tales from the paddock

Joe Gauci

  • Port Vale 1-3 Exeter City: After the Iceberg

    I stayed to the bitter end. I always do. It’s the Final Act that fascinates me – the moments after the whistle, when the curtain drops on a dismal performance and everyone has to live with what’s just happened. That… Continue reading

    Port Vale 1-3 Exeter City: After the Iceberg

  • Huddersfield Town 5-0 Port Vale: How Soon Is Now?

    I don’t bother with his post‑match interviews anymore. There’s never an apology, never a hint of responsibility, never even the faintest flicker of accountability for this never‑ending horror show. Just more of the same endless nothingness. He doesn’t even look… Continue reading

    Huddersfield Town 5-0 Port Vale: How Soon Is Now?

  • Port Vale 0-1 Plymouth Argyle: Life Extinct

    After weeks of hard work and endeavour we have finally achieved our goal of reaching the bottom of League 1, taking over that mantle from yesterday’s visitors, Plymouth. Our quest for 4th division football seemingly impossible to stop. Darren Moore… Continue reading

    Port Vale 0-1 Plymouth Argyle: Life Extinct

  • Northern Skies, Valiant Hearts

    Saturday, we’ll be back on the road, up the M6 and through the grey drizzle, Bolton away, it’s one of those games, right?  We’re riding out there with nowt but a prayer, expecting the hit, expecting the loss, but who… Continue reading

    Northern Skies, Valiant Hearts

  • Port Vale 5-1 Maldon & Tiptree: Without Mercy. Without Remorse.

    It was all over in twenty-four minutes of glorious chaos, four goals in a nine minute spell from Vale enough to deprive the nation of a Sunday afternoon giant-killing. It began with a dream and a stumble. Five minutes in… Continue reading

    Port Vale 5-1 Maldon & Tiptree: Without Mercy. Without Remorse.

  • Port Vale vs Stockport County: Under The Lights

    No football for us this weekend. Why? Because Sky Sports, the great puppeteer of the modern game, wanted it played on a Monday night for the cameras. That’s why. And what Sky wants, Sky gets. So here we are, Stockport… Continue reading

    Port Vale vs Stockport County: Under The Lights

  • Port Vale: International Duty Robs Us Of Aussie Joe

    Big Bird is grounded! Aussie Joe Gauci, our keeper, our feathered sentinel with hands like velvet and feet like jazz-hands in a thunderstorm, is off to wear the green and gold, repping his country against whoever dares. He won’t be… Continue reading

    Port Vale: International Duty Robs Us Of Aussie Joe