Williams lifts the lid on Gannon’s Vale regime
Columnist Ray Williams’ latest exclusive OVF column describes what he thought it was like working for the Jim Gannon regime at Vale Park.
Columnist Ray Williams’ latest exclusive OVF column describes what he thought it was like working for the Jim Gannon regime at Vale Park.
Former Port Vale loanee Jennison Myrie-Williams has been released by League One side Stevenage.
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.
Port Vale have had a variety of club crests over the many years of the club’s existence. OVF examines the history behind the club’s many badge designs.
Manager Micky Adams has played down transfer speculation by telling the Sentinel newspaper that there have been “no offers from anywhere for any of our players.”
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.
Hold on, you may be thinking… Ryan Giggs hasn’t scored a goal in either league or cup against Port Vale! Well, I must confess this feature is a bit of a cheat, but hopefully it’s still a fascinating read.
Luckless Port Vale midfielder Ryan Burge could face up to 12 months out after he received news that he could require a second operation on his knee.
The Sentinel newspaper reports that Port Vale have offered Anthony Griffith an increased deal in an attempt to keep the midfielder at Vale Park.
Cult hero Jack Roberts: The Liverpudlian striker (pictured far right) is one of the most fascinating Vale characters that most fans have never heard of and a definite entry into our OVF Port Vale cult hall of fame.
Port Vale coach Mark Grew has told the Sentinel newspaper that he expects news on the players’ contract decisions next week.
Columnist Ray Williams discusses the time when Micky Adams left for Sheffield United and a potentially lucrative tip-off from the horse’s mouth…
A statement from the official Port Vale Twitter account has brushed aside rumours linking manager Micky Adams with the vacant Gillingham manager’s position.
We’ve added four more interviews to our Centrefold interviews section. All of these come from the 1990’s and feature Port Vale players – Ian Bogie, Gareth Ainsworth, Dave Barnett and Peter Beadle.
In our latest weekly digest, we have a match report on Port Vale fan team Portly Vale who smashed five goals past Stoke City fan team Stoke Ramblers. Our digest feature is a weekly article that rounds up a number of stories and communications that we’ve received…
A tweet on the social networking site Twitter indicates that Port Vale winger is close to or has agreed a new deal with the Valiants.
We were delighted to be contacted by the Guardian and asked to contribute to their League Two end-of-term report. Here’s what Rob Fielding had to say on how the Vale had performed…
Sky Sports have suggested that Port Vale manager Micky Adams is one of the leading contenders for the vacant manager’s role at Gillingham.
Former Port Vale loan defender Liam Chilvers has not been offered a new contract by League One side Notts County. The 30 year-old spent a sucessful loan spell with the Valiants from September to December, but the club’s financial crisis meant it could not be extended.
The 10th of May 2012 marks Port Vale legend Gareth Ainsworth’s 39th birthday. And to celebrate we’ve dug up a vintage OVF interview with the man himself.
Former Vale defender Lee Collins has completed a permanent move to Championship side Barnsley.
OVF founder Rob Fielding argues that the Port Vale squad does not need major restructuring and that he doesn’t agree with criticism of Micky Adams’ decision to offer contracts to the vast majority of his squad.
The 2012 OVF player of the season award has been awarded jointly to midfielder Anthony Griffith and striker Tom Pope. The pair finished top of our leaderboard with seven man of the match votes each as the official Port Vale player of the year, Doug Loft, finished one vote behind in third place.
The Port Vale Supporters Club have issued a press release praising prospective owner Keith Ryder’s plans to make the ” match day experience more affordable.” Port Vale FC announced two new season ticket initiatives recently which include – pay for half of a season ticket in May and the rest in June and the “ST6” money off proposal.
Port Vale FC have announced that youth team coach Robert Page has been promoted to first-team coach for the new season. Page will replace Geoff Horsfield who recently announced that he was quitting his coaching role at Vale Park.
Manager Micky Adams has announced which players will leave the Valiants in the summer. Goalkeeper Chris Martin is one of three first-team players to leave the club.
Valiants fan team Portly Vale are in action against local rivals Stoke City’s fan side on Tuesday evening.