National press cuttings from Port Vale’s 1989 promotion season
We present a selection of press clippings from the 1988-89 Port Vale promotion season charting the success of John Rudge’s side.
Andy Jones
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Andy Jones was a successful Port Vale striker who was signed from non-league Rhyl. His goalscoring exploits earned him a call-up to the Wales International side and a big money move to Charlton Athletic.
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1980s Port Vale photos
Here’s a selection of our favourite 1980s Port Vale photos featuring the likes of Andy Jones, Robbie Earle and Bob Newton…
Watch from 7:30pm: Port Vale v Fulham 1987 (full 90 mins)
You can watch the entirety of the memorable Fulham versus Port Vale game from 1987 on the onevalefan YouTube channel from 7:30pm on Thursday evening.
Five of the best free scoring Port Vale forward performances
A look back at five matches where a Port Vale player simply couldn’t stop scoring in a match – featuring Andy Jones, Tom Pope and three other players…
Five ways that Port Vale’s John Rudge showed his transfer market genius
The best John Rudge signings are subject of plenty of debate – here is our selection which we think demonstrate the genius of the legendary Port Vale manager.
Andy Jones scores for Wales on his International debut
Andy Jones scores for Wales: we take a look at the videos on the onevalefan YouTube channel and this brief clip shows a Vale striker scoring on International duty…
Photo Essay: Andy Jones celebrates scoring four times in a game
Andy Jones celebrates after a match, this is a vintage snap of the striker for our series where we take a look at particularly memorable images from our OVF photo archives.
Five of the best Port Vale non-league signings
We take a look at five hugely influential non-league signings by Port Vale FC.
Photo Essay: Andy Jones in action in 1986
Andy Jones in action – the prolific Port Vale FC striker is pictured taking on the Swindon Town defence.
Ultimate Port Vale XI: the strikers
Ultimate Port Vale strikers: finally, after a longer than expected delay, we’re asking you to select two upfront for our ultimate eleven.
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: Andy Jones scores on his International debut
A (very) brief clip of striker Andy Jones scoring his debut goal for Wales against Finland in 1987.
Clipping Hero #2: Andy Jones
The premise of this series is very simple – press clippings of a prominent Port Vale figure. In this episode it’s Andy Jones
Andy Jones
Andy Jones player profile: biography, stats, images and news about this Port Vale player.
50 years of Port Vale hat-tricks (with video)
Port Vale hat-tricks: here is a look back at all of Port Vale hat-trick heroes from the last fifty years.
1980’s: ‘Jones the Drum’
In another selection of scrapbook clippings we find out about Andy Jones’ musical career and his return to the club, a cup win over Ipswich…
Goals of the 1988-89 season – part two
Watch the second part of our goals compilation from Port Vale’s promotion season including some memorable strikes from Futcher, Ford, Beckford and of course Robbie Earle…
Getty: International Valiants
Photos of past and present Vale stars in International action including Steve Guppy, Neville Southall and the club’s first-ever International player.
Video vault: 1980’s double bill
Darren Beckford and Ron Futcher are amongst the goalscorers as we present two matches from the 1988-1989 promotion season.
Port Vale 3-2 Brentford video, 1989
A dramatic last-minute winner by substitute Andy Jones secures a victory for Port Vale during their 1988-1989 promotion season.
Video Vault: Jones hits three against Fulham
Coverage of one of Vale’s finest away performances as Andy Jones hits a hat-trick in a 6-0 win over Fulham. The match took place on boatrace day – Saturday 28th March 1987. If you like our videos please consider subscribing to our Youtube channel here
Video Vault: Andy Jones skins the Finns
Here’s a clip of one of the eight goals scored in Internationals by Vale players – and this one is by OVF’s favourite player Andy Jones.
The International Valiants club
Following Chris Birchall’s International retirement, OVF takes a look at the select group of Port Vale players to represent their country.
Where is he now? An update on Andy Jones
We recently found this article in the excellent football memorabilia magazine Back Pass and we felt it may be of interest to our users. It’s a brief interview with Vale legend Andy Jones plus a small piece on Andy’s current activities.
Port Vale v Fulham, 1986
We take a look at an 1986/1987 Division Three programme between Port Vale and Fulham.
Fulham v Port Vale, 1987
We look back at a famous Vale victory at Craven Cottage by leafing through the match programme.
Cult Hero 15: Ally Brown
Cult hero Ally Brown: was Ally Brown a washed-up veteran striker at the end of his career – or did he still have something to offer?
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