He helped the "Valiants" to win the Third Division North title and to reach the FA Cup semi-finals in 1953–54.
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Cheadle worked at Mossfield Colliery and in the local pottery industry before he joined the army.
[2] During World War II, in a battlefield in the Netherlands in 1944, he received a shrapnel injury after throwing a faulty grenade that nearly went off in his hand.
[4] Cheadle took the advice of Fish and came to The Old Recreation Ground and signed professional forms in March 1946 for £8 a week.
[1] He played 37 games in 1946–47, and scored his first goal in the Football League at The Old Recreation Ground in a 5–1 win over Reading on 2 November.
[1] He featured 40 times in 1951–52, surviving Ivor Powell's brief reign to establish himself as a key part of new manager Freddie Steele's first-team plans.
[1] He was captain during the 1953–54 season, where Vale made it to the FA Cup semi-finals and won the Third Division North title.