After a turbulent first half of this season, Walsall are now looking ahead under new manager Dean Smith. So where next for the Saddlers? The Mail asks an optimist and a pessimist to debate the issue.
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FOUR years after lifting the League Cup, Blues knocked out Nottingham Forest, Ipswich, Grimsby and Sheffield United to find themselves one step from another final in 1967.Read
JANUARY 31, 2001. A huge night for Birmingham City. A night the club, its supporters, manager Trevor Francis and his players had been anticipating for three weeks.Read
WHETHER it was a touch of irony, a flash of Black Country black humour or a genuine felicitation it’s hard to say but the message on the front of Walsall’s programme was upbeat: “Here’s to a successful 2011...”Read
Local derbies can be tight, tense affairs and the crowd at the Villa v Albion clash on Saturday will not expect to see seven goals go in. But that has happened before when the old rivals met at Villa Park – in highly contrasting circumstances.Read
CHAIRMAN Jeff Bonser this week paid warm tribute to his fellow Walsall director Roy Whalley as the club announced a small profit for the last financial year.Read
