Billy Paynter Appointed Lead PDP Coach

Paynter joins Vale’s Academy coaching setup as the club’s seventh youngest debutant at just 16 years and 294 days old, when he made his first team bow against Walsall on 3 May 2001.

On rejoining the Vale, Billy said: “It’s a joy to be back where it all started. Coming through PVFC’s Centre of Excellence from the age of 10, I know what the DNA of Port Vale is and what sort of players we should be producing.”