Talk:Port Vale F.C.

Christian Smith

Hello, I am looking on information on Christian Smith, who was recently released and has signed for Clyde, as I am trying to create an article on him. Thanks. Ck12 19:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:32, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

History

Where is the first 100 years of it? 129.67.127.65 (talk) 14:34, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, someone who knows it write about it, will probably mean having to have a seperate article for the history then which is fair enough.--EchetusXe (talk) 00:02, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

NPOV

I {{NPOV}}-tagged the article after reading the following:

• These next two seasons, Vale fans were to witness some of the best football the club has ever played, and even had fans dreaming of the Premiership in the second half of the 1996/97 campaign.

• The replay was to prove a night to remember, Vale Park was full to capacity, to see Guppy and McCarthy produce a masterclass in wing play.

• The game finished 0-0, in a tie where The Valiants were arguably the better side, and should have won.

I can see there's more to come, so the tag should remain until I finish the copyedit. - Dudesleeper / Talk 20:34, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Stoke City "poorer supported"?

Can it possibly be true that a League Two team is better supported than a Premier League team in the same city, or this just a bit of vandalism? Citation needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.70.148.131 (talk) 23:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

'Twas vandalism from earlier this month. Removed now. - Dudesleeper / Talk 06:48, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Pictures

This article is a mass of text, some pictures would really improve it.--EchetusXe (talk) 01:29, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

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Whatever they said to use it on the Stoke City article, we say the same but with the words 'Stoke City' replaced with the words 'Port Vale', thank you. They are low quality images of deceased people of no commercial value with no free alternatives. --EchetusXe (talk) 17:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Potteries derby

If anyone is interested I would love to create a good Potteries derby article. We could have the Stoke City season-by-season graph, create a Port Vale one and put them together onto one graph. Write various stats, players who played for both sides, table of results etc.

Now I have created it- Potteries derby. Only trouble is, some nuisance is trying to delete it. Contribute here if you wish to keep the article.--EchetusXe (talk) 16:34, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Never mind, feel free to add to the article though!--EchetusXe (talk) 14:06, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Dubious

The article says:

"Port Vale are one of two English league clubs not to be named after a geographical location (the second being Arsenal). The name Port Vale exists on maps pre-dating the 1876 formation of the club, and is a reference to a valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal, associated with the city's pottery industry."

This appears not to make sense. If "Port Vale" is a name on maps describing a valley of ports then the name is after a geographical location.

"Arsenal" is arguably a geographical location too, being named after the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.

Port Vale existed on maps, as in the name of various buildings, not of a specific area.--EchetusXe 16:39, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Based on the information that has been provided, it is a "geographical location" according to my understanding of that term. I do not see how a named "valley of ports" can be anything else. Perhaps the author meant to say "not named after a town or city". That would make more sense to me.

By the same criteria, Crystal Palace would join Port Vale and Arsenal as English league clubs not named after a "geographical location". The writer really means to say "not named after a city or town".

Often the simplest solutions are the best.--EchetusXe 13:50, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Maybe a good few years late now, but I think that this secion simply needs removing

"Port Vale is one of the few English league clubs not to be named after a city or town"

Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Fulham are seven such sides (out of only twenty) in the Prmier League alone. Removing this. L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 21:53, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Port Vale Reserves

The section regarding Port Vale Reserves contains an inaccuracy or at least an ambiguity: the team was definitely NOT in the Cheshire County League between 1963-64 season and the formation of the Northern Premier League in 1968-69. I watched the Chesire League regularly in those days and whislt there were a number of Reserve sides from the Football League (Chester, Wrexham, Tranmere, Crewe), Port Vale were not one of them212.167.5.6 (talk) 16:26, 12 February 2010 (UTC)Guru

Sources

• Big money issues - reported by The Independent so it's good - [1].Rain the 1 21:53, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 7 March 2012

On the 6th March 2012 Stoke-on-Trent City council applied to the high court to put Port Vale into Administration so that a buyer could be found for the Club.

CarlGratty (talk) 12:13, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Would have preferred to wait until administration was confirmed but ok.--EchetusXe 18:00, 7 March 2012 (UTC)