Opposition players you loved to hate...

[hamilboy]

  Alan Buckley above anybody followed by  Derek Spence for Bury and finally Ken Beamish for tranmere until we signed him then loved him playing for the Vale.

[geoff1]

peter thompson liverpool=never forgive him for that last minute goal in the cup at vale in front of 49000!😒git

[Paul6754]

Alan Buckley, always a thorn in Vale's side. Bob Delgado, Chester, dominant and superb against us, diametrically opposite when he played for the Vale.

[Old fort]

3 hours ago, mbycars said:

Also ANY Sjoke player

Non more so than Carl Beeston. Horrible Sjokie.

[philpvfc]

12 hours ago, barny61 said:

Our keepers Dad was a thorn in our side, I remember going to Middlesborough for a midweek  game and he ripped us apart. Think we lost 4-0 or 4-1.

4-0, I was there, unbelievable their keeper didn’t get sent off for saving a goal bound shot 10 yards outside his area. Went with my Dad who’s a Boro fan and he said we played them off the park yet we still lost 4-0. Season before we were 2-0 down with 10 minutes to go and won 3-2. 

[Dr Delgado]

I hated Dean Saunders for years after he scored that ridiculously cheeky goal following his throw in that he deliberately rebounded off Mussey’s back.

[CambridgeDon]

Kevin Francis 6'7" and a real pest every time we played Stockport

[Aguar61]

On 13/09/2023 at 22:59, NorthwoodValiant said:

Hated Lee Hughes at one point lol

Always hated him myself, horrible human being 

[Conrad]

On 14/09/2023 at 15:37, Guitar Ray said:

Do we really 😉

Yep, although some of the young kids have no idea who he is, I’ve even heard some of them singing Stevo.

[Trumpingtonvale]

10 hours ago, CambridgeDon said:

Kevin Francis 6'7" and a real pest every time we played Stockport

Jim Gannon - I disliked a lot  (don’t like the hate word 🤷🏻‍♂️), him more than Francis, and was really disappointed when we appointed him as manager- ecstatic when we got rid without him doing too much damage.

[barny61]

12 hours ago, philpvfc said:

4-0, I was there, unbelievable their keeper didn’t get sent off for saving a goal bound shot 10 yards outside his area. Went with my Dad who’s a Boro fan and he said we played them off the park yet we still lost 4-0. Season before we were 2-0 down with 10 minutes to go and won 3-2. 

All that I remember from that game is Stuart Ripley tearing us apart, it's that long ago I can't remember if we played well or not. 😂

[philpvfc]

23 hours ago, barny61 said:

All that I remember from that game is Stuart Ripley tearing us apart, it's that long ago I can't remember if we played well or not. 😂

We played the passing game, possession football, problem is we got caught out a few times in or around our area.

[rob1983]

Bob Taylor, Jamie cureton always scored against us.

[IanW]

Mentioned already in this thread but Steve Bull immediately sprang to mind

[Birches Head Fred]

As many have already said - Alan Buckley without doubt top of the list.