Domestic-league season · Port Vale.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1933 | 6.66 |
 League Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 7.1 |
 EFL Trophy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 6.8 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6.2 |
Croasdale's current-season form is down 48% on last season (Season 42→22), while his Rating eased 25→21. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 42).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Port Vale · 22nd | 31 | 4 | 0 | 6.66 | 21 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | Port Vale · 2nd | 45 | 4 | 5 | 7.05 | 25 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | Stockport County · 1st | 36 | 2 | 1 | 6.96 | 24 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | Stockport County · 4th | 47 | 1 | 0 | 6.87 | 29 | 30 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Croasdale is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Port Vale, rated 20.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 417th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (46.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.84 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Croasdale.
Judged on this season alone, Croasdale graded 22 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 66 central midfielders in the League One, on 4 goals, 0 assists and 2.84 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 42 → 22). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 59th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One. At 31 Croasdale is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.84 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 4 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 20.7, Croasdale carries the 59th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One of 66, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Port Vale finished 22nd of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.84 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~13), then tapers with age. At 31, Croasdale sits on 5.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Croasdale's projected Rating — 20.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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