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unusual facts about Walsall


Owen Wyn Owen

It took Wyn Owen two years to locate a living relative, a nephew living in Walsall, and finally the wreck was recovered.


2009–10 Luton Town F.C. season

Kenyan international striker Taiwo Atieno, who started his career when Money was manager of Walsall and had most recently played football in the USA, was signed on a free transfer until the end of the season.

Albert Jarrett

On 31 January 2006, he was involved in a car crash whilst on his way to Swindon Town's game with Walsall.

Bambrick

Joe Bambrick (1905–1983), Northern Irish international footballer who played for Chelsea, Walsall, Glentoran, and Linfield

Baron Hatherton

His wealth was based landed estates centred on Penkridge in southern Staffordshire, mines at Great Wyrley and Bloxwich, quarries and sandpits, brick yards and residential housing, mainly in Walsall.

Bescot Stadium

5,219 spectators watched Walsall draw 2-2 with Torquay United, with the stadium's first goal being an own goal scored by Walsall defender Matt Bryant after 65 seconds.

Bescot Stadium railway station

Bescot Stadium station is on the Walsall Line between Birmingham New Street and Walsall, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837.

Chris Nicholl

Nicholl remains popular amongst Walsall fans, but was not offered the manager's job - which later went to former Birmingham City captain Kevan Broadhurst.

Cockshut Hill Technology College

Mat Sadler - Walsall left-back and former England U-16 and U-17 captain.

Craig Shakespeare

Albion were promoted in 1993, but Shakespeare moved to Grimsby Town, rejoining Alan Buckley under whom he had played at Walsall.

Dean Keates

Keates was a key member of the Saddlers midfield in a successful 1998–99 season, playing in all but three games as Walsall won promotion to Division One as runners-up.

Doug Lishman

Born in Birmingham, Lishman first played as a centre forward for non-league Paget Rangers, before signing as a professional for Third Division South Walsall in August 1946.

Fellows Park

This game also ended in a 1-1 draw, with Gary Shaw scoring an equaliser for Walsall in the 37th time to go down in history as the last player to score at the stadium in its 87-year history.

Frank Sinclair

On 6 October 2007, he received his second red card of his short career at the Galpharm Stadium, in Town's 4–0 drubbing at the hands of Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.

Graham Allner

Allner started his playing career as a schoolboy at Birmingham City before signing amateur forms at Walsall playing reserve football.

Great Bridge, West Midlands

Great Bridge North Station was situated on the South Staffordshire Line between Walsall and Stourbridge, which closed to passengers in the 1960s but remained open for goods trains until the Walsall - Round Oak section was closed in 1993.

John James McShane

In 1909 McShane became a schoolmaster, and subsequently moved to Walsall in the English Black Country, where he was the headmaster of the St Mary's the Mount Catholic School.

John Tomlinson

John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson (born 1939), Lord Tomlinson of Walsall, former MP and MEP

José Júnior

Despite the best efforts of Walsall manager Colin Lee to sign him permanently, Júnior moved on to Derby County in August 2003; in his final game at Bescot Stadium, he had demonstrated his skills perfectly by scoring a hat-trick against the Rams.

Josh O'Keefe

He then signed for Walsall on a free transfer and made his debut on 12 September 2009, coming on as a substitute for Richard Taundry, in the Football League One clash with Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park, which ended in a 3–2 win to Walsall.

Juan José Carricondo

He scored on his debut appearance for Bradford, against Walsall.

Lower Farm Estate

It was mostly developed by the local council during the 1950s, and stands in the north side of the town which borders rural land in the direction of Cannock.

Luke Tilt

The then manager of Walsall, Paul Merson, named Tilt on the substitutes bench for the first time in his career and after an injury to first choice keeper Andy Oakes, Merson was forced to put in Tilt for the second half where Brentford were winning 2-0 and lost the match 5-0, after Tilt conceded three goals from Paul Brooker, Sam Sodje and a Kevin O'Connor penalty.

Merson

Paul Merson (born 1968), retired English football player, and former player-manager of Walsall

Metropolitan Borough of Walsall

The A34 trunk road runs directly through the middle of Walsall and is often used by persons traveling from John o' Groats to Land's End by foot or other method.

Moxley

National Express West Midlands and Midland Bus Company service 339 links the town to Bilston, Darlaston and Walsall.

Neil Emblen

Emblen had spent the majority of his career in English football with Millwall, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Walsall.

New Invention

New Invention, Willenhall, a suburban village of Willenhall in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England.

Nick McKoy

He made his league debut on 13 December 2003 as a late substitute for Alex Tapp in a 1–0 defeat at home to Walsall.

Norrey Ford

Noreen Ford Dilcock (born 28 March 1907 in Kingston upon Hull, England - d. 1985 in Walsall, England, UK) was a British writer of romance novels from 1952 to 1977 under different pseudonyms: Norrey Ford, Jill Christian and Christian Walford.

Ray Graydon

In a true sign of the gentleman Graydon had become known as, instead of celebrating immediately, he embraced with Reading manager Alan Pardew, and shook the hand of each Reading player, including former Walsall captain, Adrian Viveash.

Robert de Herle

Robert Herle was associated with the Bassett family of Drayton in 1339 as retainer to the Bassett manors of Moulton, Buckby, Olney and Walsall.

Robert Steiner

Steiner was loaned out twice to Queens Park Rangers and once to Walsall before he was signed permanently by QPR for £215,000.

Rugeley

George Ernest Thompson Edalji (March 1876 – 17 June 1953) was famously and wrongly convicted of one of the 'Great Wyrley Outrages,' (the village of Great Wyrley being some eight-and-a-half miles south of Rugeley, south of the Cannock Chase district and north of Walsall) but cleared as the result of an investigation by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Rugeley Trent Valley railway station

The station is served by a local service to Cannock, Walsall and Birmingham on the Chase Line which run half hourly during peak times and hourly during off peak times on Weekdays, half hourly on Saturdays and hourly on Sundays.

Rundell Winchester

Prior to the 2013–14 season, Central FC and Walsall of Football League One agreed to a partnership that featured the Saddlers in a pre-season tour of Trinidad and Tobago.

Scott Dann

He moved up the ranks at Walsall to become a regular in the reserve team throughout 2004–05 and was allowed to join Danish side Køge BK on loan towards the end of the campaign.

Simon Osborn

He picked up ten yellow cards and two goals in his 36 appearances in 2005–06, as Walsall finished last and suffered relegation into League Two; this was to prove to be his last season at the Bescot Stadium.

St Neots Town F.C.

In 1966–67 St Neots enjoyed their best run to date in the FA Cup reaching the first round proper, where they were beaten 2–0 away at Walsall.

Toll End

It was opened in 1850 on the completion of the South Staffordshire Line between Stourbridge and Walsall, and for many years had a signal box which was typical of many which existed - and still exist - throughout the country.

Walsall Wood F.C.

The club's original name was Walsall Wood Ebenezer Primitive Methodists, stemming from its affiliation with a local Methodist chapel.

West Midlands bus routes 301 and 302

The 301 faces no competition for passengers travelling to or from Mossley, but faces competition from the 302 & Arriva Midlands Service 1 (to Cannock) along the Walsall/Bloxwich Corridor.

The 302 serves the busy Walsall/Bloxwich Corridor, which is also served by NXWM & Black Diamond service 301 and Arriva Midlands route 1.

West Midlands bus routes 394 and 395

National Express West Midlands (NXWM) operate service 10, between Walsall and Burntwood and the 10A, between Walsall and Brownhills West/Ogley Hay at twenty-minute frequencies, giving a combined frequency of every 10 minutes.

William Henry Duignan

Duignan was born of Irish descent in Walsall in 1924; his grandfather, latterly a master at Walsall Grammar School, had emigrated to England from County Longford.

Wolverhampton Steel Terminal

The depot is built adjacent to the trackbed of the Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line, which closed in 1972, and on the site of the former Walsall Street goods depot of the Great Western Railway.

Yew Tree, West Bromwich

Tamebridge Parkway is only a 5 minute bus or car journey away from Yew Tree, providing frequent trains to Walsall or Birmingham New Street.

Zigor Aranalde

Aranalde joined Football League outfit Walsall on a two-year contract, just before the start of the 2000–01 season.


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