No owners... Five players under contract...In administration... Not even a kit to play in...
Is it any wonder that Port Vale FC were written off as 18th favourites for promotion at the start of the 2012-2013 season?
But by the end of a memorable campaign, the club had been promoted, finished as the division's top scorers and a life-long Vale fan was the club's top goalscorer.
How on earth did that happen?
Rob Fielding, editor of the award-winning Port Vale website onevalefan.co.uk chronicles one of the most extraordinary seasons in the long history of Port Vale FC.
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