Frustrated Port Vale manager Jon Brady says keeping the club in League One was always going to be "a hell of a task" and is concerned current performances are showing they are "not quite good enough for the level". Vale slipped to a fourth defeat in six league games, since Brady replaced Darren Moore as boss in early January at Stevenage on Tuesday, to fall further adrift of safety at the bottom of the table. Although now 12 points away from Brady's old club Northampton Town, one point outside the relegation zone, Vale do have three games in hand on the Cobblers, who they play on 24 February. "We were bottom of the league when we came in by quite a way and it's a hell of a task [staying up] because, at the moment, considering results, and where we're at, we're showing we're not quite good enough for the level," Brady said. "The players are giving everything they've got, but it's just not good enough at the moment and, for whatever reason, we're not getting results.

Source: BBC February 19, 2026 00:39 UTC