Five of the best: Port Vale players who graduated from the youth team
Rob Fielding selects five Port Vale players who have made their mark after coming through the club’s junior ranks…
Historical Featured Stories
How the national press covered Port Vale’s Autoglass Trophy win
It was Port Vale’s first-ever domestic trophy and here’s how the national press reported the Valiants’ victory at Wembley stadium in 1993.
Five of the best: Port Vale signings by Darrell Clarke
Darrell Clarke made many signings during a two and half year spell with the club – these are our pick as his five finest additions.
How the national press viewed Port Vale’s 2001 LDV Vans Trophy final win
A match report and player ratings from the Millennium stadium in 2000 as Brian Horton’s Port Vale side win the club’s second domestic trophy.
How the national press reported Port Vale’s FA Cup win over Everton in 1996
It set up one of the most fondly remembered games in Port Vale history – here’s how the press saw the Valiants’ famous FA Cup replay win in the FA Cup fourth round, 1996.
Press Clippings: media reports of Port Vale’s glorious 1953-54 season
Culled from our media archives, here are a selection of press clippings from Port Vale’s fabulous 1953-54 season…
Five of the best Port Vale signings by Brian Horton
Continuing our occasional “five of the best” series here’s our personal top five best Brian Horton signings for Port Vale…
Five of the best: Port Vale player nicknames
The Assassin, the singing winger, Pull it, Jazz and Jammer Evans – here are our favourite Port Vale player nicknames from over the years.
Photo Essay: Port Vale hit eight in 1930 with Sam Jennings scoring four
We have the briefest of reports of a significant result for Port Vale back in 1930. Here’s the background to Port Vale’s thrashing of Bradford Park Avenue.
Five of the best: successful Port Vale trialists
There have been plenty of trialists playing for Port Vale in friendlies over the years but many are not taken on. Here we look at five trialists who certainly made the grade for the Valiants…
Original Vale Park plans envisaged a huge Kop-style end terrace
Back in the late 1940s Port Vale had grand plans for the Hamil End of the ground – we take a look at what was proposed…
A collection of Port Vale press clippings from the 1980s and 90s
Read features on Port Vale’s games against Southport, Norwich City, Manchester City and the 1989 Potteries Derby against Stoke City
National press cuttings from Port Vale’s 1989 promotion season
We present a selection of press clippings from the 1988-89 Port Vale promotion season charting the success of John Rudge’s side.
Match Weekly magazine’s coverage of Port Vale’s win over Spurs in 1988
Match Weekly was a popular football magazine in the 1980s – here’s how they covered Port Vale’s famous FA Cup win over Tottenham Hotspur in 1988.
Five of the best: Port Vale signings from Stoke City
Port Vale signings from Stoke City: it’s a controversial move at the best of times, but here are five Potteries transfers which benefitted the Valiants.
Photo Essay: Port Vale striker Bob Newton stoops to conquer in 1982…
This photograph portrays cult Port Vale striker Bob Newton scoring a diving header in a home game against Stockport County in 1982.
Five ways that Port Vale’s John Rudge showed his transfer market genius
The best John Rudge signings are subject of plenty of debate – here is our selection which we think demonstrate the genius of the legendary Port Vale manager.
Port Vale all-rounders: our club’s cricketing connections
It may be the summer and a time when cricket comes to the fore there’s still plenty to connect Port Vale FC with the game of cricket.
A collection of Port Vale hard men from yesteryear
Here is a collection of older Port Vale hard men – players who als0 had a reputation as true tough guys…
Nearly men 7-12: the rocky transfer route to Ron Futcher…
Port Vale tried five other strikers before opting to sign Ron Futcher. This is the story of those failed transfer deals…
Cult Hero 55: Bob Blood
Cult hero Bob Blood: striker Bob Blood possessed more than just a great name as our cult feature will explain…
Clipping Heroes #13: Vale Cover Stars
A selection of programme front cover images from over the decades form the latest of our Clipping Heroes series.
The strange tale of Port Vale and a whale…
OVF were kindly loaned this unusual photograph by Port Vale FC for our Vale Vaults exhibition…
Cult Hero 49: Tom Morgan
Cult hero Tom Morgan: despite taking the club to their highest-ever league position, few fans know of Tom Morgan’s impressive contribution to Port Vale.
Cult Hero 46: Tom Holford
Cult hero Tom Holford like another Vale legend Lol Hamlett, was a long-serving figure who seemed to be Port Vale through and through…
Cult Hero 41: Roger Jones
Cult hero Roger Jones may not be a name known by many current Vale fans, but the one-club man combined long service with a show-stealing ability to score goals.
The 1954 side pictured at home…
Iron Curtain stars at home: taken from a Sentinel FA Cup semi-final special on display at the Vale Vaults exhibition, here are some unique period portraits of the legendary Freddie Steele side pictured at home.
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