The Walsall Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Harrison Burke out for 55 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Walsall will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Taye Ashby-Hammond gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Taye Ashby-Hammond has just signed for Walsall, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Charlie Lakin is a Walsall player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Walsall
Daniel Kanu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Walsall promote Liam Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Bailey has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Henry Grant steps up from the Walsall academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Henry Grant has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Walsall promote Liam Watson from within
- Squad Priestley Farquharson pulls a muscle — 14 days out