The Port Vale Herald
The dugout13 Sep 2027
Trai Hume keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Port Vale may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The step up is real for George Barker
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Jaouen Hadjam falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets13 Sep 2027
Port Vale rebuffed over Dominic Solanke
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Manchester City have kept their man, and Port Vale go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match11 Sep 2027
Port Vale come up short against Barnsley
Barnsley left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: David Morris joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Morris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: Timothy Hall joins the Port Vale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timothy Hall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Sep 2027
Andrew Wilson steps up from the Port Vale academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrew Wilson 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Port Vale promote Thomas Shaw from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Shaw 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Zinho Januzaj
- Squad Kevin Lezcano wants to go home
- Squad 9 new faces, and Port Vale are still learning each other