2025–26 Port Vale F.C. season

Port Vale
2025–26 season
OwnerSynsol Holdings Limited
ChairwomanCarol Shanahan
ManagerDarren Moore
(until 28 December)
Jamie Smith
(caretaker manager 28 December – 6 January)
Jon Brady
(from 6 January)
StadiumVale Park
League One24th (28 points)
FA CupQuarter-finals
EFL CupThird round
(knocked out by Arsenal)
EFL TrophyQuarter-finals
(knocked out by Stockport County)
Top goalscorerLeague: Devante Cole (6)
All: Devante Cole, Ben Waine (8)
Highest home attendance16,326 vs. Arsenal, 24 September 2025
Lowest home attendance636 vs. Barnsley, 2 December 2025
Average home league attendance7,378
Biggest win5–1 (twice)
Biggest defeat0–5 vs. Huddersfield Town, 26 December 2025

The 2025–26 season is the 114th season in the history of Port Vale Football Club and their first season back in League One since the 2023–24 season, following their promotion from League Two in the preceding season.

Manager Darren Moore signed nine permanent and three loan players, whilst allowing eight to leave and being forced to sell top-scorer Lorent Tolaj to Plymouth Argyle after a release clause was triggered. They collected just two points from their opening six league games, though they did qualify for the third round of the EFL Cup, where they had a home tie with Arsenal. Vale put in a creditable performance in defeat to Arsenal, whilst claiming three straight league wins at the end of September as new signing Devante Cole hit form immediately. Only one goal scored in four October league games saw the Vale drop into the relegation zone. With one point and zero goals scored in November, the Vale fell to the bottom of the division. Moore left the club with Vale ten points from safety following a 5–0 defeat at Huddersfield Town on Boxing Day. He was succeeded by Jon Brady.

Brady oversaw progress in the cups and trimmed the squad in the January transfer window, though he lost top scorer Devante Cole in a late move. The team were beaten only once during six games in February, though they only added seven points to their tally and still remained rooted to the bottom of the table.

Overview

EFL League One

CEO Matt Hancock said that he believed the club were in a stronger position than when they had last gained promotion ahead of the 2022–23 season.[1] In celebration of the club's 150th anniversary, the home kit was based on the classic strip from the 1953–54 'Iron Curtain' season, in which the club reached the FA Cup semi-finals and conceded just 26 goals throughout a 46-game season. It was also confirmed that the kit would not display a front-of-shirt sponsor to maintain the retro look.[1] The away kit was based on that worn by the 1958–59 title-winning team.[2] The first signing of the summer was right-sided defender Jordan Gabriel, who joined on an initial two-year contract after being released by Blackpool.[3] Attacking midfielder Rico Richards, who had played 27 league games on loan at Vale the previous season, was signed to a two-year deal after being released by Aston Villa.[4] He would later join League Two side Walsall on loan for the season.[5] Liam Gordon, a 26-year-old left-back capped at international level by Guyana, then chose to leave Walsall to sign for Vale on a two-year deal.[6] Midfielder Jordan Shipley also signed a two-year contract after being released by relegated Shrewsbury Town.[7] Bookmakers had the Vale pegged as relegation strugglers, though supporters were optimistic of a mid-table finish.[8] The fifth summer signing was announced as 26-year-old central defender Cameron Humphreys, who rejected a contract offer from Rotherham United to join Vale on a two-year deal.[9] The club ended June by announcing the signings of Slovak goalkeeper Marko Maroši and New Zealand international forward Ben Waine, who had been released by Cambridge United and Plymouth Argyle respectively, both signing for Vale on two-year deals.[10][11]

The season opened with a 2–1 defeat at Rotherham United as the Vale were two goals and one man down on 32 minutes after Jaheim Headley was sent off for a knee-high challenge; Vale looked stronger after three half-time changes and a switch away from the 3–4–3 formation.[12] On 7 August, Darren Moore signed 22-year-old Gambian striker Mo Faal on a season-long loan from Wrexham.[13] Later that day, Vale picked up their first point of the season after playing out a 0–0 draw at home to Cardiff City.[14] The following week, on 11 August, Vale signed 25-year-old Australian international goalkeeper Joe Gauci on a season-long loan from Aston Villa, with Moore hoping to provide "strong competition in the goalkeeping department" in the absence of veteran stopper Ben Amos through injury.[15] Another clean sheet and point were gained at Burton Albion five days later, despite captain George Byers being sent off after 15 minutes for a strong challenge on Charlie Webster.[16] The club appealed the red card, however, the original decision was upheld by an FA Regulatory Commission.[17] Vale were heading to a one nil home victory over Stevenage until they conceded two Jamie Reid goals after 87 minutes to lose the game.[18] They then lost top-scorer Lorent Tolaj to league rivals Plymouth Argyle after Argyle activated a "substantial release clause" in his Vale contract.[19] This fee was reported to be £1.2 million.[20] A 1–0 home defeat to Doncaster Rovers followed as the visitors took control of the game in the second half.[21] Vale went on to bring 19-year-old forward Dajaune Brown on loan from Derby County.[22] He came off the bench as Vale fell to a 1–0 defeat at Reading, the hosts taking all three points with a 66th-minute Paddy Lane strike.[23]

Moore made two signings on transfer deadline day, bringing in experienced striker Devante Cole on a free transfer from West Bromwich Albion and midfielder George Hall from Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.[24] Cole provided an assist and scored on his debut at home to Leyton Orient on 6 September, though could not prevent his new side slipping to another defeat at Charlie Wellens scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage-time for his father's team. Richie Wellens sympathised with Moore, saying he must have run over a black cat.[25] The first league win was achieved with a 2–0 victory at Exeter City, as the new strike partnership of Cole and Paton secured a goal each after capitlising on mistakes by the home team.[26] A second win followed at home to Mansfield Town, who had their captain Ryan Sweeney sent off after 14 minutes, though it took a stoppage-time Ronan Curtis penalty to secure the three points and Moore had some "choice words" for his players in the dressing room for conceding a sloppy goal.[27] A 2–0 victory at Barnsley secured the Vale a third consecutive win in the league and a solid performance ensured that Gauci did not have a save to make throughout.[28]

The winning run was halted by Northampton Town, who held the Valiants to a goalless draw at Vale Park on 4 October.[29] Vale gained a point on the road seven days later as Cole struck an equaliser four minutes from full-time to prevent former Valiant Antwoine Hackford from winning three points for AFC Wimbledon.[30] With the club facing an injury crisis in the wing-back position, Moore signed 34-year-old free agent Marvin Johnson to a short-term contract.[31] They slipped to a 1–0 defeat at Wigan Athletic despite having a man advantage for the entire second half after Dara Costelloe was sent off for a high foot.[32] A 3–0 home defeat to league leaders Stockport County in front of the television cameras left Vale in the relegation zone.[33]

On 8 November, Vale fell to a 4–0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers despite having had a bright start to the match.[34] The run of defeats came to an end with a goalless draw at home to Wycombe Wanderers.[35] However, a 1–0 home defeat to Plymouth Argyle, the goal scored by Tolaj, saw Vale replace Plymouth at the bottom of the division and supporters called for Darren Moore to be sacked.[36] Matt Hancock gave a lengthy interview backing Moore, saying that the board saw "signs that we can win football games".[37] Jayden Stockley told the media that the players had organised a meeting with Moore and the coaching staff to discuss how to improve performances on the pitch.[38] A 1–0 defeat at Lincoln City followed, a club record sixth consecutive league game without a goal scored.[39]

On 13 December, Vale came from a goal down to lead 2–1 at Luton Town, only to end the game with a point following a Luton equaliser. Ben Amos made only his second league appearance of the season following back-to-back clean sheets in the cup competitions, whilst Ben Waine scored in his third straight game after also having a run of success in the cups.[40] Waine's strike ended Vale's club record time of consecutive league time without a goal at 9 hours and 46 minutes.[41] They then slipped to a 1–0 defeat at home to Peterborough United as Harry Leonard scored a late goal following a tight game.[42] This equalled a club record of five home league games without scoring a goal.[43] They travelled to Huddersfield Town on Boxing Day and were taken apart by five goals to nil, their heaviest defeat of the season.[44] This proved to be the end for Darren Moore, with Jamie Smith being put in caretaker charge on 28 December.[45] Smith took charge of a 1–0 defeat at Bradford City the following day.[46]

Vale started 2026 with a 5–1 win at Blackpool after the hosts were reduced to 10 men just before half-time and proved unable to hold their one-goal lead.[47] Ironically, the game also saw them extend into a club record 471 minutes without a home league goal and ended with them scoring five goals in one half of a league game for the first time since December 1960.[48] Former Northampton Town manager Jon Brady was appointed as the club's new head coach on 6 January.[49] Ronan Curtis left the club shortly afterwards on an undisclosed transfer to Plymouth Argyle.[50] Vale initially looked strong at Mansfield Town on 17 January, though conceded two goals early in the second half and went on to lose the game by three goals to nil.[51] The club brought in 23-year-old winger Ethon Archer on loan from Luton Town.[52] The club celebrated their 150th anniversary with a 3–1 home defeat to Exeter City as yet again a promising start turned into a complete collapse once the opposition opened the scoring.[53] Pundit Adam Yates commented that in the match "every single trait you would look for from a player was a zero out of 10".[54] Brady brought in Tyler Magloire, a centre-back who played for him at Northampton Town, who had started the campaign with non-League side Workington.[55] The club's top-scorer, Devante Cole, was sold to Luton Town on 31 January.[56] Despite this, the team won at Leyton Orient, with the game's only goal coming from John in the second minute.

The club brought in defender Eli Campbell and forward Martin Sherif on loan from Everton.[57][58] Former Premier League striker Andre Gray also came in on a free transfer following a spell with Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.[59] Vale then fell to a narrow 1–0 home defeat by AFC Wimbledon, in a game of few chances.[60] They then drew 2–2 at home with Burton Albion, with Jake Beesley scoring a brace to equalise twice for the visitors.[61] Following this, Brady signed two players from free agency: 33-year-old Cuba international winger Onel Hernández and 31-year-old midfielder Grant Ward.[62] Stockley put the Vale ahead at Stevenage, though the hosts soon came back and won the match by two goals to one in a game married by a serious injury to goalscorer Harry Cornick.[63] Gray had an equalising goal ruled out just before half-time in a decision that Brady said "for the life of me I don't understand it".[64] Sherif then scored on his home debut to earn a 1–1 draw with Reading.[65] Brady came away from former club Northampton Town with three points, with Stockley scoring the only goal of the game in first half stoppage-time as the home support booed their manager Kevin Nolan.[66] Vale then picked up another point, drawing 1–1 at home with Luton Town.[67]

On 11 March, Vale lost one of their rearranged games by two goals to nil at home to Bradford City, after which Brady admitted the scoreline could have been much worse.[68] A series of illnesses saw a patched-up squad take on Huddersfield Town and hold the visitors to a goalless draw.[69] Brady also labelled the Vale Park pitch a "joke" that was damaging his players following weeks of extremely poor surface as summer improvements to the pitch backfired and caused the surface to regress in poor weather.[70]

Finances

The club's budget was speculated to be lower mid-table.[71] The club made over £1 million in prize money and TV revenue from their cup runs.[72]

Cup competitions

Vale were drawn at home to the lowest-ranked team in the first round of the FA Cup, Maldon & Tiptree of the Isthmian League North Division. They fell behind after six minutes but quickly recovered and finished 5–1 winners, with both Paton and Cole claiming braces.[73] They defeated League Two side Bristol Rovers by a goal to nil.[74] This was the first time they had beaten a team managed by former Vale boss Darrell Clarke in nine attempts.[75] Brady first match in charge at Vale Park was a 1–0 win over League Two club Fleetwood Town that took the Valiants into the fourth round.[76] They had a home tie with Championship club Bristol City in the fourth round and took them to extra-time, where Waine scored the game's only goal to take Port Vale into the fifth round.[77] Yet another home tie came just five days later in the fifth round, against Premier League Sunderland, and again Waine scored the game's only goal to take Vale into the quarter-finals for only the second time in the club's history.[78]

Vale won 1–0 at League One rivals Blackpool in the first round of the EFL Cup, with Faal scoring on his debut, despite Moore making nine changes.[79] They went on to defeat Championship club Birmingham City in the following round, with Headley scoring the only goal of the game. It was the club's first win away at Championship opposition in 15 years.[80] Vale hosted Premier League giants Arsenal in the third round and put in a highly creditable performance in a 2–0 defeat, earning praise from both Moore and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.[81]

In the EFL Trophy, they were drawn in a group with Accrington Stanley (League Two), Fleetwood Town (League Two), and Leeds United U21 (Academy).[82] The Leeds youth team were dispatched by a 4–1 scoreline as a strong Vale team spread the goals amongst them.[83] Late goals from Hall and Faal were enough to secure victory at Accrington Stanley.[84] They stormed to a 5–0 home win over Barnsley in the first knockout stage of the competition, making a mockery of their run of six league games without scoring.[85] Moore said the victory showed how "together" the squad was.[86] It was the first time the club had made it to the third round of the EFL Cup, FA Cup and EFL Trophy in the same season.[87] They travelled to league rivals Bolton Wanderers in the following round and reached the quarter-finals with a late Ben Waine goal.[88] The cup run came to a halt with a four goal home defeat by Stockport County, with Brady furious at his team for a second-half collapse.[89]

Results

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

27 June 2025 Friendly Newcastle Town 0–0 Port Vale Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:30 BST Report Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium
Attendance: 1,672
28 June 2025 Friendly Kidsgrove Athletic 0–7 Port Vale Kidsgrove
15:00 BST Report Noordanus 24'
Tolaj 66' (pen.), 73', 77'
Shorrock 75'
Paton 81'
Gabriel 91'		 Stadium: Hollinwood Road
Attendance: 1,900+
4 July 2025 Friendly West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Port Vale Walsall
14:00 BST Bany
Bostock 		Report Stadium: WBA Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 July 2025 Friendly Bath City 1–5 Port Vale Twerton
15:00 BST Wilson 32' Report Clark 12'
Hart 20'
Stockley 41'
Richards 50'
Waine 70'		 Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 541
15 July 2025 Friendly PFA XI 2–3 Port Vale Ashby-de-la-Zouch
12:55 BST Olomola 61'
Hiwula 63'		 Report Waine 20'
Shorrock 32'
Richards 87'		 Stadium: Champneys Springs
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
19 July 2025 Friendly Port Vale 1–3 Notts County Burslem
14:00 BST Byers 25' Report Jones 7'
Jatta 82' (pen.), 86'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
22 July 2025 Friendly Everton 2–1 Port Vale Vauxhall
13:00 BST Alcaraz
Garner 		Report Paton 2' Stadium: Everton Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
26 July 2025 Friendly Port Vale 0–2 Birmingham City Burslem
13:00 BST Report Anderson 26'
Willumsson 80'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,531
29 July 2025 Friendly Altrincham 1–1 Port Vale Altrincham
19:45 BST Ward 44' Report Heneghan 70' Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 1,333

EFL League One

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Exeter City 39 11 9 19 42 52 −10 42
21 Blackpool 39 11 9 19 46 63 −17 42 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Rotherham United 38 9 9 20 35 58 −23 36
23 Northampton Town 39 9 8 22 33 56 −23 35
24 Port Vale 36 7 10 19 29 49 −20 31
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[90]


Results by matchday

Round1234567891011121314151617182021222324272830294313334263351913738393254042252366444174543846
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAAHHAHAAAH
ResultLDDLLLLWWWDDLLLDLLDLLLWLLWLDLDWDLDL
Position1713181922232320191616151821232224242424242424242424242424242424242424
Points0122222581112131313131414141515151518181821212222232627272828
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:
  • 1 Matchday 19 (vs Bradford City) was postponed due to waterlogged pitch.
  • 2 Matchday 25 (vs Barnsley) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
  • 3 Matchday 26 (vs Northampton Town) was postponed due to FA Cup involvements.
  • 4 Matchday 29 (vs AFC Wimbledon) was postponed due to waterlogged pitch.
  • 5 Matchday 32 (vs Doncaster Rovers) was postponed due to FA Cup involvements.
  • 6 Matchday 36 (vs Peterborough United) was postponed due to FA Cup involvements.
  • 7 Matchday 41 (vs Cardiff City) was postponed due to FA Cup involvements.
  • 8 Matchday 43 (vs Stockport County) was postponed due to EFL Trophy involvements.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Rotherham United 2–1 Port Vale Rotherham
15:00 BST Nombe 13', 29' Report C.Hall 60' Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,883
Referee: Jacob Miles
Assistant referees: Bradley Hall, Wayne Grunnill
Fourth official: Paul Cooper
7 August 2025 2 Port Vale 0–0 Cardiff City Burslem
20:00 BST Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 9,791
Referee: Tom Reeves
Assistant referees: Samuel Clayton, Christopher Husband
Fourth official: Scott Jackson
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 9 August but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[91]
16 August 2025 3 Burton Albion 0–0 Port Vale Burton upon Trent
12:30 BST Report Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,404
Referee: Scott Oldham
Assistant referees: Harley Hetherington, Grant Taylor
Fourth official: Elliott Swallow
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[91]
19 August 2025 4 Port Vale 1–2 Stevenage Burslem
19:45 BST Tolaj 36' Report Reid 88', 90+1' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,653
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
Assistant referees: Simon Robinson, Andrew Ellis
Fourth official: Edward Duckworth
23 August 2025 5 Port Vale 0–1 Doncaster Rovers Burslem
15:00 BST Report Bailey 54' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,728
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
Assistant referees: Mark Stevens, Johnathon Bickerdike
Fourth official: Matthew Scholes
30 August 2025 6 Reading 1–0 Port Vale Reading, Berkshire
15:00 BST Lane 66' Report Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 12,624
Referee: Thomas Parsons
Assistant referees: Kevin Howick, Rob Smith
Fourth official: Paul Johnson
6 September 2025 7 Port Vale 2–3 Leyton Orient Burslem
15:00 BST Croasdale 7'
Cole 52'		 Report Connolly 13'
Ballard 44'
Wellens 90+5'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,721
Referee: Ross Joyce
Assistant referees: Marvyn Amphlett, Steve Durnall
Fourth official: Ross Martin
13 September 2025 8 Exeter City 0–2 Port Vale Exeter
15:00 BST Report Paton 4'
Cole 45'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,221
Referee: Matthew Russell
Assistant referees: Jack Clench, Adam Ricketts
Fourth official: Alan Dale
20 September 2025 9 Port Vale 2–1 Mansfield Town Burslem
15:00 BST Cole 53'
Curtis 90+5'		 Report Oates 86' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 9,013
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant referees: Jonathan Hunt, Matthew Archibald
Fourth official: Wayne Cartmel
27 September 2025 10 Barnsley 0–2 Port Vale Barnsley
15:00 BST Report Gabriel 65'
Croasdale 89'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 10,688
Referee: James Linington
Assistant referees: Hugh Gilroy, Wayne Grunnill
Fourth official: William Davis
4 October 2025 11 Port Vale 0–0 Northampton Town Burslem
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,657
Referee: Martin Woods
Assistant referees: Jake Topp, Daniel Smith
Fourth official: Richie Watkins
11 October 2025 12 AFC Wimbledon 1–1 Port Vale Wimbledon, London
15:00 BST Hackford 72' Report Cole 86' Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 8,686
Referee: Carl Brook
Assistant referees: Gregory Read, Justin Amey
Fourth official: Elliott Swallow
18 October 2025 13 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Port Vale Wigan
15:00 BST Asamoah 56' Report Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Referee: Ross Martin
Assistant referees: Ashley Allen, Bradley Hall
Fourth official: Melissa Burgin
27 October 2025 14 Port Vale 0–3 Stockport County Burslem
20:00 GMT Report Lowe 13'
Wootton 23'
Diamond 29'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 8,452
Referee: Edward Duckworth
Assistant referees: Drew Dutton, Harley McKittrick
Fourth official: Richard Aspinall
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 25 October but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[92]
8 November 2025 15 Bolton Wanderers 4–0 Port Vale Horwich
15:00 GMT Cozier-Duberry 31', 68'
Simons 36'
Dempsey 72'		 Report Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium
Attendance: 21,658
Referee: Martin Coy
Assistant referees: Daniel Woodward, Thomas Harty
Fourth official: Ben Speedie
15 November 2025 16 Port Vale 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,783
Referee: Jacob Miles
Assistant referees: Grant Taylor, Lewis Raper
Fourth official: Richie Watkins
22 November 2025 17 Port Vale 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Burslem
12:30 GMT Report Tolaj 46' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,358
Referee: Abigail Byrne
Assistant referees: Ashley Allen, Matthew Moss
Fourth official: Niall Smith
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[92]
29 November 2025 18 Lincoln City 1–0 Port Vale Lincoln
15:00 GMT Hackett 33' Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 8,503
Referee: Peter Wright
Assistant referees: Daniel Guest, Paul Newhouse
Fourth official: Callum Walchester
13 December 2025 20 Luton Town 2–2 Port Vale Luton
15:00 GMT Bramall 26'
Andersen 70'		 Report Waine 42'
Cole 54'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,867
Referee: Lee Swabey
Assistant referees: Michael Chard, Oliver Bickle
Fourth official: Abigail Byrne
20 December 2025 21 Port Vale 0–1 Peterborough United Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Leonard 83' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,533
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
Assistant referees: Mark Ryder, Aaron Hallam
Fourth official: Declan Brown
26 December 2025 22 Huddersfield Town 5–0 Port Vale Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Castledine 5', 58'
Ledson 15'
Radulović 32'
May 50'		 Report Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 18,626
Referee: Martin Woods
Assistant referees: Graeme Fyvie, Matthew Archibald
Fourth official: Melissa Burgin
29 December 2025 23 Bradford City 1–0 Port Vale Bradford
19:45 GMT Metcalfe 67' Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Referee: Scott Oldham
Assistant referees: Thomas Cooke, Tyler Dutton
Fourth official: Dale Baines
1 January 2026 24 Port Vale 5–1 Blackpool Burslem
15:00 GMT Stockley 54'
Byers 58'
Headley 73'
Cole 86'
Curtis 90+4'		 Report Bloxham 27' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,541
Referee: Edward Duckworth
Assistant referees: Niall Felton, Ashley Allen
Fourth official: Oliver Mackey
17 January 2026 27 Mansfield Town 3–0 Port Vale Mansfield
15:00 GMT Irow 55', 68'
Evans 59'		 Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 8,364
Referee: Abigail Byrne
Assistant referees: Daniel Robinson, Drew Dutton
Fourth official: Wayne Cartmel
24 January 2026 28 Port Vale 1–3 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 GMT Humphreys 75' Report Mendes Gomes 22'
Wareham 47'
Tutierov 59'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 8,432
Referee: Andrew Humphries
Assistant referees: Grant Taylor, Scott Chalkley
Fourth official: Richard Aspinall
31 January 2026 30 Leyton Orient 0–1 Port Vale Leyton, London
15:00 GMT Report John 2' Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 7,692
Referee: David Rock
Assistant referees: Jon Block, Conor Farrell
Fourth official: Jason Richardson
3 February 2026 29 Port Vale 0–0 AFC Wimbledon Burslem
19:00 GMT Report Maycock 88' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: James Oldham
Assistant referees: Oliver Bickle, Matthew Moss
Fourth official: Steven Copeland
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 27 January, but it was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[93]
7 February 2026 31 Port Vale 2–2 Burton Albion Burslem
12:31 GMT Archer 6'
Waine 29'		 Report Beesley 26', 52' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,232
Referee: Will Finnie
Assistant referees: Samuel Clayton, Aaron Hallam
Fourth official: Scott Jackson
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:01 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[94]
17 February 2026 33 Stevenage 2–1 Port Vale Stevenage
19:45 GMT Phillips 19'
Cornick 24'		 Report Stockley 10' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: James Durkin
Assistant referees: Declan O'Shea, Alan Cresswell
Fourth official: Alan Dale
21 February 2026 34 Port Vale 1–1 Reading Burslem
15:00 GMT Sherif 90+6' Report Wing 39' (pen.) Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,023
Referee: Carl Brook
Assistant referees: Karl Buckley, Daniel Guest
Fourth official: Marvyn Amphlett
24 February 2026 26 Northampton Town 0–1 Port Vale Northampton
19:45 GMT Report Stockley 45+8' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,335
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Assistant referees: Daniel Flynn, David Middleton
Fourth official: Robert Massey-Ellis
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 10 January 2026 but was moved so as not to clash with Port Vale's FA Cup Third Round fixture.[95]
28 February 2026 35 Port Vale 1–1 Luton Town Burslem
15:00 GMT Waine 29' Report Wells 5' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,335
Referee: Lee Swabey
Assistant referees: Thomas Staten, Harley Hetherington
Fourth official: Matthew Archibald
11 March 2026 19 Port Vale 0–2 Bradford City Burslem
19:45 GMT Report Pointon 31'
Wright 66'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,098
Referee: Paul Howard
Assistant referees: Matthew Jones, Matthew Joyce
Fourth official: Kieran Forrest
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 9 December but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[96]
14 March 2026 37 Port Vale 0–0 Huddersfield Town Burslem
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,878
Referee: Thomas Parsons
Assistant referees: Ollie Williams, Daniel Robinson
Fourth official: Jason Roberts
17 March 2026 38 Blackpool 3–2 Port Vale Blackpool
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 8,567
Referee: Will Finnie
21 March 2026 39 Port Vale v Bolton Wanderers Burslem
15:00 GMT Stadium: Vale Park
24 March 2026 32 Doncaster Rovers v Port Vale Doncaster
19:45 GMT Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 24 March but was postponed due to Port Vale's progress in the FA Cup.[97]
28 March 2026 40 Wycombe Wanderers v Port Vale High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Stadium: Adams Park
7 April 2026 42 Port Vale v Rotherham United Burslem
19:45 BST Stadium: Vale Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 6 April, but was pushed back a day due to FA Cup involvements the preceding weekend.[98]
14 April 2026 25 Port Vale v Barnsley Burslem
19:45 BST Stadium: Vale Park
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 January but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[99]
16 April 2026 36[100] Peterborough United v Port Vale Peterborough
19:45 GMT Stadium: London Road Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 March but was postponed due to Port Vale's progress in the FA Cup.
19 April 2026 44 Port Vale v Wigan Athletic Burslem
15:00 BST Stadium: Vale Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 18 April, but was moved back a day due to also having a fixture on the preceding Thursday.[100]
3 April 2026 41 Cardiff City v Port Vale Cardiff
15:00 BST Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 3 April, but was rearranged due to progression in the FA Cup.[100]
25 April 2026 45 Plymouth Argyle v Port Vale Plymouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Home Park
28 April 2026 43[100] Stockport County v Port Vale Stockport
19:45 BST Stadium: Edgeley Park
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 11 April but was postponed due to Stockport County's progress in the EFL Trophy.[97]
2 May 2026 46 Port Vale v Lincoln City Burslem
15:00 BST Stadium: Vale Park

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 November 2025 R1 Port Vale 5–1 Maldon & Tiptree Burslem
15:00 GMT Paton 15', 18'
Hall 16'
Cole 24', 56'		 Report Lewis 6' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,551
Referee: Richard Eley
Assistant referees: Mark Cunliffe, Christopher Husband
Fourth official: Matthew McQuillan
6 December 2025 R2 Port Vale 1–0 Bristol Rovers Burslem
15:00 GMT Waine 47' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Ross Joyce
Assistant referees: William Cavanagh, Drew Dutton
Fourth official: Oliver Noonan
9 January 2026 R3 Port Vale 1–0 Fleetwood Town Burslem
19:30 GMT Shipley 45+2' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,366
Referee: Ben Speedie
Assistant referees: Jacob Lehane, David Middleton
Fourth official: Michael Barlow
3 March 2026 R4 Port Vale 1–0 (a.e.t.) Bristol City Burslem
19:45 GMT Waine 112' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,611
Referee: Elliot Bell
Assistant referees: Matthew Sowerby, Graeme Fyvie
Fourth official: Dale Baines
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 14 February, but it was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[101]
8 March 2026 R5 Port Vale 1–0 Sunderland Burslem
13:30 GMT Waine 28' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 10,685
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant referees: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn
Fourth official: Ben Toner
4 April 2026 QF Chelsea v Port Vale Fulham
17:15 BST Stadium: Stamford Bridge

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2024 R1 Blackpool 0–1 Port Vale Blackpool
19:45 BST Report Faal 75' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 2,606
Referee: Simon Mather
Assistant referees: Ryan Aldred, Alex Gray
Fourth official: Kevin Mulraine
26 August 2025 R2 Birmingham City 0–1 Port Vale Birmingham
19:45 BST Report Headley 45' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 21,052
Referee: Ben Speedie
Assistant referees: Daniel Jarvis, Jacob Lehane
Fourth official: Peter Wright
24 September 2025 R3 Port Vale 0–2 Arsenal Burslem
20:00 BST Report Eze 8'
Trossard 86'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 16,326
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Assistant referees: Shaun Hudson, Sam Lewis
Fourth official: Andrew Humphries

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Port Vale (A) 3 2 0 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Fleetwood Town (A) 3 1 2 0 0 9 5 +4 7
3 L2 Accrington Stanley (E) 3 1 0 1 1 5 6 −1 4
4 ACA Leeds United U21 (E) 3 0 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2025. Source: EFL
(A) Advance to next round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 Group stage Port Vale 4–1 Leeds United U21 Burslem
19:45 BST Paton 23'
Shorrock 34'
Curtis 63'
Faal 86'		 Report McDonald 12' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,049
Referee: Elliott Swallow
Assistant referees: Thomas Cooke, Daniel Guest
Fourth official: Kenwyn Hughes
7 October 2025 Group stage Accrington Stanley 0–2 Port Vale Accrington
19:45 BST Report C.Hall 82'
Faal 85'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 649
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
Assistant referees: Joe Simpson, Kevin Mulraine
Fourth official: William Vaughan
11 November 2025 Group stage Port Vale 3–3
(4–2 p)		 Fleetwood Town Burslem
19:45 GMT Shipley 53'
Brown 56'
Hall 88'		 Report Helm 32'
Medley 70', 83'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 723
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
Assistant referees: Oliver Bickle, Niall Felton
Fourth official: Jack Nield
Penalties
Stockley
Curtis
Paton
Byers 		Helm
Davies
Graydon
Ennis
2 December 2025 Round of 32 Port Vale 5–0 Barnsley Burslem
19:00 GMT Paton 5', 8'
Brown 72'
Waine 80'
Debrah 83'		 Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 636
Referee: Elliot Bell
Assistant referees: James Tewson, Samuel Fudge
Fourth official: Joe Simpson
13 January 2026 Round of 16 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Port Vale Horwich
19:00 GMT Report Waine 90' Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium
Attendance: 1,955
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
Assistant referees: Matthew Parry, Daniel Guest
Fourth official: Kenwyn Hughes
10 February 2025 Quarter-finals Port Vale 0–4 Stockport County Burslem
19:00 GMT Report Sidibeh 36', 59'
Amos 83' (og.)
Diamond 90+1'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Peter Wright
Assistant referees: Steve Durnall, Harley McKittrick
Fourth official: Richard Eley

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 17 March 2026
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos Nat Player Total EFL League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SVK Marko Maroši 7 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF  WAL Mitch Clark 16 0 12 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF  ENG Jaheim Headley 30 2 19 1 4 0 2 1 5 0
4 DF  ENG Ben Heneghan 34 0 23 0 3 0 2 0 6 0
5 DF  ENG Connor Hall 38 2 29 1 4 0 1 0 4 1
6 DF  ENG Jordan Gabriel 23 1 16 1 2 0 3 0 2 0
7 MF  SCO George Byers 23 1 18 1 3 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF  ENG Ben Garrity 18 0 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
9 FW  ENG Jayden Stockley 26 3 20 3 1 0 2 0 3 0
10 FW  JAM Dajaune Brown 29 3 19 1 4 0 0 0 6 2
11 FW  ENG Ethon Archer 11 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF  ENG Rhys Walters 27 1 17 1 3 0 3 0 4 0
13 GK  ENG Ben Amos 13 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
14 MF  BEL Funso Ojo 32 0 24 0 3 0 1 0 4 0
15 DF  GUY Liam Gordon 24 0 17 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
17 FW  IRL Ruari Paton 22 6 13 1 2 2 2 0 5 3
18 MF  ENG Ryan Croasdale 31 2 23 2 1 0 3 0 4 0
19 FW  NZL Ben Waine 28 8 19 3 4 3 1 0 4 2
20 MF  ENG Rico Richards 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 FW  NED Martin Sherif 7 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF  ENG Jesse Debrah 25 1 17 0 1 0 3 0 4 1
23 DF  ENG Jack Shorrock 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
24 DF  ENG Kyle John 33 1 23 1 3 0 2 0 5 0
25 DF  ENG Cameron Humphreys 37 1 27 1 4 0 3 0 3 0
26 MF  IRL Jordan Shipley 26 2 20 0 2 1 1 0 3 1
27 DF  ENG Eli Campbell 11 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
28 MF  ENG Grant Ward 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
29 GK  ENG Arron Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF  ENG Ben Lomax 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF  ENG George Hall 36 2 27 0 4 1 1 0 4 1
34 GK  ENG Dougie Blight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF  ENG Tyler Magloire 8 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
42 DF  ENG Sam Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW  JAM Andre Gray 11 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
46 GK  AUS Joe Gauci 29 0 23 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
50 FW  CUB Onel Hernández 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
10 FW  SUI Lorent Tolaj 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW  IRL Ronan Curtis 27 3 19 2 2 0 2 0 4 1
21 FW  ENG James Plant 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
28 DF  ENG Marvin Johnson 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW  GAM Mo Faal 23 3 13 0 3 0 2 1 5 2
44 FW  ENG Devante Cole 23 8 19 6 3 2 1 0 0 0

Top scorers

As of match played 17 March 2026
Place Position Nation Number Name EFL League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 FW  England 44 Devante Cole 6 2 0 0 8
– FW  New Zealand 19 Ben Waine 3 3 0 2 8
3 FW  Ireland 17 Ruari Paton 1 2 0 3 6
4 FW  Ireland 11 Ronan Curtis 2 0 0 1 3
– FW  Gambia 36 Mo Faal 0 0 1 2 3
– FW  England 9 Jayden Stockley 3 0 0 0 3
– FW  Jamaica 10 Dajaune Brown 1 0 0 2 3
7 MF  England 18 Ryan Croasdale 2 0 0 0 2
– DF  England 5 Connor Hall 1 0 0 1 2
– DF  England 33 George Hall 0 1 0 1 2
– DF  England 3 Jaheim Headley 1 0 1 0 2
– MF  England 26 Jordan Shipley 0 1 0 1 2
13 FW  England 11 Ethon Archer 1 0 0 0 1
– MF  Scotland 7 George Byers 1 0 0 0 1
– DF  England 22 Jesse Debrah 0 0 0 1 1
– DF  England 6 Jordan Gabriel 1 0 0 0 1
– DF  England 25 Cameron Humphreys 1 0 0 0 1
– DF  England 24 Kyle John 1 0 0 0 1
— FW  Netherlands 21 Martin Sherif 1 0 0 0 1
– FW  England 23 Jack Shorrock 0 0 0 1 1
– FW   Switzerland 10 Lorent Tolaj 1 0 0 0 1
– MF  England 12 Rhys Walters 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 28 9 2 15 55

Disciplinary record

As of match played 17 March 2026
Number Nation Position Name EFL League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
7  Scotland DF George Byers 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
3  England DF Jaheim Headley 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
24  England DF Kyle John 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
14  Belgium MF Funso Ojo 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6  England DF Jordan Gabriel 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
4  England DF Ben Heneghan 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
25  England DF Cameron Humphreys 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
5  England DF Connor Hall 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
18  England MF Ryan Croasdale 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
15  Guyana DF Liam Gordon 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
26  Ireland MF Jordan Shipley 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
10  Jamaica FW Dajaune Brown 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
33  England DF George Hall 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17  Ireland FW Ruari Paton 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
19  New Zealand FW Ben Waine 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2  Wales DF Mitch Clark 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
44  England FW Devante Cole 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
36  Gambia FW Mo Faal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9  England FW Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27  England DF Eli Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11  Ireland FW Ronan Curtis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22  England DF Jesse Debrah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8  England MF Ben Garrity 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
46  Australia GK Joe Gauci 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
50  Cuba FW Onel Hernández 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
45  Netherlands FW Martin Sherif 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35  England DF Tyler Magloire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 64 2 13 0 1 0 8 0 86 2

Sourced from Soccerway.[102]

Transfers

  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 31 May and would become official on 1 July once his Blackpool contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June and would become official on 1 July once his Walsall contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June and would become official on 1 July once his Rotherham United contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 30 June and would become official on 1 July once his Cambridge United contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 10 June and would become official on 1 July once his Aston Villa contract expired
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 14 June and would become official on 1 July once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
  7. ^ The transfer was announced on 30 June and would become official on 1 July once his Plymouth Argyle contract expired
  8. ^ The transfer fee was reported to be £1.2 million.[20]

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