Carl Matthew Dickinson is an English footballer who plays as a defender for League One side Port Vale; he is also the club captain. Dickinson started his career at Stoke City, and had loan spells at V�kingur and Blackpool before helping the "Potters" to win promotion into the Premier League in 2007?08. He then dropped out of the first team picture, and spent time on loan at Leeds United, Barnsley, and Portsmouth. He was sold to Watford for a �250,000 fee in July 2011 and was a first team regular in the 2011?12 campaign. However he fell out of favour the following season and was loaned out to Portsmouth and Coventry City before being allowed to join Port Vale on a free transfer in July 2013. 

March 31st, 1987 in Swadlincote (Age 37)