Port Vale disappointingly crashed out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy after a home defeat to Rochdale. Read our match report. The Valiants exited the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy with a whimper after a poor home performance against Rochdale. The League Two visitors progressed to the third round thanks to a first-half goal from Joe Rafferty. […]
We take a look ahead to Port Vale’s Johnstone’s Paints Trophy clash with Rochdale with another of our brief guides to the opposition…
Rob Page’s Vale side snatched an unlikely draw thanks to a last-minute goal from substitute Lee Hughes. Read our match report. Rob Page’s Vale side snatched an unlikely draw against Bristol City thanks to a last-minute Lee Hughes’ goal. Page named an unchanged starting eleven for his second game as stand-in Vale manager. But it was […]
We take a look ahead to Port Vale’s home match against Bristol City with another of our brief guides to the opposition… Team news Left-back Dan Jones came through a reserve game without any ill effects but as he is short of match fitness and Vale are on a good run, he is unlikely […]
A dramatic last-minute winner by substitute Andy Jones secures a victory for Port Vale during their 1988-1989 promotion season.
Fresh from their epic cup run the season before, John Rudge’s Port Vale took on top-flight Norwich City in an FA Cup clash in 1989.Â
Goalkeeper Chris Neal has gone two games clear at the top of the OVF man of the match leaderboard.
For this Video Vault feature, we take a trip back to 1988 and a special weekend for Port Vale fans when the  Valiants managed to string together two high-scoring wins in the space of just three days. They started with a 6-1 demolition of Cardiff City on Saturday September the 17th, 1988 – a game […]
Chris Lines scored his first goal for the Valiants as caretaker Rob Page won his first match as Port Vale manager. Read our match report. The Valiants made it two wins in a row with a deserved away win over Tranmere Rovers. Vale caretaker boss Rob Page brought in Ben Williamson and Chris Birchall […]
We take a look ahead to Port Vale’s match against Tranmere Rovers with another of our brief guides to the opposition… Team news The most significant change for the Valiants will see Rob Page (above) step in for Micky Adams as Vale manager. Adams is recovering after hip surgery but Pages, who had been […]
We take a leaf through the pages of a 1989 programme for the Littlewoods Cup second round game between Port Vale and Wimbledon.
We take a look ahead to Port Vale’s match against Coventry City with another of our brief guides to the opposition… Team news The injured Dan Jones (above) again misses out through injury so Vale’s back four is likely to remain unchanged. Chris Shuker, Gavlin Tomlin  and Chris Birchall all impressed for the reserves […]
Louis Dodds and Jennison Myrie-Williams scored but Vale were denied at the death as they lost a five goal thriller at the Matchroom stadium. The Valiants were unlucky to leave without a point after a thrilling five goal game at the Matchroom Stadium. Micky Adams made two changes to his side with wingers Kaid […]
We take a look ahead to our fourth away trip of the season with our OVF two minute guide to our opponents…
Chris Neal and Adam Yates are the latest recipients of the OVF man of the match awards, results that take Neal to the top of the leaderboard. Neal won the awards for his performances against Oldham and Bury while Yates was voted top man for the match against Wolves.
Get all the post-match reaction as Port Vale secured their first away win of the season with a dramatic late goal with our match report, quotes and post-match stats. Port Vale earnt their first away win of the season thanks to Tom Pope’s late striker against Carlisle United at Brunton Park. Micky Adams somewhat […]
We take a look ahead to our third away trip of the season with our OVF two minute guide… Team news The Valiants face some welcome selection issues following the midweek win over Bury. Striker Gavin Tomlin could be fit to return as could the rested Lee Hughes. Tom Pope looks a certain starter […]
Get all the post-match reaction from Port Vale’s Johnstones Paint Trophy win over Bury with our match report, quotes and post-match stats. Vale were grateful for two late Tom Pope goals as they progressed into the second round of the Johnstones Paint Trophy at the expense of a battling Bury side. Micky Adams made […]
We take a look ahead to the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy fixture with Bury with our OVF two minute guide…
Get all the post-match reaction from Port Vale’s 1-3 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers with our match report, quotes and post-match stats. Tom Pope got his first goal of the season late on, but Wolves were victorious on their first visit to Vale Park for 13 years after goals from Leigh Griffiths, Bjorn Sigurdarson […]
We take a look ahead to the home fixture with Wolverhampton Wanderers with our OVF two minute guide…
Striker Lee Hughes was a narrow winner of the OVF man of the match vote after his performance against Bradford City.
Get all the post-match reaction from Port Vale’s 3-1 away defeat to Oldham Athletic with our match report, quotes and post-match stats.
We take a look ahead to the game with Oldham Athletic, Vale’s second away trip of the season with our OVF two minute guide… Vale may stick with the same starting eleven that defeated Bradford City, which means Kaid Mohamed (right) will keep his place on the wing. Rob Taylor and Joe Davis are […]
In our latest leaf through the pages of a Port Vale programme, we take a look at West Ham’s 1985 programme for their FA Cup clash with the Valiants, a tie that evokes some personal memories for OVF editor Rob Fielding.
Goalkeeper Chris Neal was a deserved winner of the third OVF man of the match award of the season. Neal polled more than 75% of the votes and joins Anthony Griffith on the OVF man of the match leaderboard.