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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.
Port Vale FC’s administrators have confirmed that CEO Perry Deakin was one of four members of staff to be made redundant on Thursday. The club revealed at the turn of the year that Deakin had quit as the club’s £70,000-a-year CEO and was serving his notice.
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has reflected on recent events at Vale Park with a new blog called “The Port Vale family is coming together again”
Port Vale CEO Perry Deakin has told the Sentinel that the board got “carried away” with the Blue Sky deal, that he “was never going to own” his £100,000 share allocation and that the exposure of the nil-paid shares fiasco was “awful.”
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.
Mike Lloyd has become the first Port Vale board member to talk to the press following the news that the club is set for administration. In an interview with BBC Radio Stoke’s John Acres, Lloyd says he is “desperately sorry about the club’s financial position” but unsurprisingly adds that “I don’t think the current situation […]
Jon Gold, the chairman of local non-league side Nantwich Town has sent Port Vale fans a message of support following the club’s recent financial melt-down. Nantwich contacted OVF earlier this year to show how Port Vale had reneged on the terms of former Nantwich player Ritchie Sutton’s contract in the summer and now Gold has […]
Opponents Accrington Stanley FC have told OVF that there will be pay-on-the-day turnstiles available for Port Vale supporters on Saturday and that the club have also asked the Port Vale board of directors to stay away from the ground. Accrington host Vale on Saturday and a bumper away gate is expected as Valiants fans show […]
Furious Port Vale manager Micky Adams has pulled no punches about his view of the club’s board in an interview with the Sentinel newspaper. In it, Adams describes the recent weeks at the club as “an absolute joke” and has slammed board members for not having the courage to face players face-to-face and tell them […]
The Staffordshire Sentinel are reporting that HMRC issued a winding-up petition against the club on Wednesday lunchtime. The club are currently subject of a transfer embargo due to a unpaid tax bill and have not paid this month’s staff wages.
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says “The smart money is on us not even making it to an AGM/EGM. It won’t be held in the Robbie Williams suite, that’s for sure.” He adds: “Meanwhile, Messrs Lloyd and Deakin – finally realising the game is up – have held talks with the Supporters’ Club’s solicitor. […]
The Sentinel newspaper claims that former Chairman Peter Miller resigned over the weekend. The move leaves the board below the legal number required to operate the business and has prompted the remaining directors to hold an emergency meeting with the Supporters Club, who are seeking to remove them.
Local media BBC Radio Stoke and the Sentinel newspaper are reporting that former Chairman Peter Miller has resigned from the Port Vale board. Miller has been a hugely unpopular figure at Vale Park since he secured his directorship on nil-paid shares and promises of investment from Blue Sky.
On a grim Monday for Port Vale fans, OVF founder Rob Fielding repeats his plea for the board to move aside now, before it’s too late.
The Sentinel newspaper has reported what many fans fear – that Port Vale FC could be on the brink of administration.
On a day of ignominy and gloom for many Port Vale supporters, the overly casual reaction of interim chairman Mike Lloyd to the crisis has prompted furious criticism from Port Vale fans.
BBC Radio Stoke are reporting that Port Vale have been given a transfer embargo by the Football League for an unpaid payment. The news will be a further blow for the club’s discredited and hugely unpopular board, who are under intense pressure to leave their positions in the boardroom ahead of the forthcoming EGM.
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has a message for Mike Lloyd – “Mr Lloyd, it’s a question of: You or Us. The fans were here before you and, rest assured, they will still be here long after you’ve been chased off down Hamil Road…”
A copy of the original Mo Chaudry presentation to supporters which detailed his proposals to take the club forward.
A copy of the Supporters Club Q&A document from 2011 with the board detailing various answers about their intentions and the Blue Sky deal.
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding says that fans should be reassured that the board simply cannot win when pitched against 97% of the fanbase. Rob adds that: “I want to try and emphasise to all supporters that united, we cannot lose…”
Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell is inviting all Vale fans to write their own messages to the Port Vale board in a petition that will be handed over to the interim chairman Mike Lloyd.
Former director Paul Humphreys urged fans to back the Supporters Club proposed interim board during a well attended meeting at Smallthorne Victory WMC. Humphreys is one of six candidates proposed as a replacement interim board. The Supporters Club hope the interim board will be voted in by shareholders at the forthcoming EGM.
The Supporters Club have issued a statement following Tuesday’s open meeting. Chairman Pete Williams also reassures all fans that: “irrespective of what happens in the coming weeks, the Supporters’ Club is committed to removing Messrs Lloyd, Deakin, Oliver and Miller.”
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding says that he’s not surprised that Vale fans are worried that the board may still have some dirty tricks up their sleeves. And with that in mind he urges fans to contribute to tonight’s meeting: to raise questions and concerns and also to show the Supporters’ Club […]
Port Vale will be posting copies of their annual accounts to shareholders within the next week, ahead of the forthcoming joint AGM/EGM. The annual accounts to shareholders for the year ending June 30, 2011 will be included in the mailing along with the EGM agenda papers.