The key performer was Wilf Kirkham by quite some distance, who racked up a club record 35 Football League goal tally that only he would better.

[1] Following a poor display against Hull City, the Vale changed their defensive formation to better combat the new tactics used to exploit the new offside rule.

[1] They also dropped their short-passing attacking game in favour of a long ball system that utilized the wings, this resulted in a 6–1 rout of Darlington.

[1] This hope was crushed with two points from their final seven games, their 1–0 defeat at home Fulham would have significant consequences for neighbours Stoke, who would have avoided relegation if the Vale had recorded a draw.

[1] All positive thoughts were extinguished on 16 April 1926, when the Port Vale directors announced that they had agreed in principle to an amalgamation with Stoke City.

Vale fans did not share his view and organised themselves in Hanley and Burslem to deliver a message that they would not support the proposed new club.

[1] He discovered a £1,950 profit had been made on the season, though he may have been concerned that gate receipts had fallen £1,302 despite a campaign that took the club close to promotion.