* John Walker ( footballer born 1900 ) ( 1900 – 1971 ), footballer for Walsall and Stoke

* Jimmy Murray ( English footballer ) ( 1935 – 2008 ), English football striker with Wolves, Manchester City and Walsall in the 1950s and 1960s

On 2 May 2011, Southampton effectively achieved promotion to the Championship after a 3 – 1 win at Plymouth Argyle, which was confirmed on 7 May with a 3 – 1 victory over Walsall.

The club finished third in 2000 – 01 qualifying for the play-offs, losing 2 – 3 in the final against Walsall at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

In 1970, the Lancaster – Penrith link was completed, along with a short section of motorway by-passing the south of Walsall.

Walsall is expelled from the league and replaced by Loughborough FC ( league membership 1895 – 1900 )

London International Small Print Biennale, Morley Gallery The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, March Coming of Age – Works from the Tate Collection, The New Art Gallery, Walsall,

Members of the new Second Division are Ardwick ( Manchester City ), Bootle ( league members 1892 – 93 ), Burton United ( 1892 – 1907 ), Crewe Alexandra, Darwen, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City, Northwich Victoria ( 1892 – 94 ), Burslem Port Vale ( 1892 – 1907 ), Sheffield United, Small Heath ( Birmingham City ) and Walsall.

Skip Lane looking east – parts of Walsall are semi-rural.

County sealed promotion in the last match of the season with a 4 – 2 win at high-flying Walsall.

The 33rd Walsall Scout group is based at Aldridge Methodist Church and holds Beavers, Cubs and scouts for boys and girls aged 6 – 14.

* Walsall Corporation Transport 862 – A Sunbeam ( of Wolverhampton ) F4A with a Willowbrook Body, it was built in 1955 and retired from Walsall in 1970 on the closure of the trolleybus network.

George Ernest Thompson Edalji ( March 1876 – 17 June 1953 ) was famously and wrongly convicted of one of the ' Great Wyrley Outrages ,' ( the village of Great Wyrley being some eight-and-a-half miles south of Rugeley, south of the Cannock Chase district and north of Walsall ) but cleared as the result of an investigation by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The 1998 – 99 season saw Grimsby finish in 11th place, but the 1999 – 2000 season saw Grimsby struggle and finish 20th, avoiding relegation at the expense of Buckley's old club Walsall.

Belford stepped aside at the end of the season, and the search for a new manager to lead the club for the 2011 – 12 Conference National season began, speculation was rife, and the names of former York City manager Martin Foyle, Eastwood Town manager Paul Cox and former Walsall assistant manager Martin O ' Connor were all linked to the club, but on 25 May 2011, Tamworth announced Kettering Town manager Marcus Law as the club's new manager.

New league members in D3N are: Accrington Stanley ( 1921 – 1961 ), Ashington ( 1921 – 1929 ), Barrow ( 1921 – 1972 ), Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Darlington, Durham City ( 1921 – 1928 ), Halifax Town, Hartlepool United, Lincoln City, Nelson ( 1921 – 1931 ), Rochdale, Southport ( 1921 – 1978 ), Stalybridge ( 1921 – 1923 ), Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Wigan Borough ( 1921 – 1931 ) and Wrexham.

He notably played Premier League football for Leicester City as well as playing for Aston Villa, Shrewsbury Town, West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Stoke City, Walsall, Coventry City, Barnsley, Preston North End, Tranmere Rovers, Chester City, Wrexham, Hednesford Town and Gainsborough Trinity.

There are a small number of early morning and late evening trains on weekdays that are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and extend past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.

Very regular buses link Bloxwich with Walsall, whilst others link the area to the surrounding towns of Wolverhampton, Bilston, Willenhall, Brownhills, Wednesfield, Cannock and Hednesford.

* Tithes from 579 occupiers in Hatherton, Cannock, Leacroft, Hednesford, Cannock Wood, Wyrley, Saredon, Shareshill, Penkridge, Congreve, Mitton, Whiston, Rodbaston, Coppenhall, Dunston, Bloxwich, Walsall Wood.

Beyond Walsall, the line is not electrified, and continues north to Hednesford and Rugeley.

* 10 April 1989 — Walsall to Hednesford

Some early morning and late evening trains on weekdays continue past Walsall to Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.

The line running from Stourbridge to Walsall via Dudley Port and Wednesbury closed in the 1960s, but the Birmingham to Wolverhampton line via Tipton is still a major transport route.

Walsall finally received a railway line in 1847, 48 years after canals reached the town, Bescot having been served since 1838, by the Grand Junction Railway.

It opened in 1850, and in its heyday was a hub of services east to Birmingham ( via a junction at Great Bridge ), Walsall and Lichfield ; north to Wolverhampton, Tipton and Coseley ; and south-west to Stourbridge, as well as a line that served the small communities on the way to Old Hill and Halesowen.

A tram serving Wolverhampton's bus and rail stations, part of the Phase Two Extensions, was made a separate project following stagnation of the project to build a line to Walsall.

Trams would share the line with freight trains, and a decision from Network Rail on the scheme between Stourbridge and Walsall was due in the summer.

There is no timescale for when ( or if ) the re-opening of this railway through Aldridge will take place, although Network Rail hopes that the bulk of the line between Walsall and Brierley Hill will re-open to goods trains by 2012.

A proposed second railway line by the Wolverhampton, Walsall and Midland Junction Railway Company through Sutton Coldfield was met with opposition from residents who were concerned about the route cutting through Sutton Park.

Services on the line began on 1 July 1879, with trains stopping at Penns ( Walmley ), Sutton Coldfield Town, and Sutton Park in the town, as well as at Streetly, Aldridge, and Walsall.

Ultimately, the line connected the Midland Railway's Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway line to their Birmingham to Derby line.

Other exciting modern day projects in Bilston include the Black Country Route ( opened in phases between 1986 and 1995 ), that gave Bilston quick road links to important towns such as Dudley and Walsall, and the opening of the Midland Metro tram line in 1999, which gives a speedy public transport link to Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

However, after the closure of Rugeley A power station and Lea Hall Colliery and reduction in rail freight, it became possible to open up the Rugeley to Walsall line for passenger traffic.

To the south-west of the ward is the Walsall line, part of the old Grand Junction Railway, which has two railway stations within the boundaries of the ward ; Hamstead railway station and Perry Barr railway station.

Stechford railway station on the Coventry to Birmingham New Street line, as well as occasional services to Walsall via Aston, serves the area.

The Sutton Park Line is a freight-only railway line that runs from Walsall to Water Orton via Sutton Park.

The area is served by Lea Hall railway station on the Coventry to Birmingham New Street line with occasional services to Walsall via Aston railway station.

There was a system of 5-9 first and 9-13 middle schools in Streetly from September 1972 until July 1986, before Streetly and the rest of the former Aldridge-Brownhills authority was brought into line with the main Walsall area to incorporate the traditional school age ranges.

The Chase Line is the railway line from Birmingham New Street to Walsall and Rugeley.

The line from Birmingham to Walsall ( sometimes referred to as the Walsall Line ) has two alternative routes, both electrified at 25 kV AC overhead.

The line between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley closed to passengers in 1965, remaining open to freight.