How many of you have ever wondered what it was the butler saw through that keyhole? Well, you wont have to spend a penny to find out what Barry and his lovely lady saw on a train to Kalgoorlie. Just a few moments of your time is enough.
The Stoke Sentinel has a surprise Vale lead story on a day that could have enormous consequences for Vale’s future direction.
Barry’s appreciation for the way that onevalefan connects him to his beloved Port Vale is well documented on this site. But following recent cyber crashes, he began to wonder what the ramifications would be for the ‘Lads if they had a cyber manager.
Exiled Valiant Barry Edge lives in Perth, Western Australia and is a regular columnist for onevalefan. In the absence of any juicy and/or newsy ovf message board posts to convert into verse, Barry would like to share with you the day he started work for the West Australian Government. Hang in there with this one […]
Exiled Valiant Barry Edge lives in Perth, Western Australia and is a regular columnist for onevalefan. This story tells, in part, of Barry’s Cellarhead schooldays sweetheart who lived in Dilhorne.
Exiled Valiant Barry Edge lives in Perth, Western Australia. In this memoir he tells us when and why he put away his football boots forever.
Last week Barry shared with us the time he was nearly co-opted into a Brass Band and of his struggle and ultimate failure to come to terms with the Flügelhorn. This week he shares another Flügelhorn story from the pages of a camping and climbing trip in Western Australia.
It’s Barry’s turn to share a tale or two about music and musical instruments. Well, one instrument really – a Flügelhorn. In fact, this will be the first of two stories about Flügelhorns. We are told the second story took place in Oz., whilst this one took place at the Michelin Tyre Works, Stoke-on-Trent.
Exiled Valiant Barry Edge lives in Perth, Western Australia and is a regular columnist for onevalefan. In this memoir he links his own personal boyhood version of the card game known as Klondike solitaire to football in general, and Port Vale in particular.
It’s an old saying that whilst most things change some will always stay the same. In this memoir Barry highlights how one particular Australian custom has definitely stayed the same.
For all Barry’s good intentions he only made it to one away game.
Exiled Valiant Barry Edge lives in Perth, Western Australia and is a regular columnist for onevalefan. Barry begs the question as to what similarities and differences will eventually be drawn in relation to Port Vale’s great start in the 2003/04 campaign vis-à-vis 1953/54.
Barry has been asked several times why he lives in Australia. In this letter from ‘Downunder he hopes to clarify matters. But more importantly, he gives us a rare insight of two very special people in his life.
Barry Edge is an exiled Valiant living in Western Australia. Here he shares with us his memories of 1954.
Last week Barry answered the how, what, when and why he lives in Australia. In this letter from ‘Downunder he talks about the impact his eldest brother has had in his life. Also, there is a brief mention of Milton United FC, plus a little story about Bucknall cubs and scouts.
Barry recalls the sad day he learnt of Sir Stanley Matthews’ death.
Exiled Valiant Barry Edge lives in Western Australia and is a regular columnist for onevalefan. His latest contribution was prompted, in part, by onevalers’ Voice of Treason (VofS).
In Barry’s memoir he confesses to having been to Stoke City’s Victoria Ground on two occasions. Fortunately it seems not to have had a negative effect on his psyche.
Right now Barry says his fingernails are bitten down to the quick. But all that can change if we take all three points tomorrow.
This is Barry’s salute to those Valiants who were not born or bred in, or later migrated to the Potteries.
Barry Edge, aka ovf’s Aussie Rules, has many fond memories of his time supporting the Valiants in the 1950s. In this memoir he tells us of his favourite Port Vale player and, all importantly, how he spent his pocket money wisely.
Barry Edge is an exiled Valiant from Australia. He exclusively shares his memories of Port Vale with onevalefan readers.