Valiants waiting on Football League approval
According to BBC Radio Stoke, the takeover by Paul Wildes and Norman Smurthwaite is imminent as the club are now just waiting on confirmation from the Football League.
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Two minute guide to: Bristol Rovers
Ahead of this evening’s game with Bristol Rovers, we take a brief look at Vale’s next League Two opponents.
Preferred bidders confident of completing deal on Tuesday
Norman Smurthwaite, who along with Paul Wildes is the preferred bidder to take over the club, has told the Sentinel that he expects to complete the takeover of Port Vale ahead of the game with Bristol Rovers.
Port Vale 2-2 York City
Port Vale 2-2 York City: goals from Ryan Burge and Jennison Myrie-Williams were cancelled out by strikes for Rodman and Reid as Vale threw away a two goal lead at home after drawing with York City.
Two minute guide to: York City
Ahead of Saturday’s League Two clash, OVF presents our quick guide to Port Vale’s latest opponents whom the Valiants face on Saturday afternoon. Lest we forget Prior to the game, Vale fans will witness the long-awaited unveiling of the Roy Sproson statue. Man in charge Gary Mills took over in 2010 and led the side […]
MOTM wins for Burge and McDonald
Central defender Clayton McDonald and midfielder Ryan Burge have been named as the OVF men of the match for the games against Forest Green Rovers and Northampton respectively.
Southend 0-0 Port Vale
Southend 0-0 Port Vale: the Valiants earnt a valuable away point against Southend after securing a goalless draw at Roots Hall.
Wildes takeover completion date set
The Port Vale Supporters Club says that the club’s administrators and preferred bidder Paul Wildes have set a date of the 20th November to complete Wildes’ takeover of the club.
Two minute guide to: Southend Utd
Our guide to our next League Two opponents includes the imaginative use of a basebat bat by Southend boss Paul Sturrock.
Port Vale 2-2 Rochdale
Port Vale 2-2 Rochdale: Tuesday’s match was soured by poor refereeing decisions as Sam Morsy was controversially sent-off and Vale threw away a two goal lead.
Wildes aims to complete deal by 18th November
In a press release sent to OVF, preferred bidder Paul Wildes has indicated that he expects his takeover of the club to be completed by the 18th November at the latest.
Two minute guide to: Rochdale
As our brief guide reveals – the good news for Vale fans is that the Valiants have NEVER lost at home to opponents Rochdale. Here’s our two minute guide to Tuesday’s game…
Forest Green 2-3 Port Vale
Forest Green 2-3 Port Vale: supersub Ben Williamson’s fourth goal of the season proved to be the winner as Vale reached the FA Cup second round at the expense of a battling Forest Green Rovers side.
Two minute guide to: Forest Green Rovers
As the Valiants travel to Nailsworth in the FA Cup first round, we take a brief look at our Blue Square Premier opponents.
Football League to meet preferred bidder
Football League representatives will meet preferred bidder Paul Wildes and business partner Norman Smurthwaite on Friday as the pair hope to finalise their takeover of Port Vale.
McDonald is Vale’s MOTM versus Burton
Central defender Clayton McDonald has won his first OVF man of the match vote for his performance against Burton Albion.
Pope goes joint-top of MOTM leaderboard
Tom Pope has joined Jennison Myrie-Williams at the top of the overall OVF man of the match leaderboard. Pope was a convincing winner of the Wycombe MOTM vote. Here are the Wycombe results: MOTM Leadboard: 3 votes – Jennison Myrie-Williams, Tom Pope 2 votes – Chris Neal, Louis Dodds, Sam Morsy, and Doug Loft 1 […]
Northampton 2-0 Port Vale
Northampton 2-0 Port Vale: Vale were left with a depleted defence for their opening FA Cup tie with Forest Green after John McCombe was sent-off and Gareth Owen was injured during the 2-0 defeat to Northampton.
Two minute guide to: Northampton
Our latest match preview includes a brief look at the cod philosophy of Town manager Adie Boothroyd.
Burton 1-1 Port Vale
Burton 1-1 Port Vale: Sub Ben Williamson scored for the second game in a row as he rescued a point for the Vale against Burton Albion.
Two minute guide to: Burton Albion
We take a look ahead to Tuesday night’s game with our brief guide to Vale’s opponents Burton Albion.
Port Vale 4-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Port Vale 4-1 Wycombe: Striker Tom Pope made it fiveteen goals for the season as Vale came from behind to beat ten man Wycombe at Vale Park.
Two minute guide to: Wycombe
We take a look ahead to Vale’s next home game with a brief look at their opponents wycombe Wanderers.
Johnson runs away with Walsall MOTM vote
Rookie goalkeeper Sam Johnson has been awarded his first OVF man of the match after his dream debut performance against Walsall.
Cautious optimism for Wildes? I agree…
OVF founder Rob Fielding agrees with an approach of “cautious optimism” for preferred bidder Paul Wildes and comments that even though the Supporters Club and Martin Tideswell have used the same phrase “nevertheless, I still think it’s worth reiterating.”
Tideswell: So far, so good…
Prominent Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has reiterated the Supporters Club “cautious” welcome to preferred bidder Paul Wildes by commenting that Vale fans “have more confidence this takeover may actually go through.”