2013–14 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall
2013–14 season
Chairman	Jeff Bonser
Manager	Dean Smith
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
League One	13th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	; Craig Westcarr (14)

The 2013/14 season saw Walsall finish 13th in League One. The campaign was most notable for the Saddlers' meetings with Black Country rivals Wolves, including a 1-0 away at Molineux.

Story of the season

The summer of 2013 saw the Saddlers lose the attacking trio of Will Grigg, Febian Brandy and Jamie Paterson, who had been responsible for close to two-thirds of the club’s goals in the previous campaign. Their replacements included Chelsea loanee Milan Lalkovic, playmaker Romaine Sawyers and striker Troy Hewitt.

After a mixed start, September saw Walsall take on Wolves twice in the space of two weeks. A short trip to Molineux in the Football League Trophy saw Wolves emerge victorious on penalties following a 2-2 draw. However, the Saddlers had the better of the corresponding league fixture, winning 1-0 thanks to a goal from captain Andy Butler. Minor controversy followed the fixture with derogatory comments towards Wolves posted on Walsall’s official Twitter account. The club apologised for the "frankly disgusting" Tweet, which it said was the work of a hacker.^[1]

Walsall spent much of the first half of the season in and around the playoff spots, with a 5-1 away victory at Notts County lifting the club into sixth in late January. Despite seemingly being well-placed for a playoff challenge, the Saddlers went on to win just twice in the final 18 games of the season. This included a 3-0 home loss to Wolves, who would finish the season as champions.

This disastrous run saw the Saddlers end the campaign in 13th, 16 points adrift of a playoff place.

Final league table

Results

Walsall's score comes first^[2]

Football League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Bradford City	46	14	17	15	57	54	+3	59
12	Bristol City	46	13	19	14	70	67	+3	58
13	Walsall	46	14	16	16	49	49	0	58
14	Crawley Town	46	14	15	17	48	54	−6	57
15	Oldham Athletic	46	14	14	18	50	59	−9	56

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Richard O'Donnell
2	DF	Ben Purkiss
3	DF	Andy Taylor
4	DF	Andrew Butler
5	DF	Dean Holden^[4]
6	MF	Nicky Featherstone
7	MF	Adam Chambers
8	MF	Sam Mantom
9	FW	Milan Lalkovič (on loan from Chelsea)
10	FW	Craig Westcarr
11	MF	Ashley Hemmings
12	DF	Paul Downing
13	GK	Shane Lewis
14	DF	Malvind Benning
15	DF	James Chambers

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	James Baxendale
17	MF	Reece Flanagan
18	DF	Ben George
19	FW	Jake Heath
20	DF	Matt Preston
21	MF	Kieron Morris
22	GK	Liam Roberts
23	FW	Danny Griffiths
24	FW	Troy Hewitt
25	MF	Romaine Sawyers^[5]
26	MF	James McQuilkin
27	FW	Amadou Bakayoko
29	FW	Febian Brandy (on loan from Sheffield United)
30	FW	Michael Ngoo (on loan from Liverpool)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
27		MF	Julian Gray (released)

Squad statistics

Source:^[6]^[7]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Walsall.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward


No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	ENG	Richard O'Donnell	46	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	51	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Ben Purkiss	10 (4)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	11 (5)	0	3	1
3	DF	ENG	Andy Taylor	32 (1)	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	36 (1)	1	6	0
4	DF	ENG	Andy Butler	45	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	50	2	3	2
5	DF	ENG	Dean Holden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Nicky Featherstone	10 (15)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	13 (16)	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Adam Chambers	45	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	49	0	7	0
8	MF	ENG	Sam Mantom	43	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	48	5	3	1
9	MF	SVK	Milan Lalkovič *	30 (8)	6	2	0	1	0	1	0	34 (8)	6	4	0
10	FW	ENG	Craig Westcarr	40 (3)	14	2	2	2	1	0 (1)	0	44 (4)	17	1	1
11	FW	ENG	Ashley Hemmings	14 (13)	2	1 (1)	0	2	1	1	1	18 (14)	4	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Paul Downing	43 (1)	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	48 (1)	1	5	0
13	GK	ENG	Shane Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Malvind Benning	14 (2)	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	15 (3)	2	3	0
15	DF	ENG	James Chambers	40	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	44	1	4	0
16	MF	ENG	James Baxendale	25 (15)	2	1 (1)	0	2	1	1	0	29 (16)	3	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Reece Flanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Ben George	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Kieron Morris	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
22	GK	ENG	Liam Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Troy Hewitt	8 (19)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	1	8 (22)	1	0	0
25	MF	SKN	Romaine Sawyers	29 (15)	6	1 (1)	1	1 (1)	0	1	0	32 (17)	7	2	0
26	MF	NIR	James McQuilkin	2 (7)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2 (8)	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Julian Gray	0 (12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (12)	1	0	0
27	FW	SLE	Amadou Bakayoko	0 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (6)	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Febian Brandy *	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	4	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Michael Ngoo *	4 (10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (10)	1	2	0

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
19	MF	ENG	Jake Heath
20	DF	ENG	Matt Preston
23	FW	ENG	Danny Griffiths

References

↑ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/18/walsall-apology-wolves-disgusting-tweet. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Walsall 2013-2014 Results & Fixtures - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
↑ "FootballSquads – Walsall – 2013/14". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
↑ Holden was born in Salford, England.
↑ Sawyers was born in Birmingham, England.
↑ "Walsall". FootballSquads. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
↑ "Squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

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[1] ttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/18/walsall-apology-wolves-disgusting-tweet. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[statto-2] "Walsall 2013-2014 Results & Fixtures - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.

[footballsquads-3] "FootballSquads – Walsall – 2013/14". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-24.

[4] Holden was born in Salford, England.

[5] Sawyers was born in Birmingham, England.

[Walsall_FootballSquads-6] "Walsall". FootballSquads. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

[Squad_stats-7] "Squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

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