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Wayne Duncan Evans (25 August 1971 – July 2023) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a defender for Walsall and Rochdale in the Football League.He later went on to coach youth players, one club being Penn Fusion Soccer Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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 ...
Boswell started his career with his hometown club Walsall, joining as an amateur in 1958 and turning professional in 1960. [3] Walsall finished 14th in the Second Division in 1961–62, under the stewardship of Bill Moore. He remained the first-choice keeper at Fellows Park in 1962–63, as the "Saddlers" were relegated into the Third Division.
He remained at Villa Park for just two-and-a-half seasons, before being allowed to leave for fellow Midlanders Walsall for £30,000 on 14 December 1975, after 71 games and 17 goals. Ironically, 5 months after Evans departed, Villa gained the promotion back to the big time they yearned for, finishing runner-up to Manchester United by 3 points.
After loan stints at Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic, Kearns joined West Midlands club Walsall where he spent the majority of his career and made 249 appearances between 1973 and 1979. After a short two-year spell with Wolverhampton Wanderers , Mick returned to Walsall to close out his career, making a further 26 appearances between 1982 ...
Harry Wait (25 November 1891 – 1975) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall. [1] [2] [3] References
Keith Ball was born on 26 October 1940 in Walsall. [1] [2] He attended football games at Walsall's Fellows Park as a boy and played as an outside-left for his youth club. [3] He was signed by Walsall in 1955 after being scouted by Peter McSevitch. [3]
Fell attended Clee Grammar School for Boys, becoming a chemist at Courtaulds whilst playing part-time for Grimsby Town. [1]The 1958–59 season commenced with Fell taking on the role of emergency goalkeeper after regular custodian Clarrie Williams was injured in the season's opening game against Liverpool at Anfield in front of a crowd of 47,502 on 23 August 1958.