The Port Vale Supporters Club have issued a statement which contradicts press reports of a personal donation to the club’s academy by former chairman Bill Bratt.Read More →
A report says that former Port Vale sponsors Harlequin Property has applied for its sales arm to go into administration. The company has taken more than £300m in deposits from at least 6,000 investors for off-plan luxury holiday accommodation across the Caribbean since 2006. However, it has so far built justRead More →
A report on FTadvisor.com claims that law firms acting for investors are hoping to obtain a “freezing order” against the former Port Vale FC sponsors.Read More →
The BBC has cancelled an episode of Panorama which was to focus on Port Vale’s former club sponsors, Harlequin Property, after allegations of bribery.Read More →
Port Vale’s former club sponsors, Harlequin Property, once described as the “best sponsors the club have ever had” have been reported to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), it has been claimed.Read More →
Port Vale’s former club sponsors, Harlequin Property, are the subject of a formal alert issued by the Financial Services Agency (FSA).Read More →
Former chairman and CEO Bill Bratt appears to have whitewashed his considerable part in producing Port Vale’s financial woes and has told the Sentinel that he would step forward to rescue the club if no other bidders are acceptable.Read More →
Following Director Mike Lloyd’s claim that the board were only partially to blame for the club’s finances and that fans’ protests and historic debt also contributed, CEO Perry Deakin has now claimed that former Chairman Bill Bratt is also to blame. Deakin is the second member of the board toRead More →
Port Vale are being sued by current shirt sponsors Harlequin Properties, the Staffordshire Sentinel has revealed. The news of the legal move is another highly damaging and embarrassing episode for the club’s underfire board. Harlequin is suing Vale for breach of contract for failure to repay the loan and saidRead More →
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding says the last twelve months have included some of the club’s darkest moments and have truly been an annus horriblis. But Fielding hopes that with a united fanbase and a renewed determination to remove the board, 2012 will finally herald a brighterRead More →
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding says former Chairman Bill Bratt is wrong if he thinks simply resigning as Port Vale Chairman will “unite” the fans. Fielding argues that merely changing titles from Chairman to Director will not appease the pro-change movement who want all three DirectorsRead More →
In Rob Fielding’s latest opinion piece “One Vale View” the OVF founder responds to recent comments from Chairman Bill Bratt in the Sentinel newspaper. In the Sentinel newspaper, Chairman Bill Bratt conceded that potential sponsors Ameriturf Global Systems have yet to provide proof of funding. Bratt told the newspaper: “Let’sRead More →
Rob Fielding welcomes the post-EGM statement from the board in which they accept an “appetite for change” but he wants more than mere words – the board now have to deliver. I welcome the post-EGM statement from the board in which they accept an “appetite for change” but speaking personally,Read More →
On the eve of the EGM, Rob Fielding pens an open letter to the Port Vale board.Read More →
Rob Fielding argues that the current tactics of the Port Vale FC board are ruining the reputation of the club.Read More →
Chairman Bill Bratt has been on local radio attacking “lies” posted on the Internet. Rob Fielding defends OVF’s honour…Read More →
Rob Fielding thinks the club was wrong to dismiss the Chaudry offer and here are his reasons why.Read More →
It’s been another week of controversy at Vale Park and yet, once again, fans have been treated to complete silence from the Port Vale board.Read More →