<page_title> 1897–98 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season </page_title> <section_title> Transfers in </section_title> <table> <cell> England <col_header> Nationality </col_header> </cell> <cell> Lucien Boullemier <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Stoke <col_header> From </col_header> </cell> <cell> England <col_header> Nationality </col_header> </cell> <cell> Tommy Clare <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Stoke <col_header> From </col_header> </cell> <cell> England <col_header> Nationality </col_header> </cell> <cell> Billy Heames <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Stoke <col_header> From </col_header> </cell> <cell> England <col_header> Nationality </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ted McDonald <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Stoke <col_header> From </col_header> </cell> </table>
Burslem Port Vale signed four Stoke players from England. They were Tommy Clare, Lucien Boullemier, Billy Heames and Ted McDonald.