Mick Porter

Mick Porter
Personal information
Full name	Michael Robert Porter
Date of birth	19 May 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Position(s)	Inside-forward
Youth career
	Port Vale
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1965	Port Vale
	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[edit]

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[edit]

Source:^[2]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 235. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Mick Porter at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[kent-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)

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