 After recovering from a foot injury, Rudge played Swan in attack in an FA Cup tie with Liverpool at Anfield, and Swan set up Martin Foyle for the "Valiants" equalising goal – despite his 'cross' being a miscued shot.The foot injury then turned out to be a stress fracture, and Swan was sidelined until Christmas.At the end of the season Vale were relegated into the third tier, and Swan was sent off for dissent in the defeat to Cambridge United that confirmed the club's relegation.