Hudson Sands

Goalkeeper - Port Vale
13 Aug 2028
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Marked for Hudson Sands

102 Edition

The Port Vale Herald

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Jul 2028

Jaheim Headley has said yes to Wrexham

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Port Vale have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market10 Jul 2028

Bruno Moreira puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Port Vale, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market10 Jul 2028

Port Vale turn down Auckland City for Reuben Reid

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market10 Jul 2028

The Luuk Verheij conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Derby County will make the call about Luuk Verheij this week. Port Vale have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2028

Sunderland tell Port Vale: André Moreira is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout10 Jul 2028

Erik Sviatchenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout10 Jul 2028

Lebogang Billiat asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad10 Jul 2028

A row about effort at Port Vale

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hudson Sands was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad10 Jul 2028

The dressing room has a star in it

Lebogang Billiat arrived with a record at a bigger club than this one, and the room has treated him accordingly. The young ones watch him train; the senior ones watch to see whether it lasts.

In brief

Back issues
99 Edition

The Port Vale Herald

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market19 Jun 2028

Port Vale make Lebogang Billiat the dearest name in their history

$7.3M. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.

The terraces19 Jun 2028

A $1.5M sale, and a town that did not want it

Rui Costa has gone, the accounts have $1.5M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.

The dugout19 Jun 2028

George Byers frozen out at Port Vale

This is not rotation. George Byers has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Port Vale is pretending otherwise.

Market19 Jun 2028

Business is business: Rui Costa goes

Chesterfield paid $1.5M and Port Vale took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2028

Taylan Harris due for a Port Vale medical

Everything agreed with Colchester United, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2028

Port Vale baulk at the price for Josh Honohan

Lincoln City wanted more than $190.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

The terraces19 Jun 2028

The town asked, and Port Vale paid $7.3M

Lebogang Billiat was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $7.3M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2028

Burton Albion tell Port Vale: Archie Collins is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad19 Jun 2028

George Byers in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Port Vale this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

98 Edition

The Port Vale Herald

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market12 Jun 2028

Rui Costa has said yes to Chesterfield

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Port Vale have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Sam Hutchinson damages knee ligaments — 14 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market12 Jun 2028

Rico Richards asks to leave Port Vale

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2028

Port Vale agree $610.0K for Hudson Sands

The clubs have shaken hands with Chelsea; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

The terraces12 Jun 2028

Port Vale sell a favourite for $1.3M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Rhys Walters was one of the reasons people came, and $1.3M does not replace that by itself.

Market12 Jun 2028

Port Vale sell Rhys Walters for $1.3M

Rhys Walters has left for Huddersfield Town in a $1.3M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2028

Port Vale rebuffed over Will Hughes

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Crystal Palace have kept their man, and Port Vale go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad12 Jun 2028

A falling-out at Port Vale

George Byers and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Connor Hall falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief