Leading Port Vale Supporters Club official: please stay calm and show respect during Crewe game
Malcolm Hirst, vice chair of the Supporters Club has appealed to Port Vale fans to avoid discrimatory behaviour during the match against rivals Crewe.
Category: Malcolm Hirst blog
North London Valiants’ Malcolm Hirst offers his reflections on all things Port Vale.
Opinion: should Vale stick or twist over Neil Aspin
Columnists Malcolm Hirst and Mark Walton ponder whether a managerial change is needed at Vale Park.
Football League hold fans forum on Checkatrade – but fail to listen to fans’ views
Port Vale Supporters Club vice chair Malcolm Hirst says the recent fans forum on the Checkatrade Trophy did little to address supporters’ concerns.
Malcolm Hirst: Port Vale need to extend the contracts of this duo soon
Columnist Malcolm Hirst thinks two Vale players have done enough to earn early contract extensions.
Q&A: Port Vale Supporters Club explain recent membership changes
Port Vale Supporters Club vice chairman Malcolm Hirst spoke to OVF’s Rob Fielding to explain recent changes.
Malcolm Hirst: Vale’s game against Exeter to promote Fans for Diversity
Fans for Malcolm Hirst updates OVF viewers on a Port Vale game to promote Fans for Diversity…
Malcolm Hirst: there is always next season…
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says he “would like to see Aspin given the time to build a squad.”
Opinion: is it all pretence?
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says ahead of the supporters’ meeting it’s time to “stand down Norman, stand down please…”
Opinion: fighting Port Vale fans should be banned for life
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says there are simply no excuses for the fans hell-bent on violence at the Grimsby Town match…
Opinion: worrying times for Vale fans are owner’s not manager’s fault
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says that the club’s Football League future could be in serious doubt and that one person will be to blame if it does go down…
Opinion: now the Hugill deal is done where should the money go?
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says that the Hugill money should be split between investment in the squad and paying off directors’ loans.
Malcolm Hirst: what we require at Vale Park is a period of stability and unity
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says that following the appointment of Neil Aspin and John Rudge Port Vale now need to build for the future.
Malcolm Hirst: despite the owner’s tweets, this mess isn’t the fans’ fault
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says that despite tweets from owner Norman Smurthwaite, most Vale fans know where the club’s current problems stem from.
Malcolm Hirst: Rudderless Port Vale are suffering from a lack of leadership
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says that the rudderless club are in danger of having just non-league football to look forward to.
Opinion: Michael Brown needs to improve his tactics
Columnist Malcolm Hirst feels that the Vale manager has been “too cautious” and was found out during the defeat to Wycombe Wanderers.
Opinion: Stoke City and Port Vale can learn much from St Pauli’s principles
Columnist Malcolm Hirst’s second side is cult German outfit St Pauli so how did he react when they announced a partnership with Stoke City?
Opinion: Publishing Port Vale accounts would earn respect from fans
Columnist Malcolm Hirst thinks that publishing the club accounts would earn owner Norman Smurthwaite more respect from Vale fans.
Malcolm Hirst: fans want Norman Smurthwaite to go
OVF columnist Malcolm Hirst says it’s clear that there is a mood for change and that the owner should listen.
Recent Comments