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Clippings: “hobbledehoys” – a Port Vale spat in the 1895 letters section of the Sentinel

Clippings: “hobbledehoys” – a Port Vale spat in the 1895 letters section of the Sentinel

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We discovered this entertaining spat between fan and club in the letters section of the Evening Sentinel newspaper between September and October 1895.

Background

The 1894 Port Vale side - image Wikipedia

This was Port Vale’s fourth season in the Football League. They finished 14th out of sixteenth and along with the two teams below them dropped out of the Football League (they rejoined in 1898. The main issue looked to be goalscoring with Ernest Beckett the top-scorer with just eight goals.

Here are the letters in chronological order. They are written by an anonymous fan, using the pseudonym “Disgusted” and Port Vale club secretary Mr McGregor.

September 21st

September 28th

October 5th


October 12th

October 19th

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Rob Fielding is the editor of onevalefan and has been a Port Vale FC fan since 1980. He has written about Port Vale for 30 years. Rob has worked in many roles including in sports journalism and marketing. He has written a Port Vale book “No Ordinary Season” and curated the “Vale Vaults” Port Vale memorabilia exhibition. Rob has appeared on numerous radio broadcasts and podcasts (including BBC Radio Stoke) and written for multiple publications (including submissions for the Guardian, 442 and Word Soccer) about his club. His favourite player is striker Andy Jones and his favourite match is the FA Cup win over Spurs in 1988.

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One Comment

Ken Grocott •

Love it! I wonder if Disgusted ever went back for half a match, or even a full one? And a paragraph deleted from one reply because it was irrelevant and based on false premises. I wonder….

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