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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 31, 2008 13:40:27 GMT
This may get wheeled. On talk sport last week mike parry asked why port vale are so called. I've no idea. Wasn't their original ground where potteries centre car park is in hanley? If so makes their name even more bizarre.
Anybody??
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 13:49:14 GMT
I’m sure it’s got something to do with an old pub which was near to the ground when they were formed.
I may be talking complete shyte but I’m sure I’ve heard that somewhere before.
I’m glad I could be of use!!!
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Post by powchirper on Jan 31, 2008 15:55:41 GMT
this was on here last week and the answer was so boring i forget
wat is was ;D
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Post by boothenendboy on Jan 31, 2008 15:57:53 GMT
its because they are shit i think.
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Post by WV on Jan 31, 2008 16:41:30 GMT
Its to do with the pub where they formed, the pub was on port vale street. I think anyway
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Post by Miniman on Jan 31, 2008 17:10:58 GMT
WV are you a failite?
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Post by mermaidsal on Feb 1, 2008 13:49:41 GMT
Well you'd hardly call them Port Succeed would you??
I thought it was after Port Vale Street and the area round there in Middleport.
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Post by PotteringThrough on Feb 1, 2008 13:53:57 GMT
Wasn't there a brick factory that made V*ale bricks as well?
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Feb 3, 2008 2:00:05 GMT
I heard it was summat do with a canal in Boslam.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Feb 3, 2008 8:29:30 GMT
I am sure Vales first ground was up Hanley somewhere on the way out to Birches Head so any referrences to Burslem or Middleport don't stand up??
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Post by powchirper on Feb 3, 2008 10:35:42 GMT
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Post by PotteringThrough on Feb 3, 2008 23:59:14 GMT
Had to laugh further down Powchirper, when it said FAQ's about Port Vale
Question #65844. Banty asks:
Is it true that Ghana supplies electricity to Cotonou, a small port in Benin?
What the hell has that got to do with V'ale
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Post by powchirper on Feb 4, 2008 0:49:02 GMT
dunno just some shit i found trying to find where them soap dodgers got there name from ???
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Post by lawrieleslie on Oct 25, 2021 15:59:54 GMT
We never did get a satisfactory answer to this one did we?
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Post by lordb on Oct 25, 2021 16:52:45 GMT
That's because no one really knows
However there was a Port Vale pub in Hanley which predates the football club
Therefore best guess is that they are a pub team
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 25, 2021 16:55:55 GMT
That's because no one really knows However there was a Port Vale pub in Hanley which predates the football club Therefore best guess is that they are a pub teamAnd have been for their entire history  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2021 19:12:24 GMT
oddly was at a pub quiz in Ireland last Thursday, one of those where you write the answer on a board and hold it up. The question was in which City do Port Vale play. Out of the 8 or 9 teams only us and one more got it right, maybe 2. I think were 2 Birminghams and my fave was Edinburgh but I think they were American to be fair. I think was the same team that thought the ship in Alien was called the Nautilus.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 25, 2021 19:18:14 GMT
oddly was at a pub quiz in Ireland last Thursday, one of those where you write the answer on a board and hold it up. The question was in which City do Port Vale play. Out of the 8 or 9 teams only us and one more got it right, maybe 2. I think were 2 Birminghams and my fave was Edinburgh but I think they were American to be fair. I think was the same team that thought the ship in Alien was called the Nautilus. What was the ship in Alien? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2021 19:20:04 GMT
oddly was at a pub quiz in Ireland last Thursday, one of those where you write the answer on a board and hold it up. The question was in which City do Port Vale play. Out of the 8 or 9 teams only us and one more got it right, maybe 2. I think were 2 Birminghams and my fave was Edinburgh but I think they were American to be fair. I think was the same team that thought the ship in Alien was called the Nautilus. What was the ship in Alien? Nostromo.....they got the first letter right. I only saw it for the very first time about 3 months ago so a bit lucky there |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 25, 2021 19:28:03 GMT
What was the ship in Alien? Nostromo.....they got the first letter right. I only saw it for the very first time about 3 months ago so a bit lucky there I must have watched it 20 times over the years and couldn't recall what it was. I would have been kicking myself in that quiz |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 25, 2021 19:43:46 GMT
That's because no one really knows However there was a Port Vale pub in Hanley which predates the football club Therefore best guess is that they are a pub teamAnd have been for their entire history Lordb was looking for that reaction. I resisted and allowed you to say what was required🤣 |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 25, 2021 19:59:40 GMT
And have been for their entire history Lordb was looking for that reaction. I resisted and allowed you to say what was required🤣 Course he was. No way I wasn't taking that open net |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 25, 2021 20:00:48 GMT
Lordb was looking for that reaction. I resisted and allowed you to say what was required🤣 Course he did. No way I wasn't taking that open net Kneel down and head it over the line job🤣 |
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Post by Orbs on Oct 25, 2021 22:34:19 GMT
We never did get a satisfactory answer to this one did we? You been thinking about this for 13 years LL? Thought now was the time to bring it back? 😂😂 |
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Post by davethebass on Oct 25, 2021 23:26:33 GMT
I read somewhere its they started out in Middleport, and its in a vale of canal ports, hence the port theme... Middleport, Longport. And Porthill up from there.
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Post by NassauDave on Oct 26, 2021 2:19:33 GMT
It’s Latin for Utter Shit.
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Post by PotterLog on Oct 26, 2021 3:41:59 GMT
oddly was at a pub quiz in Ireland last Thursday, one of those where you write the answer on a board and hold it up. The question was in which City do Port Vale play. Out of the 8 or 9 teams only us and one more got it right, maybe 2. I think were 2 Birminghams and my fave was Edinburgh but I think they were American to be fair. I think was the same team that thought the ship in Alien was called the Nautilus. Are pub quizzes still a thing in the age of smartphones? Aah sorry you said in Ireland |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2021 3:46:12 GMT
oddly was at a pub quiz in Ireland last Thursday, one of those where you write the answer on a board and hold it up. The question was in which City do Port Vale play. Out of the 8 or 9 teams only us and one more got it right, maybe 2. I think were 2 Birminghams and my fave was Edinburgh but I think they were American to be fair. I think was the same team that thought the ship in Alien was called the Nautilus. Are pub quizzes still a thing in the age of smartphones? Aah sorry you said in Ireland . Yep still a regular thing, not just in Ireland although are such things as smartphone quizzes these days apparently although not sure how they work. The idea of answering straight away and giving whiteboards etc to hold up after every question is to stop the looking the answer up on your phone brigade. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Oct 26, 2021 6:28:16 GMT
We never did get a satisfactory answer to this one did we? You been thinking about this for 13 years LL? Thought now was the time to bring it back? 😂😂 BJR started it with a thread from 6 years ago. Thought I’d join in the nostalgia. See also my "urgent help needed" thread. An epic of oatcake solidarity  |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Oct 26, 2021 8:10:17 GMT
I read somewhere its they started out in Middleport, and its in a vale of canal ports, hence the port theme... Middleport, Longport. And Porthill up from there. Sounds plausible but they played in Hanley Old Recreation Ground from 1913-1950 before moving to Boslem. |
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