Connections: Port Vale and Northampton Town
Ahead of Port Vale’s next fixture, we take a look at players who have appeared for both Port Vale and Northampton Town.
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Marc Richards was a striker who was signed by Port Vale from Barnsley and who enjoyed a prolific spell at the club. He left to join Chesterfield.
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Ahead of Port Vale’s next fixture, we take a look at players who have appeared for both Port Vale and Northampton Town.
Plenty of well-known former Port Vale players have been released by their clubs in recent days – here’s a round-up.
It’s Port Vale’s third away game of the season, it’s also Ernie Moss day – so here’s our brief guide…
There was a Torquay debut for Achille Campion while a former winger moved to Bath City this week.
Here’s one of our occasional features looking at the fortunes of former Vale players. This time, we look at how a number of former players fared on the opening day of the season.
There are quite a number of former Valiants at new clubs this summer. Here’s an update on how some of them are faring.
In the latest round of retained lists, four former players (including Kingsley James, pictured) are offered contracts while one is released.
Chesterfield 2-2 Port Vale: the magnificent Tom Pope scored his 31st goal of the season and his fourth of a prolific Easter period as he rescued a point for the Valiants at Chesterfield.
Vale captain Doug Loft says that Vale players will have to stop former Valiant Marc Richards “bullying” them as they take on Chesterfield on Easter Monday.
Marc Richards has told the Sentinel that it “will be very difficult to say goodbye, and it brings a lump to my throat to even think about it” as he says his farewells to Port Vale FC and joins League Two rivals Chesterfield.
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that “disappointing as this news is, the departure of two of Vale’s better players is not, as some would have you believe, the end of the world.”
OVF editor Rob Fielding says that it’s OK to be upset when key players leave the club, but he’s also happy to wait and see who replaces them before pushing the panic button. Fielding argues that extreme views about the departures are wrong and he urges a common-sense approach to the departures.
The Valiants have suffered a massive blow with the news that striker and top scorer Marc Richards has left to join League Two rivals Chesterfield.
The Derbyshire Times newspaper claims that Marc Richards has had two meetings with Chesterfield officials over a move to the B2net stadium, but the striker is still keeping his options open.
Reports in the Sheffield Star newspaper claim that Port Vale striker Marc Richards is one of two high-priority targets for the club. The Star claims that Richards is in talks with the Spireites and that the signing could be announced this week.
The Sentinel newspaper says that Port Vale FC are in talks with leading scorer Marc Richards as they try to persuade him to stay with the Valiants.
The Sheffield Star newspaper claims that Port Vale striker Marc Richards is Chesterfield’s top summer target. Richards is out of contract and has already been linked with a number of other clubs.
Port Vale’s leading scorer Marc Richards had admitted there has been “loads” of interest in his services and that he will “assess” his options with his agent next week.
Port Vale signed off the season with an impressive win over Oxford United thanks to Marc Richards’ 75th senior goal for the club, Sean Rigg’s tenth of the season and Ben Williamson’s first goal since September.
OVF founder Rob Fielding says he’s “staggered” by some recent supporters’ comments about top scorer Marc Richards and says “keeping the services of a proven goalscorer should be the manager’s top summer priority.”
An article in the Northampton Chronicle and Echo newspaper claims that Northampton Town are “refusing to be drawn on rumours linking them with a move for former Sixfields favourite Marc Richards.” However, as OVF reports, the piece containing little evidence of this “refusal” and is full of glaring errors.
In-demand striker Marc Richards is set to be offered the “best possible” deal by the Valiants as they try and persuade the captain and top scorer to stay at Vale Park.
A Marc Richards’ goal, which appeared at first glance to be an own goal, was enough to earn Port Vale a narrow home win against ten-man Bristol Rovers.
OVF presents a quick guide to Port Vale’s next opponents including Bob Newton’s connection between the two sides, a memorable achievement from Marc Richards and why Vale Park is not a happy hunting ground for the Pirates.
Captain Marc Richards missed a late penalty as Vale suffered a home defeat thanks to Michael Spillane’s second-half srike for visitors Dagenham.
Striker Marc Richards has handed Vale fans a double boost by saying he is determined to play-out the season and seek a deal to stay with the Valiants.