John Johnson

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Port Vale U18
2 Aug 2031
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226 Edition

The Port Vale Herald

25 Nov 2030
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings25 Nov 2030

A brace, and Kylan Midwood takes the afternoon — 8.52

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Kylan Midwood provided it, and the 8.52 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad25 Nov 2030

John Johnson breaks a bone — 16 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings25 Nov 2030

Jack Grealish, 35, rolls back the years — 8.16

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.16 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad25 Nov 2030

Tempers go at Port Vale

Justin Obikwu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad25 Nov 2030

The decline has begun for Jack Grealish

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 35 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Port Vale is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Match23 Nov 2030

Kylan Midwood sends Port Vale past Barrow AFC

It finished 3‑1, and it was Kylan Midwood’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Port Vale.

The dugout25 Nov 2030

The manager makes an example of Bailey Peacock-Farrell

“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.

Squad25 Nov 2030

A row about effort at Port Vale

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexandr Yevstratov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout25 Nov 2030

A satisfied Interim Coach

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑1, Interim Coach could afford to be generous.

In brief

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225 Edition

The Port Vale Herald

18 Nov 2030
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad18 Nov 2030

23 days out for John Johnson after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Port Vale will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market18 Nov 2030

Tommy McNally is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Port Vale is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad18 Nov 2030

Justin Obikwu 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.

Squad18 Nov 2030

Words at Port Vale training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Bueno 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.

The dugout18 Nov 2030

Daniel Harris gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom18 Nov 2030

Wages swallow 88% of the Port Vale income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Squad18 Nov 2030

6 new faces, and Port Vale are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Market18 Nov 2030

Tommy McNally told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Tommy McNally has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Port Vale.

The dugout18 Nov 2030

Kévin Sitou knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Port Vale, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

224 Edition

The Port Vale Herald

11 Nov 2030
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad11 Nov 2030

13 saves: Shea Connor was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 13 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match5 Nov 2030

Port Vale bow out of the cup

Liverpool go through and Port Vale go home, 0‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad11 Nov 2030

30 days out for John Johnson after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Port Vale will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match11 Nov 2030

Port Vale are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 32 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

The terraces11 Nov 2030

Port Vale are taken apart by Liverpool — and the town wants answers

It finished 0-4. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.

Squad11 Nov 2030

A falling-out at Port Vale

Justin Obikwu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad11 Nov 2030

Words at Port Vale training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Bueno 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.

Match9 Nov 2030

Port Vale make home a hard place to visit

9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.

Match9 Nov 2030

Port Vale see off Bradford City

Three points for Port Vale, 3‑1 the final word against Bradford City in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief