10th December 1892. In Division 2 Sheffield United won 10-0 away to Burslem Port Vale – the only time an away club has hit double figures in Football League history. Port Vale must have been dreading their next match when the following week the clubs played the return match at Bramall Lane. Sheffield United only won that one 4-0! Port Vale Football Club is based in Burslem, Stoke on Trent. England, which compete in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal. They have never played top-flight football, and hold the record for the most seasons in the English Football League (113) without reaching the first tier!!
After playing at the Athletic Ground in Cobridge and the Old Recreation Ground in Hanley, the club returned to Burslem when Vale Park was opened in 1950. After becoming one of the more prominent football clubs in Staffordshire, Burslem Port Vale were invited to become founder members of the Football League Second Division in 1892. They spent 13 non-consecutive seasons in the division, punctuated by two seasons in the Midland League before they resigned due to financial difficulties and entered liquidation in 1907. The name of Port Vale continued in the North Staffordshire Federation League, and this new club was successful enough to be reinstated into the Football League in 1919.
On December 10th 1955. Although Derby County had slipped to the Third Division for the first time in 1955/56 they were expected to beat Midland League Boston United at home in the Second Round of the FA Cup. To be fair though it was almost like a home game for the non-leaguers with six of their side being ex-Derby players - Reg Harrison (an FA Cup winner with Derby in 1946), Geoff Hazledene, Don Hazledene, Ray Wilkins, Dave Miller and Ray Middleton. A 23,757 Baesball Ground crowd watched in amazement as Boston won 6-1 to equal the record win by a non-league side away to a League club in the FA Cup. When the clubs next met in the FA Cup in 1973/74 the scoreline was reversed with Derby winning 6-1 at Boston United's York Street ground in a Third Round replay.
On the same day in 1960, a St James’ Park crowd of just 20,106 saw nine different players score goals in Newcastle’s 5-5 draw with West Ham United in League Division One. Newcastle scored 86 League goals in 1960/61 but conceded a club record number of goals, 109 and suffered relegation from the First Division!
| 10 Dec 1960 | Newcastle United v West Ham United | D | 5-5 | League Division One |
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