12th October 1946 – a sixteen year-old Basil Hayward makes his Port Vale debut…

On the 12th October 1946, Basil Hayward made his first-ever appearance for the club at the tender age of just 16 years and 188 days. He would progress into one of the legendary figures of the 1953-54 Iron Curtain side. Born in Leek, Hayward joined the Valiants in May 1946 just days after his sixteenth […]

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