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Portal page for Walsall Football Club (The Saddlers) |
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Standard stuff for most pro clubs as produced by the premiumTV scheme - dry, fairly informative, non-controversial and full of adverts trying to part you from your money! To view certain sections and to post on the forum, it is necessary to register. |
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Get your credit and debit cards out to buy official club merchandise from this on-line shopping site. |
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A site dedicated to the school and community links built by the club and the programme operated by Mick Kearns and Adam Davy. |
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Site giving details and booking facilities for the conference and banquet facilities at Bescot Stadium plus a link to the neighbouring Park Inn hotel. It's just a pity that the "thickos" in their marketing department haven't realised that Walsall is NOT in Birmingham! |
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A site for the interactive CD-ROM and DVD, first launched by Walsall F.C. in 2005 and promoted by Paul Merson. |
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Details of the extremely popular Sunday market, staged around the Banks's Stadium, every week. |
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A joint venture with PropertyQuest, a local estate and letting agent, to earn commision for the club. |
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Operated by Harvey World Travel, in conjunction with Virgin Holidays. |
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Insurance cover for homes and vehicles. |
The official site of the Walsall Supporters' Trust. |
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A chance for supporters to buy goods on-line (not necessarily football-related) from over 80 outlets with a small commission being paid to the Supporters' Trust. |
A full and informative site, operated by Steve Roy who lives in the East End of London. Sponsored by SR Print Management. |
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Part of the Rivals network of club fans' sites and is now run by the publishers of the former club fanzine, "Ninety Minutes from Europe" (NMFE). |
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Part of the Footy Mad network. Regularly updated with the latest Saddlers news and it contains a database of useful information. Administered by Andy van Hagen. |
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Part of the SportNetwork group, as its name suggests. Last updated in March 2007. Administered by David Penniall, a young fan from Cheslyn Hay. |
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Newest of the Saddlers sites. |
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Part of the Team Talk network containing the usual commercial fare of news, gossip and advertising. |
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It seems to be a rarely visited site, not updated for Saddlers' matters since the end of the 2003-04 season. |
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The newest site on-line. Nicely presented but it adds nothing to the set of previous sites. |
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Waste of space. |
UTS - The biggest and most-used Walsall forum - by quite some margin. It has far more regular users than all the other Walsall forums put together. Sponsored by SR Print Management. |
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A dedicated area for UTS on the Pickle.com site where registered Saddlers' fans may post pictures and video clips from their mobile 'phones or by email. |
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The pages may be viewed by any-one but registration is necessary to post on the forum, The second most popular Saddlers forum, from the Rivals site - a bit "cliquey" and full of "in-jokes" but happily free from the personal abuse which often spoils other forums (particularly UpTheSaddlers). |
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One of its best features is the presence of several visiting fans from rival clubs. May be read by anyone but registration is necessary in order to post. |
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Very smart and professional. Whether it will make any inroads into the hold of the the existing forums, particularly UTS, remains to be seen. |
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May be read by anyone but registration is necessary in order to post. |
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This forum covers the whole of League Two and not just Walsall F.C. Registration is necessary to post a message. |
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A message board with a section for the Saddlers |
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As if there weren't enough forums and message boards, already, here is yet another one, devoted to the Saddlers. |
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Not used for a long time. |
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Yet another message board - this one dedicated to League One - as if we needed another! |
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Smart looking board but rarely updated and attracting little traffic. Registration is necessary in order to post on the message board. |
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Yet another message board - apparently currently unavailable! |
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Smart, under-used forum with a section for Leagues One & Two. |
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Another totally unused forum. |
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Dedicated to the whole division |
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A rarely used Walsall F.C. forum for the Birmingham Post & Mail group. |
A commercial news site with a section on the Saddlers. |
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Newsgroup with a section on Walsall F.C. |
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A web news site with a section on Walsall F.C. |
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Another Saddlers web news site |
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Another Saddlers web news site |
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News about League One |
Commercial site, geared towards betting but with a useful database of the staff at Bescot Stadium. |
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A French (!) site giving statistical information of the Saddlers' playing history back to 1892. Don't worry - it's in English! |
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An information site - containing very little information! |
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Database of all professional players |
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An impressive list of players' appearances from 1959 to 2006 compiled by Neil Brown. |
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No subject would be complete without an entry in the World Wide Web's favourite on-line encyclopaedia. |
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A section in the German language version of Wikipedia. |
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A Yahoo! page which actually links to Wikipedia |
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A summary of Walsall's post-war results and attendances |
One of the best and most popular sites on the World Wide Web has a section devoted to Walsall F.C. |
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Links to local BBC television and Radio WM |
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The satellite/cable channel's page dedicated to the Saddlers. |
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Site for the Wolverhampton-based commercial station |
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Site for the Birmingham-based commercial station |
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Our biggest-selling local evening newspaper's website pages dedicated to the Saddlers (includes Sporting Star). |
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A site for ALL the local Trinity Mirror titles (Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post & Sunday Mercury). |
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Radio NMFE |
A weekly webcast radio fanzine produced by Steve Stuart (a.k.a. Tuncy Sloblock) and Addie Burns (a.k.a. The Hooded Claw, "Star Wars" fanatic and formerly lead singer with "Blown") of the NMFE team (see above) in conjunction with "The Bridge", Walsall's own local radio staion. You will need audio streaming software, such as Real One Player (recommended), Apple Quicktime, Winamp or Microsoft Windows Media Player, etc., in order to hear the webcast. It is an interactive show with listeners able to contribute via SMS text message, telephone or real-time chat-line message board. (Service temporarily suspended during a move to new premises and a future re-launch of the radio station) |
All the League One games' highlights may be viewed on this excellent site. You may need to register your Windows Media Player (free) to view it but it is not viewable outside the United Kingdom. |
A very interesting site listing and illustrating the variety of shirts worn by the Saddlers, over the years. |
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As above |
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Colours of various teams' kits |
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A selection of past shirts. |
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A chance to buy a replica Saddlers shirt of yesteryear |
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A chance to buy a shirt from the Fourth Division days |
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The Saddlers green & white checked shirt (away change kit) of a few seasons ago makes the list (fourth column, 21 rows down). |
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Looking for Walsall memorabilia? Try the web's top auction site. |
Walsall's entry in this international guide. |
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An excellent guide to Bescot Stadium by Duncan Adams. |
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A photographic trip down Memory Lane for older Saddlers' fans. A simple but superb collection, compiled by Alex Mowbray. |
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Another site paying homage to Walsall's previous ground by Duncan Adams. |
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A selection of photographs of games at Fellows Park, taken by Rob Scott. |
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A brief clip of the old ground, taken in the late 1980s (not 1979, as stated) by W.Gibson. |
Remarkably, considering the distance, a very good site operated by ex-pat Saddlers fan, Pete Lee, in Hong Kong, China. |
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Even more remarkable, a very professional site operated by a Swede, Pär Stener who, as yet, has not even seen the Saddlers play! (Fans of rival clubs would, no doubt, make the obvious comments!). |
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A splendid selection of photographs taken by Phil Burton (a.k.a. philthesaddler) at matches, both home and away. |
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Glen Noad's (a.k.a. Ned Kelly) personal site |
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A personal site by Rachel Lewis, a young fan from Bloxwich. |
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Another site from David Penniall (see Sport Network, above), this time on the Bebo group. |
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Another fan's personal site. |
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Despite the name, this has nothing to do with the Steve Roy site, above. Operated by the person who launched the 4-3-1-2 site, below. |
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Yet another site from Saddlers' fan, Dave |
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Poetry from ex-pat Saddlers' fan, David Foulkes, a.k.a. "Geordie Saddler", now living in Whitley Bay |
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A solitary poem from Richard, another fan. What a literate lot we are! |
An archive page from the Walsall M.B.C. website, covering the Mayoral reception and presentation of the League Two championship trophy on 8th May 2007. |
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Find out which Saddlers player that you are closest to. |
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A collection of pictures involving Walsall F.C. |
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League Managers' Association site listing previous incumbents of the Saddlers' hot seat. Reg(?) Shaw - should be Ray; Billy(?) Moore - should be Bill. Also, in the late 19th Century/early 20th Century, the team was selected by the Secretary & Committee rather than one individual. |
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A site for the sale of books relating to the Saddlers. |
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A collection of supporters' chants, including a page for Walsall |
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An Australian site listing football cards, published 1965 to 1980. Excellent site which includes quite a few Walsall references, although you will need the internal search facility to find them. |
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An on-line bookshop |
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An article on Walsall F.C.'s prospects following relegation in 2006 |
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A section on the "Uncyclopedia" site giving a humorous take on the Saddlers - obviously written by a Dingle (Wolves fan). |
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Not strictly a Walsall F.C. site, it features former Saddlers manager (and now football consultant), Paul Taylor, whose company represents some of the Walsall players. |
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Mostly rumours! |
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A shopping page on the Walsall Wonderland site selling a few items with a Paul Merson theme. |
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Walsall F.C. has very little trouble with hooligans. However, a small handful of adolescent toe-rags, known as "Walsall Youth" like to consider themselves as important. View the site and decide for yourself - Pathetic. |
A (limited) links site. |
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A commercial version of this page - but not as good, of course! |
A German site logging the visit of some German groundhoppers to the match at the Valley, which Walsall won 2-1 and which saw Colin Lee as manager for the first time. They also visited a number of West Midlands grounds but somehow missed out on a visit to Bescot Stadium - no accounting for tastes!!! Although in German, it is mainly pictorial. |
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Surely the strangest site of the lot - a record of the visit of a Japanese fan to the Walsall v. Norwich City game on 1st November 2003 (a game which saw Walsall's Paul Ritchie and Norwich's Peter Crouch sent off!). The text is in Japanese. |
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A Walsall page on a site for Swedish fans of foreign clubs, thanks to Pär Stener (see above). Warning - it is in Swedish! |
MySpace Sites Featuring Past & Present Walsall F.C. Players |
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Warning - lovers of the English language should prepare to be appalled when viewing these sites, as the majority are polluted by that garbage that is "textspeak" - aarrgghh! One despairs of the standard of English education in our schools! |
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James Constable (Shrewsbury Town) |
Marc Czuczman (Assistant Physio) |
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Scott Dann (Coventry City) |
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Jonny Harkness (Kidderminster Harriers) |
Karl Hawley (Preston North End) |
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Kyle Perry (Port Vale) |
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Anton Reid (sadly deceased) |
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Craig Stanley (Morecambe) |
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Luke Tilt (Oldbury United) |
Bruce Wheeler (Willenhall Town) |
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"True Greats" Sites |
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"Icons" pages for past Walsall F.C. players |
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Darren Bazeley (Site now defunct) |
Paul Devlin (briefly a Saddler in 2006) |
Matty Fryatt (now Leicester City) |
Gary O'Neil (on loan from Portsmouth in 2003 - now at Middlesbrough) |
To start it off - a selection of excellent clips by the Steven Spielberg of Bescot - Mark Egan (Magic Man Fan) and another selection from Linda (Kiansmom).
Walsall's Portugese import, Carlos Carneiro, has a video clip all to himself.
"Hairy Pete" has become something of a local legend with his self-penned songs, many of them highly derogatory about our local friends and rivals!
A short clip showing an enthusiastic Saddlers fan, without his drum, on this occasion. Despite his obvious difficulties, he is harmless and means well.
Saddlers fans at Edgar Street, Hereford, with a rendition of "One Step Beyond", of which Madness would have been proud! It also featured on the programme, Soccer-AM, on Sky TV.
From the same game, a rendition of "Minnie the Moocher". Goodness knows what the late Cab Calloway would have thought of it!
A musical (?) question, posed at the above match.
En route to the above match, fans singing on the train.
The promotion party at the County Ground, Swindon, 5th May 2007 - happy days!
Footage from the Swindon game, featuring Dean Keates's final goal of the season.
The squad enter Walsall town centre on an open-top 'bus, to receive the League Two Championship trophy from the Mayor.
Highlights of the home game v. Rochdale, in 2006-07, featuring Clayton Ince's own goal and Scott Dann's super solo effort.
A selection of goals scored by the Saddlers, between 2004 and 2007, mostly, but not exclusdively, at Bescot.
Highlights of the pre-season friendly v. Sporting Khalsa F.C., at Abbey Park, Bloxwich, on 1st August 2006.
One of the funnier moments from the 2006-07 season - the invasion of the multi-balls at Moss Rose, Macclesfield, in the F.A. Cup.
Wedding greetings to Steven and Chante, a pair of Walsall fans, from Richard Money, Jon Whitney, Clayton Ince (NOT Hector Sam!), Chris Westwood, Dean Keates and Martin Butler, during 2006-07.
Launched in August 2004, a very promising site. The title (a "take-off" of 4-4-2) refers to the tactical formation employed by Saddlers' manager, Paul Merson, in August 2004. Sadly, its Cannock-based administrator suspended updates as a protest against the brain-dead hooligan element at the F.A. cup tie at Slough on 13/11/04. |
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An archive listing of some old pages. |
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An old site from Dave Gittins. |
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Stuck in September 2001 |
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Phil Burton's Site is stuck in the Ray Graydon era (February 2001, to be precise). |
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Match reports from the 2002-03 season. |
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A young supporter's site, neglected since 2006. I just wish it were written in English! |
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Stuck in the 2003-04 season (November 2003). |
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Stopped during the 2003-04 season but quite witty and tongue-in-cheek. |
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Not updated since the end of the 2003-04 season. |
In April 2006, Oliver Hewitt, a 23 year-old dedicated Saddlers fan, from Aldridge in Walsall, died suddenly and unexpectedly, of myocarditis. He was a very popular and much respected young man and this site was set up in his memory.
Listeners to BBC Radio WM's Saturday evening post-match phone-in, like, will know of Phil, like, a regular caller, like. His unique style of speaking, like, was at first an embarrasment, like, then an object of derision, like, until, finally, he gained cult status, like. |
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After Neil Ravenscroft (accurately) described runaway League One leaders, Luton Town, as a direct, long ball team after their 2-0 defeat by the Saddlers at Bescot on 19/10/04, one embittered Hatters fan, under the pseudonym of Nigel Laracroft, posted this site. He really does need a reality check (as well as a sense of humour implant!). |
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One of the many basic spoof sites, available on the Internet, this one customised to the Saddlers' situation and guaranteed to give Jeff Bonser, the club's chairman and majority shareholder, a heart attack! |
The club offers four levels of SMS text messaging news service. See the "Mobile Zone" on the official club site, above. To sign up, simply send a text message saying "CLUB WALS ON" to 88442. This is available on all six networks and is in addition to the networks' own services, listed below. |
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Get Saddlers' news stories sent to your mobile phone IF you are on O2 by texting "ALERT WLS"to 80202 |
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Same for the Orange network by texting "FOOTBN WALFC" to 177 or by calling 277 |
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T-mobile network - no service offered |
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Virgin network - no service offered |
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Vodaphone network - no service offered for League One |
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3 network - football download available to subscribers |
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To visit the sites of Walsall F.C.'s main sponsors and partners, please click on the appropriate image (8) |
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