Guardian article on Port Vale

[cactuselves]

10 minutes ago, southernsausage said:

Henry Winter of The Times also has written a fantastic piece in today's paper. Full long read interview with DC which goes quite deep into his history & upbringing - of which is interesting for, unfortunately, lots of bad reasons. It's an incredible insight into the man.

Link here for anyone with a subscription..!

Darrell Clarke: My dad was a disgrace of a man. I never regretted cutting him off

WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK

 

That makes hard reading. Makes me even prouder of what our club and fantastic manager is achieving at the moment. UTV. Darrell Clarkes Gold and White Army.

[southernsausage]

10 minutes ago, robf said:

Do you happen to know if it's the "paper" paper? I'd rather buy that than commit to a month's subscription?

Honestly don't know Rob. I'm aware of archive.today though (a site which effectively screenshots a webpage and allows the viewer to see it whether behind a paywall or not.)

Follow the below and you should be able to see the article.

1. Go to Archive.Today.

2. Paste the UK Times article URL in the space provided under "My url is alive and I want to archive its content."

3. Next click the "save" button.

4. Then wait....

5. Once it has finishing archiving, you can view the complete article.

6. That's all.

[ValiantEffort]

Bloody Hell!

Don't we look professional 😍

Fantastic article..... it makes you so proud (win,lose or draw)

Onwards and upwards

Up The Vale

[robf]

25 minutes ago, southernsausage said:

Honestly don't know Rob. I'm aware of archive.today though (a site which effectively screenshots a webpage and allows the viewer to see it whether behind a paywall or not.)

Follow the below and you should be able to see the article.

1. Go to Archive.Today.

2. Paste the UK Times article URL in the space provided under "My url is alive and I want to archive its content."

3. Next click the "save" button.

4. Then wait....

5. Once it has finishing archiving, you can view the complete article.

6. That's all.

Thanks. That's a really insightful read. A lot of things I didn't know about his upbringing and his drive and ambition. 

I like his take on "philosophy"...

[Doha]

Darrell Clarke sadly has no memory of his mother, who died in a car crash when he was two, but the Port Vale manager willingly blanks out all recollection of his alcoholic father who used to wave the insurance money from his mother’s death in his face.

Jesus that’s a heavy introduction. 

[valiant_593]

Amazing club. We’ve gone from one extreme with Norman to the other. Couldn’t ask for the club to be in better hands at the minute 

[Joe B]

A heavy read.

Maybe some of the people so critical of him as a person might consider what they say.

Won't expect the humility from them but the man had a very, very tough upbringing.

[Joe B]

Our top wage is £1,850.

[Doha]

Just now, Joe B said:

Our top wage is £1,850.

I recall negative, worried rumours at the start of the season that Wilson was on massive money. So much for that one. 

Less than 2 grand a week for a player of Wilsons technical ability (plus Conlons recently negotiated 3 year extension) is outrageously good business. 
 

[Joe B]

1 minute ago, Doha said:

I recall negative, worried rumours at the start of the season that Wilson was on massive money. So much for that one. 

Less than 2 grand a week for a player of Wilsons technical ability (plus Conlons recently negotiated 3 year extension) is outrageously good business. 
 

Flitcroft is a wizard. The Guardian article has professionalism leaping off the page. Things done properly. 

Burslem Brent.

[jjvale_03]

53 minutes ago, Doha said:

I recall negative, worried rumours at the start of the season that Wilson was on massive money. So much for that one. 

Less than 2 grand a week for a player of Wilsons technical ability (plus Conlons recently negotiated 3 year extension) is outrageously good business. 
 

A lot of that came from Tom Pope's interview where he stated 'Wilson will be on more than I ever was'.

[philmpv]

Our top wage is £1,850.

How do you know that?

[Mellor!]

2 hours ago, southernsausage said:

Henry Winter of The Times also has written a fantastic piece in today's paper. Full long read interview with DC which goes quite deep into his history & upbringing - of which is interesting for, unfortunately, lots of bad reasons. It's an incredible insight into the man.

Link here for anyone with a subscription..!

Darrell Clarke: My dad was a disgrace of a man. I never regretted cutting him off

WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK

 

I've archived it, so you don't need to subscribe to get past the paywall. Just click this link and it will take you to the article 

archive.md

ARCHIVE.MD

 

 

[manc_vale]

Great read, but seemed to finish a bit abruptly.. No real summary.   Its not in todays printed Guardian. Perhaps the full tidied article will be in the mammoth Saturday paper. 

As everyone else is saying though.. What a great time to be a Vale fan.. We may not have won anything yet, but we are winning peoples hearts and minds, and thanks to the brillaint trio DC/DF and Carol a fine club is being transformed in front of our eyes.

[Fosse69]

17 minutes ago, philmpv said:

1 hour ago, Joe B said:

Our top wage is £1,850.

How do you know that?

According to DC`s interview in the Times