Wilf Kirkham
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Wilfred Thomas Kirkham was an English footballer who holds four goalscoring records at Port Vale. His 153 league goals and 164 goals in all competitions are both records, as are his tally of 38 goals
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Kirkham in a 1928 Port Vale squad photo
The 1927–28 season was Port Vale's ninth consecutive season of football in the English Football League. Aiming to improve on the previous campaign's mid-table finish, manager Joe Schofield guided the
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…equaliser in a 2–2 draw before the tie was lost at Highbury. He never rediscovered his record-setting form, though he still hit 14 goals in 40 games in 1927–28. He was also briefly rested, as Stewart Littlewood found a short period of good form. Though he scored 15 goals in 32 appearances in 1928–29, hitting…
For the third season running Billy Briscoe found himself battling against severe injury, this time he fractured a cheekbone but refused to leave the pitch for treatment.
Chairman Frank Huntbach.
Right-back Jack Maddock made 35 appearances and scored two penalties.