Unofficial Champions of England: Port Vale 1-2 Leeds United

Champions Port Vale where on a fine run of form. They had been Champions for six games and were on a run of 10 games unbeaten in all competitions, including the scalp of Premier League side Everton in the FA Cup.

The 5th round drew them against Leeds United. They had gotten a creditable 0-0 draw at Elland Road and hoped to finish the job at Vale Park.

Port Vale took the lead when Tony Naylor stuck a foot out to divert a low cross, catching the Leeds defence napping.

Leeds equalised when professional tubster and some time footballer Tomas Brolin crossed into the Vale box and always looked about 50 Gary McCallister headed the equaliser.
The winning goal came from a free-kick when McCallister delayed taking his free-kick but it was worth the wait, a sublime curling effort.

Leeds were Champions for the third time.

Unofficial Champions of England: Ipswich Town 2-4 Port Vale, 23/01/1996

Ipswich Town had brought the Unofficial English Championship back to Division One but it would be surrendered in the long-forgotten Anglo-Italian Cup.

A European competition for second-tier sides from England and Italy, it is not overly fondly remembered but it has its place in history.

Ipswich were to host Port Vale, who had started the season badly but were just starting to pick up some form.

Ipswich took the lead early on but Tony Naylor came back with a hat-trick for Port Vale. Ipswich got another goal back but Martin Foyle rounded off the scoring in the last minute to give Port Vale a 2-4 win.