In an event that was held in the newly named ‘Robbie’s’ Bar at Vale Park, Robbie Williams was named as club president.
The addition of Robbie as Club President will see the Tunstall-born singer join John Rudge as the only other person currently holding the title.
Speaking to a specially invited audience, Co-Owner and Chair Carol Shanahan OBE said:
“We've been at Port Vale now for five years and it's been a journey! There's been a lot of good bits to the journey and one of the really, really good bits has been getting to know this young man.
“It's such an honour for us that we have Robbie as a Port Vale fan and we wanted to honour that with this role, we know that having a president works well because we have Mr. John Rudge and he does such a good job being an ambassador for this football club.
“Robbie is always welcome here at Vale Park and we’re all very we're very grateful that he has agreed to be ‘El Presidente’!”
Newly named club president, Robbie Williams said:
“To be able to come back home and to accept something like this is another one of those remarkable things that keep happening to me that I'm very grateful for.
“There were many, many years where I wasn't at Port Vale. But Port Vale were always in my heart, they were, and they always will be. You know your team chooses you. You don't choose your team But I didn't come up for many reasons, but then I came up and met Carol and everything changed for me.
“When I met Carol the doors to the city opened up again for me. I’ve genuinely felt like I've come home.
“It's an honour to be back here in the city, we are one of the country's best and worst-kept secrets. Who we are as a people and what we represent, what our hearts stand for. We are the kindest people on the planet and I think this club is coming from a place of kindness.
“It's unique to have a place like this that feels like it's love and it feels like it's home and it feels like it's doing something incredibly important in the community and on the pitch.
“We all know how much Burslem in particular needs this club, but we also know how much this club needs Burslem too and the people of Burslem and surrounding areas.
“I am very proud to be your president. Don't treat me any differently. That's all. That's all I ask!”