Mick Porter

Mick Porter
Personal information
Full name Michael Robert Porter[1]
Date of birth (1945-05-19) 19 May 1945[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Playing position Inside-forward
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1965 Port Vale 13 (2)
Portmadoc

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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

Playing 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.

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale1962–63Third Division00000000
1963–64Third Division20000020
1964–65Third Division1120010122
Total 1320010142

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 235. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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