The Port Vale Herald
Squad31 Aug 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Cardiff City take the points off Port Vale
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Aug 2026
George Byers 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Port Vale training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eli Campbell 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Port Vale pick somebody else ahead of Kyle John
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Market31 Aug 2026
Oliver Cook told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Oliver Cook has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Port Vale.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Mitch Clark in it
- Player ratings Onel Hernández runs at them all day
- Player ratings Rhys Walters spends the afternoon fouling