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Vale Park is a football stadium in the area of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and it has been the home ground of Port Vale Football Club since its opening in 1950. It has a current capacity of 15,695, and was renovated during 1989–1998 to become an all-seater stadium .
Vale Park has been Port Vale's home ground since 1950; it is located on Hamil Road, opposite Burslem Park. Originally planned to be as massive as an 80,000-capacity stadium, the development was known as the "Wembley of the North". [ 76 ]
The ground was home to Port Vale for 27 years and hosted twelve Football League seasons. Average attendances, 1886–1913. It was located opposite the church on Waterloo Road, directly on the Hanley and Burslem tram line. [1] The 7 acres (2.8 ha) site was obtained from the Sandbach Charity on a 21-year lease. [1]
A Port Vale cricket club were in existence in 1874, which may or may not have had any relation to the football club. [1] It had been thought that Port Vale were formed during an 1876 meeting at Port Vale House, from where the club was supposed to have taken its name. [2] However, no evidence of such a named public house ever came to light. [3]
The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and home to Port Vale F.C. from 1913 to 1950. It was the sixth ground the club used. It was the sixth ground the club used.
The statue of former Port Vale manager John Rudge has been funded by supporters of the club.
The final game of the group stage took place at the Racecourse Ground, a fixture that saw first senior starts for young academy prospects Andrew Buah and Ben Lomax, and first senior appearances for Daniel Mahaffy and Logan Cousins; a well-worked move was put away at close range by Thomas to open the scoring in the first half, but two second ...
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