1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season
Date from Position Name To Fee
November 1935 FW Fred Mitcheson Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed
December 1935 FW John Wilson Wigan Athletic Free transfer
January 1936 MF Roy Burns Bournemouth Trams Contract cancelled
April 1936 FW James Baker Barrow Released
April 1936 DF Jack Vickers Newport County Released
May 1936 DF James Bewick Walsall Released
May 1936 MF Cliff Birks Torquay United Released
June 1936 FW Cliff Johnson Torquay United Free transfer
June 1936 DF George Shenton Shelton Iron and Steel Released
Summer 1936 DF Ernest Breeze Shrewsbury Town Released
Summer 1936 FW Haydn Dackins Northwich Victoria Released
Summer 1936 FW Gilbert Glidden Reading Released
Summer 1936 FW Henry Pinkerton Burnley Released
Summer 1936 GK John Potts Released
Transfers -- Transfers out
The 1935-36 season was Port Vale's 30th season of football in the English Football League, and their sixth successive season (29th overall) in the Second Division. The club suffered the second relegation of its history. This occurred primarily through a still-standing club record 106 goals conceded in 42 league matches, as well as through away form that saw the team pick up just five points on their travels, and a streak of twelve defeats in sixteen games from September to January. Finishing with a tally of 32 points, they were just two points shy of safety. The club would have to wait until 1954-55 before playing another season of second tier football. Despite this, one positive of the season was an historic win over Football League champions Sunderland in the FA Cup.