The Port Vale Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Jair due for a Port Vale medical
Everything agreed with Nottingham Forest, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
George Hall signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” George Hall commits to Port Vale for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Port Vale
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rui Costa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Port Vale rebuffed over Filippo Alessio
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Vicenza have kept their man, and Port Vale go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oliver Ward steps up from the Port Vale academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oliver Ward has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Anthony Taylor joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anthony Taylor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: James Clark joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Clark is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Christopher Murphy joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christopher Murphy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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
- Transfer targets A loan move for Wassim Bouziane is in the works
- Transfer targets Port Vale try to borrow Eden Witsel
- The dugout No hiding place for Jack Shorrock