Thomas Cooper was an England international footballer who played for Port Vale, Derby County, and Liverpool. He won 15 caps, and played 430 league games in a 16-year career in the Football League. He helped Derby to finish second in the Second Division in 1925–26 and second in the First Division in 1929–30.
Cooper in the 1920s
1924–25 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1924–25 season was Port Vale's sixth consecutive season of football in the English Football League. A highly successful season, for the first time in their history they finished above rivals Stoke. Vale's eighth-place finish in the second tier was their best finish since 1893–94. Throughout the 20th century, this finish would be bettered only in 1930–31.
Billy Briscoe missed just the one match.
Billy Tempest was a new signing from Stoke.
Right-back Jack Maddock played in 23 games.
Alfred Strange would go on to represent England after leaving the club.