1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season
Date from Position Name From Fee
May 1946 MF Norman Hallam Chelsea Free transfer
May 1946 DF Basil Hayward Northwood Mission Free transfer
May 1946 MF Colin Lyman Tottenham Hotspur 'fairly substantial '
June 1946 DF Garth Butler Derby County Free transfer
June 1946 DF Fred Jones South Liverpool Free transfer
October 1946 FW Joe Dixon Northampton Town Free transfer
October 1946 MF Jimmy Todd Blackpool 'club record four-figure fee '
March 1947 DF Eric Eastwood Manchester City 'four-figure fee '
March 1947 FW Jack Smith Blackburn Rovers 'four-figure fee '
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The 1946-47 season was Port Vale's 35th season of football in the English Football League, and their second full season in the Third Division South. It was their first full season following the outbreak of war in Europe, they thus continued where they left off in 1938-39, albeit after seven seasons of wartime football. Starting its post-war period modestly on the pitch with a tenth-place finish, the club still handed débuts to future legends Tommy Cheadle and Ronnie Allen, whilst work continued to complete 'The Wembley of the North'. A club record was started on 19 October 1946, that would be completed on 13 March 1948, with a 33 long run of home games in which Vale's opposition failed to keep a clean sheet.