2 December 1882 Stoke 1–0 Burslem Port Vale Staffordshire Senior Cup
Latest meeting
10 February 2002 Stoke City 0–1 Port Vale Football League Second Division
Stadiums
Vale Park (Port Vale) Bet365 Stadium (Stoke City)
Statistics
Meetings total
92
Most wins
Stoke City (40)
Most player appearances
Bob McGrory (21)
Top scorer
Arthur Watkin (10)
All-time series
Port Vale: 26 Drawn: 26 Stoke: 40
Largest victory
Port Vale 0–7 Stoke City (9 May 1932) North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup
Largest goal scoring
Port Vale 3–5 Stoke (22 March 1884) Staffordshire Senior Cup Stoke 5–3 Port Vale (6 October 1902) North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup
Current win streak
Port Vale (1)
Current unbeaten streak
Port Vale (6)
In English football, the Potteries derby is the local derby between the two major clubs in the city of Stoke-on-Trent – Port Vale and Stoke City, first contested in 1882. Port Vale plays at Vale Park whilst Stoke play at the bet365 Stadium, the two grounds are separated by roughly 4.3 miles (6.9 km). The fans of each club both consider the other to be their main rivals;[1] this has led to a heated atmosphere at these matches.[2] One study in 2019 ranked it as the joint-28th biggest rivalry in English professional football, level with the Manchester derby.[3] The two teams have met in 92 competitive first-team fixtures, including 44 English Football League, six FA Cup and two Football League Trophy fixtures, with the remaining 40 meetings coming in regional cup competitions.
Since 1919, the two clubs have been in the same league for 22 seasons, with Vale finishing higher than Stoke in seven seasons. Stoke have spent most of their history playing in a higher division than Vale. Vale have had only five seasons playing at a higher level than Stoke.[4]
Stoke-on-Trent is the least populous city to have two Football League clubs: Bradford, Cardiff, Coventry, Hull, Leeds, Leicester and Newcastle upon Tyne are all larger cities that contain just one league club.[5] In terms of support, the northern towns of Burslem and Tunstall are Port Vale strongholds, whilst Stoke City enjoy greater support in the other four towns of the city (Fenton, Hanley, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent) and in the area overall.[6]
^"Rivalry uncovered" (PDF). Football fans census. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
^"Stoke City vs. Port Vale". Footballderbies.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^Smith, Peter (9 September 2019). "Stoke v Port Vale named in top 30 English football rivalries, below Vale v Crewe". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^Sherwin, Phil (2010). The Port Vale Miscellany. Brimscombe Port: The History Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-7524-5777-2.
^"Towns with Teams in the Premiership & Football League 2011–12". lovemytown.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
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productions. (Bemrose and Sons, London & Derby 1903) online Thomas, John. The rise of the Staffordshire potteries (AM Kelley, 1971). Leonard Whiter, Spode...
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owned for a while by T.C. Wild, then forming part of Allied English Potteries, then becoming part of Royal Doulton. The Paragon name has been retained...
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Miscellaneous List of people Lobby May un Mar Lady Oatcake Owd Grandad Piggott PotteriesderbyPotteries dialect River Trent Start Up Citywide ST postcode area...
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