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

Sourced from Mick Porter profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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

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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