Port Vale
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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
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Port Vale vs Maldon & Tiptree: Even The Gods Watch The First Round
Sunday 2 November, 3PM kick-off. The Valiants vs Maldon & Tiptree. FA Cup 1st Round proper. This fixture that has become drenched in so much narrative it might as well be staged by Beckett and scored by Wagner. The Maldon… Continue reading
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Port Vale V Mansfield Town: Stags, Scabs and a Quality Bitter
Saturday 20 September 2025, Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent Kick off: Three O’Clock. Roll the windows down on the A38, brother, and let the wind whip your face like a miner’s ghost whispering through the hedgerows. You’re heading south, but the past… Continue reading
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Port Vale and The Vertu Trophy: Is This All There Is?
The evening will arrive not with fanfare, but with a kind of soft indifference. A Tuesday, perhaps. Or a Wednesday. The days blur. The floodlights blink themselves awake, casting long shadows across the emptying car parks and the slow shuffle… Continue reading
tales from the paddock 