EGM date is set
The Port Vale Supporters Club has announced that the EGM which aims to remove the discredited board will take place on March 13. The date is the same day as the club’s scheduled AGM.
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Port Vale 2-1 Gillingham
Marc Richards scored a last-minute penalty as Vale came from behind to beat Gillingham 2-1. Micky Adams kept faith with Stuart Tomlinson and brought back Rob Taylor. Taylor slotted in at left-back with Doug Loft playing at right-back.
Birchall: I’ll play for Vale for free
Former Vale winger Chris Birchall has offered to play for the club for free, the Sentinel has revealed. The Trinidad and Tobago International is the club’s most capped International with 22 full caps and is the only person to appear at a World Cup finals whilst a Port Vale player. After rising through the junior […]
Double injury blow for Vale
Port Vale have been hit by injuries to defender Adam Yates and Tom Pope, who both face lengthy spells out of the side. Pope was injured during training and now faces surgery on a “hernia-related problem.” Vale’s top scorer Marc Richards could face a spell out if he breaks down again, so Pope’s injury leaves […]
Port Vale sued by their own shirt sponsors
Port Vale sued by shirt sponsors: club are being sued by current shirt sponsors Harlequin Properties, the Staffordshire Sentinel has revealed. The news of the legal move is another highly damaging and embarrassing episode for the club’s underfire board.
Adams: Tomlinson will pick himself up
Micky Adams has told the Sentinel he is confident goalkeeper Stuart Tomlinson will bounce back after his late error saw Vale drop two points at Valley Parade. Tomlinson let Andrew Davies’ header through his hands in injury time and Adams told the newspaper: “It feels like a defeat because we played ever so well and […]
Vale confirm duo have signed
Port Vale have confirmed that Paul Marshall (pictured) and Chris Shuker have signed non-contract deals until the end of the season. 29 year-old winger Shuker has featured many times against the Valiants, chiefly for Barnsley and Tranmere and has made over 250 league appearances.
Tomlinson: I’ve been below par
Goalkeeper Stuart Tomlinson has vowed to regain his form after what he admits is a “below par” first half of the season. Tomlinson told the Sentinel: “I’ve been a bit disappointed with my form because I’ve probably been a bit below par.
Bradford City 1-1 Port Vale
Louis Dodds scored a candidate for goal of the season but Vale failed to make it three wins on the trot after Andrew Davies equalised in injury time.
Lloyd’s blame game highlights his own failings
Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that Mike Lloyd’s pre-recorded interview with BBC Radio Stoke was a “breathtaking abdication of responsibility” in which the director “blamed everyone else for Vale’s problems.”
It’s no joke as comedy club switches venue
Tommy’s Comedy Club founder Mark Edwards has told OVF that the club is reluctantly quitting the Tommy Cheadle’s venue due to the “total lack of professionalism” at Vale Park. Edwards reached the end of his tether when the club repeatedly failed to book PA systems, lost stage equipment and then lost the actual stage itself.
Marshall rejoins Vale – claims
Port Vale sign Paul Marshall: Midfielder Paul Marshall has reportedly joined the Valiants for a second spell, three years after he spent a spell on loan at Vale Park.
Crewe match is postponed
Port Vale’s game against Crewe Alexandra, which was set to take place on Saturday has been postponed, due to a frozen pitch. A pitch inspection on Friday afternoon confirmed the postponement and the match will now take place on Tuesday 28th February at 7:45pm. Last week’s match against Shrewsbury also fell victim to the bad […]
Using nil-paid shares is ‘morally’ wrong
The Chairman of the Port Vale Supporters Club has hit out at the board’s plans to allow owners of nil-paid shares to vote in shareholder meetings. Chairman Pete Williams told the Sentinel newspaper: “I don’t feel that morally the club should use them. This would just create more bad feeling between the board and the […]
Full voting rights for nil payment?
Director Mike Lloyd has controversially claimed that Peter Miller and Perry Deakin can use their nil-paid shares to vote at next month’s extraordinary general meeting. Miller and Deakin claimed that they had bought blocks of shares in the club worth £250,000 and £100,000 respectively when they sought election to the club’s board, but it later […]
Video: the great Port Vale swindle
A disenchanted Port Vale supporter has produced a YouTube video exploring the background to the current farcical and deeply unpopular boardroom situation.
Vale board fail to make loan repayment
The Sentinel newspaper reports that the discredited Port Vale FC board have failed to make January’s scheduled payment on the club’s £2.5m loan from Stoke-on-Trent city council. The club missed a deadline of January 31st to make the payment of just under £20,000, while December’s payment was met on the 30th January, almost a month […]
Crewe game "extremely doubtful"
Port Vale’s game against Crewe at the weekend is already in doubt due to the freezing conditions. Hopes of the pitch thawing out before Saturday appear slim with freezing temperatures set to continue.
Owen awaits injury news
Gareth Owen will visit a specialist on Monday to see if he requires surgery as he recovers from a broken hand. The central defender has missed Port Vale’s last two games after sustaining the injury during a training session.
Beware the silence: it’s the same old board tactics
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding comments that “supporters seeking change should be wary of the boardroom silence.” To find out why he is urging caution, read the rest of his latest “One Vale View” column.
Will club solicitors now "place a call" for duo’s money?
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding ponders whether, in light of the email sent to Hank Julichier demanding payment for shares, the club’s solicitors need to be sending letters to two prominent club officials who have yet to prove proof of payment for their significant shareholdings. Port Vale CEO Perry Deakin was labelled […]
Here’s hoping for a brighter 2012 for Vale
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding says the last twelve months have included some of the club’s darkest moments and have truly been an annus horriblis.
Duo’s removal is NOT the end of the affair
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding says that the forthcoming removal of Perry Deakin and Peter Miller from the CEO and Chairman roles, while welcome, do not represent closure for the vast majority of Port Vale supporters. Fielding says that fans will only be happy when the entire board has been removed from […]
Time for BBC Radio Stoke to up their game
OVF founder Rob Fielding says in his latest column, that while he’s delighted at the Sentinel’s investigations into Port Vale FC, the local radio station is lagging behind. According to Rob, Radio Stoke is “an organisation which is meant to provide value for its licence payers, but which seemingly cannot or will not ask the […]
"A club with no fans, is a club with no heart"
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding writes that an OVF poll showing over 95% of fans have no faith in the current board is a “damning assessment of the current board. Fielding argues that “it looks like another huge wedge has been driven between the board and fans” and that “the board […]
Time to return to a yellow away kit?
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding says that “the Valiants undoubtedly have many problems on and off the pitch right now… but at least one can be easily corrected…” In his latest opinion piece, Rob says a return to the “traditional” yellow away strip will stop any more embarassing scenes of Vale […]