Missing out on a free ticket at Feethams
In his latest Port Vale memoir, long-serving supporter Stuart Dean recalls a match against Darlington in February 1969.
Vale memory match
Stuart Dean recalls memorable Port Vale matches from yesteryear.
Brian Clough discussing Mick Cullerton at the bar…
In his latest memoir, long-serving Vale fan Stuart Dean recalls a memorable encounter with then Derby County boss Brian Clough following Vale’s visit to Hartlepool United.
Through Etruria in the fog…
Here’s another memoir from long-serving Port Vale supporter Stuart Dean – this time recalling appalling weather conditions following a trip to Chesterfield… The following notes concern Vale’s away game against Chesterfield in January 1961. The smog was so thick that you couldn’t see the lamp. No traffic was about – the thickness of the fog […]
Watching Cliff Portwood through dirty glass…
Long-serving Port Vale fan Stuart Dean recalls another memorable Port Vale match – this time a trip to Scunthorpe in 1960.
The ‘singing’ winger sinks Sunderland
In our “memory match” series long-serving Vale fan Stuart Dean takes a look back at a vintage Vale match. In this second article we look at a memorable game for Vale winger Colin Grainger.
There’s only one Frank Wintle…
In a new occasional series, we’re reproducing some of the Vale memoirs and anecdotes that long-serving fan Stuart Dean has given OVF.