Super Sam Stockley

As we all know we have heard today about Sam's decision to retire from the game due to injury.
A great servant to the club with his commintment and personality and will be missed on and off the field.

I've trawled my archives and found an interview I conducted with Sam from last Christmas. Enjoy!!! All the best Sam xxx



It’s that festive time of year again and cheeky club captain Sam Stockley plays Father Christmas and reveals what his fellow Port Vale team-mates may have found in their stockings and they might not like what they get.

Vale’s number one Joe Anyon: “Would like a nice single bottle of blue WKD for when he’s not playing as a little treat.”

You: “I’d like a nice gum shield.”

Forme non-league winger Rob Taylor: “Would like one of those nose things that help you breathe, because he struggles with his.”

Fans favourite Anthony Griffith: “would just like a fiver.”

Centre half John McCombe: “I think would like an all over body wax, so that for once in his life he wouldn’t feel like a very hairy animal.”

Youngster Luke Prosser: “would like a new jacket because the one he wears he has probably worn for two and a half years, everyday.”

Injury hit Shane Tudor: “Tudes would like a nice tub of Clearasil because every so often he gets a whopper of a spot.”

Midfield maestro Dave Howland: “Would like a nice frame picture of Ian Beale, his hero.

Top scorer Marc Richards: “Would like a pair of baggy jeans because the ones he wears are like Lycra.”

Striker Luke Rodgers, who is currently on-loan at Yeovil: “I think would like a hat because his head gets rather cold.”

Revitalised Paul Edwards: “Would like to once in a lifetime shoot with his right foot.”

Rookie goalkeeper Chris Martin: “Would like a supersize extra value McDonald’s meal.”

Sharp shooter Louis Dodds: “Would like three things. A new horse jacket, a new bit because the one he’s got keeps falling out of his mouth and a lovely salt stick because his has worn out.”

Forgotten striker Kyle Perry: “Would like a mirror that tells the truth because everyone that he looks in says he’s a 9.6 and really he’s a 4.”

Young striker and Luke Rodgers look-a-like Steve Thompson: “Would like a cap that fits because every one that he wears looks like a swimming cap.”

Flame haired forward Danny Glover: Would like brown hair just for one day.”

Young midfielder Simon Richman: “Would like a signed 2009 calendar of Stevie Gerrard, so he could look at him everyday.”

Northern Ireland international James Lawrie: “Would like some gel so he could keep down the quiff at the front of his head.”

Midfielder Ross Davidson: “Would like a car, because then he doesn’t have to travel and listen to Doddsy (Louis Dodds) everyday.”

Old head Dave Brammer: “Would like to be Sam Stockley.”

On-loan Plymouth defender Damien McCory: “Would like a voice box, that he could wind up and we could occasionally hear him.”

Loan ranger Lee Collins: “Would like a new candle for his mouth because the one he used at Halloween for his pumpkin head didn’t work.”

On-loan midfielder Scott Brown: “would like at new tattooist because the one he’s got of the Everton badge on his arm is horrific.

New comer Gareth Owen: “would like a week in re-hab.”

Former Stokie Neil Mackenzie: “would like a lovely, big book of crosswords because that’s all he does when he comes in.
(He was on Countdown Sam.)

So Stockley hangs up his red suit for the next victim to take the hot seat and bids you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.