The ill-timed collection of dross that generally precedes a better story by a matter of hours is back, with it’s round-up of rubbish from around the traps.
2008/09 Season Fixtures
Fixtures are due out 10.00am Monday 16 June (UK time). Please, DO NOT POST THESE ON THE SITE! The chaps at league HQ get very grumpy over copyright issues for some reason, and we don’t want to pay a fee to put their little list on our site. You can see them in lots of places - BBC will probably put them up quite quickly. David Thompson of the Football League is the man to blame when we have to travel to the other end of the country on midweek and bank holiday fixtures.
Super Sub Season
Under new rules, Walsall will be able to name seven subs on the bench for forthcoming FA and Carling Cup fixtures. Whilst still being allowed to use only three in a game, this makes for greater permutations from the sidelines. Given our recent signing activity, whether we’ll be able to field a squad of 18 players by August 11 is still a matter of conjecture.
Darlo in the Carlo
Darlington are the Carling Cup visitors who’ll have to contend with our seven super subs when we play them at (still) the Banks’s Stadium in the week commencing August 11. That’ll probably be August 12 then, as we can’t imagine this fixture bothering the live schedules. We’ve never met The Loids in the competition before, but haven’t lost at home to them since 1922, meaning an 86 year-old record is up for grabs. Wolves and Coventry also drew minnows, so no big money-spinner ties for the Midland teams.
Walsall ‘Til I Die
A reminder to send in your 200-300 word stories for possible inclusion in the above-titled new book, published in connection with the Club, the Supporters’ Trust and the National Literacy Trust. Any memory or tale of your trials, tribulations, joys and laughter following Walsall is sought. Entries please to david@legendspublishing.net referencing Walsall ‘Til I Die in the subject line. If you know any old codgers with no internet, now’s the time to tap their brain and submit on their behalf, as we imagine there’ll already be 15,000 entries discussing Cardiff. Deadline for copy is June 30.
Transfer Rumours
Even the Express and Dingle agrees - no new rumours since last time, when we were thought to be chasing Elding (no chance) and Gowling (some chance). Still, they get their news from here, so maybe it’s time to start thinking of some new names for the UTS transfer rumours thread.
That’s all for now - and publication of this collection means bigger news MUST be just around the corner!
