An interesting sidebar to Port Vale entering administration this
week.....I noted this when looking up Port Vale's history....
The club dropped 'Burslem' from their name in 1907
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_Burslem_Port_Vale_F.C._season>
-- a dark time of financial difficulties where the club were forced to
resign from the league.^[4]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C.#cite_note-Kent-3> However
the club's fortunes soon improved, they moved into their new home of The
Old Recreation Ground
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Recreation_Ground> in 1912 and
returned to the Football League in October 1919
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Port_Vale_F.C._season>,
taking over the fixture list of Leeds City
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_City_F.C.> in the Second Division,
who were disbanded because of financial irregularities.^[4]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C.#cite_note-Kent-3>
Cheers all,
Grampa Sykes
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