Goals from Marc Richards and Louis Dodds proved to be not enough as Vale’s ten men suffered an away defeat to promotion-chasing Crawley Town. Micky Adams made two changes with Clayton McDonald replacing the departed Lee Collins and Sam Morsy coming in for the suspended Anthony Griffith. Adam Yates and rookie centre-half Joe Davis were […]
Vale secured an away point as goals from McCombe and Shuker earnt Micky Adams’ side a deserved draw with Accrington Stanley. Marc Richards was ill, so Tom Pope came into the starting line-up while the Valiants only named four on a substitute bench boosted by the return of Lee Collins.
Port Vale were held to a home draw by near neighbours Crewe Alex as Vale fans were able to focus their attention on the pitch following all the recent off-pitch revelations. Micky Adams named an unchanged starting line-up, but former Crewe forward Tom Pope returned to the subs bench after injury.
John McCombe and Sean Rigg scored as Port Vale recorded an away victory against Northampton Town on Saturday. Micky Adams made two changes with Chris Shuker and Paul Marshall starting in place of Morsy and Williamson.
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.
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.
OVF has reproduced this image of Port Vale’s 1958 side. It’s pictured on the front of Soccer Star magazine.
Thanks to Port Vale fan Leigh Briscoe, OVF has been handed these amazing images of Port Vale players during the 1920s including striker Billy Briscoe. These images were discovered by Leigh’s grandmother and mainly feature Billy Briscoe, who is related to Leigh.
Continuing our look at the booklet celebrating Port Vale’s 1970 promotion success. The booklet is 69 pages long, so this is the second part of our look through the pages of the promotion pamphlet.
Take a look at the pamphlet celebrating Port Vale’s 1970 promotion success.
OVF will be running a man of the match award for every first-team fixture this season with the overall winner crowned the OVF player of the season. Here is the latest leaderboard plus match-by-match awards for each game played this season Man of the match final leaderboard… Anthony Griffith, Tom Pope: 7 awards Doug Loft: 6 awards […]
Captain Marc Richards scored his tenth goal of the season as Port Vale ended a run of four defeats with a welcome away victory over Rotherham.
Vale’s losing streak was stretched to four matches despite Marc Richards’ ninth goal of the season.
Defender Clayton McDonald was sent-off as Southend ran out comfortable winners in Saturday’s League Two encounter at Roots Hall.
Sean Rigg’s seventh goal of the season came too late as Port Vale lost their first game of the new year.
The Valiants lost for the first time in five games as they ended 2011 on a losing note.
The gloom surrounding Vale Park didn’t extend to the pitch as, despite worrying recent revelations about boardroom shenanigans, goals from Adam Yates and Marc Richards sealed a dramatic 2-1 win over Hereford.
Loanee Guy Madjo scored a hat-trick but Vale’s game against Aldershot was most noticeable for mass protests by supporters against the board.
Loanees Guy Madjo and Jennison Myrie-Williams ended a 502 minute goal drought as Micky Adams’ side defeated strugglers Dagenham to record their first win since the 25th October.
Jennison Myrie-Williams dazzled on his debut, but Vale’s goal drought now stands at 478 minutes after resolute defending by visitors Torquay resulted in an entertaining draw on Friday evening.
Port Vale’s faces were as red as their borrowed shirts as they crashed out of the FA Cup after a 1-0 replay defeat to non-league Grimsby Town.
Port Vale suffered their third league defeat in a row and they failed to score for the third consecutive game.
Micky Adams’ side will have to travel to Blundell Park for an FA Cup replay after a frustrating display saw Vale draw a blank against Blue Square Premier side Grimsby Town in the FA Cup first round.
Port Vale 0-2 Swindon Town: Micky Adams’ 100th game in charge of Vale ended in defeat as Swindon coasted to a 2-0 victory.
Oxford 2-1 Port Vale: Captain Marc Richards scored a goal and then missed a penalty as Vale lost their League Two clash to Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium.
Sean Rigg netted against his former club as the Valiants bounced back from their home defeat to Morecambe with a fine 3-0 away win over Bristol Rovers.