The Port Vale Miscellany a book on the Valiants like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legends. Port Vale Football Club the name gives no clue to its whereabouts, but this book tells all of the highs, lows and downright strange happenings at a club that has been in existence in the Potteries for over 130 years.
From an FA Cup semi-final to expulsion from the league, from three Wembley appearances to a ten-goal home defeat when the goalkeeper lost his glasses in the mud, it's all here. Classic giant-killings, the man who played for both teams in the same game, going into administration, famous fans such as Robbie Williams and Phil Taylor, they all have a story to tell. The record wins, defeats, attendances and plenty of facts about the club are listed in great detail, plus the answer to many questions such as what links David Beckham and Bobby Charlton to Port Vale?
AUTHOR: Phil Sherwin has been a Port Vale fan for over 40 years. He is the club's statistician and The Port Vale Miscellany is his first book.
By:
Phil Sherwin
Foreword by:
Robbie Earle
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781837051236
ISBN 10: 1837051232
Publication Date: 04 December 2025
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Title Copyright Introduction Foreword The Port Vale Miscellany In the Beginning He’s the One The Arrival of the Shanahans Lighten Up Roy of the Rovers, Or Sam of the Vale? United over the Vale Heavy Metal Holocaust Nicknames Abandonments Pitch Invasion Played for Both Sides Fan, Player and Record Scorer We’ve Beaten the Lot Time for a Ducking Penalty King The Ones that Got Away Young Boys of Burslem Perish the Thought Blank Cheque He’s the Gaffer Just Not Cricket Referee Famous Sons Record Sale Quickest Goals Missed Train Unbeaten Runs Home Comforts Football League Records Family Affair They Died with their Boots On ‘Gypsy’ Joe Shortest Career Father and Son Man of the Cloth Goodison Park Record Breaker Chairman, Manager, Player and Linesman Record Sell On Top Ten Gates Home Comforts Bogey Teams Wemb-Er-Lee! Foreign Legion Welsh Cup Debenhams Cup Young Guns Youngest Scorers Division Three Cup Last Home Game Woes The Steele Curtain Half Man, Half Crab Sir Stanley Matthews Treble Hat-Trick Golden Goal Two Port Vales Ground Swap Fa Cup Pull Out Great Escape Boxing Where’s your Trophy Gone? Away Goals Floodlight Pioneers Scoring Goalkeeper Name Change Top Scorer for Two Clubs Stewart Littlewood the Goal-Scoring Enigma Double Embarrassment National Visitors Yorkshire Cricketers Highs and Lows Top Dogs Back to the League Thanks to a Charlie Champions of Great Britain Hat-Tricks Testimonials Uproar at Unknowns Sendings Off Grounds Simply the Best Giant Killing Top Ten Sales Top Ten Buys ‘White Boy’ The International Set Common Opponents Only Scored V Wrexham Christmas Day The Old Uns Fa Cup Semis Destroyed By Ryan Wilson A Long Walk Most Appearances Most Goals Fractured Nose Giant Killers’ Cup Robbie Williams Gets the Winner First Goal Neighbours The League Cup International Venue Penalty Shoot-Outs Greatest Embarrassment Substitutes American Football Long-Serving Stalwart Change of Name? Record Defeat Sunday Football Average Attendances Munich Air Disaster Consecutive Appearances Direct Free Kick Colours Anglo-Italian Cup Boat Race Hat-Tricks Consecutive Scoring Greatest Comebacks – for Greatest Comebacks – Against The Championships Administration – Twice Up, Down and Sideways Leading League Scorers Autoglass/Ldv Vans Trophy Berni Inns Brothers From Hero to Zero Consecutive Clean Sheets Re-Election Fa Youth Cup The Big Home Wins The Big Away Wins Ray King Baseball Same Again Please Wartime Guests Test Match Resignation Lowest Gates Zenith Data Systems Cup Play-Off Near Misses He’s Behind You! Blood Money Player of the Year The Big Home Defeats The Big Away Defeats PFA Awards European Trophy Complete League Record Play-Offs Port Vale – Premier League? Luckiest Ground Biggest Bogey Ground of the Lot Floodlights Wilf Kirkham The Chairmen Neutral Grounds Reserve Crowd Record Arresting Debut Speedway Vale Park
PHIL SHERWIN has been a Port Vale fan for over 40 years. He is the club's statistician and The Port Vale Miscellany is his first book.
