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.
A new series of videos by OVF celebrate the achievements of key Vale players or officials. Our aim is to sum up their work for the club in a matter of minutes. This one looks at the Port Vale MBE routine.
An historic win for the Valiants as Ron Futcher’s excellent winner secures their first Second Division win in 32 years.
A new series of videos by OVF celebrate the achievements of key Vale players or officials. Our aim is to sum up their work for the club in a matter of minutes. Next up is the 1953-54 side…
A new series of videos by OVF celebrate the achievements of key Vale players or officials. Our aim is to sum up their work for the club in a matter of minutes. First up is John Rudge…
Cult hero Tom Page: a veteran striker, often overshadowed by his more free-scoring partner Wilf Kirkham, Tom Page still achieved a notable feat in the Potteries derbies.
Here are some scans of the programme for a night out at Jollees nightclub to celebrate the “centenary” of Port Vale FC.
Port Vale War Cry was the club’s anthem of the 1920’s – this special feature includes a portion of the lyrics, scans of the songsheet and a re-working of the song by band Cock’s Entry.
To conclude our look at the Sentinel special marking the club’s FA Cup semi-final appearance in 1954, here is a Photoshopped copy of the front cover.
Cult hero Anthony Griffith: if you weren’t too worried about flair and creativity but wanted energy, commitment and sheer hard work in your midfield engineroom, then Anthony Griffith was the man.
Watch the popstar and Port Vale fan Robbie Williams play and score in Martin Foyle’s testimonial game, played at Vale Park in 2001.
Listen to interviews with then Port Vale players Neil Aspin, Andy Porter, Robin van der Laan and Ian Taylor after Port Vale secure promotion at the end of the 1993-94 season.
Striker Mick Cullerton certainly hogged the headlines on the pitch during the 1967-68 season. Here we detail a few of the incidents.
Listen to an interview with the late Sir Stanley Matthews about his experience managing Port Vale FC in the 1960’s.
We look back at the day that the Roy Sproson statue was unveiled at Vale Park.
We take a look back to November 1969 and a national award for Port Vale club legend Roy Sproson.
We have some newspaper clippings from 1968 covering the club’s expulsion from the League after being found guilty of five charges.
Of the many items kindly shown to us at the Vale Vaults exhibition, this is the one which entertained us the most at OVF Towers. We’ve pixelated out this person’s identity so read on to find out who it is…
Port Vale 1954 FA Cup semi-final: we look at the special Sentinel newspaper produced for the biggest game in Port Vale’s history – the FA Cup semi-final against West Bromwich Albion.
OVF have been handed images of the first-ever programme for the Old Recreation Ground stadium – and the notes in it suggest a founding date for Port Vale of 1878.Â
EXCLUSIVE: The Vale Vaults exhibition has resulted in the discovery of an 1886-87 Port Vale “subscriber’s” ticket – described by historian Jeff Kent as the second oldest Vale artifact he has seen.
We were delighted to be handed this programme during the Vale Vaults exhibition. It marks the visit of Czechoslovakia to Vale Park, the first time a national side had played either of the Potteries sides. The next year, the Czechs reached the 1962 World Cup final.
One of the more unexpected elements of the Vale Vaults exhibition was the number of fans bringing items to the exhibition. Here, we profile an unusual red Port Vale crest.
This is the story of how a disastrous derby debut helped pave the way for Port Vale to sign a legendary goalkeeper.
Ahead of our Vale Vaults exhibition, here is a sneak preview of a couple more of the items that will be on display.
As Rob continues to prepare for the first-ever OVF exhibition, he’d like to give you all a list of some of the things that should be on display.