Eldershaw Keen to Learn
Promising striker Simon Eldershaw has a chat about life at Vale Park, his hopes for the future and his best moments on the pitch.
Port Vale News
The latest Port Vale news stories from the onevalefan website.
Snijders: Potteries Folk so Friendly
We talked to Dutch defender Mark Snijders when he was at Vale Park. Find out how Mark adapted to Potteries life.
Barker: Rudge was unbelievable
In an exclusive interview we talk to former Valiant Simon Barker. Simon recalls his favourite moments and the influence of John Rudge on his career.
Club announce AGM delay
A statement from Port Vale FC has announced the AGM has been put back. The club claims that the delay is “necessary to complete dealing with the consequences of recent events and manage various club operational requirements.”
Supporters Club invites board applications
The official Port Vale Supporters Club are inviting applications to join the forthcoming interim board and also announced details of another Supporters Club meeting.
Former directors hold ‘investment’ talks
The Sentinel newspaper reports that former Port Vale directors Bill Bratt (pictured) and Stan Meigh have held talks with potential investors in the club.
‘Totally deluded’ directors making things worse
Sentinel columnist and life-long Vale supporter Phil Sherwin believes some members of the board are “totally deluded” if they think their continued presence on the board is helping the club. Sherwin adds that he believes their continued presence is actually making things worse, not better.
Meigh reveals board approach
Former Director Stan Meigh has revealed that the board have approached him to ask if he would consider investing more money in the Valiants.
Supporters Club: The board has ‘gone AWOL’
The official Port Vale Supporters’ Club have hit out at the club’s board and accused them of “hiding behind spurious arguments to justify not talking to supporters and the media.” The Supporters’ Club adds that: “Mike Lloyd’s comments are thoroughly disingenuous given that the directors have not communicated with supporters and shareholders for some weeks […]
Vale loan broke terms of council agreement
Port Vale’s £277,000 mortgage on Vale Park broke the terms of their agreement with the city council, the Sentinel has disclosed. The revelation means that had the club been forced to repay their £2.25 million loan agreement with Stoke-on-Trent council then the entire future of the club could well have been in severe doubt.
Supporters Club: Protests must continue
The official Port Vale Supporters’ Club has issued a statement urging fans to keep the pressure on the board by demonstrating at every forthcoming game – both home and away.
Disgruntled fan produces anti-board website
An anonymous Port Vale fan has produced a new Port Vale website www.getoutofportvale.co.uk
Police end "theft" investigation
Staffordshire Police has confirmed it is no longer looking into the alleged theft of a corporate document from Port Vale Football Club.
Yates: We’re no quitters
Right-back Adam Yates concedes that the team are missing loan pair Jennison Myrie-Williams and Guy Madjo but has insisted the players will do all they can to “get back on track.”
Rumourmill: Vale seek new chairman
Rumours reaching OVF Towers suggest that the board are desperately trying to bring a new majority shareholder/chairman onboard.
Former Valiant Portwood passes away
Former Port Vale player Cliff Portwood has sadly passed away after a long battle against illness, the official Port Vale website reports.
Will Vale be able to name a team on Saturday?
The financial mismanagement of the board have had further repercussions on the playing staff with Micky Adams admitting “We had to include everybody on our books, including the youth team, to put on a training session.”
Man of the match update…
Due to the importance of off-pitch events, it’s been a while since we updated everyone on the latest OVF man of the match status.
Adams critical of players after defeat
Manager Micky Adams did not hold back in his criticism of his side describing the 3-0 defeat at Southend as “one of our worst performances I have ever seen.” Adams told the official Port Vale website: “There was one side that thought they could win the game, and us, who didn’t think we could win […]
Player contract talks put on hold
Port Vale could potentially lose up to 14 first-team players in the summer after manager Micky Adams confirmed that contract talks have been put on hold. The Sentinel newspaper also claims that key players, such as top scorer Marc Richards, have been asked to take pay cuts if they extend their stay at the club.
Vale down to last 13 fit players
Port Vale fans may be advised to take their boots to Roots Hall after injuries and the completion of loan spells reduced Micky Adams first-team squad to just thirteen fully fit first-team players. Although Micky Adams denies the squad is down to the “bare bones” – a lack of transfer funds, the return of loanees […]
No share payment and no personal guarantees?
Documents disclosed to OVF appear to confirm fears that Directors Peter Miller and Perry Deakin may not have signed personal guarantees when they joined the Port Vale boardroom. Miller and Deakin caused a storm when it was revealed that, despite club statements to the contrary, they had not paid for their shares when they sought […]
Deakin: I’ll stay till March (and maybe longer)
Outgoing CEO Perry Deakin has caused outrage with the revelation that he will remain in his post at least until March despite resigning in November. The news emerged on Wednesday after a group of fans visited Vale Park demanding the CEO’s immediate exit. After club officials met the group, Deakin was (somewhat bizarrely) given a […]
New book offers an alternative look at Vale’s history
Jeff Kent’s new Port Vale book “What if there was no Port in the Vale?” departs from the “traditional” historical approach for what’s billed as a “counterfactual football history.” If that’s too much of a mouthful for you – look at it this way… the book explores a number of significant Vale events and poses […]
97% of Vale fans want an EGM
Almost 97% of over 2,000 Vale fans polled during Monday’s Port Vale versus Cheltenham Town game have backed the Supporters’ Club call for an EGM. The group polled 2,147 fans at the Cheltenham clash, with 2,074 – or 96.6 per cent – of them supporting the action.
Lloyd: there is no money to spend
Mike Lloyd has confirmed that Micky Adams was right when the manager claimed that the club has no funds for January transfers. After the Cheltenham defeat, Adams told the press that the board has stopped player recruitment, despite Adams previously being given assurances that he would be handed vital transfer funds by then Chairman Peter […]