The Walsall Chronicle
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.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Walsall training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jamie Jellis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Vincent Harper
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vincent Harper, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Walsall and Taye Ashby-Hammond are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
Walsall sign Benjamin Stewart, one for the future
Benjamin Stewart is 16, and Walsall have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Walsall buy the years ahead of Alexander James
- Market Walsall buy the years ahead of David Phillips