The Port Vale Herald
Match10 Jun 2034
No end in sight to Port Vale's wait for a win
9 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.
Market12 Jun 2034
Port Vale say no — this time
The offer from Racing Club for George Hall was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market12 Jun 2034
Lenix Conde asks to leave Port Vale
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market12 Jun 2034
Oscar Glover is a Port Vale player
The fee is $610.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Bristol Rovers drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad12 Jun 2034
Ryan Giles 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.
Squad12 Jun 2034
A move Christopher Hawkins would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Christopher Hawkins is living that version at Port Vale, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad12 Jun 2034
Words at Port Vale training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ben Garrity 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.
Boardroom12 Jun 2034
Port Vale agree a free transfer for Jack Phillips
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market12 Jun 2034
Eyes on Marcel Clément again
The phone has started ringing about Marcel Clément again, and this time the name on the line is Shrewsbury Town. Port Vale are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Squad Thomas Roberts signs a new deal
- Boardroom 87% of the income goes out in wages at Port Vale
- Player ratings George Hall runs at them all day