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  1. Fer Lopez celebrates scoring for Wolves against Port Vale in the Carabao Cup

  3. Jayden Stockley holds his arms out wide while celebrating scoring a goal for Port Vale in 2025-26 season

  4. Port Vale sign striker Simpson after Stevenage exit

    Striker Tyreece Simpson, wearing a purple Stevenage shirt, waves after the match away at Norwich CityGetty Images

    Tyreece Simpson has signed a one-year contract with Port Vale

    Port Vale have signed striker Tyreece Simpson on a one-year deal.

    Simpson, 24, was available on a free transfer after he left League One side Stevenage at the end of last season - and he has agreed to drop into League Two with the Valiants, who were relegated from the third tier in April.

    St Kitts and Nevis international Simpson is an Ipswich Town academy product but has, since leaving Portman Road, had permanent spells with Huddersfield Town and Stevenage as well as loan spells at Swindon Town, Northampton Town and Colchester United.

    He missed all of last term injured, having suffered a ruptured Achilles in pre-season, as Stevenage reached the League One play-offs and he was among seven senior players to leave the club at the end of their contracts.

    Vale have made him their eighth signing of a busy summer, having already recruited Lewis Montsma, Jasper Moon, Max Watters, Aaron McGowan, Kyle Dempsey, Matthew Craig and Jackson Smith.

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  5. Port Vale sign defenders McGowan and Montsma

    Aaron McGowan warms up before a match for Tranmere Rovers. He is wearing a navy blue sweat top with the club's badge.Shutterstock

    Aaron McGowan started his career with Morecambe before spells at Hamilton Academical, Kilmarnock, Northampton Town and Tranmere Rovers

    Port Vale have continued their recruitment drive before the start of the new season with the signings of defenders Aaron McGowan and Lewis Montsma on one-year deals.

    McGowan, 30, has been on trial at Vale Park following the end of his contract with Tranmere Rovers this summer.

    He played under Vale boss Jon Brady at Northampton Town and helped the Cobblers win promotion to League One in the 2022-23 season.

    Dutchman Montsma joins Vale following the expiration of his contract with Dundee this summer.

    The 28-year-old started his senior career with Dordrecht in the Netherlands and moved to Lincoln City in July 2020.

    He made 108 appearances for the Imps, scoring 11 goals, before joining Dundee on a six-month deal in February.

  6. Mo Faal watches the action during a match for Wrexham. He is wearing a black and grey away shirt.

  7. Southend sign midfielder Richards from Port Vale

    Rico Richards in action for Walsall in the 2025-26 seasonShutterstock

    Rico Richards spent last season on loan at Walsall

    Southend United have signed midfielder Rico Richards from Port Vale for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract, with a club option of a third year.

    The 22-year-old spent last season on loan at Walsall where he made just one start in League Two.

    Richards was previously part of the Stockport County squad which won promotion to League One in 2023-24, making 11 league appearances.

    "I watched [Kieron Dyer - Southend United head coach] in games while I was growing up, and he's very experienced on the pitch, so I'm sure he can teach me a few things," Richards told the Shrimpers' website.

  8. Watch Brady's Vale preview with BBC Radio Stoke

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    Port Vale boss Jon Brady joined BBC Radio Stoke's Valiants reporter Phil Bowers in the studio on Thursday evening to look ahead to the new League Two season.

    In an hour-long special, Brady reflected on last term's relegation from League One, new signings and hopes for 2026-27.

    If you missed any of it, you can watch it all by clicking the play button above.

  9. Max Watters in action for Barnsley. He is wearing a home red shirt.

  10. Port Vale winger Onel Hernandez in action in his white home shirt

  11. Port Vale boss Jon Brady clapping his hands

  12. Split picture showing, from left to right, Onel Hernandez in action for Port Vale, Mo Faal clapping the Wrexham fans after a game wearing a dark gray away shirt, and Oliver Lynch with his arms folded and wearing a black and silver home club shirt.

  13. A photo of Mason Terry, in his purple goalkeeping kit for Braintree Town, celebrating a goal against Truro City in the National League Cup in February

  14. Kyle Dempsey in action for Bolton Wanderers

  15. Martin Foyle wearing a coat with a Northampton Town crest looking into the middle distance

  16. Port Vale manager Jon Brady walks along the touchline in his club tracktop and jacket

  17. Matthew Craig in action for Barnsley.

  18. York City's Oliver Banks (left) challenges for the ball with Rochdale's Harvey Gilmour during their match in the National League on 25 April.

  19. A photo of an EFL ball

  20. Kyle John in action for Port Vale. He is wearing the club's yellow and black striped away shirt

  21. Jordan Shipley standing on the pitch holding his right arm out with his index finger pointed

  22. Jackson Smith

  23. Robbie Williams, a man with grew spiked-up hair, is looking directly at the camera. He is standing against a black background, wearing a black white football shirt with the club logo and the letters RW in the centre in gold lettering.

  24. A photo of footballer Jasper Moon playing for Burton Albion Football Club in a stadium while wearing a white shirt with gold vertical lines, looking to his left

  25. Robbie Williams, a man with grew spiked-up hair, is looking directly at the camera. He is standing against a black background, wearing a black white football shirt with the club logo and the letters RW in the centre in gold lettering.