Vale Park

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Vale Park

19,052

Capacity

1950

Opened

Grass

Surface

Home of

  • Port Vale

    Football
  • Port Vale Football Club since its opening in 1950

    Football

History

Vale Park is a football stadium in the area of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and it has been the home ground of Port Vale Football Club since its opening in 1950. It has a capacity of 15,695 for unallocated seated games, rising to 16,800 for matches with allocated seating, having been renovated during 1989–1998 to become an all-seater stadium. The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its official peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49,768 managed to squeeze in for a 1960 FA Cup fifth round fixture against Aston Villa. The highest recorded all-seated attendance at Vale Park is currently 16,326 for an EFL Cup tie against Arsenal on 24 September 2025.

Source: Wikipedia

Biggest nights

  • 1954The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its official peak being 42,000 in…

    The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its official peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49,768 managed to squeeze in for a 1960 FA Cup fifth round fixture against Aston Villa.