined the "Valiants" on a two-year contract, choosing to leave relegated Yeovil Town just after picking up Yeovil's Player of the Year award.[5] Page further strengthened the defence and midfield by signing Walsall right-back Ben Purkiss and Crewe Alexandra defensive midfielder Anthony Grant.[6] Page needed to find a cost-effective forward with the club both short on strikers following the departure of Tom Pope and Ben Williamson and with little funds available due to a large cut to the wage bill, and so brought in young Watford striker Uche Ikpeazu on loan, having been impressed by Ikpeazu's performances for Crewe last season.[7] Another former Crewe favourite, A-Jay Leitch-Smith, was also signed after impressing Page during pre-season.[8] The eighth and final summer signing was Ryan Inniss, who was confirmed as joining on a season long loan from Crystal Palace after being linked with a return to Vale Park for many weeks.[9] On 6 August, Vale signed goalkeeper Jak Alnwick on a short-term deal; he was signed to compete with Sam Johnson for a first team place as Chris Neal was out injured at the start of the season.[10]

The season opened with the derby against Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road, and the game ended 0–0 with eight players making their debuts for Vale; Crewe boss Steve Davis admitted Vale were the better team and had man of the match goalkeeper Ben Garratt to thank for the clean sheet.[11] Two days later a third former Newcastle United Academy graduate arrived in striker JJ Hooper, who had scored 20 goals in 29 games the previous season for Havant & Waterlooville.[12] The unbeaten start continued with a 1–1 draw with Gillingham, Louis Dodds scoring the equalising goal to secure the point.[13] An injury-time penalty from Sam Foley then rescued a point away at Swindon Town as Vale twice came from behind against an attractive Swindon side; the penalty was awarded in bizarre circumstances as Jordan Williams handled the ball from a corner to try and stop the game after seeing a teammate lying injured on the pitch.[14] Vale then cruised to a comfortable 3–0 home victory over Doncaster Rovers despite Foley missing a penalty early in the game.[15] Yet another player arrived in the form of central midfielder Jak McCourt, signed on a one-month loan from Leicester City.[16] The unbeaten start to the season came to an end at Bradford City when Devante Cole scored the only goal of the game four minutes into stoppage time.[17]

Vale let slip a two-goal lead over Wigan Athletic on 12 September, but Ikpeazu managed to claim all three points for Vale after Wigan's equalising goalscorer Leon Barnett was sent off for bringing down Andoh.[18] Millwall were the next visitors to Vale Park, and like Wigan had been relegated from the Championship the previous season, but unlike Wigan managed to beat the Vale 2–0 with a professional performance.[19] Vale then travelled to Bury and slipped to a 1–0 defeat in a poor game that was decided by a set-piece.[20] Vale came from behind at Fleetwood Town to win 2–1 after Page substituted top-scorer Ikpeazu for Colin Daniel, who went on to score the equalising goal.[21] The situation was reversed at home to Oldham Athletic, Ikpeazu coming off the bench to secure a point against the division's away draw specialists, though Page again bemoaned his team's habit of conceding form set pieces.[22]

Vale put in a highly impressive performance to defeat Sheffield United 2–1 and climb to within one point of the play-off places.[23] They failed to build on the result however, falling to a 1–0 loss at Southend United; Phil Brown said the Southend performance was the best he had seen as Southend manager.[24] The story before the Peterborough United game was that Jak Alnwick was to line up against his elder brother Ben Alnwick, though the headlines after the game focused on Vale's penalty takers, as Michael O'Connor marked his return from injury by missing a penalty and central midfield partner Foley later missed a second penalty in the game to squander two points in what ended as a 1–1 draw.[25] Vale then had a tough mid-week game at Colchester United, and lost 2–1 after suffering two injuries in the first half.[26] More significantly Andoh suffered damage to his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and was ruled out for the rest of the season.[27] Ikpeazu was sent off 25 minutes into Vale's trip to high-flying Burton Albion, but ironically it was only after the hosts also went down to ten men late into the game that Vale conceded two goals to lose 2–0.[28] Vale ended a poor October with a 2–0 home victory over Shrewsbury Town.[29]

On 14 November, Vale picked up all three points at Oakwell after a 2–1 victory over Barnsley.[30] Less than 40 hours after their FA Cup first round victory, Vale then had a home fixture against Chesterfield on a snow covered pitch, but managed to put in a high quality performance and claim a 3–2 win.[31] Their home game against Blackpool was the players' third game in five days, but they showed no signs of fatigue as two late goals secured a 2–0 victory.[32] They failed to end the month unbeaten however as they fell to a 2–1 defeat at Rochdale; after the game Page said he was "gobsmacked" by the referee's key decisions to award Rochdale a penalty when Carl Dickinson had "definitely taken the ball", to deny Vale a penalty after Ikpeazu was "absolutely poleaxed" in the penalty box, and to send Dickinson off when he "hasn't touched the lad at all and the lad goes down like he has been shot."[33] Page was nominated for the League One Manager of the Month award.[34]

Despite revelations off-the-pitch and a disappointing FA Cup exit, Vale kept their league form steady on 12 December with a 1–1 home draw with Scunthorpe United.[35] However they then came away from a trip to high-flying Walsall with a 2–0 defeat in a game that typified the team's unsuccessful negative tactics away from home.[36] Captain Carl Dickinson defended the team's record however, stating that negative fans who booed should "shut up and get behind the team".[37] A trip to the Ricoh Arena on boxing day to face Coventry City seemed to be heading for a goalless draw until Coventry took the lead ten minutes from full-time, leaving Page to rue his team's missed opportunities in the first half.[38] Vale ended the year with a 1–0 home win over Bury, maintaining their excellent form at Vale Park.[39]

A waterlogged pitch meant Vale had to wait until a trip to Blackpool on 9 January to open the year, and Vale managed to continue their good form with a hard-earned 1–0 victory, Leitch-Smith the goalscorer.[40] Their away form remained poor however, as they were well beaten at Millwall on 17 January.[41] The team were then booed off after surrendering a 1–0 lead over ten man Bradford to draw 1–1.[42] Page then entered the transfer market, bringing in Jamaica international striker Theo Robinson and taking Cardiff City winger Matty Kennedy on a one-month loan (which was later extended by two months[43]).[44] Kennedy started the next game, as Leitch-Smith scored both of Vale's goals in a 2–1 win over Doncaster Rovers.[45] However Vale ended the month with a 3–0 defeat at Wigan following a first-half red card for Ryan McGivern.[46]

Vale began February just a point outside the play-offs after recording what Page described as an "ugly" 1–0 win over Swindon.[47] Vale then outplayed Coventry, but needed a sensational goal from Sam Kelly to win a point and a 1–1 draw.[48] Vale then rounded off a series of three successive home games with a 0–0 draw with Fleetwood.[49] Injury to Alnwick meant that Neal was recalled from his loan spell at Doncaster Rovers for the trip to Sheffield United, which ended in a 1–0 defeat from a Billy Sharp goal.[50] They ended the month with an impressive 3–1 home win over Southend to remain in touch with the play-off places.[51]

Struggling Oldham held Vale to a 1–1 draw on 1 March, having lost their slender lead to a disputed penalty.[52] A 2–0 home win over bottom-club Colchester kept the Vale in touch of the play-offs.[53] The season appeared to be petering out as Vale trailed by 2–0 at half-time at Peterborough, but they turned the game around completely in the second half to claim a 3–2 victory.[54] Page praised the character of his players after revealing eight players had paid to stay in a local hotel the night before to save travelling on the day.[55] However the next game saw Page apologizing to the fans after league leaders Burton ended Vale's 14-game unbeaten league run at home with a 4–0 win.[56] Vale were heading for a 1–0 victory over Shrewsbury when a late error from Alnwick allowed Sullay Kaikai's long-distance strike to become an equalizing goal.[57] A 1–0 home defeat to play-off chasing Barnsley then ended any realistic hopes of a play-off place for the Vale.[58]

On 2 April, Port Vale collapsed away at Chesterfield, losing a convincing 1–0 half-time lead to lose 4–2; Page described the performance as "embarrassing" and "not acceptable".[59] Seven days later Vale went on to relegate nearby Crewe Alexandra with a comfortable 3–0 home victory, Dodds scoring a brace and Hooper claiming one goal.[60] Vale went on to record a 2–0 win at sixth-place Gillingham using a 3–5–2 formation with McGivern, Streete, and Richard Duffy operating as central defenders.[61] The winning run continued with a comfortable 4–1 victory over Rochdale, before coming to an end with a 1–0 defeat at Scunthorpe.[62][63] Walsall inflicted a heavy 5–0 on Vale on the final game of the season.[64]

Page offered new contracts to 13 out-of-contract players, and opted to release nine players: Lewis Bergin, Achille Campion, Colin Daniel, Omar Haughton (who was later re-signed after Page departed[65]), Jonathon Kapend, Ryan McGivern, Chris Neal, Chekaine Steele, and Theo Robinson.[66] However Page himself would not stay to see any of these contracts signed, as he left the club to take charge at newly-promoted Northampton Town.[67] The first player to leave the club after rejecting a contract was Louis Dodds, who joined league rivals Shrewsbury Town.[68] He was quickly followed by Richard Duffy, who dropped down two divisions to join National League club Eastleigh.[69] Star midfielder Michael O'Connor, top-scorer A-Jay Leitch-Smith, and club captain Carl Dickinson also confirmed that they would be leaving the club after rejecting the club's new contract offer.[70][71] The last to leave was Enoch Andoh, who could not agree terms with the club despite protracted negotiations.[72]

Finances & ownership issues Edit

Chairman Norman Smurthwaite stated that due to falling gate figures the club's wage bill would be cut for the 2015–16 season, meaning a severely reduced contract offer for star striker Tom Pope, who chose to leave the club.[73] In a statement released in March 2017, Smurthwaite stated that on 10 November 2015 he was approached by an American hedge fund consortium who were looking to buy the club.[74] He further stated that a local business also approached the club secretary to purchase the club behind Smurthwaite's back.[74] Following the club's FA Cup exit Smurthwaite officially put the club up for sale, saying that he felt "humiliated, ashamed and embarrassed" after witnessing the team's performance.[75] He set an asking price of £4.25 million, stating "I have never lost money on a transaction in my adult life and I am not starting now".[76] He also stated that plans to sign a striker in the January transfer window would be scrapped.[77] He continued to reveal that he had been physically assaulted by three Vale supporters in April 2014, though Staffordshire Police could find no record of Smurthwaite's complaint.[78] He also admitted that he had been planning on buying Torquay United before being told by the Football League that he would not be allowed to own two clubs.[79] He further claimed that he had considered appointing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as manager in September 2014, but decided against it partly because he believed that a racist minority of the club's supporters would make appointing a black manager a bad idea.[80]

"I just feel I have let the club down because I have tried to do everything myself which meant cut costs to put every available penny on to the pitch. Clearly that must be wrong because yesterday if the players had put the same amount of effort into playing as I do into paying them every month we would have knocked that club for six."

— Smurthwaite became disillusioned with the club following the FA Cup defeat.[81]

Smurthwaite signed an exclusivity deal with a local company in February 2016.[82][74] He said that if the club were not sold than next season's budget would be slashed by £800,000 and the playing squad would be reduced; Page said that Smurthwaite's comments were "unwelcome".[83] Ben Purkiss admitted that Smurthwaite's threat to cut player's wages by 40% had a destabilising effect on the squad.[84] The exclusivity agreement ended in early March, with the club back on general sale.[85] Smurthwaite said this was because the company had significantly reduced their offer and admitted that they needed to find further finances to conclude the deal.[74] A consortium from Boston, USA then signed an exclusivity deal on 14 March.[74] Smurthwaite ended the negotiations after finding that the investors had no working capital.[74] Port Vale owed Norman Smurthwaite £3 million as a director's loan at the end of June 2016.[86]

Cup competitions Edit

Vale's first opponents in the FA Cup were Maidenhead United of the National League South, who came back from Byron Moore's first half opener to bring about a replay after a stoppage time equaliser.[87] An upset seemed on the cards in the replay when Maidenhead took the lead, but Vale gradually took control of the game and A-Jay Leitch-Smith scored a brace in an eventual 3–1 victory.[88] Smurthwaite was rumoured to have planned to sack Page live on BT Sport if the club lost the game, though he dismissed the rumour as untrue.[89] A trip to mid-table League Two side Exeter City awaited in the second Round, and an all-round "hugely disappointing performance" resulted in a 2–0 defeat.[90] After the game Smurthwaite and Page had a heated confrontation on the pitch, leading to speculation on the manager's future.[91] Had Vale beaten Exeter then they would have had a lucrative home tie with Liverpool in the Third Round.[92]

In the League Cup First Round Vale hosted Burnley, who had been relegated from the Premier League the previous season; Byron Moore scored the only goal of the game on 82 minutes.[93] The Second Round draw took them to Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, and Vale held Tony Pulis's side to a 0–0 draw until the end of extra time before losing the penalty shoot-out.[94]

Vale hosted League Two side Carlisle United in the First Round of the Football League Trophy, and Page named the strongest side at his disposal whilst "Blues" boss Keith Curle left top-scorer Jabo Ibehre on the bench; Uche Ikpeazu scored the only goal of the game as a Vale booked their place in the Second Round.[95] Despite naming a strong team at home to struggling Blackpool, who made eight changes, Page was angered with the team for their performance as they crashed out at the Second round with a 2–1 defeat.[96]

Results Edit

Pre-season Edit

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Newcastle Town 0–3 Port Vale Newcastle-under-Lyme
14:30 BST Report Daniel   17'
Brown   28'
Campion   79'		 Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium
Attendance: 1,612
14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Alsager Town 2–5 Port Vale Alsager
19:30 BST Hill  
Johnson   43'		 Report Moore  
O'Connor   60' (pen.)
Andoh   68'
Daniel   70'
Campion   82'		 Stadium: Wood Park Stadium
15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Kidsgrove Athletic 0–5 Port Vale Kidsgrove
19:30 BST Report Daniel   10'
McGivern   18'
Birchall   46'
Leitch-Smith   73', 83'		 Stadium: The Novus Stadium
Attendance: 818
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Port Vale 2–1 Notts County Burslem
19:30 BST Dickinson   68'
Dodds   72'		 Report Stead   58' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 768
25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Port Vale 2–2 Getafe Burslem
15:00 BST Leitch-Smith   6', 45' Report Wanderson Campos   8'
Villameuela   69'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,652
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Port Vale 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Burslem
19:30 BST Foley   69' Report Madine   39', 59' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,288
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Altrincham 1–2 Port Vale Altrincham
15:00 BST Reeves   Report Daniel   28'
Ikpeazu   39'		 Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 494

League One Edit

Main article: 2015–16 Football League One

League table Edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 68 61 +7 69
11 Sheffield United 46 18 12 16 64 59 +5 66
12 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 56 58 −2 65
13 Peterborough United 46 19 6 21 82 73 +9 63
14 Southend United 46 16 11 19 58 64 −6 59
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results by matchday Edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAAHAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDDDWLWLLWDWLDLLWWWWLDLLWWLDWLWDDLWDWWLDLLWWWLL
Position17151311131214151213811111617151312101111131311101111101089911101099101011131211111212
Source: Statto[97]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches Edit

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Port Vale Crewe
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6,751
Referee: Dean Whitestone
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Port Vale 1–1 Gillingham Burslem
15:00 BST Dodds   35' Report Dack   17' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Fred Graham
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Swindon Town 2–2 Port Vale Swindon
19:45 BST Robert   12'
Rodgers   66'		 Report Ikpeazu   21'
Foley   90+6' (pen.)		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,026
Referee: Brendan Malone
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Port Vale 3–0 Doncaster Rovers Burslem
15:00 BST Foley   35'
Ikpeazu   46'
Moore   88'		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,775
Referee: Robert Lewis
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Bradford City 1–0 Port Vale Bradford
15:00 BST Cole   90+4' Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 17,806
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6 Port Vale 3–2 Wigan Athletic Burslem
15:00 BST Grant   34'
Dodds   64'
Ikpeazu   90'		 Report McCann   66'
Barnett   83'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,953
Referee: Mark Haywood
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7 Port Vale 0–2 Millwall Burslem
19:45 BST Report Beevers   66'
Gregory   90+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,477
Referee: Oliver Langford
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Bury 1–0 Port Vale Bury
15:00 BST Cameron   78' Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,323
Referee: Darren Drysdale
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Fleetwood Town 1–2 Port Vale Fleetwood
15:00 BST Grant   14' Report Daniel   56'
Foley   65' (pen.)		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Port Vale 1–1 Oldham Athletic Burslem
19:45 BST Ikpeazu   70' Report Higdon   35' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Kevin Johnson
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Port Vale 2–1 Sheffield United Burslem
15:00 BST Moore   17'
Ikpeazu   45'		 Report Done   90+5' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,822
Referee: Graham Salisbury
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12 Southend United 1–0 Port Vale Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Pigott   63' Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,543
Referee: Iain Williamson
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Port Vale 1–1 Peterborough United Burslem
15:00 BST Andoh   40' Report Bostwick   56' (pen.) Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,864
Referee: Richard Clark
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14 Colchester United 2–1 Port Vale Colchester
19:45 BST Elokobi   25'
Sordell   73'		 Report Daniel   45' Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,785
Referee: Darren Deadman
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Burton Albion 2–0 Port Vale Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST Naylor   84'
El Khayati   90'		 Report Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,076
Referee: David Coote
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Port Vale 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Burslem
15:00 GMT Dodds   52'
O'Connor   80' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,880
Referee: Darren Handley
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17 Barnsley 1–2 Port Vale Barnsley
15:00 GMT Winnall   77' Report Leitch-Smith   40'
Foley   47'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 8,696
Referee: Tony Harrington
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Port Vale 3–2 Chesterfield Burslem
15:00 GMT Kelly   6'
Leitch-Smith   10'
Dodds   48'		 Report Simons   8'
Novak   90'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,420
Referee: Michael Bull
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Port Vale 2–0 Blackpool Burslem
19:45 GMT Leitch-Smith   82'
Birchall   86'		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,640
Referee: David Webb
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Rochdale 2–1 Port Vale Rochdale
15:00 GMT Henderson   40' (pen.)
Mendez-Laing   78'		 Report Birchall   13' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,510
Referee: Darren England
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Port Vale 1–1 Scunthorpe United Burslem
15:00 GMT Leitch-Smith   45+2' Report King   36' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,983
Referee: Lee Collins
20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 22 Walsall 2–0 Port Vale Walsall
12:00 GMT Cook   64', 83' Report Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Referee: Kevin Wright
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23 Coventry City 1–0 Port Vale Coventry
15:00 GMT Maddison   80' Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 17,779
Referee: Robert Lewis
28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24 Port Vale 1–0 Bury Burslem
15:00 GMT Kelly   57' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,467
Referee: James Adcock
9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) 25 Blackpool 0–1 Port Vale Blackpool
15:00 GMT Report Leitch-Smith   49' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,527
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
17 January 2016 (2016-01-17) 26 Millwall 3–1 Port Vale New Cross
15:00 GMT Gregory   14', 34'
Morison   44'		 Report Hooper   61' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 7,773
Referee: Andy Davies
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27 Port Vale 1–1 Bradford City Burslem
15:00 GMT Leitch-Smith   2' Report Proctor   65' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,849
Referee: Lee Swabey
26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) 28 Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Port Vale Doncaster
19:45 GMT Evina   88' Report Leitch-Smith   6', 65' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 4,799
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 29 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Port Vale Wigan
15:00 GMT Duffy   7' (og.)
Grigg   41' (pen.), 69'		 Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,627
Referee: Darren Drysdale
2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 30 Port Vale 1–0 Swindon Town Burslem
19:45 GMT Dickinson   6' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,256
Referee: Peter Bankes
7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 31 Port Vale 1–1 Coventry City Burslem
14:00 GMT Kelly   84' Report Murphy   42' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Phil Gibbs
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 32 Port Vale 0–0 Fleetwood Town Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,194
Referee: Charles Breakspear
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 33 Sheffield United 1–0 Port Vale Sheffield
15:00 GMT Sharp   50' Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 18,276
Referee: Ben Toner
26 February 2016 (2016-02-26) 34 Port Vale 3–1 Southend United Burslem
19:45 GMT Dickinson   18'
O'Connor   38'
Coker   40' (og.)		 Report McQueen   90+3' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,957
Referee: Andy Haines
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 35 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Port Vale Oldham
19:45 GMT Kelly   68' Report Foley   60' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,507
Referee: Darren Handley
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 36 Port Vale 2–0 Colchester United Burslem
15:00 GMT Robinson   9'
Foley   73'		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,116
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 37 Peterborough United 2–3 Port Vale Peterborough
15:00 GMT Taylor   2'
Williams   41'		 Report Moore   49'
Hooper   86'
Dodds   89'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 4,942
Referee: Darren Bond
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38 Port Vale 0–4 Burton Albion Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Akins   34'
Grant   45+1' (og.)
Duffy   50'
Butcher   60'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,157
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 39 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Port Vale Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Kaikai   73' Report Dodds   60' Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 7,019
Referee: Mark Heywood
28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) 40 Port Vale 0–1 Barnsley Burslem
15:00 BST Report Hourihane   9' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,839
Referee: Scott Duncan
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 41 Chesterfield 4–2 Port Vale Chesterfield
15:00 BST Campbell-Ryce   47'
Hird   60'
Ariyibi   73'
O'Shea   83'		 Report Leitch-Smith   36'
Hooper   70'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,917
Referee: Kevin Wright
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 42 Port Vale 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Burslem
15:00 BST Dodds   3', 83'
Hooper   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,771
Referee: Paul Tierney
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 43 Gillingham 0–2 Port Vale Gillingham, Kent
15:00 BST Report Leitch-Smith   19'
Dickinson   21'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,887
Referee: Ross Joyce
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44 Port Vale 4–1 Rochdale Burslem
15:00 BST Robinson   37'
O'Connor   45' (pen.), pen.'
Hooper   46'		 Report Andrew   50' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,380
Referee: Nick Kinseley
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Port Vale Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Madden   61' Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 7,275
Referee: Ben Toner
8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 46 Port Vale 0–5 Walsall Burslem
15:00 BST Report Downing   23'
Bradshaw   26'
Forde   38', 67'
Mantom   71'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 8,595
Referee: Nigel Miller

FA Cup Edit

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 1 Port Vale 1–1 Maidenhead United Burslem
15:00 Moore   31' Report Mulley   90+4' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,977
Referee: Adrian Holmes
19 November 2015 (2015-11-19) Replay Maidenhead United 1–3 Port Vale Maidenhead
19:45 Massey   15' Report O'Connor   35'
Leitch-Smith   49', 57'		 Stadium: York Road
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Dean Whitestone
6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 2 Exeter City 2–0 Port Vale Exeter
14:00 Tillson   19'
Watkins   89'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,565
Referee: Trevor Kettle

League Cup Edit

10 August 2015 1 Port Vale 1–0 Burnley Burslem
19:45 BST Moore   82' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,634
Referee: Trevor Kettle
25 August 2015 2 West Bromwich Albion 0–0
(5–3 p)		 Port Vale West Bromwich
20:00 BST Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 13,915
Referee: Keith Stroud
Penalties
Lambert  
Yacob  
McManaman  
McClean  
Chester  		 Leitch-Smith  
Duffy  
Purkiss  
Foley  

Football League Trophy Edit

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) 1 Port Vale 1–0 Carlisle United Burslem
19:45 BST Ikpeazu   60' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 2,571
Referee: Darren England
6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) 2 Port Vale 1–2 Blackpool Burslem
19:45 BST Grant   52' (pen.) Report Rivers   44'
Robertson   56'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Mark Heywood

Squad statistics Edit

Appearances and goals Edit

Pos. # Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK 1   Chris Neal 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
DF 2   Ben Purkiss 39 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 45 0
DF 3   Carl Dickinson 44 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 50 3
DF 4   Remie Streete 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 18 0
DF 5   Ryan McGivern 28 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 32 0
DF 6   Richard Duffy 45 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 52 0
MF 7   Chris Birchall 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2
MF 8   Michael O'Connor 26 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 29 5
FW 10   Louis Dodds 37 8 3 0 2 0 2 0 44 8
MF 11   Sam Foley 45 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 50 6
GK 12   Sam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 14   Colin Daniel 20 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 25 2
FW 15   JJ Hooper 28 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 5
DF 16   Adam Yates 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
MF 17   Michael Brown 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
MF 18   Sam Kelly 28 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 31 3
MF 19   Byron Moore 36 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 41 5
FW 20   A-Jay Leitch-Smith 37 10 3 2 2 0 1 0 43 12
GK 21   Jak Alnwick 41 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 48 0
MF 22   Ryan Lloyd 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
GK 23   Ryan Boot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 24   Nathan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 25   Theo Robinson 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
DF 26   Ryan Inniss 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 0
MF 27   Enoch Andoh 12 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 16 1
FW 28   Achille Campion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 30   Dan Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 31   Billy Reeves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 32   Lewis Bergin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 33   Chekaine Steele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 34   Jonny Kapend 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 35   Omar Haughton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 42   Anthony Grant 38 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 45 2
Players that left the club mid-season:
FW 9   Uche Ikpeazu 21 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 28 6
MF 9   Matty Kennedy 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
MF 25   Jak McCourt 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
DF 38   Aziz Deen-Conteh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers Edit

Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
1 FW   England 20 A-Jay Leitch-Smith 10 2 0 0 12
2 FW   England 10 Louis Dodds 8 0 0 0 8
3 MF   Ireland 11 Sam Foley 6 0 0 0 6
– FW   Uganda 9 Uche Ikpeazu 5 0 0 1 6
5 MF   England 15 JJ Hooper 5 0 0 0 5
– MF   England 19 Byron Moore 3 1 1 0 5
– MF   Northern Ireland 8 Michael O'Connor 4 1 0 0 5
8 MF   England 3 Carl Dickinson 3 0 0 0 3
– MF   Ireland 18 Sam Kelly 3 0 0 0 3
10 MF   Trinidad 7 Chris Birchall 2 0 0 0 2
– MF   England 14 Colin Daniel 2 0 0 0 2
– MF   Jamaica 42 Anthony Grant 1 0 0 1 2
– FW   Jamaica 25 Theo Robinson 2 0 0 0 2
14 MF   Ghana 27 Enoch Andoh 1 0 0 0 1
– – – Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 56 4 1 2 63

Disciplinary record Edit

Number Nation Position Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
                   
3   England DF Carl Dickinson 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
9   Uganda FW Uche Ikpeazu 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1
5   Northern Ireland DF Ryan McGivern 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
42   Jamaica MF Anthony Grant 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
6   Wales DF Richard Duffy 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
11   Ireland MF Sam Foley 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
8   Northern Ireland MF Michael O'Connor 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
21   England GK Jak Alnwick 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
18   Ireland MF Sam Kelly 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2   England DF Ben Purkiss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4   England DF Remie Streete 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
14   England MF Colin Daniel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26   England DF Ryan Inniss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9   Northern Ireland MF Matty Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7   Trinidad MF Chris Birchall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   England MF Michael Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15   England FW JJ Hooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
20   England FW A-Jay Leitch-Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25   England MF Jak McCourt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   England MF Byron Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 71 3 5 0 7 0 3 0 86 3

Sourced from Soccerway.[98]

Awards Edit

End of Season Awards Winner[99]
Player of the Year Anthony Grant
Away Travel Player of the Year Louis Dodds
Supporters' Club's Trophy Anthony Grant
Players' Player of the Year Anthony Grant
Young Player of the Year Jak Alnwick
Youth Player of the Year Dan Turner
Goal of the Season Sam Kelly (vs Coventry City, 7 February 2016)

Transfers Edit

Transfers in Edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 MF   Sam Foley Yeovil Town Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 MF   Anthony Grant Crewe Alexandra Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 MF   Sam Kelly Norwich City Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 DF   Ben Purkiss Walsall Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 DF   Remie Streete Newcastle United Free transfer [4]
20 July 2015 FW   A-Jay Leitch-Smith Yeovil Town Free transfer [8]
6 August 2015 GK   Jak Alnwick Newcastle United Free transfer [10]
10 August 2015 FW   JJ Hooper Havant & Waterlooville £8,400 (compensation) [100]
25 January 2016 FW   Theo Robinson   Motherwell Free transfer [44]

Transfers out Edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
29 January 2016 DF   Aziz Deen-Conteh   Zaria Bălți Released [101][102]
8 May 2016 FW   Achille Campion   Sligo Rovers Released [103]
13 May 2016 DF   Lewis Bergin Newcastle Town Released [104]
13 May 2016 FW   Colin Daniel Blackpool Released [105]
13 May 2016 FW   Jonathon Kapend Nantwich Town Released [106]
13 May 2016 DF   Ryan McGivern Shrewsbury Town Released [107]
13 May 2016 GK   Chris Neal Fleetwood Town Released [108]
13 May 2016 MF   Chekaine Steele Worcester City Released [66][109]
13 May 2016 FW   Theo Robinson Lincoln City Released [110]
26 May 2016 FW   Louis Dodds Shrewsbury Town Rejected contract [68]
27 May 2016 DF   Richard Duffy Eastleigh Rejected contract [69]
27 May 2016 MF   Michael O'Connor Notts County Rejected contract [111]
31 May 2016 FW   A-Jay Leitch-Smith Shrewsbury Town Rejected contract [107]
17 June 2016 FW   Byron Moore Bristol Rovers Rejected contract [112]
23 June 2016 DF   Carl Dickinson Notts County Rejected contract [113]
1 July 2016 MF   Chris Birchall Kidsgrove Athletic Rejected contract [114]
5 July 2016 MF   Enoch Andoh Whitehawk Rejected contract [72]

Loans in Edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
13 July 2015 FW   Uche Ikpeazu Watford 2 January 2016 [7]
27 July 2015 DF   Ryan Inniss Crystal Palace End of season [9]
28 August 2015 MF   Jak McCourt Leicester City 26 September 2015 [16]
25 January 2016 MF   Matty Kennedy Cardiff City 7 April 2016 [115]

Loans out Edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
27 July 2015 DF   Nathan Smith Torquay United End of season [116]
11 August 2015 DF   Aziz Deen-Conteh Boston United 12 September 2015 [117]
24 August 2015 DF   Adam Yates Northampton Town 8 September 2015 [118]
25 August 2015 DF   Lewis Bergin Kidsgrove Athletic End of season [119]
28 August 2015 FW   Jonathon Kapend Stafford Rangers 26 September 2015 [120]
28 August 2015 MF   Chekaine Steele Buxton 26 September 2015 [120]
11 September 2015 MF   Omar Haughton Newcastle Town 9 October 2015 [121]
29 October 2015 FW   Achille Campion Torquay United 29 November 2015 [122]
6 November 2015 MF   Billy Reeves Witton Albion 6 February 2016 [123]
24 November 2015 MF   Ryan Lloyd Chester End of season [124]
27 November 2015 GK   Sam Johnson F.C. Halifax Town End of season [125]
29 January 2016 MF   Omar Haughton Leek Town End of season [126]
29 January 2016 MF   Chekaine Steele Witton Albion 27 February 2016 [127]
1 February 2016 GK   Chris Neal Doncaster Rovers 20 February 2016 [128]
12 February 2016 FW   Jonathon Kapend Kidsgrove Athletic 12 March 2016 [129]
12 February 2016 MF   Billy Reeves Hyde United 12 March 2016 [129]
23 February 2016 FW   Colin Daniel Mansfield Town End of season [130]
18 March 2016 GK   Chris Neal Bury End of season [131]

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October 19, 2023
2015, port, vale, season, 2015, season, port, vale, 104th, season, football, english, football, league, third, successive, season, league, manager, page, first, full, season, management, season, covers, period, from, july, 2015, through, june, 2016, port, vale. The 2015 16 season was Port Vale s 104th season of football in the English Football League and third successive season in League One It was manager Rob Page s first full season in management The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 through to 30 June 2016 Port Vale2015 16 seasonChairmanNorman SmurthwaiteManagerRob PageStadiumVale ParkFootball League One12th 65 points FA CupSecond Round knocked out by Exeter City League CupSecond Round knocked out by West Bromwich Albion Football League TrophySecond Round knocked out by Blackpool Player of the YearAnthony GrantTop goalscorerLeague A Jay Leitch Smith 10 All A Jay Leitch Smith 12 Highest home attendance6 822 vs Sheffield United 3 October 2015Lowest home attendance2 571 vs Carlisle United 1 September 2015Average home league attendance4 993Biggest win3 0 twice and 4 1 once Biggest defeat0 5 vs Walsall 8 May 2016Home coloursAway coloursThird colours 2014 152016 17 Chairman Norman Smurthwaite announced a cut in the wage bill and reduced contract offers for many out of contract players which led to Mark Marshall Ben Williamson and top scorer Tom Pope leaving the club on free transfers after rejecting contract offers A new youth policy was unveiled and eight free agents five youth team players and two loan players were signed at the start of the campaign They made an encouraging start to the campaign with new names Enoch Andoh and Jak Alnwick impressing beating Championship side Burnley in the League Cup before going out on penalties to Premier League club West Bromwich Albion However a poor defeat in the Second Round of the FA Cup to League Two side Exeter City cost the club a lucrative Third Round tie with Liverpool and prompted Smurthwaite to officially put the club up for sale Vale remained positioned between 13th and 8th from November onwards and realistic hopes of a play off position were ended after a run of just one point from four games from 19 March They ended this run of poor form by relegating local rivals Crewe Alexandra on 2 April They were reliant on loan striker Uche Ikpeazu for goals early in the campaign before Louis Dodds and A Jay Leitch Smith in particular found scoring form in the latter half of the season Rob Page had a successful first season in management A Jay Leitch Smith finished as top scorer with 12 goals Louis Dodds scored right goals in 44 appearances Uche Ikpeazu scored six goals during his loan spell New signing Ben Purkiss proved to be a key player Chris Birchall had his final season in professional football Contents 1 Overview 1 1 League One 1 2 Finances amp ownership issues 1 3 Cup competitions 2 Results 2 1 Pre season 2 2 League One 2 2 1 League table 2 2 2 Results by matchday 2 2 3 Matches 2 3 FA Cup 2 4 League Cup 2 5 Football League Trophy 3 Squad statistics 3 1 Appearances and goals 3 2 Top scorers 3 3 Disciplinary record 4 Awards 5 Transfers 5 1 Transfers in 5 2 Transfers out 5 3 Loans in 5 4 Loans out 6 ReferencesOverview EditLeague One Edit Five youth team players were given professional contracts for the 2015 16 season defender Lewis Bergin midfielders Chekaine Steele Billy Reeves and Omar Haughton and striker Jonathon Kapend 1 Manager Rob Page signed a new two year contract in May 2015 2 However he needed to avoid a poor start to the season as chairman Norman Smurthwaite warned he was prepared to make ruthless decisions if the club were struggling by September 3 The first signings of the season were powerful former loanee defender Remie Streete from Newcastle United and former Norwich City youth player Sam Kelly 4 Midfielder Sam Foley also joined the Valiants on a two year contract choosing to leave relegated Yeovil Town just after picking up Yeovil s Player of the Year award 5 Page further strengthened the defence and midfield by signing Walsall right back Ben Purkiss and Crewe Alexandra defensive midfielder Anthony Grant 6 Page needed to find a cost effective forward with the club both short on strikers following the departure of Tom Pope and Ben Williamson and with little funds available due to a large cut to the wage bill and so brought in young Watford striker Uche Ikpeazu on loan having been impressed by Ikpeazu s performances for Crewe last season 7 Another former Crewe favourite A Jay Leitch Smith was also signed after impressing Page during pre season 8 The eighth and final summer signing was Ryan Inniss who was confirmed as joining on a season long loan from Crystal Palace after being linked with a return to Vale Park for many weeks 9 On 6 August Vale signed goalkeeper Jak Alnwick on a short term deal he was signed to compete with Sam Johnson for a first team place as Chris Neal was out injured at the start of the season 10 The season opened with the derby against Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road and the game ended 0 0 with eight players making their debuts for Vale Crewe boss Steve Davis admitted Vale were the better team and had man of the match goalkeeper Ben Garratt to thank for the clean sheet 11 Two days later a third former Newcastle United Academy graduate arrived in striker JJ Hooper who had scored 20 goals in 29 games the previous season for Havant amp Waterlooville 12 The unbeaten start continued with a 1 1 draw with Gillingham Louis Dodds scoring the equalising goal to secure the point 13 An injury time penalty from Sam Foley then rescued a point away at Swindon Town as Vale twice came from behind against an attractive Swindon side the penalty was awarded in bizarre circumstances as Jordan Williams handled the ball from a corner to try and stop the game after seeing a teammate lying injured on the pitch 14 Vale then cruised to a comfortable 3 0 home victory over Doncaster Rovers despite Foley missing a penalty early in the game 15 Yet another player arrived in the form of central midfielder Jak McCourt signed on a one month loan from Leicester City 16 The unbeaten start to the season came to an end at Bradford City when Devante Cole scored the only goal of the game four minutes into stoppage time 17 Vale let slip a two goal lead over Wigan Athletic on 12 September but Ikpeazu managed to claim all three points for Vale after Wigan s equalising goalscorer Leon Barnett was sent off for bringing down Andoh 18 Millwall were the next visitors to Vale Park and like Wigan had been relegated from the Championship the previous season but unlike Wigan managed to beat the Vale 2 0 with a professional performance 19 Vale then travelled to Bury and slipped to a 1 0 defeat in a poor game that was decided by a set piece 20 Vale came from behind at Fleetwood Town to win 2 1 after Page substituted top scorer Ikpeazu for Colin Daniel who went on to score the equalising goal 21 The situation was reversed at home to Oldham Athletic Ikpeazu coming off the bench to secure a point against the division s away draw specialists though Page again bemoaned his team s habit of conceding form set pieces 22 Vale put in a highly impressive performance to defeat Sheffield United 2 1 and climb to within one point of the play off places 23 They failed to build on the result however falling to a 1 0 loss at Southend United Phil Brown said the Southend performance was the best he had seen as Southend manager 24 The story before the Peterborough United game was that Jak Alnwick was to line up against his elder brother Ben Alnwick though the headlines after the game focused on Vale s penalty takers as Michael O Connor marked his return from injury by missing a penalty and central midfield partner Foley later missed a second penalty in the game to squander two points in what ended as a 1 1 draw 25 Vale then had a tough mid week game at Colchester United and lost 2 1 after suffering two injuries in the first half 26 More significantly Andoh suffered damage to his anterior cruciate ligament ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the season 27 Ikpeazu was sent off 25 minutes into Vale s trip to high flying Burton Albion but ironically it was only after the hosts also went down to ten men late into the game that Vale conceded two goals to lose 2 0 28 Vale ended a poor October with a 2 0 home victory over Shrewsbury Town 29 On 14 November Vale picked up all three points at Oakwell after a 2 1 victory over Barnsley 30 Less than 40 hours after their FA Cup first round victory Vale then had a home fixture against Chesterfield on a snow covered pitch but managed to put in a high quality performance and claim a 3 2 win 31 Their home game against Blackpool was the players third game in five days but they showed no signs of fatigue as two late goals secured a 2 0 victory 32 They failed to end the month unbeaten however as they fell to a 2 1 defeat at Rochdale after the game Page said he was gobsmacked by the referee s key decisions to award Rochdale a penalty when Carl Dickinson had definitely taken the ball to deny Vale a penalty after Ikpeazu was absolutely poleaxed in the penalty box and to send Dickinson off when he hasn t touched the lad at all and the lad goes down like he has been shot 33 Page was nominated for the League One Manager of the Month award 34 Despite revelations off the pitch and a disappointing FA Cup exit Vale kept their league form steady on 12 December with a 1 1 home draw with Scunthorpe United 35 However they then came away from a trip to high flying Walsall with a 2 0 defeat in a game that typified the team s unsuccessful negative tactics away from home 36 Captain Carl Dickinson defended the team s record however stating that negative fans who booed should shut up and get behind the team 37 A trip to the Ricoh Arena on boxing day to face Coventry City seemed to be heading for a goalless draw until Coventry took the lead ten minutes from full time leaving Page to rue his team s missed opportunities in the first half 38 Vale ended the year with a 1 0 home win over Bury maintaining their excellent form at Vale Park 39 A waterlogged pitch meant Vale had to wait until a trip to Blackpool on 9 January to open the year and Vale managed to continue their good form with a hard earned 1 0 victory Leitch Smith the goalscorer 40 Their away form remained poor however as they were well beaten at Millwall on 17 January 41 The team were then booed off after surrendering a 1 0 lead over ten man Bradford to draw 1 1 42 Page then entered the transfer market bringing in Jamaica international striker Theo Robinson and taking Cardiff City winger Matty Kennedy on a one month loan which was later extended by two months 43 44 Kennedy started the next game as Leitch Smith scored both of Vale s goals in a 2 1 win over Doncaster Rovers 45 However Vale ended the month with a 3 0 defeat at Wigan following a first half red card for Ryan McGivern 46 Vale began February just a point outside the play offs after recording what Page described as an ugly 1 0 win over Swindon 47 Vale then outplayed Coventry but needed a sensational goal from Sam Kelly to win a point and a 1 1 draw 48 Vale then rounded off a series of three successive home games with a 0 0 draw with Fleetwood 49 Injury to Alnwick meant that Neal was recalled from his loan spell at Doncaster Rovers for the trip to Sheffield United which ended in a 1 0 defeat from a Billy Sharp goal 50 They ended the month with an impressive 3 1 home win over Southend to remain in touch with the play off places 51 Struggling Oldham held Vale to a 1 1 draw on 1 March having lost their slender lead to a disputed penalty 52 A 2 0 home win over bottom club Colchester kept the Vale in touch of the play offs 53 The season appeared to be petering out as Vale trailed by 2 0 at half time at Peterborough but they turned the game around completely in the second half to claim a 3 2 victory 54 Page praised the character of his players after revealing eight players had paid to stay in a local hotel the night before to save travelling on the day 55 However the next game saw Page apologizing to the fans after league leaders Burton ended Vale s 14 game unbeaten league run at home with a 4 0 win 56 Vale were heading for a 1 0 victory over Shrewsbury when a late error from Alnwick allowed Sullay Kaikai s long distance strike to become an equalizing goal 57 A 1 0 home defeat to play off chasing Barnsley then ended any realistic hopes of a play off place for the Vale 58 On 2 April Port Vale collapsed away at Chesterfield losing a convincing 1 0 half time lead to lose 4 2 Page described the performance as embarrassing and not acceptable 59 Seven days later Vale went on to relegate nearby Crewe Alexandra with a comfortable 3 0 home victory Dodds scoring a brace and Hooper claiming one goal 60 Vale went on to record a 2 0 win at sixth place Gillingham using a 3 5 2 formation with McGivern Streete and Richard Duffy operating as central defenders 61 The winning run continued with a comfortable 4 1 victory over Rochdale before coming to an end with a 1 0 defeat at Scunthorpe 62 63 Walsall inflicted a heavy 5 0 on Vale on the final game of the season 64 Page offered new contracts to 13 out of contract players and opted to release nine players Lewis Bergin Achille Campion Colin Daniel Omar Haughton who was later re signed after Page departed 65 Jonathon Kapend Ryan McGivern Chris Neal Chekaine Steele and Theo Robinson 66 However Page himself would not stay to see any of these contracts signed as he left the club to take charge at newly promoted Northampton Town 67 The first player to leave the club after rejecting a contract was Louis Dodds who joined league rivals Shrewsbury Town 68 He was quickly followed by Richard Duffy who dropped down two divisions to join National League club Eastleigh 69 Star midfielder Michael O Connor top scorer A Jay Leitch Smith and club captain Carl Dickinson also confirmed that they would be leaving the club after rejecting the club s new contract offer 70 71 The last to leave was Enoch Andoh who could not agree terms with the club despite protracted negotiations 72 Finances amp ownership issues Edit Chairman Norman Smurthwaite stated that due to falling gate figures the club s wage bill would be cut for the 2015 16 season meaning a severely reduced contract offer for star striker Tom Pope who chose to leave the club 73 In a statement released in March 2017 Smurthwaite stated that on 10 November 2015 he was approached by an American hedge fund consortium who were looking to buy the club 74 He further stated that a local business also approached the club secretary to purchase the club behind Smurthwaite s back 74 Following the club s FA Cup exit Smurthwaite officially put the club up for sale saying that he felt humiliated ashamed and embarrassed after witnessing the team s performance 75 He set an asking price of 4 25 million stating I have never lost money on a transaction in my adult life and I am not starting now 76 He also stated that plans to sign a striker in the January transfer window would be scrapped 77 He continued to reveal that he had been physically assaulted by three Vale supporters in April 2014 though Staffordshire Police could find no record of Smurthwaite s complaint 78 He also admitted that he had been planning on buying Torquay United before being told by the Football League that he would not be allowed to own two clubs 79 He further claimed that he had considered appointing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as manager in September 2014 but decided against it partly because he believed that a racist minority of the club s supporters would make appointing a black manager a bad idea 80 I just feel I have let the club down because I have tried to do everything myself which meant cut costs to put every available penny on to the pitch Clearly that must be wrong because yesterday if the players had put the same amount of effort into playing as I do into paying them every month we would have knocked that club for six Smurthwaite became disillusioned with the club following the FA Cup defeat 81 Smurthwaite signed an exclusivity deal with a local company in February 2016 82 74 He said that if the club were not sold than next season s budget would be slashed by 800 000 and the playing squad would be reduced Page said that Smurthwaite s comments were unwelcome 83 Ben Purkiss admitted that Smurthwaite s threat to cut player s wages by 40 had a destabilising effect on the squad 84 The exclusivity agreement ended in early March with the club back on general sale 85 Smurthwaite said this was because the company had significantly reduced their offer and admitted that they needed to find further finances to conclude the deal 74 A consortium from Boston USA then signed an exclusivity deal on 14 March 74 Smurthwaite ended the negotiations after finding that the investors had no working capital 74 Port Vale owed Norman Smurthwaite 3 million as a director s loan at the end of June 2016 86 Cup competitions Edit Vale s first opponents in the FA Cup were Maidenhead United of the National League South who came back from Byron Moore s first half opener to bring about a replay after a stoppage time equaliser 87 An upset seemed on the cards in the replay when Maidenhead took the lead but Vale gradually took control of the game and A Jay Leitch Smith scored a brace in an eventual 3 1 victory 88 Smurthwaite was rumoured to have planned to sack Page live on BT Sport if the club lost the game though he dismissed the rumour as untrue 89 A trip to mid table League Two side Exeter City awaited in the second Round and an all round hugely disappointing performance resulted in a 2 0 defeat 90 After the game Smurthwaite and Page had a heated confrontation on the pitch leading to speculation on the manager s future 91 Had Vale beaten Exeter then they would have had a lucrative home tie with Liverpool in the Third Round 92 In the League Cup First Round Vale hosted Burnley who had been relegated from the Premier League the previous season Byron Moore scored the only goal of the game on 82 minutes 93 The Second Round draw took them to Premier League side West Bromwich Albion and Vale held Tony Pulis s side to a 0 0 draw until the end of extra time before losing the penalty shoot out 94 Vale hosted League Two side Carlisle United in the First Round of the Football League Trophy and Page named the strongest side at his disposal whilst Blues boss Keith Curle left top scorer Jabo Ibehre on the bench Uche Ikpeazu scored the only goal of the game as a Vale booked their place in the Second Round 95 Despite naming a strong team at home to struggling Blackpool who made eight changes Page was angered with the team for their performance as they crashed out at the Second round with a 2 1 defeat 96 Results EditPre season Edit Newcastle Town v Port Vale 11 July 2015 2015 07 11 Newcastle Town0 3Port ValeNewcastle under Lyme14 30 BST Report Daniel nbsp 17 Brown nbsp 28 Campion nbsp 79 Stadium Lyme Valley Stadium Attendance 1 612 Alsager Town v Port Vale 14 July 2015 2015 07 14 Alsager Town2 5Port ValeAlsager19 30 BST Hill nbsp Johnson nbsp 43 Report Moore nbsp O Connor nbsp 60 pen Andoh nbsp 68 Daniel nbsp 70 Campion nbsp 82 Stadium Wood Park Stadium Kidsgrove Athletic v Port Vale 15 July 2015 2015 07 15 Kidsgrove Athletic0 5Port ValeKidsgrove19 30 BST Report Daniel nbsp 10 McGivern nbsp 18 Birchall nbsp 46 Leitch Smith nbsp 73 83 Stadium The Novus Stadium Attendance 818 Port Vale v Notts County 21 July 2015 2015 07 21 Port Vale2 1Notts CountyBurslem19 30 BST Dickinson nbsp 68 Dodds nbsp 72 Report Stead nbsp 58 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 768 Port Vale v Getafe 25 July 2015 2015 07 25 Port Vale2 2GetafeBurslem15 00 BST Leitch Smith nbsp 6 45 Report Wanderson Campos nbsp 8 Villameuela nbsp 69 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 1 652 Port Vale v Bolton Wanderers 28 July 2015 2015 07 28 Port Vale1 2Bolton WanderersBurslem19 30 BST Foley nbsp 69 Report Madine nbsp 39 59 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 1 288 Altrincham v Port Vale 1 August 2015 2015 08 01 Altrincham1 2Port ValeAltrincham15 00 BST Reeves nbsp Report Daniel nbsp 28 Ikpeazu nbsp 39 Stadium Moss Lane Attendance 494 League One Edit Main article 2015 16 Football League One League table Edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts10 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 68 61 7 6911 Sheffield United 46 18 12 16 64 59 5 6612 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 56 58 2 6513 Peterborough United 46 19 6 21 82 73 9 6314 Southend United 46 16 11 19 58 64 6 59Updated to match es played on 1 July 2016 Source BBC SportRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Number of goals scored Results by matchday Edit Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546GroundAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAAHAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHResultDDDWLWLLWDWLDLLWWWWLDLLWWLDWLWDDLWDWWLDLLWWWLLPosition17151311131214151213811111617151312101111131311101111101089911101099101011131211111212Source Statto 97 A Away H Home W Win D Draw L Loss Matches Edit Crewe Alexandra v Port Vale 8 August 2015 2015 08 08 1Crewe Alexandra0 0Port ValeCrewe15 00 BST Report Stadium Gresty Road Attendance 6 751Referee Dean Whitestone Port Vale v Gillingham 15 August 2015 2015 08 15 2Port Vale1 1GillinghamBurslem15 00 BST Dodds nbsp 35 Report Dack nbsp 17 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 5 067Referee Fred Graham Swindon Town v Port Vale 18 August 2015 2015 08 18 3Swindon Town2 2Port ValeSwindon19 45 BST Robert nbsp 12 Rodgers nbsp 66 Report Ikpeazu nbsp 21 Foley nbsp 90 6 pen Stadium County Ground Attendance 7 026Referee Brendan Malone Port Vale v Doncaster Rovers 22 August 2015 2015 08 22 4Port Vale3 0Doncaster RoversBurslem15 00 BST Foley nbsp 35 Ikpeazu nbsp 46 Moore nbsp 88 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 775Referee Robert Lewis Bradford City v Port Vale 29 August 2015 2015 08 29 5Bradford City1 0Port ValeBradford15 00 BST Cole nbsp 90 4 Report Stadium Valley Parade Attendance 17 806Referee Jeremy Simpson Port Vale v Wigan Athletic 12 September 2015 2015 09 12 6Port Vale3 2Wigan AthleticBurslem15 00 BST Grant nbsp 34 Dodds nbsp 64 Ikpeazu nbsp 90 Report McCann nbsp 66 Barnett nbsp 83 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 5 953Referee Mark Haywood Port Vale v Millwall 15 September 2015 2015 09 15 7Port Vale0 2MillwallBurslem19 45 BST Report Beevers nbsp 66 Gregory nbsp 90 2 pen Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 477Referee Oliver Langford Bury v Port Vale 19 September 2015 2015 09 19 8Bury1 0Port ValeBury15 00 BST Cameron nbsp 78 Report Stadium Gigg Lane Attendance 4 323Referee Darren Drysdale Fleetwood Town v Port Vale 26 September 2015 2015 09 26 9Fleetwood Town1 2Port ValeFleetwood15 00 BST Grant nbsp 14 Report Daniel nbsp 56 Foley nbsp 65 pen Stadium Highbury Stadium Attendance 3 560Referee Seb Stockbridge Port Vale v Oldham Athletic 29 September 2015 2015 09 29 10Port Vale1 1Oldham AthleticBurslem19 45 BST Ikpeazu nbsp 70 Report Higdon nbsp 35 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 065Referee Kevin Johnson Port Vale v Sheffield United 3 October 2015 2015 10 03 11Port Vale2 1Sheffield UnitedBurslem15 00 BST Moore nbsp 17 Ikpeazu nbsp 45 Report Done nbsp 90 5 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 6 822Referee Graham Salisbury Southend United v Port Vale 10 October 2015 2015 10 10 12Southend United1 0Port ValeSouthend on Sea15 00 BST Pigott nbsp 63 Report Stadium Roots Hall Attendance 6 543Referee Iain Williamson Port Vale v Peterborough United 17 October 2015 2015 10 17 13Port Vale1 1Peterborough UnitedBurslem15 00 BST Andoh nbsp 40 Report Bostwick nbsp 56 pen Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 864Referee Richard Clark Colchester United v Port Vale 20 October 2015 2015 10 20 14Colchester United2 1Port ValeColchester19 45 BST Elokobi nbsp 25 Sordell nbsp 73 Report Daniel nbsp 45 Stadium Colchester Community Stadium Attendance 2 785Referee Darren Deadman Burton Albion v Port Vale 24 October 2015 2015 10 24 15Burton Albion2 0Port ValeBurton upon Trent15 00 BST Naylor nbsp 84 El Khayati nbsp 90 Report Stadium Pirelli Stadium Attendance 4 076Referee David Coote Port Vale v Shrewsbury Town 31 October 2015 2015 10 31 16Port Vale2 0Shrewsbury TownBurslem15 00 GMT Dodds nbsp 52 O Connor nbsp 80 pen Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 880Referee Darren Handley Barnsley v Port Vale 14 November 2015 2015 11 14 17Barnsley1 2Port ValeBarnsley15 00 GMT Winnall nbsp 77 Report Leitch Smith nbsp 40 Foley nbsp 47 Stadium Oakwell Attendance 8 696Referee Tony Harrington Port Vale v Chesterfield 21 November 2015 2015 11 21 18Port Vale3 2ChesterfieldBurslem15 00 GMT Kelly nbsp 6 Leitch Smith nbsp 10 Dodds nbsp 48 Report Simons nbsp 8 Novak nbsp 90 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 420Referee Michael Bull Port Vale v Blackpool 24 November 2015 2015 11 24 19Port Vale2 0BlackpoolBurslem19 45 GMT Leitch Smith nbsp 82 Birchall nbsp 86 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 3 640Referee David Webb Rochdale v Port Vale 28 November 2015 2015 11 28 20Rochdale2 1Port ValeRochdale15 00 GMT Henderson nbsp 40 pen Mendez Laing nbsp 78 Report Birchall nbsp 13 Stadium Spotland Stadium Attendance 2 510Referee Darren England Port Vale v Scunthorpe United 12 December 2015 2015 12 12 21Port Vale1 1Scunthorpe UnitedBurslem15 00 GMT Leitch Smith nbsp 45 2 Report King nbsp 36 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 3 983Referee Lee Collins Walsall v Port Vale 20 December 2015 2015 12 20 22Walsall2 0Port ValeWalsall12 00 GMT Cook nbsp 64 83 Report Stadium Bescot Stadium Referee Kevin Wright Coventry City v Port Vale 26 December 2015 2015 12 26 23Coventry City1 0Port ValeCoventry15 00 GMT Maddison nbsp 80 Report Stadium Ricoh Arena Attendance 17 779Referee Robert Lewis Port Vale v Bury 28 December 2015 2015 12 28 24Port Vale1 0BuryBurslem15 00 GMT Kelly nbsp 57 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 5 467Referee James Adcock Blackpool v Port Vale 9 January 2016 2016 01 09 25Blackpool0 1Port ValeBlackpool15 00 GMT Report Leitch Smith nbsp 49 Stadium Bloomfield Road Attendance 6 527Referee Seb Stockbridge Millwall v Port Vale 17 January 2016 2016 01 17 26Millwall3 1Port ValeNew Cross15 00 GMT Gregory nbsp 14 34 Morison nbsp 44 Report Hooper nbsp 61 Stadium The Den Attendance 7 773Referee Andy Davies Port Vale v Bradford City 23 January 2016 2016 01 23 27Port Vale1 1Bradford CityBurslem15 00 GMT Leitch Smith nbsp 2 Report Proctor nbsp 65 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 849Referee Lee Swabey Doncaster Rovers v Port Vale 26 January 2016 2016 01 26 28Doncaster Rovers1 2Port ValeDoncaster19 45 GMT Evina nbsp 88 Report Leitch Smith nbsp 6 65 Stadium Keepmoat Stadium Attendance 4 799Referee Geoff Eltringham Wigan Athletic v Port Vale 30 January 2016 2016 01 30 29Wigan Athletic3 0Port ValeWigan15 00 GMT Duffy nbsp 7 og Grigg nbsp 41 pen 69 Report Stadium DW Stadium Attendance 9 627Referee Darren Drysdale Port Vale v Swindon Town 2 February 2016 2016 02 02 30Port Vale1 0Swindon TownBurslem19 45 GMT Dickinson nbsp 6 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 3 256Referee Peter Bankes Port Vale v Coventry City 7 February 2016 2016 02 07 31Port Vale1 1Coventry CityBurslem14 00 GMT Kelly nbsp 84 Report Murphy nbsp 42 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 6 320Referee Phil Gibbs Port Vale v Fleetwood Town 13 February 2016 2016 02 13 32Port Vale0 0Fleetwood TownBurslem15 00 GMT Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 194Referee Charles Breakspear Sheffield United v Port Vale 20 February 2016 2016 02 20 33Sheffield United1 0Port ValeSheffield15 00 GMT Sharp nbsp 50 Report Stadium Bramall Lane Attendance 18 276Referee Ben Toner Port Vale v Southend United 26 February 2016 2016 02 26 34Port Vale3 1Southend UnitedBurslem19 45 GMT Dickinson nbsp 18 O Connor nbsp 38 Coker nbsp 40 og Report McQueen nbsp 90 3 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 3 957Referee Andy Haines Oldham Athletic v Port Vale 1 March 2016 2016 03 01 35Oldham Athletic1 1Port ValeOldham19 45 GMT Kelly nbsp 68 Report Foley nbsp 60 Stadium Boundary Park Attendance 3 507Referee Darren Handley Port Vale v Colchester United 5 March 2016 2016 03 05 36Port Vale2 0Colchester UnitedBurslem15 00 GMT Robinson nbsp 9 Foley nbsp 73 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 116Referee Jeremy Simpson Peterborough United v Port Vale 12 March 2016 2016 03 12 37Peterborough United2 3Port ValePeterborough15 00 GMT Taylor nbsp 2 Williams nbsp 41 Report Moore nbsp 49 Hooper nbsp 86 Dodds nbsp 89 Stadium London Road Stadium Attendance 4 942Referee Darren Bond Port Vale v Burton Albion 19 March 2016 2016 03 19 38Port Vale0 4Burton AlbionBurslem15 00 GMT Report Akins nbsp 34 Grant nbsp 45 1 og Duffy nbsp 50 Butcher nbsp 60 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 6 157Referee Eddie Ilderton Shrewsbury Town v Port Vale 25 March 2016 2016 03 25 39Shrewsbury Town1 1Port ValeShrewsbury15 00 GMT Kaikai nbsp 73 Report Dodds nbsp 60 Stadium New Meadow Attendance 7 019Referee Mark Heywood Port Vale v Barnsley 28 March 2016 2016 03 28 40Port Vale0 1BarnsleyBurslem15 00 BST Report Hourihane nbsp 9 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 839Referee Scott Duncan Chesterfield v Port Vale 2 April 2016 2016 04 02 41Chesterfield4 2Port ValeChesterfield15 00 BST Campbell Ryce nbsp 47 Hird nbsp 60 Ariyibi nbsp 73 O Shea nbsp 83 Report Leitch Smith nbsp 36 Hooper nbsp 70 Stadium Proact Stadium Attendance 5 917Referee Kevin Wright Port Vale v Crewe Alexandra 9 April 2016 2016 04 09 42Port Vale3 0Crewe AlexandraBurslem15 00 BST Dodds nbsp 3 83 Hooper nbsp 90 2 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 5 771Referee Paul Tierney Gillingham v Port Vale 16 April 2016 2016 04 16 43Gillingham0 2Port ValeGillingham Kent15 00 BST Report Leitch Smith nbsp 19 Dickinson nbsp 21 Stadium Priestfield Stadium Attendance 5 887Referee Ross Joyce Port Vale v Rochdale 23 April 2016 2016 04 23 44Port Vale4 1RochdaleBurslem15 00 BST Robinson nbsp 37 O Connor nbsp 45 pen pen Hooper nbsp 46 Report Andrew nbsp 50 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 380Referee Nick Kinseley Scunthorpe United v Port Vale 30 April 2016 2016 04 30 45Scunthorpe United1 0Port ValeScunthorpe15 00 BST Madden nbsp 61 Report Stadium Glanford Park Attendance 7 275Referee Ben Toner Port Vale v Walsall 8 May 2016 2016 05 08 46Port Vale0 5WalsallBurslem15 00 BST Report Downing nbsp 23 Bradshaw nbsp 26 Forde nbsp 38 67 Mantom nbsp 71 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 8 595Referee Nigel Miller FA Cup Edit Port Vale v Maidenhead United 8 November 2015 2015 11 08 1Port Vale1 1Maidenhead UnitedBurslem15 00 Moore nbsp 31 Report Mulley nbsp 90 4 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 3 977Referee Adrian Holmes Maidenhead United v Port Vale 19 November 2015 2015 11 19 ReplayMaidenhead United1 3Port ValeMaidenhead19 45 Massey nbsp 15 Report O Connor nbsp 35 Leitch Smith nbsp 49 57 Stadium York Road Attendance 2 212Referee Dean Whitestone Exeter City v Port Vale 6 December 2015 2015 12 06 2Exeter City2 0Port ValeExeter14 00 Tillson nbsp 19 Watkins nbsp 89 Report Stadium St James Park Attendance 3 565Referee Trevor Kettle League Cup Edit Port Vale v Burnley 10 August 2015 1Port Vale1 0BurnleyBurslem19 45 BST Moore nbsp 82 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 4 634Referee Trevor Kettle West Bromwich Albion v Port Vale 25 August 2015 2West Bromwich Albion0 0 5 3 p Port ValeWest Bromwich20 00 BST Report Stadium The Hawthorns Attendance 13 915Referee Keith StroudPenaltiesLambert nbsp Yacob nbsp McManaman nbsp McClean nbsp Chester nbsp Leitch Smith nbsp Duffy nbsp Purkiss nbsp Foley nbsp Football League Trophy Edit Port Vale v Carlisle United 1 September 2015 2015 09 01 1Port Vale1 0Carlisle UnitedBurslem19 45 BST Ikpeazu nbsp 60 Report Stadium Vale Park Attendance 2 571Referee Darren England Port Vale v Blackpool 6 October 2015 2015 10 06 2Port Vale1 2BlackpoolBurslem19 45 BST Grant nbsp 52 pen Report Rivers nbsp 44 Robertson nbsp 56 Stadium Vale Park Attendance 2 720Referee Mark HeywoodSquad statistics EditAppearances and goals Edit Pos Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy TotalApps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGK 1 nbsp Chris Neal 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0DF 2 nbsp Ben Purkiss 39 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 45 0DF 3 nbsp Carl Dickinson 44 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 50 3DF 4 nbsp Remie Streete 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 18 0DF 5 nbsp Ryan McGivern 28 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 32 0DF 6 nbsp Richard Duffy 45 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 52 0MF 7 nbsp Chris Birchall 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2MF 8 nbsp Michael O Connor 26 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 29 5FW 10 nbsp Louis Dodds 37 8 3 0 2 0 2 0 44 8MF 11 nbsp Sam Foley 45 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 50 6GK 12 nbsp Sam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0MF 14 nbsp Colin Daniel 20 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 25 2FW 15 nbsp JJ Hooper 28 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 5DF 16 nbsp Adam Yates 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0MF 17 nbsp Michael Brown 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0MF 18 nbsp Sam Kelly 28 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 31 3MF 19 nbsp Byron Moore 36 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 41 5FW 20 nbsp A Jay Leitch Smith 37 10 3 2 2 0 1 0 43 12GK 21 nbsp Jak Alnwick 41 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 48 0MF 22 nbsp Ryan Lloyd 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0GK 23 nbsp Ryan Boot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0DF 24 nbsp Nathan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0FW 25 nbsp Theo Robinson 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2DF 26 nbsp Ryan Inniss 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 0MF 27 nbsp Enoch Andoh 12 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 16 1FW 28 nbsp Achille Campion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0FW 30 nbsp Dan Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0MF 31 nbsp Billy Reeves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0DF 32 nbsp Lewis Bergin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0MF 33 nbsp Chekaine Steele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0FW 34 nbsp Jonny Kapend 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0MF 35 nbsp Omar Haughton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0MF 42 nbsp Anthony Grant 38 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 45 2Players that left the club mid season FW 9 nbsp Uche Ikpeazu 21 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 28 6MF 9 nbsp Matty Kennedy 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0MF 25 nbsp Jak McCourt 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0DF 38 nbsp Aziz Deen Conteh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Top scorers Edit Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total1 FW nbsp England 20 A Jay Leitch Smith 10 2 0 0 122 FW nbsp England 10 Louis Dodds 8 0 0 0 83 MF nbsp Ireland 11 Sam Foley 6 0 0 0 6 FW nbsp Uganda 9 Uche Ikpeazu 5 0 0 1 65 MF nbsp England 15 JJ Hooper 5 0 0 0 5 MF nbsp England 19 Byron Moore 3 1 1 0 5 MF nbsp Northern Ireland 8 Michael O Connor 4 1 0 0 58 MF nbsp England 3 Carl Dickinson 3 0 0 0 3 MF nbsp Ireland 18 Sam Kelly 3 0 0 0 310 MF nbsp Trinidad 7 Chris Birchall 2 0 0 0 2 MF nbsp England 14 Colin Daniel 2 0 0 0 2 MF nbsp Jamaica 42 Anthony Grant 1 0 0 1 2 FW nbsp Jamaica 25 Theo Robinson 2 0 0 0 214 MF nbsp Ghana 27 Enoch Andoh 1 0 0 0 1 Own goals 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 56 4 1 2 63Disciplinary record Edit Number Nation Position Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 nbsp England DF Carl Dickinson 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 nbsp Uganda FW Uche Ikpeazu 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 15 nbsp Northern Ireland DF Ryan McGivern 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 142 nbsp Jamaica MF Anthony Grant 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 06 nbsp Wales DF Richard Duffy 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14 011 nbsp Ireland MF Sam Foley 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 08 nbsp Northern Ireland MF Michael O Connor 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 021 nbsp England GK Jak Alnwick 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 018 nbsp Ireland MF Sam Kelly 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 02 nbsp England DF Ben Purkiss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 04 nbsp England DF Remie Streete 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 014 nbsp England MF Colin Daniel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 026 nbsp England DF Ryan Inniss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09 nbsp Northern Ireland MF Matty Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07 nbsp Trinidad MF Chris Birchall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 017 nbsp England MF Michael Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 015 nbsp England FW JJ Hooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 020 nbsp England FW A Jay Leitch Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 025 nbsp England MF Jak McCourt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 019 nbsp England MF Byron Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS 71 3 5 0 7 0 3 0 86 3Sourced from Soccerway 98 Awards EditEnd of Season Awards Winner 99 Player of the Year Anthony GrantAway Travel Player of the Year Louis DoddsSupporters Club s Trophy Anthony GrantPlayers Player of the Year Anthony GrantYoung Player of the Year Jak AlnwickYouth Player of the Year Dan TurnerGoal of the Season Sam Kelly vs Coventry City 7 February 2016 Transfers EditTransfers in Edit Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref 1 July 2015 MF nbsp Sam Foley Yeovil Town Free transfer 5 1 July 2015 MF nbsp Anthony Grant Crewe Alexandra Free transfer 6 1 July 2015 MF nbsp Sam Kelly Norwich City Free transfer 4 1 July 2015 DF nbsp Ben Purkiss Walsall Free transfer 6 1 July 2015 DF nbsp Remie Streete Newcastle United Free transfer 4 20 July 2015 FW nbsp A Jay Leitch Smith Yeovil Town Free transfer 8 6 August 2015 GK nbsp Jak Alnwick Newcastle United Free transfer 10 10 August 2015 FW nbsp JJ Hooper Havant amp Waterlooville 8 400 compensation 100 25 January 2016 FW nbsp Theo Robinson nbsp Motherwell Free transfer 44 Transfers out Edit Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref 29 January 2016 DF nbsp Aziz Deen Conteh nbsp Zaria Bălți Released 101 102 8 May 2016 FW nbsp Achille Campion nbsp Sligo Rovers Released 103 13 May 2016 DF nbsp Lewis Bergin Newcastle Town Released 104 13 May 2016 FW nbsp Colin Daniel Blackpool Released 105 13 May 2016 FW nbsp Jonathon Kapend Nantwich Town Released 106 13 May 2016 DF nbsp Ryan McGivern Shrewsbury Town Released 107 13 May 2016 GK nbsp Chris Neal Fleetwood Town Released 108 13 May 2016 MF nbsp Chekaine Steele Worcester City Released 66 109 13 May 2016 FW nbsp Theo Robinson Lincoln City Released 110 26 May 2016 FW nbsp Louis Dodds Shrewsbury Town Rejected contract 68 27 May 2016 DF nbsp Richard Duffy Eastleigh Rejected contract 69 27 May 2016 MF nbsp Michael O Connor Notts County Rejected contract 111 31 May 2016 FW nbsp A Jay Leitch Smith Shrewsbury Town Rejected contract 107 17 June 2016 FW nbsp Byron Moore Bristol Rovers Rejected contract 112 23 June 2016 DF nbsp Carl Dickinson Notts County Rejected contract 113 1 July 2016 MF nbsp Chris Birchall Kidsgrove Athletic Rejected contract 114 5 July 2016 MF nbsp Enoch Andoh Whitehawk Rejected contract 72 Loans in Edit Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref 13 July 2015 FW nbsp Uche Ikpeazu Watford 2 January 2016 7 27 July 2015 DF nbsp Ryan Inniss Crystal Palace End of season 9 28 August 2015 MF nbsp Jak McCourt Leicester City 26 September 2015 16 25 January 2016 MF nbsp Matty Kennedy Cardiff City 7 April 2016 115 Loans out Edit Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref 27 July 2015 DF nbsp Nathan Smith Torquay United End of season 116 11 August 2015 DF nbsp Aziz Deen Conteh Boston United 12 September 2015 117 24 August 2015 DF nbsp Adam Yates Northampton Town 8 September 2015 118 25 August 2015 DF nbsp Lewis Bergin Kidsgrove Athletic End of season 119 28 August 2015 FW nbsp Jonathon Kapend Stafford Rangers 26 September 2015 120 28 August 2015 MF nbsp Chekaine Steele Buxton 26 September 2015 120 11 September 2015 MF nbsp Omar Haughton Newcastle Town 9 October 2015 121 29 October 2015 FW nbsp Achille Campion Torquay United 29 November 2015 122 6 November 2015 MF nbsp Billy Reeves Witton Albion 6 February 2016 123 24 November 2015 MF nbsp Ryan Lloyd Chester End of season 124 27 November 2015 GK nbsp Sam Johnson F C Halifax Town End of season 125 29 January 2016 MF nbsp Omar Haughton Leek Town End of season 126 29 January 2016 MF nbsp Chekaine Steele Witton Albion 27 February 2016 127 1 February 2016 GK nbsp Chris Neal Doncaster Rovers 20 February 2016 128 12 February 2016 FW nbsp Jonathon Kapend Kidsgrove Athletic 12 March 2016 129 12 February 2016 MF nbsp Billy Reeves Hyde United 12 March 2016 129 23 February 2016 FW nbsp Colin Daniel Mansfield Town End of season 130 18 March 2016 GK nbsp Chris Neal Bury End of season 131 References EditSpecific Baggaley Mike 24 April 2015 Port Vale Lowdown on five youth players offered professional deals The Sentinel Retrieved 25 April 2015 Rob Page Port Vale award new two year contract to manager BBC Sport 6 May 2015 Retrieved 7 May 2015 Rob Page looks to build as chairman backs him at least until September The Sentinel 6 May 2015 Archived from the original on 18 May 2015 Retrieved 9 May 2015 a b c Port Vale Remie Streete and Sam Kelly sign two year contracts BBC Sport 15 June 2015 Retrieved 15 June 2015 a b Sam Foley Port Vale sign Yeovil Town midfielder BBC Sport 18 June 2015 Retrieved 18 June 2015 a b c Port Vale Anthony Grant and Ben Purkiss sign for League One club BBC Sport 24 June 2015 Retrieved 24 June 2015 a b Watford striker Uche Ikpeazu seals six month loan move BBC Sport 13 July 2015 Retrieved 13 July 2015 a b Port Vale A Jay Leitch Smith agrees 12 month deal at Vale Park BBC Sport 20 July 2015 Retrieved 20 July 2015 a b Ryan Inniss Port Vale sign Crystal Palace defender on season s loan BBC Sport 27 July 2015 Retrieved 27 July 2015 a b Goalkeeper Jak Alnwick Agrees To Join Port Vale Port Vale FC 6 August 2015 Retrieved 6 August 2015 Sharpe Rich 8 August 2015 Crewe Alexandra 0 Port Vale 0 Steve Davis admits the Valiants had the better of the game The Sentinel Retrieved 9 August 2015 Ex Newcastle striker JJ Hooper signs two year deal BBC Sport 10 August 2015 Retrieved 10 August 2015 Baggaley Michael 15 August 2015 Rob Page says Vale didn t do enough in second half The Sentinel Archived from the original on 16 August 2015 Retrieved 15 August 2015 Smith Pete 19 August 2015 Watch bizarre injury time handball that helped seal draw at Swindon Town The Sentinel Retrieved 20 August 2015 Baggaley Mike 22 August 2015 Port Vale 3 0 Doncaster report Classy Vale sweep aside Rovers The Sentinel Retrieved 22 August 2015 a b Jak McCourt Port Vale sign Leicester City midfielder BBC Sport 28 August 2015 Retrieved 29 August 2015 Baggaley Mike 29 August 2015 Bradford 1 Port Vale 0 report Agony for Vale in injury time drama The Sentinel Retrieved 29 August 2015 Baggaley Mike 12 September 2015 Port Vale 3 2 Wigan report Uche Ikpeazu s late strike settles thriller Sentinel Retrieved 12 September 2015 Baggaley Mike 15 September 2015 Port Vale 0 Millwall 2 No excuses from Rob Page as Vale are outclassed The Sentinel Retrieved 15 September 2015 Baggaley Mike 20 September 2015 Bury 1 Port Vale 0 Bury boss says he knew Vale were vulnerable to set pieces The Sentinel Retrieved 20 September 2015 Baggaley Mike 26 September 2015 Fleetwood 1 Port Vale 2 report Vale roar back to stun Fleetwood The Sentinel Retrieved 26 September 2015 Baggaley Mike 29 September 2015 Port Vale 1 Oldham 1 Frustrated Rob Page says more set piece problems cost Vale dearly The Sentinel Retrieved 29 September 2015 Baggaley Mike 3 October 2015 Port Vale 2 Sheffield United 1 report Super Vale stun title favourites The Sentinel Retrieved 3 October 2015 Baggaley Mike 10 October 2015 Southend 1 Port Vale 0 Phil Brown says win over Vale was his best in charge The Sentinel Retrieved 11 October 2015 Baggaley Mike 17 October 2015 Port Vale 1 Peterborough 1 report Missed penalties cost Vale in dramatic draw The Sentinel Archived from the original on 20 October 2015 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Baggaley Mike 21 October 2015 Colchester United 2 Port Vale 1 Valiants suffer more set piece woes The Sentinel Retrieved 21 October 2015 Travers Chris 29 October 2015 Enoch Andoh set for lengthy spell on the sidelines after scan results The Sentinel Retrieved 29 October 2015 Baggaley Mike 24 October 2015 Burton 2 Port Vale 0 report Vale crash to defeat in late drama The Sentinel Retrieved 24 October 2015 Baggaley Mike 31 October 2015 Port Vale 2 Shrewsbury 0 report Vale roar back to form The Sentinel Baggaley Mike 14 November 2015 Barnsley 1 Port Vale 2 Gutsy Vale claim dramatic win The Sentinel Retrieved 14 November 2015 Baggaley Mike 22 November 2015 Port Vale 3 Chesterfield 2 Fans say Chesterfield s ex Valiants were no match for Vale The Sentinel Retrieved 23 November 2015 Baggaley Mike 24 November 2015 Port Vale 2 Blackpool 0 Rob Page s pride at remarkable winning run The Sentinel Archived from the original on 25 November 2015 Retrieved 25 November 2015 Baggaley Mike 28 November 2015 Rochdale 2 Port Vale 1 Rob Page furious with referee as Vale crash to controversial defeat The Sentinel Archived from the original on 12 December 2015 Retrieved 28 November 2015 Manager Rob Page nominated for November manager of the month award The Sentinel 9 December 2015 Retrieved 10 December 2015 Baggaley Mike 13 December 2015 Port Vale 1 Scunthorpe 1 review Leitch Smith brings some Christmas cheer to Vale The Sentinel Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 Retrieved 13 December 2015 Baggaley Mike 20 December 2015 Fans say Vale are too negative away from home The Sentinel Retrieved 20 December 2015 Carl Dickinson Negative Port Vale fans should shut up and support BBC Sport 23 December 2015 Retrieved 24 December 2015 Baggaley Mike 26 December 2015 Coventry 1 Port Vale 0 Frustrated Rob Page rues missed chances The Sentinel Retrieved 27 December 2015 Baggaley Mike 28 December 2015 Port Vale 1 Bury 0 Sam Kelly stunner clinches win in front of Tom Pope and Micky Adams The Sentinel Retrieved 28 December 2015 Baggaley Mike 9 January 2016 Blackpool 0 Port Vale 1 report Ajay Leitch Smith sends super Valiants to victory The Sentinel Retrieved 9 January 2016 Baggaley Michael 17 January 2016 Millwall 3 Port Vale 1 match report JJ Hooper scores first Vale goal but Lions ease to victory The Sentinel Retrieved 17 January 2016 Baggaley Mike 24 January 2016 Port Vale 1 Bradford 1 review Potential buyers see Vale booed off The Sentinel Archived from the original on 25 January 2016 Retrieved 26 January 2016 Baggaley Mike 26 February 2016 Valiants clinch new deal for Cardiff winger Matty Kennedy The Sentinel Retrieved 27 February 2016 permanent dead link a b Port Vale sign striker Robinson and Cardiff loan winger Kennedy BBC Sport 25 January 2016 Retrieved 26 January 2016 Baggaley Mike 26 January 2016 Doncaster Rovers 1 Port Vale 2 match report Ajay Leitch Smith s double earns Valiants away victory The Sentinel Retrieved 26 January 2016 Baggaley Mike 30 January 2016 Wigan 3 Port Vale 0 report 10 man Valiants well beaten in front of large away following The Sentinel Retrieved 31 January 2016 Baggaley Mike 2 February 2016 Port Vale 1 Swindon 0 Rob Page demands more as Vale move to brink of play off spots The Sentinel Retrieved 3 February 2016 permanent dead link Baggaley Mike 7 February 2016 Port Vale 1 Coventry 1 Rob Page hails performance and 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