Photo Essay: Darren Beckford signs for Port Vale
This photo shows the signing of Manchester City striker Darren Beckford in 1987
Darren Beckford
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Striker Darren Beckford is rightly regarded as a Port Vale legend after a prolific spell with the club. Beckford joined initially on loan in 1986 before fans helped to fund a permanent transfer in 1987. It proved to be money well spent as Beckford netted 82 goals before a near £1m move to Norwich City in 1991.
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Photo Essay: Darren Beckford challenges England legend Peter Shilton
This photo shows legendary England goalkeeper Peter Shilton clearing the ball from Port Vale striker Darren Beckford.
Ultimate Port Vale XI: the strikers
Finally, after a longer than expected delay, we’re asking you to select two upfront for our ultimate eleven.
Clipping Heroes #13: Vale Cover Stars
A selection of programme front cover images from over the decades form the latest of our Clipping Heroes series.
1980s: Darren Beckford and Ron Futcher to the fore
In our latest series of clipping from the OVF archives, we look at several matches from the latter part of the 1980’s.
Clipping Hero #1: Darren Beckford
The premise of this series is very simple – press clippings of a prominent Port Vale figure. In this episode it’s Darren Beckford.
Video vault: Beckford Goals Compilation
Our latest addition to our OVF YouTube channel is a compilation of some of striker Darren Beckford’s many Vale goals.
Darren Beckford
Time at club: 1987-1991 Appearances: 215 Goals: 91 Darren Beckford player profile: A prolific goalscorer, Darren Beckford initially joined the Valiants in 1987. After a spell on loan, he joined for a fee of £15,000 with half the money provided by bucket collections among Port Vale fans. It proved to be money well spent. In […]
Vale Legends No.3 – the MBE routine
A new series of videos by OVF celebrate the achievements of key Vale players or officials. Our aim is to sum up their work for the club in a matter of minutes. This one looks at the MBE routine.
50 years of Port Vale hat-tricks (with video)
As we celebrate Ben Williamson’s first hat-trick for the Valiants, we thought it may be a good time to look back at all of Vale hat-trick heroes from the last fifty years.
Video Vault: Beckford and Earle, 1990
Here’s a clip from Central News, circa 1990, of Vale players Robbie Earle and Darren Beckford. The report includes a brief compilation of the pair’s goals.
1980’s/90’s: The joy of staying up
For our latest scrapbook clippings, we take a look at a few Port Vale survival masterclasses including a report on that memorable win over Huddersfield.
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…
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.
Video Vault: Beckford’s treble sinks Preston
We take a look back to 1989 and a crucial play-off semi-final second-leg encounter with Preston North End. Vale had drawn the first-leg 1-1 in a game somewhat overshadowed by a fire under the wooden away end. But they clinched a place in the final with a 3-1 win thanks to another hat-trick by striker […]
Video Vault: Celebrating promotion in 1989
Our latest video feature is some footage of Vale fans and players celebrating promotion in 1989.
Video Vault: When Vale scored 11 in 3 days…
For this Video Vault feature, we take a trip back to 1988 and a special weekend for Port Vale fans when the Valiants managed to string together two high-scoring wins in the space of just three days. They started with a 6-1 demolition of Cardiff City on Saturday September the 17th, 1988 – a game […]
Flashback: Beckford’s 150th game
In this historical feature, we take a look at Port Vale programme feature from 1989 which celebrates Darren Beckford’s 150th appearance for the club.