Footballers who have played league football for both PNE & Port Vale
A-K
754) Gareth AINSWORTH
PNE 92 apps; 13 goals
Vale 55 apps 10 goals
PNE Debut 11/01/1992 v Shrewsbury (A) – Lost 0-2
306) William AITKEN
PNE 56 apps; 11 goals
Vale 30 apps 4 goals
PNE Debut 30/08/1924 v West Ham (A) – Lost 0-1
450) Harry ANDERS
PNE 69 apps; 4 goals
Vale 3 apps 0 goals
PNE Debut 13/02/1946 v Charlton (A) – Lost 0-6
871) Brett ANGELL
PNE 15 apps; 8 goals
Vale 15 apps 5 goals
PNE Debut 26/02/2000 v Gillingham (H) – Lost 0-2
652) Jim ARNOLD
PNE 6 apps; 0 goals
Vale 53 apps 0 goals
PNE Debut 16/10/1982 v Huddersfield (H) – Drawn 0-0
741) Lee ASHCROFT
PNE 155 apps; 35 goals
Vale 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 03/11/1990 v Wigan (A) – Lost 1-2
837) Darren BECKFORD
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Vale 178 apps; 72 goals
PNE Debut 18/01/1997 v Watford (H) – Drawn 1-1
868) David BERESFORD
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Vale 4 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 18/12/1999 v Blackpool (H) – Won 3-0
724) Ian BOGIE
PNE 79 apps; 12 goals
Vale 153 apps; 9 goals
PNE Debut 11/02/1989 v Bristol Rovers (H) – Drawn 1-1
673) Gary BRAZIL
PNE 166 apps; 57 goals
Vale 6 apps; 3 goals
PNE Debut 19/02/1985 v Rochdale (H) – Lost 0-1
601) Dave CARRICK
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Vale 16 apps; 1 goal
PNE Debut 17/11/1973 v Oxford (A) – Drawn 1-1
939) Liam CHILVERS
PNE 96 apps; 2 goals
Vale 31 app; 2 goals
PNE Debut 05/08/2006 v Sheffield Wednesday (H) – Drawn 0-0
331) Joe CRAVEN
PNE 65 apps; 1 goal
Vale 11 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 02/01/1926 v Wolves (H) – Won 1-0
411) Ted CRITCHLEY
PNE 11 apps; 1 goal
Vale 18 apps; 1 goal
PNE Debut 25/08/1934 v Grimsby (H) – Won 1-0
415) John FRIER
PNE 26 apps; 8 goals
Vale 18 apps; 10 goals
PNE Debut 15/12/1934 v Leeds (A) – Drawn 3-3
388) David GALLOWAY
PNE 31 apps; 1 goal
Vale 12 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 09/09/1932 v Plymouth (A) – Lost 0-5
726) Steve HARPER
PNE 77 apps; 10 goals
Vale 28 apps; 2 goals
PNE Debut 01/04/1989 v Fulham (H) – Lost 1-4
877) David HEALY
PNE 139 apps; 44 goals
Vale 16 apps; 3 goals
PNE Debut 30/12/2000 v Sheffield United (A) – Lost 2-3
929) Dave HIBBERT
PNE 10 apps; 0 goals
Vale 9 apps; 2 goals
PNE Debut 27/09/2005 v Luton (A) – Lost 0-3
392) Harry HOLCROFT
PNE 266 apps; 0 goals
Vale 10 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 24/12/1932 v Southampton (A) – Lost 0-1
934) Jason JARRETT
PNE 18 apps; 1 goal
Vale 9 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 07/03/2006 v Plymouth (A) – Drawn 0-0
744) Ronnie JEPSON
PNE 38 apps; 8 goals
Vale 22 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 16/02/1991 v Huddersfield (A) – Lost 0-1
930) Jermal JOHNSON
PNE 3 apps; 1 goal
Vale 6 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 29/10/2005 v Leicester (H) – Drawn 0-0
767) Ryan KIDD
PNE 259 apps; 9 goals
Vale 1 app; 0 goals
PNE Debut 10/10/1992 v Blackpool (H) – Won 3-2
917) Robbie KOZLUK
PNE 1 app; 0 goals
Vale 6 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 08/01/2005 v West Brom (H) – Lost 0-2
Player Profile – Ryan Kidd
Ryan Andrew Kidd was born in Heywood on 6 October 1971
Kidd graduated through the Port Vale youth team to sign his first professional forms under John Rudge in July 1990. He made his debut as a substitute in a 1-0 home win over Blackburn on 1 October 1991 and made two further appearances as a substitute in League Cup ties at Notts County and Liverpool. Kidd made just one league start for Port Vale in a 4-2 defeat at Cambridge on 25 April 1992. He was given a free transfer in May 1992 and moved on to Les Chapman's Preston North End, also of the Second Division.
Kidd made his Lilywhites debut as a substitute in a 3-2 home win over Blackpool on 10 October 1992. He made his full debut on his third appearance with a 2-0 home win over Reading 10 days later. Kidd made 15 appearances as Preston were relegated into the Third Division under new manager John Beck in 1992/93; they occupied the final relegation place having finished three points below Hull City.
Preston then finished fifth in 1993/94 as Kidd made 36 league appearances and scored his first league goal in a 1-1 draw at Wycombe on 7 May 1994. Kidd played in both play-off semi-finals against Torquay and in the Wembley play-off Final, where they lost out 4–2 to Wycombe.
They again finished fifth in 1994/95 with Kidd scoring in consecutive matches with victories over Barnet and Rochdale in December 1995. He scored 3 goals in total from 32 appearances, but missed out on the 1995 play-off Final after they lost out to Bury at the semi-final stage.
North End achieved promotion at the third time, winning the Third Division title in 1995/96 by a three-point margin, under Gary Peters' stewardship as Kidd made 30 appearances.
Kidd remained a key first team member in 1996/97, making 35 appearances and 33 appearances in 1997/98 with a goal in a 4-1 win at Wigan
For the third time in Kidd's Preston career, he reached the play-offs in 1998/99 following a fifth place finish; however he didn’t play in the defeat to Gillingham at the semi-final stage. Kidd had played 28 league games over the course of the campaign, scoring at Wrexham and in both games against Chesterfield.
Preston continued to progress, and won promotion as champions in 1999/2000, finishing seven points ahead of second-place Burnley; Kidd played in 29 league games.
He played just 15 First Division games in 2000/01 after recovering from serious neck surgery, but played every minute of the three play-off games. Preston progressed past Birmingham following a penalty shoot-out, but were denied a place in the Premier League after a 3–0 defeat to Bolton Wanderers in the Final at the Millennium Stadium.
He was limited to just 7 appearances in 2001/02, before he was forced to retire in November 2001, after suffering a serious neck injury (a collapsed disc meant he could not safely head the ball again). His last match was a 2-2 draw at Deepdale on 8 November 2001
For his ten years’ service Kidd made 259 league and 62 cup appearances for PNE, netting 9 goals Kidd was granted a testimonial match in summer 2002 against Kevin Keegan's Manchester City.
After hanging up his boots Kidd gained his coaching and managerial experiences working as Development Centre Manager and under-18 team coach at Preston North End, before taking up the offer of Centre of Excellence Manager at Bury.
Kidd joined Barnsley in January 2006, where he was the assistant manager working alongside manager Simon Davey, in which they are still remembered for their famous 2008 FA Cup run leading Barnsley to the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley, having knocked out Liverpool at Anfield, then beating Chelsea at home in the quarter finals..
Kidd had been fined £250 by the Football Association after admitting a charge of using abusive and/or insulting words. When the Tykes drew 0-0 at Ipswich in December 2007
He left Barnsley in September 2009 after almost three years, following the sacking of Simon Davey.
In March 2010, Davey and Kidd again teamed up to take over at League Two side Darlington. Davey resigned after just eleven weeks, and on 17 June 2010 Kidd took over as manager of Darlington. He signed a two-year contract, however he lasted just eleven days, resigning on 28 June without taking charge of a first-team game and making no signings, after he had second thoughts about the job.
On 21 December 2011, Kidd was named as assistant to Rochdale's caretaker manager Chris Beech. He later began coaching the under-16s at the Blackpool academy.