The Port Vale Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Freddie Woodman turns down Port Vale
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Liverpool keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
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 Shea Lacey
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Manchester United have kept their man, and Port Vale go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luke White steps up from the Port Vale academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke White 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
Port Vale promote Stephen Watson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen Watson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Port Vale promote George Kelly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Kelly has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Joseph Dixon joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Dixon 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
Jack Shorrock signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jack Shorrock and Port Vale agree another 5 years.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of George Hall
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad George Byers in a row with a teammate
- Transfer targets Port Vale try to borrow Paul Argney
- Transfer targets Port Vale try to borrow Alessandro Nunziante