Vale youngsters making the grade

An in-depth look at Port Vale including young players to watch and the academy

Port Vale’s academy director Will Ryder. Pic by Tom Green

Hello and welcome to our Monday evening edition of The Valiant for June 24.

One of the most popular newsletters we’ve done since we have launched was with academy director Will Ryder talking about work behind the scenes and the players just making the step into the first-team group.

So, a few months on, it’s been great to catch up with Will to talk about progress in the academy and players who are emerging - whether that’s lads such as Baylee Dipepa and Jack Shorrock with first-team games under their belt, or youngsters such as Karl Agnero and Arron Davies who fans might not know so much about.

The result is an in-depth feature in tonight’s edition, a long-read that I hope you’ll enjoy.

But that’s not all, we also have more news, analysis, opinion and nostalgia.

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