1988–89 Port Vale F.C. season
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 110 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5093-0057-8
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1988–89 season was Port Vale's seventy-seventh season of football in the Football League, and third successive (eighteenth overall) season in the Third Division. They achieved promotion to the Second Division with a 2–1 aggregate win over Bristol Rovers in the two-legged play-off Final. This came after a long season in which Vale, who suffered an injury crisis in the second half of the season, were just pipped to the second automatic promotion spot by Sheffield United. The club also reached the Third Round of the FA Cup, Second Round of the League Cup, and the Preliminary Round of the League Trophy. John Rudge's main stars were top-scorer Darren Beckford, strike partner Ron Futcher, defender Simon Mills, winger Ray Walker, midfielder Robbie Earle, and Player of the Year Mark Grew. Returning star Andy Jones was disappointing in his loan spell, but Andy Porter and Dean Glover both made their debuts in what was Phil Sproson's last season at...