2024–25 Port Vale F.C. season
| 2024–25 season | ||||
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| Owner | Synsol Holdings Limited | |||
| Chairwoman | Carol Shanahan | |||
| Manager | Darren Moore | |||
| Stadium | Vale Park | |||
| League Two | 2nd (80 points) | |||
| FA Cup | First round (knocked out by Barnsley) | |||
| EFL Cup | First round (knocked out by Barrow) | |||
| EFL Trophy | Round of 16 (knocked out by Wrexham) | |||
| Player of the Year | Ryan Croasdale | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Lorent Tolaj (14) All: Lorent Tolaj (15) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 13,661 vs. Gillingham, 3 May 2025 | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 851 vs. Wolves U21, 3 September 2024 | |||
| Average home league attendance | 7,621 | |||
| Biggest win | 5–0 vs. Bromley, 12 April 2025 | |||
| Biggest defeat | 0–4 vs. Barrow, 24 August 2024 | |||
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The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Port Vale Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2021–22 season, following their relegation from League One in the previous season. The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
Manager Darren Moore signed twelve permanent and four loan players whilst allowing eight to leave. An opening-day win at Salford City seemed to justify a sense of positivity, only for this to be followed by one point from three games, including a 4–0 defeat at Barrow. Three wins from four league games in September saw Vale rise to fifth in the table and won Moore the League Two Manager of the Month award. Vale added 16 points from a possible 18 on offer in October to establish themselves as league leaders and win Moore a second Manager of the Month award. Despite winning only once in November, they remained top of the table, whilst exiting the FA Cup in the first round. The poor form continued, however, as three points from a possible 18 in December saw the Vale drop into the play-offs.
An unbeaten run throughout January and February kept the Vale in touch of the automatic promotion places. In March, 12 points from eight games – two of which had been rearranged from earlier in the season – kept them within four points of the top spot. Four wins from six games in April secured the club an automatic promotion place with one game left. The Vale's consistency and hard-to-beat quality was proven by them having the third-best records both home and away, as well as the fewest league defeats in the division.