2016–17 Port Vale F.C. season

Port Vale
2016–17 season
Chairman Norman Smurthwaite
Manager Bruno Ribeiro
Stadium Vale Park
League One 12th
FA Cup Third Round
EFL Cup First Round
(knocked out by Carlisle United)
EFL Trophy Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Alex Jones (9)
All: Alex Jones (10)
Highest home attendance 4,727 vs. Southend United, 13 August 2016
Lowest home attendance 1,025 vs. Mansfield Town, 4 October 2016
Average home league attendance 4,286
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Port Vale's 105th season of football in the English Football League, and fourth successive season in League One. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 through to 30 June 2017. It is Bruno Ribeiro's first season as a manager in English football.

The club underwent a complete transformation of the playing and managerial team, with 16 players coming in (plus two on loan) and 16 players going out over the course of the summer. Ten of the new arrivals came from European leagues outside the UK, and bookmakers predicted the club would be relegated, though chairman Norman Smurthwaite expected the team to push for the play-offs. Vale were knocked out of the EFL Cup by League Two side Carlisle United, and they failed to make it out of the group stages of the EFL Trophy as they were unable to score against League Two clubs Doncaster Rovers and Mansfield Town.

Overview

League One

Following the decision of Rob Page to leave Port Vale to manage Northampton Town at the end of the 2015–16 campaign a number of names were linked with the Vale job. Chairman Norman Smurthwaite hinted of three "outstanding" candidates, which The Sentinel reported as being Brian Little, Paul Dickov, and José Morais.[1] Bookmakers initially listed Michael Brown as the odds-on favourite, before switching to Morais, then Shefki Kuqi, and then Bruno Ribeiro.[2][3] Ribeiro was appointed as manager on 20 June, with Michael Brown as his assistant, and Peter Farrell as first team coach.[4] He made Dutch centre-back Kjell Knops his first signing of the season, who had spent the previous five years in the Eerste Divisie with MVV Maastricht.[5] A day later, Curaçao under-20 striker Rigino Cicilia was signed after being released by Dutch side Roda JC Kerkrade.[6] The next to join were French midfielders Quentin Pereira and Anthony de Freitas.[7] Another Dutch centre-back, Calvin Mac-Intosch, was then signed from Cambuur.[7]

The next trio to arrive were all Portuguese: midfielder Paulo Tavares and left-back Kiko, both from Vitória Setúbal, and striker Carlos Saleiro from Oriental.[8] A ninth new arrival followed, Chris Mbamba, a Zimbabwean-born former Sweden under-17 international winger from Norwegian 2. Divisjon club HamKam.[9] A pair of English players then joined the club, former Premier League veteran winger Jerome Thomas and 22-year old former Blackburn Rovers forward Anton Forrester.[10] Bookmakers made Vale second favourites for relegation, though Smurthwaite intimated that he expected the club to reach the play-offs.[11][12] Andy Smith was confirmed as the club's new first team coach whilst the club decided to not hire Peter Farrell after all; Farrell only found out the news on his future after he heard it reported on the radio, and said "It would have been more respectful if someone had the decency to ring me up rather than leave it for 10 days".[13] The club's Player of the Year, Anthony Grant, then submitted a transfer request.[14] The playing squad however continued to grow, with a 12th signing, Monaco reserve team captain Sébastien Amoros, signing a 12-month contract.[15] The signing of 20-year old midfielder Nathan Ferguson then took the club to 13 new players, and Ribeiro said he wanted to further expand the squad by securing the services of veteran trialist Nathan Tyson.[16][17] However he lost a player, as right-back Adam Yates was ruled our of action for seven months with an ankle cruciate ligament injury.[18] Ribeiro broke with tradition by naming three players as joint-captains: goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, veteran full-back Ben Purkiss, and star midfielder Anthony Grant.[19]

Nine players made their debut for the club on the opening day of the season at Valley Parade, as Vale held Bradford City to a 0–0 draw.[20] Ribeiro planned to strengthen his team further though, and was hopeful of signing another goalkeeper, striker, winger and left back.[21] He achieved one of his targets by bringing in young Birmingham City striker Alex Jones on loan until January.[22] Ribeiro went on to achieve his first win as Vale manager with a 2–0 victory over a poor Southend United side on 13 August.[23] Despite only joining the club six weeks ago, Carlos Saleiro agreed to have his contract cancelled by mutual consent as he "found it difficult to adjust to life in the country".[24] The good results kept coming though, and impressive young defender Nathan Smith scored a headed goal as Vale extending their run of league clean sheets to three games with a 1–0 win over Rochdale.[25] In a bizarre revelation, The Sun newspaper reported that Mario Balotelli could join the Vale on loan; the story was ridiculed by local journalists and fans on social media.[26] Vale conceded their first league goal in a 1–0 defeat at Swindon Town on 20 August, despite Ribeiro's view that Vale were the better side on the day.[27] Northampton Town boss Rob Page was allowed to sign JJ Hooper on a five-month loan deal starting from 22 August, after the striker began the season on the right-wing for Vale.[28] Later that night a grenade was found at Vale Park, which was later determined to be a training device from World War II.[29] With Kiko and Yates both injured, Ribeiro signed Liverpool Academy left-back Sam Hart on a season long long.[30] He also signed 29-year old former Northern Ireland striker Martin Paterson, who had been a free agent after leaving Blackpool.[31] Vale continued their excellent start to the campaign by beating Scunthorpe United 3–1; substitutes Paterson, Hart and Amoros all made their first appearances for the club in the game, with the latter two players making their first appearances in professional football.[32] Vale rounded off the month with two deadline day signings: Portuguese goalkeeper Miguel Santos from Benfica B and Swiss attacker Gezim Shalaj from Enosis Neon Paralimni.[33] Nathan Smith was named as the Football League Young Player of the Month for August.[34]

Vale opened September by losing 4–1 to Bury in rain-soaked conditions at Gigg Lane; Ribeiro blamed himself for his players' poor performance, saying it was his job to instil the right attitude into the team before the match.[35] Vale recovered and went on to claim a point at Peterborough United after Alex Jones converted a penalty in stoppage time to level the scores at 2–2.[36] Visitors Gillingham led 1–0 at Vale Park on 17 September, before Vale turned round the game completely to achieve a 2–1 victory; manager Justin Edinburgh told the media that he believed the crowd had influenced the referee, to which Jerome Thomas responded on social media by displaying his bruised and bloodied shin.[37][38] Vale then found themselves in the reverse situation at the Memorial Stadium, going from a 1–0 lead to an ultimate 2–1 defeat after Bristol Rovers equalised on 43 minutes.[39] The perfect home form continued with a 3–1 victory over Millwall.[40] Alex Jones was nominated for the League One Player of the Month award for August and September after scoring six goals in eight games.[41]

Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray resigned days before Coventry travelled to Vale Park for their fixture on 1 October.[42] Vale were beaten 2–0 to lose their 100% home record and to give Coventry their first league win of the season.[43] Vale's fixture at Milton Keynes Dons was shown live on Sky TV, and the Daily Mirror reported that Ribeiro paid £1,500 out of his own pocket to pay for a hotel stay for the team before the game as Smurthwaite refused to pay for the trip out of club funds.[44] Smurthwaite refuted the newspaper's claim, saying he paid for the hotel accommodation out of his own pocket.[45] The investment paid off as Vale scored their first goal at Stadium mk and recorded their first away victory of the season with a 1–0 win.[46] However they then put in a poor performance at Bramall Lane, losing 4–0 to Sheffield United despite United having three goals disallowed.[47] They seemed to be heading for another defeat at home to Charlton Athletic, before they managed a late comeback to achieve a 1–1 draw.[48] Former Wigan Athletic and Newcastle United defender Ryan Taylor then joined the club on a short-term deal.[49] He made his debut at home to Oxford United, and scored the equalising goal from the penalty spot as Vale came back from two goals down at half-time; Oxford had dominated the game in the first half before Vale initiated a more direct game plan in the second half.[50] Vale could not repeat the feat after going 3–0 down at high-flying Bolton Wanderers after 16 minutes, though did manage to score a consolation goal to make the score a respectable 3–1.[51]

Vale moved back into the play-offs on 12 November after coming from behind to beat Fleetwood Town 2–1 at Vale Park.[52] Fleetwood boss Uwe Rösler said that "Port Vale rode their luck today and I look like Father Christmas so they got a gift today from us".[53] However Grant was sent off for two bookable offences and suspended for a total of six games and fined £2,000 after he returned to the field after the match to argue with the referee on the full-time whistle.[54] Vale then suffered a 2–0 defeat at Charlton, and dropped down to 11th-position.[55] On 22 November, Vale came from behind at home to struggling Oldham Athletic to lead the game with a late strike from Cicilia, only for Oldham to score an equalising goal deep into stoppage time.[56] They ended the month two points outside the play-offs after playing out a 0–0 draw with last-placed Shrewsbury Town.[57]

Finances & ownership issues

Smurthwaite renewed his dispute with The Sentinel by banning the newspaper from attending the club's press conference where Ribeiro was unveiled as the club's new manager.[58]

Cup competitions

Vale faced a home tie with League Two side Stevenage in the First Round of the FA Cup, and managed to progress by edging a narrow game 1–0, but were booed off by sections of the home support.[59] Witnessed by a crowd of just 3,093 (only 173 of which were Stevenage fans), this was Vale's lowest attendance for a home FA Cup tie since 1906; this was despite ticket prices being almost halved to £12 on the day.[60] They then cruised to a 4–0 victory at home to League Two side Hartlepool United to make it into the Third Round.

Vale were drawn away to League Two club Carlisle United in the First Round of the newly re-branded EFL Cup, and lost the game 2–1 after conceding two goals in a poor first half.[61] In his post-match interview Ribeiro criticised his team's work rate, and said that "I am very disappointed with my players."[62]

In the EFL Trophy, Vale were drawn in Northern Group E with Derby County under-23s, Doncaster Rovers (League Two), Mansfield Town (League Two).[63] Only 1,198 spectators turned out to witness the opening victory over Derby County U23 – the second lowest ever attendance for a competitive fixture at Vale Park – as a Nathan Smith header secured a 1–0 win, though coach Andy Smith criticised the players for putting in a low-tempo performance.[64] They went on to lose 1–0 at home to Mansfield Town in front of an even lower crowd of 1,075 – 29 more than the lowest ever attendance at Vale Park.[65] Vale then failed to beat Doncaster, and were eliminated from the competition despite winning the penalty shoot-out that resulted from the 0–0 draw.[66]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Southend United 20 7 7 6 26 27 −1 28
11 Charlton Athletic 19 6 9 4 26 19 +7 27
12 Port Vale 20 7 6 7 24 29 −5 27
13 Bristol Rovers 20 7 6 7 29 35 −6 27
14 Oxford United 20 7 5 8 24 24 0 26
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Pre-season

League One

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA
Result D W W L W L D W L W L W L D D L W L D D                                                    
Position 15 7 4 6 4 7 9 5 6 5 6 4 7 6 7 11 6 11 12 12                                                    

Sourced from Statto.[67]

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Doncaster Rovers 3 1 1 1 0 4 2 +2 6 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Mansfield Town 3 2 0 0 1 4 4 0 6
3 L1 Port Vale 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
4 ACA Derby County Academy 3 0 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: EFL.com

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos. # Name League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK1England Jak Alnwick 200201010240
DF2England Ben Purkiss 120001020150
DF3England Adam Yates 0000000000
DF4England Remie Streete 204210020245
DF5Netherlands Kjell Knops 170101000190
DF6Netherlands Calvin Mac-Intosch 3000102060
MF7England Sam Kelly 60201010100
MF8Portugal Paulo Tavares 170200020210
FW9Curaçao Rigino Cicilia 143210030194
FW10England JJ Hooper 3000100040
MF11Republic of Ireland Sam Foley 130001000140
MF12England Nathan Ferguson 0000001010
FW13Northern Ireland Martin Paterson 142100010162
MF14England Jerome Thomas 130101000150
FW15England Anton Forrester 92001010112
MF16Sweden Chris Mbamba 50101030100
MF17England Michael Brown 3000000030
FW18England Dan Turner 4000002060
MF19England Omar Haughton 0000000000
DF20Portugal Kiko 60200030110
MF21France Quentin Pereira 130000030160
MF22England Ryan Lloyd 0000000000
GK23England Ryan Boot 0000000000
DF24England Nathan Smith 202201031263
GK25Portugal Miguel Santos 0000002020
FW26England Alex Jones 1691100101810
MF27France Sébastien Amoros 70100020100
MF28France Anthony de Freitas 100201010140
MF30Switzerland Gezim Shalaj 4010001060
MF31England Billy Reeves 0000000000
GK32England Harry Pickering 0000000000
DF34England James Gibbons 0010000010
DF40England Ryan Taylor 6121000082
MF42England Anthony Grant 150101110181
DF46England Sam Hart 101100030141
GKEngland Sam Johnson 0000000000
Players that left the club mid-season:
FW39Portugal Carlos Saleiro 0000100010

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1FW England26Alex Jones910010
2DF England4Remie Streete41005
3FW Curaçao9Rigino Cicilia31004
4DF England24Nathan Smith20013
5FW England15Anton Forrester20002
–FW Northern Ireland13Martin Paterson20002
–DF England40Ryan Taylor11002
8MF England42Anthony Grant00101
–DF England46Sam Hart10001
– Own goals01001
TOTALS 24 5 1 1 31

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
42 EnglandMFAnthony Grant6110100081
8 PortugalMFPaulo Tavares7000000070
46 EnglandDFSam Hart4000001050
5 NetherlandsDFKjell Knops4000100050
26 EnglandFWAlex Jones4000000040
13 Northern IrelandFWMartin Paterson4000000040
4 EnglandDFRemie Streete4000000040
14 EnglandMFJerome Thomas3000000030
1 EnglandGKJak Alnwick2000000020
27 FranceMFSébastien Amoros1000001020
9 CuraçaoDFRigino Cicilia1000001020
11Republic of Ireland Republic of IrelandMFSam Foley2000000020
20 PortugalDFKiko1000001020
6 NetherlandsDFCalvin Mac-Intosch1000100020
24 EnglandDFNathan Smith0010001020
17 EnglandMFMichael Brown1000000010
7 EnglandMFSam Kelly1000000010
40 EnglandDFRyan Taylor1000000010
TOTALS 47 1 2 0 3 0 5 0 57 1

Sourced from Soccerway.[68]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CF Curaçao Rigino Cicilia Netherlands Roda JC Free transfer [6]
1 July 2016 CM France Anthony de Freitas France Monaco Free transfer [7]
1 July 2016 CB Netherlands Kjell Knops Netherlands MVV Maastricht Free transfer [5]
1 July 2016 CB Netherlands Calvin Mac-Intosch Netherlands Cambuur Free transfer [7]
1 July 2016 CM France Quentin Pereira France RC Épernay Champagne Free transfer [7]
5 July 2016 LB Portugal Kiko Portugal Vitória Setúbal Free transfer [8]
5 July 2016 CF Portugal Carlos Saleiro Portugal Oriental Free transfer [8]
5 July 2016 CM Portugal Paulo Tavares Portugal Vitória Setúbal Free transfer [8]
9 July 2016 LW Sweden Chris Mbamba Norway HamKam Free transfer [9]
12 July 2016 CF England Anton Forrester Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [10]
12 July 2016 LW England Jerome Thomas Rotherham United Free transfer [10]
20 July 2016 CM France Sébastien Amoros France Monaco Free transfer [15]
26 July 2016 CM England Nathan Ferguson Burton Albion Free transfer [16]
26 August 2016 CF Northern Ireland Martin Paterson Blackpool Free transfer [31]
31 August 2016 GK Portugal Miguel Santos Portugal Benfica B Free transfer [33]
31 August 2016 CM Switzerland Gezim Shalaj Cyprus Enosis Neon Paralimni Free transfer [33]
21 October 2016 RB England Ryan Taylor Hull City Free transfer [49]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CB England Lewis Bergin Newcastle Town Released [69]
1 July 2016 CF France Achille Campion Sligo Rovers [lower-alpha 1] Released [71]
1 July 2016 LM England Colin Daniel Blackpool [lower-alpha 2] Released [71]
1 July 2016 LB England Carl Dickinson Notts County [lower-alpha 3] Rejected contract [74]
1 July 2016 CF England Louis Dodds Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [75]
1 July 2016 CB Wales Richard Duffy Notts County Free transfer [76]
1 July 2016 CF England Jonathan Kapend Nantwich Town Released [71]
1 July 2016 CF England AJ Leitch-Smith Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [77]
1 July 2016 LB England Ryan McGivern Shrewsbury Town [lower-alpha 4] Released [71]
1 July 2016 LW England Byron Moore Bristol Rovers Free transfer [78]
1 July 2016 GK England Chris Neal Fleetwood Town [lower-alpha 5] Released [71]
1 July 2016 CM Northern Ireland Michael O'Connor Notts County Free transfer [80]
1 July 2016 CF Jamaica Theo Robinson Lincoln City Released [81]
1 July 2016 CM England Chekaine Steele Worcester City Released [71]
5 July 2016 LM Ghana Enoch Andoh Free agent Rejected contract [82]
16 August 2016 CF Portugal Carlos Saleiro Free agent Mutual consent [24]
  1. ↑ Following Campion's release, he signed for Sligo Rovers.[70]
  2. ↑ Following Daniel's release, he signed for Blackpool.[72]
  3. ↑ Following Dickinson turning down a new contract, he signed for Notts County.[73]
  4. ↑ Following McGivern's release, he signed for Shrewsbury Town.[77]
  5. ↑ Following Neal's release, he signed for Fleetwood Town.[79]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
12 August 2016 CF England Alex Jones Birmingham City 2 January 2017 [22]
25 August 2016 LB England Sam Hart Liverpool 30 June 2017 [30]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 July 2016 GK England Sam Johnson Gateshead 30 June 2017 [83]
1 July 2016 CM England Ryan Lloyd Chester 1 January 2017 [84]
22 August 2016 CF England JJ Hooper Northampton Town 9 January 2017 [28]
9 September 2016 GK England Ryan Boot Worcester City October 2016 [85]
9 September 2016 CF England Dan Turner Kidsgrove Athletic 8 October 2016 [86]
16 September 2016 CM England Billy Reeves Witton Albion 24 October 2016 [87]
17 September 2016 RB England James Gibbons Leek Town 17 October 2016 [88]
8 October 2016 CM England Nathan Ferguson Southport 3 December 2016 [89]
14 October 2016 GK England Harry Pickering Kidsgrove Athletic November 2016 [90]
11 November 2016 GK England Ryan Boot Macclesfield Town December 2016 [91]
18 November 2016 CM England Billy Reeves Witton Albion December 2016

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