Port Vale have exited their first cup competition of the season as they were well beaten by a classy Bolton Wanderers outfit in the Football League Trophy knockout stages.
It’s Port Vale’s eleventh cup game of the season (with at least two more to come) as the Valiants travel to Bolton in the Football League Trophy knock-out stages. Here’s our preview…
Visit our dedicated page for video, news clippings, photos and articles on Port Vale’s Autoglass Trophy win in 1993.
Salford City v Port Vale preview – both sides now know their potential next opponents should they win this delayed knock-out game.
Port Vale 2-0 Wolves B report – sub Mal Benning’s free-kick and Mipo Odubeko’s header settled a largely dour encounter in Vale’s final Football League Trophy clash.
Port Vale v Liverpool B: Darrell Clarke’s side complete their Football League Trophy group stages with a home tie against Liverpool B. Here’s our match preview…
Goals all around the team… Rob Fielding shares some thoughts after the FLT win over Wolves.
Port Vale sealed a place in the final sixteen of the Football League Trophy after coming from a goal down to beat Wolves B.
How will a (probably) much changed Port Vale side react in the cup after their thrashing of Bolton Wanderers at the weekend?
Rob Fielding shares his thoughts after Port Vale’s comfortable win over a Liverpool B side on Tuesday evening…
Harry McKirdy and Alex Hurst both scored their first goals for Port Vale as the Valiants won an entertaining Football League Trophy game against Liverpool’s B side.
There’s still one cup competition left for Port Vale as they continue in the Football League Trophy…
There’s usually not much to talk about after a Football League Trophy game but this season has proved somewhat different for Port Vale, says Rob Fielding.
A Home Office government report says that the Football League Trophy had the highest arrest rate of any domestic competition last season.
When the draw was made for the EFL Trophy, the rivals for Port Vale will certainly have brought a wry smile to the face of John Askey. Along with Newcastle’s academy, his current side were drawn alongside two former clubs, Macclesfield Town and Shrewsbury, where past experiences couldn’t be any more contrasting.
It’s Vale first match in the beautifully named Leasing.com Trophy as they take on a team well-known to manager John Askey.
Ryan Boot scored two penalties on only his second appearance as Port Vale took two points from their opening game in the checkatrade Trophy tournament.
Clubs have met discuss the future of the much criticised Football League Trophy but what would you do with the tournament?
The underfire CEO of the Football League, Shaun Harvey, has admitted that the changes to the Football League Trophy (aka the checkatrade trophy) could be scrapped at the end of the season.
Football League clubs are fined for playing youngsters while Premier League clubs can play veterans in their “academy” sides. OVF thinks the whole situation is ludicrous…
Port Vale went out of the Football League Trophy after a limp away draw against Doncaster Rovers.
It’s complex but we hope our guide gives an indication of what Vale need to do on Tuesday night. Let’s hope it’s not a draw as that’s when it gets complicated…
After Derby County announce that a “few first-team players” in their B-team to face Port Vale, we ask – how does that fit in with the Football League’s plans for the revised tournament to help develop youngsters?