Potteries derby

The Potteries derby is the football local derby in Stoke-on-Trent between Port Vale and Stoke City. The fans of each club both consider the other to be their main rivals;[2] this has led to a heated atmosphere at these matches. The two teams have met a total of 185 times, consisting of: 44 English Football League, 6 FA Cup, 62 friendlies, and 73 other (mostly local) cup games.[1] One study in 2019 ranked it as the joint-28th biggest rivalry in English professional football, level with the Manchester derby.[3]

Potteries derby

Locale	Stoke-on-Trent
Teams	Port Vale vs. Stoke City
First meeting	Stoke 1–0 Burslem Port Vale 1887–88 FA Cup 2 December 1882[1]
Latest meeting	Stoke City 0–1 Port Vale 2001–02 Second Division 10 February 2002
Statistics
Meetings total	185
Most wins	Stoke City (101)[1]
Most player appearances	Tom Holford (28)[1]
All-time series	Port Vale: 44 Drawn: 40 Stoke: 101
Largest victory	Stoke 4–0 Port Vale 1930–31 Second Division (26 September 1931)

Stoke-on-Trent is the least populous city to have two Football League clubs. Leeds, Leicester, Coventry, Hull, Bradford, and Cardiff are all larger cities that contain just one league club.[4]

Background

Both clubs come from Stoke-on-Trent and are the only clubs from the city to have played in the English Football League. Port Vale are Burslem based and Stoke City traditionally are based in Stoke-upon-Trent. The city of Stoke-on-Trent was incorporated in 1910 (city status granted in 1925), therefore before this time the two clubs were based in separate towns and were local rivals rather than rivals within the same city. Despite this however, the "Valiants" did use The Old Recreation Ground as their home stadium, which was located in Hanley.

Both clubs had strong links to the local pottery industry, Port Vale's unique name being based on the Trent and Mersey Canal and with City's nickname being The Potters.

Port Vale tends to get support from the North of the city, notably Tunstall and Burslem. Stoke therefore tend to enjoy greater support in the remaining parts of the city.

History

The two clubs have long league histories, Stoke City were founded in 1863 [5] and Port Vale were probably formed in 1876.[6] In the early 20th century, both clubs spent time out of the Football League structure: from 1907 (for Vale) and 1908 (for Stoke) until 1919 – both had resigned due to financial troubles. Stoke were founder members of the football league in 1888 and Port Vale were founder members of both the Second Division in 1892 and the Fourth Division in 1958. City have tended to be the more successful club over the years, the most valued trophy going to Stoke in 1972 in the form of the League Cup. Although Vale did reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1954, Stoke bettered this with a second-place finish in 2011. Stoke have also tended to play in higher tiers of the football league throughout the clubs' history, although since 1919 the two clubs have found themselves in the same league for 22 seasons. Vale have had only five seasons playing at a higher level than City, and never in the top flight. Whilst competing in the same division, Vale have finished above Stoke on seven occasions.[7] In every other year of the two clubs' Football League history Stoke have therefore have finished above Vale.

The first derby game was played at Westport Meadows on 2 December 1882, in the Second Round of the Staffordshire Senior Cup.[1] Vale were complete unknowns, and so pulled off a surprise by managing a 1–1 with their more established rivals-to-be.[1] No details of the match were recorded, though The Staffordshire Sentinel did mention the match along with the comment that it was "a spirited game".[1] Stoke won the replay 5–1 at the Victoria Ground seven days later, with George Shutt bagging four of the goals.[1] It took Vale seventeen attempts to register their first victory over Stoke, which they finally did in a friendly on 29 March 1890, winning 2–1.[1]

The biggest attendance came on 6 January 1951, as a crowd of 49,500 packed into the Victoria Ground to witness the teams draw in an FA Cup First Round encounter. Three years later some 46,777 turned up at the ground when the pair met in the league. The biggest crowd for an encounter at Vale Park came on 25 April 1955, when a crowd of 41,674 witnessed a Stoke victory.[1]

Though the two clubs have been main rivals since as early as the 1880s, they have supported each other in times of need. Before regaining their Football League status in the early 20th century, the two clubs had a pact that meant Vale would not bid for membership, leaving Stoke more likely to succeed in their bid; Stoke would then support Vale in any future bids they made.[8] During times of deep financial crisis at the Vale, Stoke played fund-raising matches with the Vale in order to try and prevent their rivals from going into liquidation.[8] In turn, Vale allowed Stoke to play a home game at Vale Park when a freak gale in January 1976 caused severe damage to the Victoria Ground.[8]

Stoke's ten-year run in the Premier League (2008–09 to 2017–18) under the ownership of billionaire Peter Coates coincided with Vale spending five seasons in League Two, leaving the two clubs three divisions apart. However Stoke's relegation to and subsequent struggles in the Championship led to realistic prospects of a future renewing of hostilities. On 4 December 2018, Stoke's under-21s lost 4–0 to Vale's first-team in the EFL Trophy at Vale Park, and after the match an estimated "minority of 150-200 people" within Stoke's 4,000 ticket allocation trashed the away end at Vale Park; this added a sour note to Vale's season high attendance record of 7,940.[9] Vale launched a controversial new commercial campaign in October 2019, offering youngsters the chance to swap Stoke City shirts and tickets for Vale ones, which was a response to Stoke's popular 'City 7s' scheme which handed seven year olds a shirt and match tickets for a game at the Bet365 Stadium.[10]

Game list

The most recent game resulted in a 1–0 away win for Port Vale, Stoke City's last win over Vale being seven derbies ago.

This list shows all competitive senior matches in the English Football League, the FA Cup, League Cup, and League Trophy. Matches from wartime competitions, friendlies, Staffordshire Senior Cup, and other minor cup competitions are not included.

Note that the league system was re-organized in 1992 with the creation of the Premier League and in 2004 with the league re-branding.

Date	Competition	Stadium	Score	Port Vale Scorers	Stoke City Scorers	Att.
Stoke City promoted to First Division 2001–02
10 February 2002	Second Division	Britannia Stadium	0–1	Cummins[11]		23,019
21 October 2001	Second Division	Vale Park	1–1	McPhee	Iwelumo[12]	10,344
5 March 2001	LDV Trophy	Britannia Stadium	1–2	Cummins, Bridge-Wilkinson	Mohan[13]	11,323
17 February 2001	Second Division	Britannia Stadium	1–1	Brammer	O'Connor[14]	22,133
17 September 2000	Second Division	Vale Park	1–1	Bridge-Wilkinson	Lightbourne[15]	8,948
Port Vale relegated to Second Division 1999–2000
Stoke City relegated to Second Division 1997–98
1 March 1998	First Division	Vale Park	0–0		[16]	13,853
12 October 1997	First Division	Britannia Stadium	2–1	Naylor	Forsyth, Keen[17]	20,125
20 April 1997	First Division	Victoria Ground	2–0		Sheron (2)[18]	16,426
13 October 1996	First Division	Vale Park	1–1	Mills	Keen[19]	14,396
12 March 1996	First Division	Vale Park	1–0	Bogie[20]		16,737
27 August 1995	First Division	Victoria Ground	0–1	Bogie[21]		14,283
22 April 1995	First Division	Victoria Ground	0–1	Foyle[22]		20,429
14 March 1995	First Division	Vale Park	1–1	Naylor	Sandford[23]	19,510
Port Vale promoted to First Division 1993–1994
Stoke City promoted to First Division 1992–1993
31 March 1993	Second Division	Vale Park	0–2		Stein, Gleghorn	20,373
3 March 1993	Autoglass Trophy	Victoria Ground	0–1	Van der Laan		22,254
24 November 1992	FA Cup First Round Replay	Vale Park	3–1	Foyle (2), Porter	Sandford	19,810
16 November 1992	FA Cup First Round	Victoria Ground	0–0			24,490
24 October 1992	Second Division	Victoria Ground	2–1	Kerr	Cranson, Stein	24,334
Port Vale relegated to Third Division 1991–92
Stoke City relegated to Third Division 1989–90
3 February 1990	Second Division	Vale Park	0–0			22,075
23 September 1989	Second Division	Victoria Ground	1–1	Earle	Palin	27,004
Port Vale promoted to Second Division 1988–89
Port Vale relegated to Third Division 1956–57
29 April 1957	Second Division	Vale Park	2–2	Cunliffe, Steele	Graver, King	22,395
10 October 1956	Second Division	Victoria Ground	3–1	Smith	Coleman (2), Kelly	39,446
31 March 1956	Second Division	Victoria Ground	1–1	Griffiths	Oscroft	37,928
8 October 1955	Second Division	Vale Park	1–0	Done		37,261
25 April 1955	Second Division	Vale Park	0–1		Bowyer	41,674
4 September 1954	Second Division	Victoria Ground	0–0			46,777
Port Vale promoted to Second Division 1953–54
8 January 1951	FA Cup First Round Replay	Victoria Ground	1–0		Bowyer	40,977
6 January 1951	FA Cup First Round	Victoria Ground	2–2	Bennett, Pinchbeck	Mullard (2)	49,500
Stoke City promoted to First Division 1932–33
4 March 1933	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	1–3	McGrath	Johnson, Ware, Matthews	19,625
22 October 1932	Second Division	Victoria Ground	1–0		Johnson	29,296
6 February 1932	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	3–0	Marshall (2), Henshall		21,089
26 September 1931	Second Division	Victoria Ground	4–0		Sale, Bussey (3)	28,292
18 April 1931	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	0–0			13,403
13 December 1930	Second Division	Victoria Ground	1–0		Robertson	26,609
Port Vale promoted to Second Division 1929–30
Port Vale relegated to Third Division North 1928–29
26 January 1929	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	1–2	Mandley	Shirley (2)	18,869
15 September 1928	Second Division	Victoria Ground	2–1	Griffiths	Davies, Bussey	35,288
17 March 1928	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	0–0			21,071
5 November 1927	Second Division	Victoria Ground	0–2	Anstiss, Kirkham		31,493
Stoke City promoted to Second Division 1926–27
Stoke City relegated to Third Division North 1925–26
7 September 1925	Second Division	Victoria Ground	0–3	Kirkham (3)		21,869
31 August 1925	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	3–0	Kirkham (2 [1 pen]), Strange		19,997
24 January 1925	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	2–0	Kirkham, Tempest		17,936
20 September 1924	Second Division	Victoria Ground	0–1	Connelly		22,747
13 October 1923	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	2–4	Page, Butler	J Broad (2), Eyres (2)	16,800
6 October 1923	Second Division	Victoria Ground	1–0		Clarke	21,685
Stoke relegated to Second Division 1922–23
Stoke promoted to First Division 1921–22
7 January 1922	FA Cup First Round	The Old Recreation Ground	2–4	Page, Brough	Watkin (3), Tempest	14,471
1 October 1921	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	0–1		J Broad	20,000
24 September 1921	Second Division	Victoria Ground	0–0			30,000
2 October 1920	Second Division	Victoria Ground	0–1	Blood		26,500
25 September 1920	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	2–1	Page, Briscoe	McColl	20,000
13 March 1920	Second Division	Victoria Ground	0–0			27,000
6 March 1920	Second Division	The Old Recreation Ground	0–3		Whittingham, Brown, Watkin	22,697
Port Vale and Stoke City re-admitted to the Football League 1919–20
15 October 1887	FA Cup First Round	Victoria Ground	1–0		Lawton

Statistics

Bob Whittingham scored thirteen times past Vale for Stoke.

As of 12 January 2009

Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
Football League
Port Vale	44	13	15	16	41	45	−4
Stoke City	44	16	15	13	45	41	+4
FA Cup
Port Vale	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2
Stoke City	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2
Football League Trophy
Port Vale	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Stoke City	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Friendlies & minor cups[1]
Port Vale	133	29	23	82	156	298	−142
Stoke City	133	82	23	29	298	156	+142
Totals
Port Vale	185	44	40	101	207	353	−146
Stoke City	185	101	40	44	353	207	+146

Honours

The League Cup trophy, won by Stoke City in 1972.

These are the major footballing honours of Port Vale and Stoke City.

Competition	Port Vale	Stoke City
Second Division / Championship (2nd tier)	0	2
Third Division / Third Division North / League One (3rd tier)	2	2
Fourth Division / League Two (4th tier)	1	0
League Cup / EFL Cup	0	1
Football League Trophy / EFL Trophy	2	2
Total	5	7

Crossing the divide

Players who have played for both clubs

Neil MacKenzie started his career at Stoke City, but had a short stay at Vale Park later in his career.

Tom Holford made a record 28 appearances in derby games.

Port Vale player-coach Gareth Owen started his career with Stoke.

Billy Briscoe scored five times for Vale in 22 derby appearances.

Billy Tempest played 24 derby games, mostly for Stoke.

Billy Herbert scored ten times past Vale for Stoke.

Jack Maddock played for both Vale and Stoke in the derby, and also turned out for Crewe.

William Dickson scored seven times for Stoke in derby games.

Jim Beech played in fifteen derby games for the Vale.

Sunderland legend Arthur Bridgett played for both Stoke and Vale.

Tommy Clare played for Stoke for fourteen years before becoming Vale's manager-secretary.

Micky Adams had a brief spell with Stoke before he was appointed manager of Port Vale.

Bill Rowley was a Vale player before he became Stoke's manager.

The player with the most appearances in derby games is Tom Holford, who played nine times in Stoke colours and nineteen times in Vale colours between 1899 and 1922. Dickie Smith played 24 appearances in Stoke colours, whilst Billy Briscoe turned out 22 times for the "Valiants". The player with most appearances in the derby following World War II is John McCue, who played seventeen times for the "Potters", followed by Vale's Roy Sproson with fifteen derby appearances.[1] In terms of goals scored the record-holder is Bob Whittingham, who knocked thirteen goals in for Stoke between 1917 and 1920, though only one of these came in a Football League encounter. The most successful scorer in Vale colours has been Wilf Kirkham with seven goals, though he also scored once whilst playing on Stoke's side – all Kirkham's goals came in the English Football League.[1]

Players in bold transferred directly between the clubs, or were released by one and then signed for the other. Only players who made a competitive first-team appearance are included on the list. John Lumsdon is the last player to have joined Port Vale on loan from Stoke City, having made the move in March 1978.[24] Both the Potteries clubs also share a rivalry with Crewe Alexandra. Players highlighted in pink have turned out for all three clubs.

Player	Port Vale career			Stoke City career
	Span	Appearances	Goals	Span	Appearances	Goals
Ron Andrew	1964–1965	8	1	1957–1964	129	2
Len Armitage	1932–1934	13	2	1924–1932	200	19
Bill Asprey	1967–1968	33	0	1953–1966	341	26
Tom Baddeley	1893–1896	67	0	1910	7	0
Lewis Ballham	1888–1890	16	6	1891–1892	52	16
George Bateman	1882–1886 1886–1890	20	0	1886–1887 1891–1892	7	0
Jason Beckford	1991	5	1	1994–1995	5	0
Harry Benson	1908–1911	43	0	1901–1907	91	0
Bill Bentley	1977–1980	106	0	1964–1968	53	2
Brian Bithell	1977	2	0	1976–1977	18	0
Alan Bloor	1978–1979	6	1	1961–1977	482	19
Lucien Boullemier	1897–1902 1905	171	8	1896	7	0
Arthur Box	1904–1907	52	1	1907–1909	39	0
William Bradbury	1903–1907	12	0	1910–1911	31	0
Dave Brammer	1999–2001 2008–2009	98	4	2004–2007	112	3
Arthur Bridgett	1923–1924	15	7	1902	7	0
Ian Brightwell	2002–2004	41	0	2002	5	0
Joe Brough	1906–1907 1909–1910 1913–1922	189	104	1907	1	0
Adrian Capes	1900–1905 1907–1911	214	84	1905–1907	19	2
Mark Chamberlain	1979–1982	110	20	1982–1985	124	18
Neville Chamberlain	1978–1982	158	41	1982–1984	7	0
Tommy Clare	1884 1897 1898–1901	52	0	1884–1897	252	6
Albert Cook	1900–1906 1907 1909–1911	64	7	1906	12	1
William Cope	1904–1907	77	1	1907–1908	31	0
Harry Cotton	1901–1905	139	0	1905–1908	22	1
Tom Coxon	1902–1903 1906–1907	46	16	1903–1904 1907	38	6
Harry Davies	1938–1939	49	5	1922–1929 1932–1937	411	101
Carl Dickinson	2013–2016	143	4	2004–2011	60	0
Tony Dinning	2005–2006	48	5	2002	8	0
Alan Dodd	1986–1987	3	0	1969–1982	401	4
Billy Draycott	1890–1891	3	1	1891–1894	2	0
Archie Dyke	1913–1914 1919	21	2	1909–1912 1914	44	3
Billy Eardley	1894–1895 1895–1896	19	7	1896	10	1
Francis Eardley	1910–1911	6	2	1909	3	2
Wayne Ebanks	1985–1987	48	0	1984	12	0
Ted Evans	1896–1899	44	15	1891–1895	61	19
Arthur Fielding	1910–1911	4	5	1908–1909	3	0
John Flowers	1971–1972	37	0	1963–1966	9	0
Peter Ford	1959–1963	121	5	1956–1959	14	0
Jimmy Greenhoff	1981–1983	56	5	1969–1976	346	103
Peter Griffiths	1984–1986	48	5	1983–1984	64	5
Steve Guppy	1994–1997	128	13	2004	4	0
Charles Hallam	1922–1923	2	0	1924–1927	33	2
Mark Harrison	1980–1982	80	0	1982–1983	8	0
Arthur Hartshorne	1902–1903	30	3	1903–1905	56	0
Billy Heames	1897–1904	233	26	1883–1887	16	2
Geoff Hickson	1968	17	0	1959–1961	11	0
Ted Holdcroft	1901–1903	18	1	1903–1905	44	11
Tom Holford	1919–1924	56	1	1898–1908	269	33
Vic Horrocks	1905–1907 1911–1912	39	2	1904 1908–1911	20	8
Sam Howshall	1903–1905	2	0	1908	1	2
Jason Jarrett	2009	13	0	2005	3	0
Arthur Jepson	1938–1946	53	0	1946–1948	32	0
Tony Kelly	1994	5	1	1986–1987	44	4
Wilf Kirkham	1923–1929 1932–1933	276	164	1929–1932	51	30
Tony Lacey	1970–1975	215	9	1967–1969	5	0
Billy Leech	1899–1900	30	1	1900–1901	50	2
Terry Lees	1975–1976	47	2	1970–1975	28	0
Harry Leese	1913–1919	42	4	1907 1909–1913	119	29
John Lumsdon	1978	5	0	1975–1978	28	0
Neil MacKenzie	2008–2009	3	0	1996–1999	46	1
Ted McDonald	1894–1896 1897–1899	120	12	1896–1897	2	0
Arden Maddison	1924–1927	53	1	1924	1	0
Jack Maddock	1923–1931	182	12	1919–1921	23	4
Paul Maguire	1985–1988	147	27	1980–1984	120	25
Alan Martin	1941–1951	198	31	1951–1955	115	6
Lee Mills	1995–1998	128	44	2003	11	2
Jackie Mudie	1963–1967	64	11	1961–1963	93	33
Albert Mullard	1951–1956	178	23	1950–1951	23	5
Ernest Mullineux	1900–1904	127	2	1907–1914	187	0
Jimmy O'Neill	1965–1966	48	0	1960–1964	149	0
Harry Oscroft	1959–1961	48	12	1949–1959	349	107
Gareth Owen	2008–2009 2009–2013	129	2	2001–2005	5	0
Syd Owen	1907 1908	1	0	1906 1907	10	6
Louis Page	1932–1933	19	2	1919–1922	21	1
Martin Paterson	2016	18	2	2005–2007	16	1
Jack Peart	1922	7	0	1909–1912	47	41
Syd Peppitt	1950–1951	11	2	1936–1950	106	29
Edward Proctor	1896–1897	17	4	1895–1896	3	2
Danny Pugh	2017–present	56	3	2007–2012	89	3
Bob Ramsay	1886–1888 1893–1894	16	0	1888–1890	47	5
Vic Rouse	1926–1929	102	0	1922–1926	95	2
Arthur Rowley	1902–1903	66	4	1896–1899	62	0
Kevin Sheldon	1982	5	0	1975–1981	15	0
George Shutt	1891–1893	2	0	1885–1889	30	2
Barry Siddall	1982–1984	93	0	1984–1986	20	0
Eric Skeels	1976–1977	5	1	1959–1976	597	7
Freddie Steele	1951–1953	25	12	1933–1949	251	159
James Swarbrick	1911–1912	22	3	1910–1911	3	0
Billy Tempest	1924–1926	45	3	1912–1924	217	31
Michael Tonge	2017–2019	39	4	2008–2013	19	0
Billy Twemlow	1921–1923	22	0	1916–1921	37	2
Steve Waddington	1982–1983	2	0	1976–1979	56	6
Tommy Ward	1936–1938 1939	61	29	1938–1939	5	4
Frank Watkin	1929–1931	13	9	1926	5	3
Frank Whitehouse	1899–1900	19	1	1900–1904	95	24
Louis Williams	1912–1913	8	0	1907–1908	36	1
Ron Wilson	1963–1970	293	5	1959–1964	11	0
Alf Wood	1892–1895	65	18	1895–1901	134	10
John Woodward	1973–1975	106	32	1964–1967	11	1

Managers who worked at both clubs

Those in bold were actually full-time managers at both clubs.

Manager	Port Vale career	Stoke City career
	Span	Span
Micky Adams	2009–2010 2011–2014	1994
Bill Asprey	1967–1968	1984–1985
Alan Bloor	1979	1961–1977
Tom Holford	1919–1924 1932–1935	1898–1908
Jackie Mudie	1965–1967	1961–1963
Danny Pugh	2007–2012	2017–present
Bill Rowley	1884–1886	1886–1898
John Rudge	1983–1999	1999–2013
Stanley Matthews	1967–1968	1932–1947 1961–1965
Joe Schofield	1924–1930	1915–1919
Freddie Steele	1951–1957 1962–1965	1933–1949

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External links

• Head to Head stats at Soccerbase
• Profile on footballderbies.com