The Walsall Chronicle
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Isak Alemayehu, 19, steals the show — 7.86
Marked 7.86 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Vincent Harper beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market14 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for Charlie Wragg
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Charlie Wragg will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Walsall the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Walsall
Daniel Kelly 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.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
One of their own: Isak Alemayehu
He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match12 Sep 2026
Walsall get the job done against Bromley
A 1‑0 win over Bromley, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” George Ward, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Walsall training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Harrison Burke 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
The afternoon ran through Enso González
Chances created: 10. Nothing on the scoresheet and everything in the match: the pass before the pass, over and over, until the defence stopped guessing right.
In brief
- Squad The first one for Isak Alemayehu
- Squad Elkan Baggott remains an outsider
- The dugout Alex Pattison left out for tactical reasons at Walsall