 He scored on his debut in a 3–2 win over Bury at Vale Park, and two weeks later he scored a brace in a 4–2 win over Doncaster Rovers.This temporarily took them away from relegation worries before a streak of seven games without victory.He finished the 1956–57 season with seven goals in 23 games, though this was not enough to turn around Vale's season or to save manager Freddie Steele's job, as the "Valiants" were relegated with Norman Low at the helm.