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Mike Lloyd has become the first Port Vale board member to talk to the press following the news that the club is set for administration. In an interview with BBC Radio Stoke’s John Acres, Lloyd says he is “desperately sorry about the club’s financial position” but unsurprisingly adds that “I don’t think the current situation […]
Jon Gold, the chairman of local non-league side Nantwich Town has sent Port Vale fans a message of support following the club’s recent financial melt-down. Nantwich contacted OVF earlier this year to show how Port Vale had reneged on the terms of former Nantwich player Ritchie Sutton’s contract in the summer and now Gold has […]
Opponents Accrington Stanley FC have told OVF that there will be pay-on-the-day turnstiles available for Port Vale supporters on Saturday and that the club have also asked the Port Vale board of directors to stay away from the ground. Accrington host Vale on Saturday and a bumper away gate is expected as Valiants fans show […]
Legenday former Port Vale manager John Rudge has added expressed his sorrow as the Valiants prepare to enter administration. Several former Port Vale players have already used Twitter to show their support to players and fans and to express their concern over the current financial crisis at the club.
The Sentinel newspaper reports that local millionaire Mo Chaudry would be ready to take over Port Vale FC – if the price was right. Chaudry told the newspaper: “I didn’t expect things to materialise at Port Vale so quickly, but now they have I feel I have a duty to see if the right deal […]
Furious Port Vale manager Micky Adams has pulled no punches about his view of the club’s board in an interview with the Sentinel newspaper. In it, Adams describes the recent weeks at the club as “an absolute joke” and has slammed board members for not having the courage to face players face-to-face and tell them […]
The Staffordshire Sentinel are reporting that HMRC issued a winding-up petition against the club on Wednesday lunchtime. The club are currently subject of a transfer embargo due to a unpaid tax bill and have not paid this month’s staff wages.
The Sentinel newspaper claims that former Chairman Peter Miller resigned over the weekend. The move leaves the board below the legal number required to operate the business and has prompted the remaining directors to hold an emergency meeting with the Supporters Club, who are seeking to remove them.
Local media BBC Radio Stoke and the Sentinel newspaper are reporting that former Chairman Peter Miller has resigned from the Port Vale board. Miller has been a hugely unpopular figure at Vale Park since he secured his directorship on nil-paid shares and promises of investment from Blue Sky.
The Sentinel newspaper has reported what many fans fear – that Port Vale FC could be on the brink of administration.
On a day of ignominy and gloom for many Port Vale supporters, the overly casual reaction of interim chairman Mike Lloyd to the crisis has prompted furious criticism from Port Vale fans.
BBC Radio Stoke are reporting that Port Vale have been given a transfer embargo by the Football League for an unpaid payment. The news will be a further blow for the club’s discredited and hugely unpopular board, who are under intense pressure to leave their positions in the boardroom ahead of the forthcoming EGM.
Shareholders can find out more about the club’s proposed interim board candidates on the recently launched Port Vale Supporters Club website.
A copy of the original Mo Chaudry presentation to supporters which detailed his proposals to take the club forward.
A copy of the Supporters Club Q&A document from 2011 with the board detailing various answers about their intentions and the Blue Sky deal.
The Sentinel reports that Chris Birchall has received international clearance to play for Port Vale and the midfielder could now be included in Vale’s squad to face Northampton Town. Birchall, the club’s most-capped player, has agreed a month-to-month contract six years after he first played for the club and he could be named as a […]
Former director Paul Humphreys urged fans to back the Supporters Club proposed interim board during a well attended meeting at Smallthorne Victory WMC. Humphreys is one of six candidates proposed as a replacement interim board. The Supporters Club hope the interim board will be voted in by shareholders at the forthcoming EGM.
The Supporters Club have issued a statement following Tuesday’s open meeting. Chairman Pete Williams also reassures all fans that: “irrespective of what happens in the coming weeks, the Supporters’ Club is committed to removing Messrs Lloyd, Deakin, Oliver and Miller.”
Port Vale will be posting copies of their annual accounts to shareholders within the next week, ahead of the forthcoming joint AGM/EGM. The annual accounts to shareholders for the year ending June 30, 2011 will be included in the mailing along with the EGM agenda papers.
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.
OVF has received the sad news that former Valiant John Ritchie passed away on Thursday night. Ritchie described as a “tough, uncompromising full-back” joined the club in 1965. He became a regular in the side and is remembered by those who saw it for his forty-yard “goal of a lifetime” in a 2–1 win at […]
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 […]
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 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.
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 […]
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.