It may be loathed but is the Checkatrade Trophy benefiting Port Vale?
Is the much maligned Checkatrade Trophy helping Neil Aspin’s side this season?
Features
BBC Radio Stoke’s Checkatrade snub shows rank hypocrisy
After Tuesday night’s game, previous comments will now come back to haunt the BBC Radio Stoke sports team.
My sister was fit to be tied
Barry Edge’s memoir concerns a very angry sibling, a glass floor and a trip to Blackpool.
And don’t you point that gun at me!
Another anecdote from Barry Edge this one concerning a bizarre incident en route to a holiday…
Barry, I’m thirsty….
A world away from football but a subject that will touch all our hearts – Barry’s tale about family, stress and remembrance has a gloriously happy ending…
Five areas for Port Vale to concentrate on following the win over Crewe
Rob Fielding ponders how Port Vale can keep the forward momentum after ending their away hoodoo at the Alexandra stadium.
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.
Youthful and dynamic Port Vale midfield sees veterans rightly sidelined
One of the changes made by manager Neil Aspin on Saturday was the lack of veteran faces in the Vale squad says Rob Fielding.
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…
A brief encounter
In another of his memoirs, Barry recalls an unusual experience in the desert… Barry Edge writes… A Brief Encounter Those who know me will be aware that I love the Australian desert country. I can remember exactly the where and when my conversion took place. It was early morning Friday 15th April 1960 when waking […]
Away days…
Here’s Barry Edge with his memories of his solitary trip on the road with his beloved Port Vale FC.
Malcolm Hirst: there is always next season…
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says he “would like to see Aspin given the time to build a squad.”
Football League says VAR won’t be coming soon
Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey says introducing VAR to league matches is a “fair way away”.
My first car – a Triumph Mayflower
In this message to the OVF editor, Barry Edge recalls the purchase of his first secondhand car…
A member for a shilling
Barry Edge’s memoir reflects on the sad fact that the club’s history has always been about scraping around for economic survival…
Football League to debate programmes and extra time
The Football League AGM will discuss whether to abandon extra-time in the League Cup, the future of matchday programmes and the “ABBA” penalty system.
Longest serving list shows continuity breeds success
Rob Fielding says the club should learn a lesson by perusing the longest serving managers list.
Unbecoming to behave like silly sods
In this memoir, Barry Edge recalls journeys to Vale Park to watch his beloved Port Vale play.
Churnet Valley, May 1945
Barry Edge provides another of his memoirs – this time dating from the eve of the German surrender in World War Two…
Opinion: despite the Q&A, Port Vale’s finances don’t add up
Port Vale finances: Rob Fielding says that one conclusion that many fans will draw from the Q&A meeting with Norman Smurthwaite on Thursday is that the club’s finances just don’t seem to add up.
Opinion: is it all pretence?
Columnist Malcolm Hirst says ahead of the supporters’ meeting it’s time to “stand down Norman, stand down please…”