Vale set to launch season ticket offer
Port Vale FC will offer fans a discount on their season tickets if they reach 5,000 sales for next season.
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The English businessman became owner of Port Vale Football Club in November 2012. He qualified as an engineer and built a successful business career and property portfolio before retiring at the age of 50.
He was part of the investment group, led by Paul Wildes, that took Port Vale out of administration in November 2012.
Following Wildes’ departure, he took over as chairman of Port Vale in 2013. He resigned as chairman following relegation back to League Two in 2016–17 before returning to the role in 2018.
Port Vale FC will offer fans a discount on their season tickets if they reach 5,000 sales for next season.
Port Vale co-owner Norman Smurthwaite has told the Sentinel that Port Vale’s crowds will need to improve considerably if the club are to climb up the league.
Port Vale co-owner Norman Smurthwaite has told the Sentinel that he would be happy for Coventry City to play at Vale Park providing any deal was ” a commercial arrangement for the benefit of this club.”
Port Vale co-owner Norman Smurthwaite has offered his services to hometown club Coventry City as they seek to resolve their stadium rent row.
Port Vale’s new owners Paul Wildes and Norman Smurthwaite received a standing ovation after a fans forum in which they announced a string of new initiatives.
Port Vale CEO Norman Smurthwaite called in to a live phone-in on BBC Radio Stoke to dismiss “rumours” that Vale were intending to sell top scorer Tom Pope.
The Port Vale Supporters Club have two videos from Wednesday’s press conference at Vale Park available on their website.
Norman Smurthwaite, who along with Paul Wildes is the preferred bidder to take over the club, has told the Sentinel that he expects to complete the takeover of Port Vale ahead of the game with Bristol Rovers.
A press release from the Port Vale Supporters Club has hailed two ” very productive meetings with the new preferred bidders” and announced an email address through which fans can make suggestions for the potential owners.
The Sentinel newspaper claims that Paul Wildes and business associate Norman Smurthwaite are set to be named as the preferred bidders for Port Vale FC on Tuesday.
Here (sadly) is our comprehensive day-by-day guide to the twists and turns of the club’s spell in administration during 2012
Promotions, epic cup runs, the club’s first-ever trophy and the controversial final days of John Rudge’s reign.