Port Vale Trivia (aka: I'd take another 10-0 away win tomorrow)

[William Henry Foulkes]

Some Port Vale related trivia. It's twenty years or so since I was really (relatively) up to speed on this, and things have moved on in the world of trivia - even if they haven't moved on elsewhere in football (eh Keith ).

Our biggest away win was at Burslem Port Vale 10-0 on 10th Dec 1892
Wikipedia says:
This learning curve was punctuated by the biggest league defeat in the club's history, a 10–0 humiliation [with right-half Billy Delves playing in goal] in a snowstorm at home to Sheffield United
NB This is also still the biggest ever away win in the football league

Port Vale are the only league team not named after a place. Good trivia has exact wording, maybe the wording here can be improved on but the basic point is they've dropped the Burslem - and the Arsenal, at Woolwich, was a place.

They once had the biggest playing area of any league ground. Anyone know if this is current ie it still is? Adkins mentions playing in the big open spaces in his RS interview. I went there in 1981 and crossed this one off in my Anorak's Guide to Football.

Pretty sure about the first one, the other two less so, but I thought I'd post and see what others made of this.

 

[DI36O]

Also the site of Dane Whitehouse's final game

 

[HighfieldBlade]

What about Arsenal? Is that a real place?

Another bit of trivia, taken from Wikipedia (see 'Disciplinary' section):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_England

Fastest yellow card: 5 seconds, Vinnie Jones (Chelsea v Sheffield United, 21 March 1992)

I could've sworn we were playing Man City not Chelsea. I went to Maine Rd and I'm sure VJ got booked after a few seconds there.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

Jones got that fastest booking while he was playing for Chelsea against us in the Cup, if I remember correctly for a foul on Dane Whitehouse. Wasn't the one against Man City (on Peter Reid) a red (2nd yellow) straight from second half kick off??

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

What about Arsenal? Is that a real place?.

Mentioned in OP. Arsenal were originally the team of Woolwich Arsenal and that was a place. Port Vale used to be Burslem Port Vale and I think Burslem is a part of Stoke(?) but they've dropped that part of their name.

I think the wording could be tidied up but basically, for me, it's a decent bit of trivia - especially as I got it when I was asked a couple of years ago

 

[United Aren't Back.]

What about Arsenal? Is that a real place?

Another bit of trivia, taken from Wikipedia (see 'Disciplinary' section):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_England

Fastest yellow card: 5 seconds, Vinnie Jones (Chelsea v Sheffield United, 21 March 1992)

I could've sworn we were playing Man City not Chelsea. I went to Maine Rd and I'm sure VJ got booked after a few seconds there.

The Chelsea game was an fa cup tie,,highlights on bbc

Jones got that fastest booking while he was playing for Chelsea against us in the Cup, if I remember correctly for a foul on Dane Whitehouse. Wasn't the one against Man City (on Peter Reid) a red (2nd yellow) straight from second half kick off??

Spot on, and saved me a longish post. Watched highlights on MOTD that night.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Jones got that fastest booking while he was playing for Chelsea against us in the Cup, if I remember correctly for a foul on Dane Whitehouse. Wasn't the one against Man City (on Peter Reid) a red (2nd yellow) straight from second half kick off??

Not so sure about man city one, it was possibly as you say.

 

[hendo]

I was at Maine rd that day and remember VJ incident as a sending off, straight from their kick off! With VJ our tactic seemed to be getting an early, hard tackle in...

 

[Silent Blade]

His booking for a foul on Reid was straight from the 3pm kick off. Jones is a stupid twat who would take the man rather than the ball

 

[Large Mendonca]

Also the site of Dane Whitehouse's final game

Are we sure ? I remember Dane making a bit of a comeback but his fitness broke down again and he retired. Did Dane get on as a sub somewhere Silent Blade ?

 

[Silent Blade]

Are we sure ? I remember Dane making a bit of a comeback but his fitness broke down again and he retired. Did Dane get on as a sub somewhere Silent Blade ?

No, he never got on the bench again. His next game was his own testimonial

 

[torridon]

Not forgetting the momentous night of the 23rd November 1999 when we were beaten at home by Port Vale 3-1 in front of a crowd of 8965, plus the 20,000 who now pretend they were there. I was, it's a night that is burned indelibly into my memory.

 

[Large Mendonca]

No, he never got on the bench again. His next game was his own testimonial

Fair enough - memory playing tricks again maybe it was a reserve game or summat.........

 

[blade too long]

Port Vale are the only league team not named after a place. Good trivia has exact wording, maybe the wording here can be improved on but the basic point is they've dropped the Burslem - and the Arsenal, at Woolwich, was a place

south barnsley up to 1928 were just The Wednesday,
fa cup winners royal engineers and the wanderers arent named after a place
crystal palace was just an exhibition venue
orient are no longer prefixed with Leyton , orient is about 4000 miles east

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

south barnsley up to 1928 were just The Wednesday,
fa cup winners royal engineers and the wanderers arent named after a place
crystal palace was just an exhibition venue
orient are no longer prefixed with Leyton , orient is about 4000 miles east

Out of these I'd take Orient as a counterexample. They were Orient when I was a kid (I think) then they were Leyton Orient weren't they? Didn't realise they were back to just Orient.