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Edition
The Port Vale Herald
28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
Joe Gauci 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tom Scragg is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at Port Vale training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordan Roberts is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Andre Gray
- Player ratings Jordan Roberts runs at them all day
- Match Point won or two lost for Port Vale?
- Market The shop window has John Mengi in it