Nearly Men number thirteen: Lee Trundle
Lee Trundle’s Port Vale move – how the Valiants nearly got their man. The Welsh striker was Port Vale’s top transfer target in 2003 only for the club to be thwarted by a transfer embargo…
History and memorabilia
Port Vale nostalgia and memorabilia articles
The Port Vale nostalgia and memorabilia section of the onevalefan.co.uk website hosts the Internet’s most extensive collection of historic Port Vale articles and images. This section houses hundreds of historic Port Vale images, Port Vale team line-ups, rare Port Vale documents and features about the Port Vale early years.
Our features include – the origins of the Port Vale name, vintage Port Vale press clippings, items of Port Vale memorabilia (ranging from rare Port Vale programmes to items from our own Vale Vaults exhibition) and features on Port Vale characters ranging from Port Vale cult heroes to tributes to Port Vale legends.
Cult Hero 62: Arthur Bridgett
Cult hero Arthur Bridgett: heard the story of a veteran International winger making a glorious comeback to the Potteries? No, this isn’t about Sir Stanley Matthews, this is the lesser-known tale of Arthur Bridgett’s brief but glorious Vale career.
Port Vale 6-0 Hartlepool United video, 1994
Relive a great FA Cup tie for Port Vale as they put six goals past Hartlepool United in 1994.
Vale’s amazing 1926 run – 8 games, 7 wins, 23 goals for, 4 goals against
OVF takes a look at an astonishing turnaround in form for the Port Vale team of the 1920’s.
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…
Video vault: Port Vale 2-1 Bolton, 1988
It’s a dramatic end to the game in October 1988 as Vale playmaker Ray Walker scores a late winner.
Keith Leonard interview
A Keith Leonard interview from the pages of a 1970s Port Vale matchday programme. Keith Leonard was signed on loan from Aston Villa
David Harris interview
A David Harris interview from the pages of a 1970s Port Vale matchday programme.
Video of Port Vale 1-0 Southampton FA Cup replay, 1994
Watch the video highlights of a classic Port Vale cup victory over top-flight Southampton from back in 1994.
Port Vale 2-1 Everton video, 1996
Why not relive one of Port Vale’s greatest moments, the St Valentine’s day FA Cup massacre of FA Cup holders Everton in 1996?
Clipping Heroes #18: Signings from abroad
This season has seen the highest number of foreign signings ever seen at Vale Park. Our retrospective series takes a look at photos of foreign signings from yesteryear…
Former Port Vale striker Bert Llewellyn passes away
Bert Llewellyn passes away: the former Port Vale striker Bert Llewellyn, has sadly died, aged 77.
Potteries sporting great Ken Higgs passes away
Ken Higgs passes away: former Port Vale junior and England Test bowler Ken Higgs has passed away at the age of 79.
John Brodie interview
A John Brodie interview from the pages of a 1970s Port Vale matchday programme.
Colin Sidley interview
A Colin Sidley interview from the pages of a 1970s Port Vale matchday programme.
John Ridley interview
A John Ridley interview from the pages of a 1970s Port Vale matchday programme.
Ray Williams interview
A Ray Williams interview from the pages of a 1970s Port Vale matchday programme.
Gareth Ainsworth interview
A Gareth Ainsworth interview from the 1997-98 season published in the Port Vale matchday programme.
Neil Brisco interview
Taken from the early 2000s is an interview with Port Vale midfielder Neil Brisco in the matchday programme.
Marc Bridge-Wilkinson interview
Reproduced from the Port Vale matchday programme is a Marc Bridge-Wilkinson interview from 2003.
Appoint a foreign coach? Amazingly Vale tried this before in 1962…
If you think this summer’s move for Bruno Ribeiro is radical, how about when Vale tried to sign the “Jose Mourinho” of the day in 1962?
Three Port Vale caricatures from the 1940s
We believe these Port Vale caricatures are from the 1946-47 season when all three players were in the Port Vale team.