The Ultimate vision and aim is to provide Port Vale FC with home grown players to support the first team manager and the first team.
Our vision is that Port Vale Academy, staff and partners will work in partnership to becoming the very best Category 3 academy.
The Academy will work towards enhancing the number of players developed into professional footballers, we envisage with our friendly environment each player will be challenged to have a strong work ethic, dedication, honesty, a sense of team, and an individual and collective desire to be the best, this will be visible in everything our teams and club/staff represent.
The Academy will:
• maintain a seasonal average of One Academy Player nominated for the 1st Team Squad
Nathan Smith, Dan Turner, James Gibbons, Harry Benns
• maintain a seasonal average of Two Academy Players signing as Professionals
(1) Harry Benns
• maintain a seasonal average of Three Academy Players in reserve team matches
131 appearances over 17 games
• maintain a seasonal average of Four local Academy Players signing scholarships
8/10 from Staffordshire
• maintain a seasonal average of Five u16's Academy Players signing Scholarships
10 Scholars Signed
The Academy will achieve the above by maintaining and improving the player support "The VALE way" utilising different departments whilst maximizing the financial return on Academy players.