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Colin Taylor (24 August 1940 — June 2005) was an English professional footballer who played as a left winger for Walsall F.C. in three different spells, with whom he made at least 459 league appearances by the end of the 1972–73 season, scoring at least 169 goals.
Walsall were formed as Walsall Town Swifts F.C. in 1888 when Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. amalgamated. [2] Walsall Town had been founded in 1874 as Walsall Football Club and Walsall Swifts in 1875 as Victoria Swifts.<Birth of the Saddlers, Bradbury 2015> Both clubs had played at the Chuckery, since April 1881 when Walsall Swifts ...
Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref. 2 July 2024: GK: Tommy Simkin: Stoke City: End of Season [12]20 August 2024: CF: Reyes Cleary: West Bromwich Albion: 7 January 2025 [a] [14]22 August 2024
A product of the Walsall youth system, he signed for the club on amateur terms in June 1961 before turning professional on 13 November 1963. [1] His league debut came in September 1964 against Southend United and in his early days at the club he was employed as a Utility player before settling into the role of full back. [1]
Stuart Ryder (born 6 November 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played for Walsall, Mansfield Town and Nuneaton Borough. [1]Stuart was considered to have excellent potential, being selected for England U21s in the Toulon tournament but suffered a serious knee injury and was eventually forced to retire early [2]
The club's owner Jeff Bonser described the victory at the Millennium Stadium as the greatest day in the history of Walsall F.C. [17] Walsall ended the following season in 18th place in the First Division table, four places and two points above the relegation zone, securing safety with three wins in their last four games of the season. [18]
Alan Peter Buckley (born 20 April 1951) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a sports co-commentator for BBC Humberside. As a player, he was a forward from 1967 to 1987 for Nottingham Forest , Walsall , Birmingham City , Stourbridge and Tamworth . [ 1 ]
Shaw was born in 1913 in Walsall, Staffordshire.He began his football career as an amateur with Walsall F.C. in 1928, [5] and played local football for Streetly Works and then for Darlaston, [6] where he was top scorer in the 1936–37 season before turning professional with Birmingham in 1937.