The Walsall Chronicle
Squad6 Dec 2027
Lee Burge breaks a bone — 62 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 62 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Nobody could get near Roman Dixon
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market6 Dec 2027
Aaron Pressley is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Walsall is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
George McEachran pops up at the right end — 7.74
7.74, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Match4 Dec 2027
Whatever happens, Walsall do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match30 Nov 2027
Walsall see off Bromley
Three points for Walsall, 3‑1 the final word against Bromley in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Ardian Murati wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Walsall can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad6 Dec 2027
James Furlong in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Walsall this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces6 Dec 2027
Walsall supporters have found a favourite in Abdel Rachid Zagré
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Abdel Rachid Zagré has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Brad Collins
- Market Simon Ellis steps up from the Walsall academy
- Market One of our own: Thomas Carter joins the Walsall first team