Port Vale host Scunthorpe United at Vale Park in the FA Cup.
Port Vale host Scunthorpe United in the FA Cup at Vale Park on Saturday 7 November, kick-off at 15:00. It's a proper early Saturday afternoon fixture, so you'll have the rest of the weekend still in front of you.
If you've never been to Vale Park, it's on Hamil Road in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 1AW. It's the home ground of Port Vale, who are in League Two, and it holds 19,052. When it first opened, it went by the nickname 'The Wembley of the North' because of its size, and that scale still comes through in the way it's built.
The ground has a bit of a musical side to it, too. On 1 August 1981, it played host to a one-off rock concert called 'Heavy Metal Holocaust', which brought together Motörhead, the Ozzy Osbourne Band, Mahogany Rush, Triumph, Riot and Vardis. The main entrance still carries a Blue Plaque to the late Motörhead frontman Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister, who was a Burslem native, so there's a nod to that history every time you walk in.
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As for the footballing records, the ground's all-time high is 49,768, set when Port Vale lost 1-2 to Aston Villa on 20 February 1960. The modern record is 10,344, from a 1-1 draw with Stoke City on 21 October 2001. That one should be familiar territory for anyone who follows the local scene, given the two clubs share the city. Kick-off is 15:00 on Saturday 7 November at Vale Park, Hamil Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 1AW.
