[Football] Strange Fact About Port Vale !

[Dancin Ninja BHA]

Crappy place, we rarely did well there. I do miss the lower league away games from yes-ter-year but Port Vale away I can do without.

My strange fact about Port Vale is that I've only ever eaten ONE KFC in England in my life......and that was in 1993, watch Hull City away at Port Vale!

 

[Steve Foster]

Crappy place, we rarely did well there. I do miss the lower league away games from yes-ter-year but Port Vale away I can do without.

My strange fact about Port Vale is that I've only ever eaten ONE KFC in England in my life......and that was in 1993, watch Hull City away at Port Vale!

Our record v Port Vale:

19 wins
16 draws
17 defeats

Most recent results …

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

They sealed promotion at the Goldstone in 1994, last game of season.

Unsavoury scenes after that game


Regards
DF

 

[Brovion]

There will be plenty of sides who have beaten at least once every club they have met in the league or one of the cups. Arsenal, Everton and Liverpool shirley?

The only club on our list is Chelsea.

Yeah, every club they've met. But the only teams that get a chance to beat every other League team are those (like us) who've journeyed up and down the divisions over the years. Teams who've spent nearly all their time in the top division, or even the top two divisions, won't have played the likes of Rochdale for example who've never even reached the second tier.

 

[Comrade Sam]

I'm not sure if it was just before or after the war, their plans for a new ground were hailed as the Wembley of the north. The final build was scaled back a tad.

 

[keaton]

It could just be me not understanding technical terms, what does "beating a team "mean? I thought you could only"draw with" or "lose to"

 

[The Wookiee]

Are they though the first club to do this? Has it been done previously with a few different, but longer standing, clubs amongst the 91?

Wimbledon must have come close ? Or Fulham, Swansea, Cardiff and Wigan ??

 

[BN9 BHA]

I have great memories of my only visit to Vale Park

I probably wasn’t quite as excited as someone on this clip though!


https://youtu.be/HAVzt-rmxDE

Great day that.

 

[McTavish]

Wimbledon must have come close ? Or Fulham, Swansea, Cardiff and Wigan ??

It's the newer teams that they're missing - none of those have beaten Forest Green competitively for example.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Yeah, every club they've met. But the only teams that get a chance to beat every other League team are those (like us) who've journeyed up and down the divisions over the years. Teams who've spent nearly all their time in the top division, or even the top two divisions, won't have played the likes of Rochdale for example who've never even reached the second tier.

Precisely.

So in what way is bumping around in the lower divisions an achievement?

Should we celebrate if we drop back to tier 4 and get a chance to beat the likes of Harrogate and Stevenage?

(I do realise there are some posters on NSC who would prefer this to bumping along in the lower reaches of the EPL).

Thus, I'd call it a curiosity rather than an achievement, but if this has brightened up the lives of the residents of Burslem then I guess they can fill their boots.

Edit: Mr grumpy-pumpy was in full flow earlier. I'll get my coat

 

[Deleted member 37369]

My first ever game at The Goldstone was v Port Vale - 3rd April 1991.

I was in the process of moving to Sussex from Hampshire due to a job move and was staying in a hotel during the week while Mrs HS was back home 8 months pregnant with our second son!!

 

[The Wookiee]

It's the newer teams that they're missing - none of those have beaten Forest Green competitively for example.

I realise that, but historically they could have beaten all league teams at that particular point in time ?

Eg Wimbledons rise through all the divisions ?

 

[strings]

I remember our last league game at Port Vale... duh-duh-duh-duh NATHAN ELDER!!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Precisely.

So in what way is bumping around in the lower divisions an achievement?

Should we celebrate if we drop back to tier 4 and get a chance to beat the likes of Harrogate and Stevenage?

(I do realise there are some posters on NSC who would prefer this to bumping along in the lower reaches of the EPL).

Thus, I'd call it a curiosity rather than an achievement, but if this has brightened up the lives of the residents of Burslem then I guess they can fill their boots.

 

[crodonilson]

Great atmosphere at Vale Park and that pitch always seems so wide - winger Steve Guppy is still a legend there (along with Martin Foyle and manager John Rudge) where he went on to sign for Leicester. They were a great club in the nineties. Darts genius Phil Taylor and Robbie Williams are their celebrity fans!

Soccer Aid all time top goalscorer Jonathan Wilkes?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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Fair point

Irritating work colleagues have interfered with my mojo today

 

[Peter Grummit]

Our record v Port Vale:

19 wins
16 draws
17 defeats

Most recent results …View attachment 146452

I worked in Lewes/Brighton with a massive Vale fan between December 1991 and 1997, and as can be seen we lost 5 straight to them over that period, including their promotion party in 94.

As I have bored people with on here before, my first ever match was the 1-1 against Vale in October 1971, when it turns out Nobby Horton played for Vale.

Final trivia fact, Port Vale is named after a house.

 

[Chicken Run]

Final trivia fact, Port Vale is named after a house.

Well I never, everyday is a school day, I thought Port Vale was a reference to the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal.


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[Pevenseagull]

I worked in Lewes/Brighton with a massive Vale fan between December 1991 and 1997, and as can be seen we lost 5 straight to them over that period, including their promotion party in 94.

As I have bored people with on here before, my first ever match was the 1-1 against Vale in October 1971, when it turns out Nobby Horton played for Vale.

Final trivia fact, Port Vale is named after a house.

One of my housemates at University was a big Vale fan. The other two were Reading and Blackburn.

We beat Vale in the first game between teams. Thereafter the cumulative results for The Albion were

Played 11
Lost 11
For 2
Against 25

 

[Badger Boy]

It is definitely an advantage of playing in League 2!