The Port Vale Herald
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Ben Garrity runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Port Vale's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Port Vale has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Port Vale training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kyle John 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Jordan Gabriel
“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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Kyle John
7.48, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Port Vale had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Market14 Sep 2026
Talks stall between Port Vale and Kyle John
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Match12 Sep 2026
Port Vale draw a blank against AFC Wimbledon
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. AFC Wimbledon defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Robert Spencer dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- Market Sagesse Yalala placed on the list
- Player ratings Cameron Humphreys spends the afternoon fouling
- Market Window shut, Tom Scragg still here