OVF feature: The crazy end to Port Vale’s 1933-34 season...

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The 1933-34 season was Port Vale's highest finish in the second tier until the John Rudge era. However, perhaps even more disappointingly, the club blew their chances of making the first division – a feat it has still failed to achieve. In 1934, the Valiants really only had themselves to blame… The […]

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This is one of the longer historical pieces on OVF - I hope it's interesting and shows just how close Vale were to getting into the first division all those years ago.

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Vale played in the second tier in 1954/55.Come on Rob.😉😄

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10 minutes ago, Howjy04 said:

Vale played in the second tier in 1954/55.Come on Rob.😉😄

Ah, good spot. I'll correct that. 

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So, what I was trying to say in that intro was "The 1933-34 season was Port Vale's highest finish in the second tier until the John Rudge era..." (not what I originally wrote)! Thanks @Howjy04

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One thing I couldn't verify for this feature was Wikipedia says that Fred Mitchesen's hat-trick took just three minutes. Then again, Wikipedia also says it was on his debut.

In the Sentinel archives the match report disputes the second fact (it says it was his second game) but the report gives no indication of how quickly he scored his three goals. If it was in three minutes, then that's remarkable. 

If anyone knows any other sources of Port Vale news from 1934 (a slim hope I know) and any way of verifying the fact that would be great. I'm reluctant to take the Wikipedia entry as fact as they've already got one thing wrong about the game (not his debut). 

p.s. By the way match reporting in the 30's was dreadful. Most of the reports are drenched in cliches and the basic facts (score, times of goals, attendance) are often missing. 

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On 29/05/2024 at 09:38, robf said:

One thing I couldn't verify for this feature was Wikipedia says that Fred Mitchesen's hat-trick took just three minutes. Then again, Wikipedia also says it was on his debut.

In the Sentinel archives the match report disputes the second fact (it says it was his second game) but the report gives no indication of how quickly he scored his three goals. If it was in three minutes, then that's remarkable. 

If anyone knows any other sources of Port Vale news from 1934 (a slim hope I know) and any way of verifying the fact that would be great. I'm reluctant to take the Wikipedia entry as fact as they've already got one thing wrong about the game (not his debut). 

p.s. By the way match reporting in the 30's was dreadful. Most of the reports are drenched in cliches and the basic facts (score, times of goals, attendance) are often missing. 

Andy Jones, Tony Naylor and Tom Pope in Port Vale's 10 fastest-ever hat-tricks - Stoke-on-Trent Live

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Port Vale's fastest hat-tricks (courtesy of historian Phil Sherwin)

3 mins - Fred Mitcheson, v Plymouth (4-0) 21st April 1934

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