Ronan Curtis was the first signing of the summer transfer window, as the Republic of Ireland international winger chose to leave League Two rivals AFC Wimbledon to join the Vale on a three-year contract.

[8] The spending spree then continued with a "six-figure" fee for 23-year old Irish striker Ruari Paton from Scottish Championship club Queen's Park.

[10] Ben Heneghan, a 30-year old centre-back known for his "combative, no-nonsense style of play", was signed on a free transfer from Fleetwood Town to replace Iacovitti.

[21][22][23] On the morning following transfer deadline day, it was announced that Funso Ojo had left the club on a season-long loan to Shrewsbury Town, whilst Baylee Dipepa was sold to Southampton for an undisclosed fee.

[26] On 7 September, Vale recorded a 4–1 win at Newport County, who ended with nine men in a game that saw first league goals for forwards Stockley and Tolaj.

[32] They then won 1–0 at Notts County, which left the Vale in sixth place after ten games and led Moore to declare that he was "happy but not satisfied" with his team.

[35] Vale then produced a confident 3–1 victory over Fleetwood Town, with Richards opening the scoring with his first goal for the club, which extended the team's unbeaten run to eight league games.

[47] They then drew 0–0 at Bromley, where Connor Ripley pulled off several excellent saves; Stockley was denied a late winner as the officials did not see the ball crossing the goal line.

[49] Vale lost 2–1 at Bradford City on Boxing day due to a brace from Andy Cook, whilst Tom Sang was shown a straight red card in injury-time.

[50] A 3–0 defeat at Grimsby Town then saw the Vale drop out of the automatic promotion places, after which Moore apologised to the travelling supporters for the poor performance.

[54] Recruitment continued in the form of Crystal Palace striker Jemiah Umolu on loan until the end of the season and former acedemy product Rhys Walters, who rejoined the club as a free agent on an initial three-and-a-half year deal.

[59] Stockley scored within the opening two minutes at Chesterfield, however, a red card to Clark was followed by an equalising goal from Armando Dobra when he capitlised on a mistake from Sang.

[61] Connor Ripley and Conor Grant both left the club on transfer deadline day whilst Welsh teenager Finn Ashworth joined on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

[65] Vale then recorded a 1–0 home win over promotion-rivals Notts County in front of the Sky Sports cameras after substitute Curtis scored a late goal.

[68] In the first round of the FA Cup Port Vale rested Garrity and Croasdale and subsequently lost 3–1 at home to Barnsley, who were managed by Darrell Clarke.

[71][72] They returned to Salford for the second time in ten days and repeated their league result by claiming a 2–0 victory, with Edwards scoring five minutes into his debut.

[74] With advancement though the group already confirmed for both sides, Vale played out a 1–1 draw at home with Wrexham and Amos saved three penalties in the resulting shootout victory.