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 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. '' www. wikipedia.com'
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