The story of Port Vale booklet
The following text, images and captions have been reproduced from the rare The Story of Port Vale booklet, which was published in 1950 to commemorate the opening of the Vale Park stadium.
Vale Park stadium
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About Vale Park stadium
The stadium, situated in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent has been Port Vale’s home ground since it opened in 1950.
Originally designed to be the “Wembley of the North” a lack of finances meant the original plans were never completed. Nevertheless, a club record attendance of 49,768 was recorded for a game against Aston Villa in 1960.
In the late 1980’s and 1990’s a number of stands were redeveloped as the ground was converted into an all-seater stadium. Work began on the Lorne Street stand in 1998 and has yet to be completed.
Modern capacity of the stadium is around 19,000.
A tour of Vale Park, 1979
Vintage short film showing how Vale Park, the home of Port Vale, looked during the 1979/1980 season.
Port Vale history 1950 to 1968
The move to Vale Park, the cup run of the famed ‘Steele Curtain’ side and the controversy over league expulsion.
Fresh scandal as Vale Park is re-mortgaged
Port Vale Online have revealed that Perry Deakin and Peter Miller have REMORTGAGED Vale Park to try and raise money to pay for their shares. The mortgage was lodged with Companies House on Christmas Eve and was for £300,000.
Port Vale consider Mitchell stadium name change
In an innovative move, Port Vale Chairman Bill Bratt has written to an American billionaire in a bid to rename Vale Park after Potteries inventor Reginald Mitchell.