tales from the paddock

Vale Park

  • 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 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

    Port Vale V Mansfield Town: Stags, Scabs and a Quality Bitter