Lemmy Rocks The MarchAccording to a mate of ours local legend and Motorhead frontman Lemmy is planning to be at tomorrow's March, and apparently is prepared to kick off with anyone who doesn't support Mo Chaudry's bid!
A Lot Of Our Fans Are Really ThickWe've been pondering on this for a little while now at portvale4ever.co.uk. Why the aversion to Mo Chaudry's bid? Why is a successful and wealthy businessman, with serious investment and a vision for the Club, less preferable than our current incompetent Board of half-witted clowns?
A Funeral Will Take Place...Next Saturday (April 30th) the funeral of Port Vale Football Club will take place in Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent. Mourners have been asked to gather outside The Bulls Head Pub, St.Johns Square, at 2.30pm to take part in the funeral march through Burslem town centre, ending at the Lorne St. Stand entrance, Vale Park.
Back In The Play-Offs...Vale moved up to seventh last night after a hard fought 2-1 victory over Lincoln City. Super Doug Loft was the hero, hitting the winner on 70 minutes with a wonderful 25-yarder.
74 Days LaterAfter an extraordinary, bewildering, brain-burning 74 turbulent days of overwhelmingly appalling and deplorable managment which manifested itself in bust-ups here, there and everywhere, the alienation of coaching staff and players, and an alarming slide down the table Jim Gannon has been dismissed from Vale Park.
Gannon Will Have To GoAfter the astonishing scenes following our 3-0 defeat at Accrington Stanley surely Jim Gannon's short, and utterly horrific spell as Manager will be terminated one way or another. His shocking impact on the team can no longer be tolerated, and if The Board don't have the balls to do the right thing (
and let's face it there's nothing to suggest they will), then Gannon must fall on his own sword.
Gannon Got It All WrongVale slumped to a Jim Gannon inspired 1-2 defeat at home to Oxford Utd on Saturday after a bewilderingly shambolic 2nd half performance which had the whole of Vale Park (including the players) wondering what was going on...
An Eventful Journey To AldershotI have followed Port Vale for 34 years now, and in that time there has been some shockingly amateurish behaviour from the club, but yesterdays incident involving Jim Gannon and Geoff Horsfield on the Team coach travelling to Aldershot tops the lot.
Our Obsession With Micky Adams...We just cannot leave it alone, can we. Every game, every result played out by Sheffield United is scrutinized and dissected, conclusions are made, fates are sealed. We're like the spurned lover spitefully picking over the subsequent failures of an Ex in order to grasp some hollow consolation.
Gabriel Orbetan & Bebe Arriving On Loan?Following their stunning displays against Non-League Crawley Town in The FA Cup earlier this evening it's believed that Jim Gannon will be approaching Man Utd to bring both players to Vale Park on loan until the end of the season.
Dismantling Stevenage On Tuesday NightStevenage Borough. Precisely the kind of mid-table fodder that we should be ripping apart at Vale Park with considerable ease. Unfortunately for us Gary Roberts starts his three match ban on Tuesday night, surely Exodus Geohaghan won't be reprising his standing-around-doing-nowt-in-midfield role?
The Valiants Are BackVale sparkled under the floodlights and registered a well deserved 2-1 victory over Bradford City in last nights televised clash. Are we beginning to turn the corner under Jim Gannon? The evidence suggests that this is very much the case, we are once again solid at the back and are now creating chances. The Valiants are back on track...
We're On Telly Friday Night!Our Friday night clash with Bradford City will be shown live on SKY Sports, so let's hope to God that we don't serve up anything as painfully shocking as the first 70 minutes of Saturdays encounter with Northampton Town.
Why Is Exodus Geohaghon At Vale Park?Just how woeful was Exodus during yesterdays 1-1 draw with Northampton Town? One of the most astonishingly bereft virtuoso displays in recent times at Vale Park. Up there with Neil Mackenzie and Caig Rocastle. He was utterly dreadful. "He's just like a fat Kevin Francis" was the remark made in the Bycars toilets at half-time...
Gaz Owen Out For A Month?Defender Gareth Owen looks likely to spend at least a month out of action after suffering a fractured ankle during Saturdays 1-1 draw at Wycombe. Owen will find out tomorrow (Tuesday) exactly what's what when he meets a specialist.
Gannon Turns The Tide?A week is a long time in football, and the last seven days have certainly seen a change of fortune on the pitch for Vale and new Manager Jim Gannon. At home to Rotherham last Tuesday, and the visit to Wycombe on Saturday saw us gain a much needed, and rather surprising, four points. Even more surprising is that we have achieved this through some decent football!
Jim Won't Fix ItThe Gannon Experiment continued it's spectactular, miserable failing yesterday as Vale slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Lincoln City. Gannon's run as Vale Gaffer now reads: Played 5, Won 0, Drawn 1, Lost 4. We have now failed to score in our last three games, and our one and only goal in four League games has come from the penalty spot. We have barely mustered a shot in anger during this horrific spell.
Exodus Arrives!Exodus Geohaghon arrived at Vale Park today on a loan deal from Peterborough that will keep him in Burslem until the end of the season...
Is A Bee Sting Ever Fatal?What surprises does Jim Gannon have up his sleeve for us on Tuesday evening for the visit of Barnet? Boomer partnering John McCombe at the back in the absence of Gareth Owen? A seven man midfield? Sean Rigg getting a game? Anything, it appears, is possible with Gannon at the helm...
The Jim Gannon ExperimentPugnacious, belligerent, aggressive, tactless, contentious, bewildering, perplexing, peevish, waspish and supercilious. Just what is Jim Gannon all about, and just where the hell is he taking us?