Wed 22nd July - Stafford Rangers

A reserve and triallist XI vs Stafford Rangers.  It wasn't too many moons ago that we used to send the first team for a fixture here but Stafford have fallen backwards in a major almost Wolves-esqe during the mid 80’s kind of way.  

O’Neill Donaldson, a Walsall target for a long time now,  appeared alongside former Spurs frontman Paul Mahorn, neither looking especially great however.  A couple of other (un-named) trialists appeared at the back with Dean Keates and Andy Watson returning from injuries. Michael Ricketts again looked impressive during the first half and the Saddlers raced into a 3 - 1 lead. The half time withdrawal of Ricketts blunted the Walsall attack and sloppy defending allowed Rangers to level the game at 3 - 3.  Probably a fair result.

Bad News.......The waste of a 3 - 1 lead.
Good News....Ricketts performance and the return of Keates and Watson.
Annual Triallist count..6