The Port Vale Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pau Ferrer turns down Port Vale
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Ponferradina keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jacob White joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacob White 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: Jonathan Cunningham joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Cunningham 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: Mark Cooper joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mark Cooper 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 Morgan joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Morgan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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.
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
- Looking ahead Jayden Stockley faces his old club
- Squad Rui Costa remains an outsider
- The dugout Rhys Walters knocks on the manager’s door