 He recovered from a knee injury to score four goals in 46 games in 2003–04, as new manager Martin Foyle led the club to a seventh-place finish – the club finished outside of the play-off zone due to an inferior goal difference.Having signed a two-year deal in May 2004, Cummins scored twice in 43 games in 2004–05, as Vale struggled to compete in the third tier.With ten League One goals in 2005–06, he finished the campaign as the club's joint-highest league goalscorer (with Leon Constantine); he also overcame injury problems to play a total of 42 games.