Pride restored by freescoring Vale
Prominent Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that to see “the Vale playing expansive, attacking football echoes the halcyon days of the early to mid-Nineties and reminds us of when we had...
View ArticleLessons can be learnt from Gills defeat
Prominent Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that there’s no need to panic after the home defeat to Gillingham as “it’s best to get beat by the team at the top rather than the bottom of the...
View ArticleA week of mixed fortunes
Prominent Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell reflects on the home draw with Dagenham and comments that to “turn in our worst showing of the season at home to struggling Dagenham certainly wasn’t...
View Article‘It’s hard not to get carried away…’
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that given Vale’s form it’s “hard not to get carried away right now.” Vale’s performances on the pitch of late have me dreaming of promotion...
View ArticleTideswell: My message to the preferred bidder
Prominent Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has a personal message for Port Vale’s preferred bidder. Have an ongoing dialogue with the fans as a whole and the Supporters’ Club which has been...
View ArticleTideswell: So far, so good…
Prominent Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has reiterated the Supporters Club “cautious” welcome to preferred bidder Paul Wildes by commenting that Vale fans “have more confidence this takeover may...
View ArticleTideswell to step down after fans’ victory
Prominent Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has announced his intention to step down from the Port Vale Supporters Club committee “knowing that we have achieved what we set out to achieve.” Yesterday...
View ArticleA saint, a sinner and an unforgettable character
Prominent Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has reflected on former Port Vale Chairman Bill Bell who passed away on Tuesday. I didn’t know what to make of this eccentric car salesman with a glint in...
View Article‘Fans have every right to criticise and question…’
Prominent Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell has reacted to Micky Adams’ comments about criticism on the Internet by saying “fans have every right to criticise and question when things go wrong –...
View ArticleTideswell: Club need their supporters
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell argues that there is “room in this city for two successful professional football clubs” but that both clubs need the support of their fans right now....
View ArticleIf Burton was ‘huge’ then this is ‘colossal’
Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says ahead of the game with Northampton that “these are the moments you live for as a football fan. The reason that people care so much.” That achievement would...
View ArticleAnd now the hard work begins…
Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that amid the euphoria of winning promotion, it is now time for the “serious business of planning for life in League One.” The trick now is to convert those...
View ArticleTideswell: it should be business as usual
Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says the ”worst-kept secret at Vale Park since Robin van der Laan’s love of crisps has finally been revealed” but “let’s stick together, support Norman.” The...
View ArticleTideswell: Fans want justice to be done
Prominent Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says he is “pleased that Begbies Traynor will be investigating the controversial activities of the former board including the “nil-paid shares” issued to...
View ArticleKeep calm and keep supporting the side
Vale columnist Martin Tideswell’s first column of the season urges Vale fans to “not lose perspective here. Ambition and aspiration is fine, but it must be tempered with honest expectation.” Although...
View ArticleTideswell: Don’t make decent fans pay the penalty
Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says that shutting the Railway Paddock because of the action of a tiny minority of fans “would do nothing but penalise the vast majority of decent fans.” I think...
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