About Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club\s rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as the \"Potteries derby\"; however, games against Crewe Alexandra are also classed as a derby, although Alex are situated in south Cheshire. Port Vale are one of the few English league clubs not to be named after a geographical location. The name Port Vale exists on maps pre-dating the 1876 formation of the club, and is a reference to a valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal, associated with the city\s pottery industry. The two symbols on the clubs badge are a bottle kiln and the Stafford knot. The club\s mascot is Boomer the Dog, the Baha Men hit \Who Let the Dogs Out?\ is played as Boomer takes