Vale Park

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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.