George "Shino" Shenton (15 June 1899 – 10 February 1978) was an English

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who played at

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for

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

from 1927 to 1936. Featuring in 196 league and cup games, he helped the "Valiants" to win the

Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to ...

title in 1929–30.

Career

Shenton played for Naybro Stone, Downing's Tileries and Blythe Bridge, before joining

as an amateur in June 1927. He signed professional forms with the "Valiants" in August that year, and made his debut on 10 November in a 3–1 defeat to

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. He played a total of ten

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games in the 1928–29 season, as Vale suffered relegation. He played 35 games of the 1929–30

title winning campaign, playing opposite of Jimmy Oakes. He went on to feature 42 times in the 1930–31 season, as the side posted a club record finish of fifth in the Second Division. He played 41 games in the 1931–32 season, and recovered from a twisted knee to post 29 appearances in the 1932–33 campaign. Shenton then lost his first team place, and featured just ten times in the 1933–34 season, 15 times in the 1934–35 season, and 14 times in the 1935–36 campaign. He was released from

The Old Recreation Ground The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and home to Port Vale F.C. from 1913 to 1950. It was the sixth ground the club used. Structure and facilities The stadium was in rather bad conditio ...

in the summer, and later played for Shelton Iron and Steel. His benefit match was held against

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on 30 September 1935; Vale lost the game 6–2.

Career statistics

Honours

Port Vale *

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: 1929–30

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shenton, George Footballers from Hanley, Staffordshire English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Port Vale F.C. players English Football League players 1899 births 1978 deaths