Clipping: Port Vale play Stoke City in 1928
2018-01-17
A clipping from 1914 recalls how a “gallant” Port Vale side suffer a narrow defeat to their neighbours.Read More →
Clipping: Vale suffer vandalism in 1914…
2018-01-15
A clipping from 1914 recalls how seats were damaged at the Old Rec stadium…Read More →
Clipping: A match report on Vale’s record defeat…
2018-01-15
A clipping from 1892 reports on a home humbling for the Valiants as they concede ten to the Blades…Read More →
Clipping: The moment Port Vale took Leeds City’s league place
2018-01-08
A clipping from 1919 recalls the unique occasion of Leed City’s expulsion and the appointment of Port Vale to take over their fixures…Read More →
Clippings: Port Vale photos from the 1938-39 season…
2018-01-07
Here are a selection of clippings from 1939 including action shots of Vale playing at their Hanley ground…Read More →
Clipping: Inquest into death of Vale player Tom Butler, 1923
2017-12-20
In this clipping from 1923, the inquest into the tragic death of Tom Butler is announced.Read More →
A collection of Port Vale hard men from yesteryear
2017-08-28
Vale’s current manager had a fearsome reputation as a player but here are some older Vale players who were also terrors on the pitch…Read More →
Vale’s amazing 1926 run – 8 games, 7 wins, 23 goals for, 4 goals against
2016-11-29
OVF takes a look at an astonishing turnaround in form for the Port Vale team of the 1920’s.Read More →
Three Port Vale caricatures from the 1940s
2016-06-19
We believe these caricatures are from the 1946-47 season when all three players were in the Port Vale team.Read More →
1957: The Potteries rivalry is examined
2016-05-30
This article from an unknown football magazine circa 1957 is a profile of the rivalry between Port Vale and Stoke City.Read More →
A hand-drawn Port Vale stamp from 1970
2016-05-30
Take a look at this hand-drawn Port Vale stamp which was produced by a national newspaper over 45 years ago.Read More →
80 years ago: Nipper Roberts hits his eighth goal in five games…
2016-03-28
The striker’s remarkable spell came despite Vale conceding 12 goals in two games and amid mounting financial worries.Read More →
62 years ago: Port Vale reach their only FA Cup semi-final
2016-03-27
March 27th 2016 marks the 62nd anniversary of Port Vale’s FA Cup semi-final game against West Brom.Read More →
Names to faces – Port Vale’s 1920-21 squad
2016-02-27
One of the frustrations of early Port Vale team line-ups is the lack of names – making it difficult to identify players of yesterday. We’ve had a go at the 1920-21 squad.Read More →
The day a Vale fan proposed changing the club’s name to Stoke City
2016-01-28
In the course of our research we came upon a 1925 edition of the Staffordshire Sentinel and an interesting debate brewing in the letters pages.Read More →
Port Vale player and Real Madrid manager – the Robert Firth story
2016-01-20
Robert Firth was the second English manager of Real Madrid and guided them to their second league title. He also played for Port Vale.Read More →
Maidenhead’s unlikely starring role in the “Port Vale” movie…
2015-11-05
Arnold Bennett’s “The Card” is generally regarded to be based upon Port Vale FC – and FA Cup visitors Maidenhead United played an unlikely role in the film version…Read More →
Remembering Wilf Kirkham…
2015-10-24
This week marks 41 years since Port Vale’s all-time record goalscorer Wilf Kirkham sadly passed away. He was 73 years old.Read More →