Port Vale Football Club, Burslem

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Date:June 1964

Description:The photograph was taken from the Hamil Road end of the ground looking towards the Railway Stand, so called because the Potteries Loop Line ran along this side of the ground. The stand was opened in 1954. In the picture the stand has a paddock section at the front but this was filled with seating in 1990.

The Hamil Road terrace is now a covered stand with a capacity of 4,500. The stand re-used the steelwork from Chester City's main stand which was dismantled, repainted and used as the roof for the new-look Hamil End. At 520 feet (160 metres) above sea level, Vale Park is the eleventh highest football ground in the country. When Port Vale FC moved from Hanley in 1950, the site of an old fireclay pit was chosen, part of Sneyd brickworks. Being built on clay has caused occasional problems of freezing and flooding.

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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator

Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.

Donor ref:SD1480/099-13 (204/35337)

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