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The
Saddlers |
Walsall Swifts FC, Walsall Town
Swifts FC, Walsall FC
Founded 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts FC
amalgamation of Walsall
Swifts (1877) and Walsall Town (1879)
Turned professional 1888
Name Changed Summer 1896
Players provided 2
Total appearances
3
1882-89
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Bescot
Stadium |
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Domestic Honours |
FA Cup best:
fifth round 1938-39, 1974-75, 1986-87, 2001-02, 2002-03;
Football League Division Three (North) Cup runners-up
1934-35;
Football League Division Three (South) Cup
runners-up 1945-46;
Football League Division Four winners
1959-60, runners-up 1979-80; Division Three
runners-up 1960-61, play-off winners 1987-88;
Highest League
Position: 14th Division Two 1961-62;
Football
League Cup best: semi-final 1983-84 (beaten by Liverpool, agg
2-4);
After League restructure: Football
League Division
Three/League Two fifth place-play-off semi-finalists
1992-93, runners-up 1994-95, winners 2006-07;
Division Two/League One runners-up 1998-99, fourth place-play-off winners
2000-01, third place-play-off semi-finalists 2015-16;
Associate Members Cup/Football League Trophy:
runners-up 2014-15 (beaten
by Bristol City 0-1); |
| Home
venue |
Bescot Stadium,
since 1990; Previously occupied Hilary Street (renamed
Fellows Park in 1930), 1896-1990;
West Bromwich Road, 1893-96; The Chuckery,
1888-93; |
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Home strip |
Red shirts, red shorts, red socks. |
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