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Mick Porter

Mick Porter
Personal information
Full name Michael Robert Porter[1]
Date of birth (1945-05-19) 19 May 1945 (age 79)[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Inside-forward
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1965 Port Vale 13 (2)
Portmadoc
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Robert Porter (born 19 May 1945) is an English former footballer who played 14 games at inside-forward for Port Vale between 1964 and 1965.

Career

Porter graduated through the Port Vale youth system to sign professional forms under manager Freddie Steele in July 1962.[1] He made his debut in a goalless draw with Barnsley at Oakwell on 20 April 1964, in the penultimate game of the 1963–64 season.[1] Porter scored his first goal for the "Valiants" on 28 September 1964, in a 2–2 draw with Mansfield Town at Field Mill.[1] He hit his second goal on 21 November, in a 2–0 win at Barnsley.[1] However, the club were relegated out of the Third Division at the end of the 1964–65 season, and with 14 league and cup appearances to his name, Porter was handed a free transfer in April 1965 by manager Jackie Mudie and moved on to Portmadoc,[1] and later Oswestry Town.

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Port Vale 1962–63 Third Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963–64 Third Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964–65 Third Division 11 2 0 0 1 0 12 2
Total 13 2 0 0 1 0 14 2

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 235. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Mick Porter at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Porter