Academy plans are a step in the right direction
Rob Fielding believes that Port Vale’s plans to gain Academy status show welcome long-term ambition and perhaps gives a hint of Keith Ryder’s ambitions for the club….
Rob Fielding believes that Port Vale’s plans to gain Academy status show welcome long-term ambition and perhaps gives a hint of Keith Ryder’s ambitions for the club….
Rob realises that this site is viewed by a lot of Vale fans, but he hopes that you will allow him a personal moment to congratulate his father and Vale mentor, Gerry, on his 80th birthday.
Keith Ryder’s bid to take over Port Vale FC moved another step closer after Ryder and the club’s administrators Begbies-Traynor signed contracts to complete the sale of Port Vale Football Club.
Port Vale’s home match against Oxford United originally scheduled for Saturday 13th October, has been moved back to Monday 17th October after it was chosen by Sky Sports to be one of the channel’s live games.
Port Vale youth team manager Mick Ede has told the Sentinel newspaper that the club has made an application to the Football League for the club to be awarded Academy status.
Midfielder Ryan Burge has indicated that he has recovered from the injuries that had disrupted his first season at Vale Park.
The Sentinel newspaper claims that Port Vale are in a “three-way chase” to land striker Liam Dickinson. Dickinson, who has played for ten clubs despite being only 26 years of age, was released by Southend United earlier this summer.
The Sentinel newspaper claims that Keith Ryder’s takeover of Port Vale FC moved another step closer after the potential owner and the city council reached agreement over the so-called “Vale Park covenant” According to the newspaper, the delay in Ryder’s takeover was due to a dispute over the wording of an agreement regarding what future commercial development […]
All Vale fans know this already… but Rob Fielding ponders another crucial week for Port Vale FC. And Fielding repeats his appeal for the club’s administrators to help calm anxious fans and keep them updated as events unfold.
Louis Dodds has indicated that he would welcome a move into a striking role next season. The versatile forward, who signed a new deal with the club earlier this summer told the Sentinel that “I would love to play up front.”
We’ve made these requests from time-to-time but we’d just like to repeat it – if you have any Port Vale related photographs to share with us, we’d love to publish them in the OVF Pictures section.
We welcome a new blogger to OVF with Malcolm Hirst kindly agreeing to provide us with his Port Vale thoughts and observations. In his first column, Malcolm reflects on his decision to try and bring about change and the challenge of taking on the Port Vale board.
Assistant manager Mark Grew has told the Sentinel that manager Micky Adams has some “exciting players” lined up as soon as Keith Ryder’s takeover is approved.
Radio Stoke’s Matt Sandoz claims that Port Vale’s administrators could be taking legal action against members of the club’s discredited former board over the “nil-paid” shares fiasco.
OVF has been busy making corrections and adding new entries to the Port Vale kit database, so that it now displays a whopping 79 kit designs stretching right back to 1966.
Keith Ryder, administrators Begsbie Traynor and Stoke-on-Trent city council have moved to reassure Port Vale fans that Ryder’s takeover of the club remains on course to be completed by the end of the month.
Rob Fielding says that while he appreciates the Supporters Club’s call not to “panic” he still feels that eight weeks without an official club statement on the prospect of leaving administration is not acceptable.
The Port Vale Supporters club have issued a statement following the news in the Sentinel newspaper that the Football League have yet to receive documentation from Keith Ryder that was requested on the 30th May.
OVF founder Rob Fielding says that following the recent comments from the Football League, he thinks “it’s high time the administrators justified their large fees and issued a statement”…
Keith Ryder’s proposed takeover of Port Vale looks set to drag onto into next week and possibly beyond after the Football League claimed that they were “still waiting for a response” to their request for more information about the preferred bidder’s business plans for the club.
In a candid interview with the Sentinel, manager Micky Adams says that Port Vale are missing out on new signings while the club remains in administration.
Keith Ryder delay: influential Port Vale columnist and a member of the Port Vale Supporters Club’s committee, Martin Tideswell says that while the recent delay in waiting for the Keith Ryder takeover to be completed is “frustrating” there is no need for fans to “see demons” or panic.
Wrexham’s Leader newspaper reports that former Vale winger Steve Fox (pictured right) is facing a life-threatening battle against cancer.
30 year-old former Vale skipper George Pilkington has moved to Mansfield Town on a free transfer.
Columnist Ray Williams’ trip to France has prompted him to explore Jim Gannon’s tactical obsession with the neuf et demi position.
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that as he waits for a brighter future to begin later this week, he remains “very grateful that ordinary supporters at Port Vale rose up against the self-serving few who were pillaging our club and treating its customers with contempt.”
Former Port Vale loanee Jennison Myrie-Williams has refused to comment to the Sentinel newspaper when questioned about a possible move to Vale Park.