Official Port Vale Quiz Book

Chris Cowlin

Description

Are you a loyal fan of Port Vale Football Club? Do you avidly follow the progress of the Valiants? Have you absorbed lots of interesting facts about your favourite team over the years? Now you can put your knowledge to the test with The Official Port Vale Quiz Book. The 800 questions contained within this book have been compiled to see how much you can remember about the people and places that have shaped the club's history. With sections covering managers, players, opponents, transfers, kit, scores, draws and all those memorable matches from days gone by, this book is certain to challenge the most ardent Vale supporter. Packed with information, this book is guaranteed to provide hours of enjoyment. But watch out as it might just have you arguing over points with your friends and family in order to find out who really knows the most about the Valiants. This tribute to Port Vale is a book that will delight all age groups and will undoubtedly score a hit with football enthusiasts everywhere.

Sujets

• Staffordshire

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 23 janvier 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781907792885
• Langue: English

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Contents

Tîtle Page PublîsHer ïnformatîon Dedîcatîon Foreword ïntroductîon

Port Vale Quiz Book Questîons Answers

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THE OFFICIAL PORT VALE QUIZ BOOK

Compiled by Chris Cowlin, Kevin Snelgrove and John DT White Foreword by Bill Bratt

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Dîgîtal Edîtîon converted and publîsHed by Andrews UK Lîmîted 2010 www.andrewsuk.com

CopyrîgHt © 2009-2010 by CHrîs Cowlîn, Kevîn Snelgrove and JoHn DT WHîte he autHors Have asserted tHeîr moral rîgHts BrîtîsH Lîbrary Cataloguîng-în-Publîcatîon Data A catalogue record for tHîs book îs avaîlable from tHe BrîtîsH Lîbrary

All rîgHts reserved. hîs book îs sold subject to tHe condîtîon, tHat no part of tHîs book îs to be reproduced, în any sHape or form. Or by way of trade, stored în a retrîeval system or transmîtted în any form or by any means, electronîc, mecHanîcal, pHotocopyîng, recordîng, be lent, re-sold, Hîred out or otHerwîse cîrculated în any form of bîndîng or cover otHer tHan tHat în wHîcH ît îs publîsHed and wîtHout a sîmîlar condîtîon, încludîng tHîs condîtîon beîng împosed on tHe subsequent purcHaser, wîtHout prîor permîssîon of tHe copyrîgHt Holder.

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AutHor’s Note: Please can you contact me: CHrîsCowlîn@btconnect. com îf you Ind any mîstakes/errors în tHîs book as ï would lîke to put tHem rîgHt on any future reprînts of tHîs book. ï would also lîke to Hear from Port Vale fans wHo Have enjoyed tHe test! For more înformatîon on me and my books please look at: www.CHrîsCowlîn.com

hîs book îs an oicîal product of Port Vale Football Club

Wewouldliketodedicatethisbookto:

All the players and staff who have worked for the club during their history.

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FOREWORD

I must state that it is a privilege to be asked to write the foreword to The Official Port Vale Quiz Book and it is a pleasure to accept.

I have been a Port Vale supporter since 1949/1950 when my

Uncle Bill Amos took me down to The New Wembley of the north in a wheelbarrow from High Lane to help along with hundreds of other Vale supporters to level the black ash and

shale that formed the base of the terracing at the new ground

in Hamil Road. Since then there have been many ups and downs, I remember the “Steel Curtain” in the days of Manager Freddie

Steele in the 50’s, the days when Stan Matthews was Manager

in the 60’s and we had great players like Colin Grainger, Billy

Bingham, Albert Cheeseborough, when my particular hero was

Bert Llewellyn, we had the youngest forward line in League

history. The Halcyon days of the John Rudge era when players

like Dean Glover, Peter Swan and Steve Guppy etc graced Vale

Park, there also have been many black days over the last 59

years but it is the good days you remember.

I would like to thank the supporters who have been and still

are the lifeblood of the club and hope that this quiz book not only gives much enjoyment but also teaches our younger

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supporters the history of the club and what a great club Port

Vale Football Club is to support.

This is the ultimate quiz book for all Vale fans, young and

old, the serious "anorak" or just a bit of fun. It is a MUST buy!

Best wishes Bill Bratt Port Vale Football Club (Chairman)

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INTRODUCTION

I would first of all like to thank Bill Bratt for writing the foreword to this book. I am very grateful for his help on this project. I would also like to thank everyone who has supported the

book, by providing a comment and/or review on this book.

Thanks must also go to Andrew Burgess, Dave Johnson and

Ben Amos for their help during the books compilation.

I hope you enjoy this book. Hopefully it should bring back

some wonderful memories! It was great working with Kevin Snelgrove and John DT White again, we have written over 60 books between us. We

have given you a selection of easy, medium and hard questions. In closing, I would like to thank all my friends and family for

encouraging me to complete this book.

Best wishes Chris Cowlin

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HISTORYOFTHECLUB

In which year during the late 1870s was Port Vale Football Club formed?

Port Vale is known by two different nicknames. Name both of them.

Port Vale’s current home opened on 24 August 1950. Name it.

Who was the first manager of Port Vale, a man who remained at the club for 20 years?

Port Vale FC took their name following an inaugural meeting at a famous house. Can you name the house?

Which League were Port Vale founder members of in 1892?

In 1884 Port Vale changed their name before reverting back to their original name in 1907. What did they change their name to in 1884?

Which Yorkshire ‘City’ and now a ‘United’ did Port Vale replace in the Football League in October 1919 after they were expelled for making illegal payments?

How many times has Port Vale won the Third Division Championship – two, three or four?

Which famous Port Vale fan purchased £240,000 worth of shares in the club in February 2006?

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THIRDDIVISIONNORTH CHAMPIONS1929/30

Can you name the ‘County’ who finished runners-up to The Vale in the Championship race, one of only two teams to beat them at home in the League? Name the Yorkshire ‘Town’ which Port Vale beat 2-1 away on the opening day of the season. During the season The Valiants played four teams in the League whose name both begins and ends with the same letter. Name any two of the four. This team which sounds like something that used to be pushed along the streets, a club nicknamed The Bluebirds, finished bottom of the League. Who are they? How many of their League away games did Port Vale lose during the season – one, three or five? Can you name the Derbyshire-based side that finished fourth in the Third Division North in 1928/29, which knocked The Valiants out of the FA Cup during the season? Port Vale played this team, a club which was name-checked in a famous British TV advertisement for milk during the 1980s depicting a scene with two boys wearing Liverpool shirts. In the TV ad, one of the boys told the other that Liverpool striker Ian Rush told him that if he drank lots of milk he would be good enough to play for the team Port Vale beat home and away in season 1928/29. Name the team. The Vale hammered this ‘United’ 7-1 during the season, a team which would go on to contest and lose the inaugural League Cup Final in 1961. Name them. By how many points did Port Vale clinch the League title from the team in Q11? Name the team Port Vale met in the League who at the end of the season moved to Gateshead and became Gateshead Football Club. 2