List of Port Vale F.C. managers (original) (raw)

Port Vale Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It was founded in the late 1870s. When league football began, the first team – then playing under the name Burslem Port Vale – competed in the Midland League before being elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League in 1892. However it wasn't until 1896 that it was first recorded that newly appointed club secretary Sam Gleaves would take on what are now seen as managerial responsibilities.