Port Vale (1950s)

Old Recreation Ground, home of Port Vale until 1950
Region: Hanley

The Old Recreation Ground was Port Vale's home from 1913 to 1950, before which the club had flitted between several homes in their early years of existence. The ground was located in Hanley and stood on what is now the multi-storey car park for the Potteries Shopping Centre.

Picture courtesy Staffordshire Sentinel News & Media

It looks absolutely brilliant, as good as a new house! It makes me feel proud to live here.
Jamie Walker, Middleport
I will be glad to go. It’s not a nice place to live... There’s no community left here any more.
Linda Coates, Middleport