Vale Park
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| place | Hamil Road Burslem , Stoke-on-Trent , United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 3 '0.4 " N , 2 ° 11' 33.4" W |
| owner | Port Vale |
| opening | August 24, 1950 |
| First game | 24 August 1950 Port Vale 1-0 AFC Newport County |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | £ 50,000 |
| capacity | 19,052 places |
| playing area | 104 × 70 m |
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The Vale Park is a football stadium in the English town of Burslem , Stoke-on-Trent . It is the home of the Port Vale football club . The facility was opened in 1950 and today offers 19,052 seats.
history
Port Vale and AFC Newport County met for the opening of the sports facility, which was inaugurated on August 24, 1950 . In front of 30,042 spectators, the home side achieved a 1-0 win over Newport County. Vale Park experienced the greatest crowds on February 20, 1960, when 49,768 spectators attended the game in the 1959/60 FA Cup against Aston Villa . The visitor record in the modern seating stadium was set on August 31, 2013 with 12,601 when the Wolverhampton Wanderers ( Football League One 2013/14 ) were guests in Vale Park. Between 2015 and 2018, between 4,500 and 5,000 spectators attended Port Vale's home games.
The sports facility was also occasionally used for concerts. Ozzy Osbourne performed in Vale Park on August 1, 1981 .
Web links
- Vale Park ( Memento of February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- footballgroundguide.com: Vale Park (English)
- europlan-online.de: Vale Park - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vale Park. In: footballgroundguide.com. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ^ "Randy Rhoads on tour" ( Memento from February 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )