2015-16 Season Preview - Walsall FC

[Agent Lomas]

Walsall

Full Name: Walsall Football Club
Founded: 1888
Nickname: The Saddlers
Ground: Bescot Stadium - 11,300 Capacity
Manager: Dean Smith
2014-15 Season: SkyBet League One - 14th


We've Met Before

First Time: 29th October 1927 - Walsall 0-1 Southend - English Division Three (South)

Last Time: 12th August 2014 - Southend 1-2 Walsall - Capital One Cup - 1st Round


Last Time - More Details

Southend - P.Smith, Coker, Ibenfeldt, Thompson, Prosser, Worrall (Weston 64'), Atkinson (Clifford 30'), Leonard (GOAL 68'), Payne (Hurst 81'), Barnard, Coulthirst - UNUSED SUBS: Bentley, White, Bolger, Corr

Walsall - O'Donnell, Taylor, O'Connor, Downing, Benning (GOAL 25' - Morris 76'), J.Chambers, A.Chambers, Sawyers, Baxendale (Clifford 56'), Grimes, Bradshaw - UNUSED SUBS: MacGillivray, Holden, Flanagan, Kinsella, Bakayoko



Head-to-Head

Walsall Wins: 21
Draws: 17
Southend Wins: 39


Played For/Been At Both

Julian Bennett, Kevin Betsy, Lee Bradbury, Liam Dickinson, Michael Husbands, Kevan Hurst, Jabo Ibehre, Marc Laird, Michael Ricketts (among others - Once again, I'm a bit pushed for time so feel free to name them!)


Current Squad:

GK: Neil Etheridge, Craig MacGillivray, Liam Roberts

DEF: Jason Demetriou, Andy Taylor, James O'Connor, Paul Downing, Rico Henry, Matt Preston, Levi Rowley, Kyle Rowley

MID: Adam Chambers, Sam Mantom, Romaine Sawyers, James Baxendale, Anthony Forde, Reece Flanagan, Kieron Morris, Liam Kinsella

FWD: Tom Bradshaw, Milan Lalkovic, Jordan Murphy, Jordan Cooke, Amadou Bakayoko


Fact

Walsall were formed when two clubs, Walsall Town & Walsall Swifts merged.


When do we play them?

Home: 15th August 2015
Away: 16th April 2016


Odds (SkyBet)


Champions: 33/1
Promotion: 10/1
Top Half Finish: 6/5
Bottom Half Finish: 4/6
Relegation: 9/2


2015-16 Kits

Home

Away

Here's a link to the League One section if you are unable to see the kits:http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Engl...eague-one.html

Kit Images - If you can see them: Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Agent Lomas,

What the result last time we played Warsaw at home.

I have a recollection of a relegation threatened game on an evening in which Moussa featured. Can you assist?

 

[BrettieAngell]

Agent Lomas,

What the result last time we played Warsaw at home.

I have a recollection of a relegation threatened game on an evening in which Moussa featured. Can you assist?

Yeah we beat them 3-0 at the end of March in the season we went down from L1. Moussa scored twice.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Was that the night we wore the purple kit? That was our last win that season wasn't it?

 

[Agent Lomas]

Was that the night we wore the purple kit? That was our last win that season wasn't it?

That was indeed the purple kit game and no, although we did only win one more after we beat Walsall.

After the Walsall game, this followed:

Bristol Rovers (A) - L 4-3
Yeovil (H) - D 0-0
Gillingham (A) - L 3-0
Leeds Utd (A) - L 2-0
Brentford (H) - D 2-2
Brighton (H) - L 0-1
Oldham (A) - D 2-2
Stockport (H) - W 2-1
Southampton (A) - L 3-1