Walsall F.C.

General

Kit history

Walsall FC
Full name	Walsall Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Saddlers
Founded	1888
Ground	Bescot Stadium (Capacity: 11,300)
Owner	Trivela Group
Chairman	Benjamin Boycott Leigh Pomlett
Head Coach	Mat Sadler
Current League	League Two
2023–24	League Two, 11th
Website	Club home page
Current season

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in the borough centre of Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League Two, the fourth tier in the English football league system.

The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second Division in 1892, but have spent their entire existence outside English football's top division; their highest league finish was fourteenth in Division Two in 1961–62. Their first match at Wembley Stadium was the 2015 Football League Trophy Final, which they lost to Bristol City.

Walsall moved into their Bescot Stadium in 1990, having previously played at nearby Fellows Park for almost a century. The team play in a red and white kit and their club crest features a swift. The club's nickname, "The Saddlers", reflects Walsall's status as a traditional centre for saddle manufacture.

External links

• Official website
• Saddlers A-Z, player biographies and appearance info – Official Site
• M6J9 Bescot Conferencing website
• UpTheSaddlers – Fan site
• Bescot Banter – Latest news/views
• Walsall Web-Fans – Latest news/forum