Sam Gleaves

	Gleaves in a Burslem Port Vale squad photo in 1898
Personal information
Full name	Sam Gleaves
Place of birth	England
Managerial career
Years	Team
1896–1905	Burslem Port Vale
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Sam Gleaves was an English football manager, noted for being the secretary of Burslem Port Vale for nine years at the turn of the 20th century, from 1896 until May 1905. During his time at the club, Vale won re-election from the Midland Football League into the Football League Second Division in 1898–99, reached the Birmingham Senior Cup final in 1899 and 1900 and the Staffordshire Senior Cup final in 1900, and won the Staffordshire Senior Charity Cup in 1897. He stepped down from his role in 1905.^[1]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure^[2]
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Burslem Port Vale	1 August 1896	31 May 1905	262	96	60	106	036.6
Total			262	96	60	106	036.6

^ Fielding, Rob (3 June 2025). "How the press reported Port Vale rumours in 1905..." onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
^ Sam Gleaves at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)