2025–26 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall
2025–26 season
OwnerTrivela Group
Co-chairmanBenjamin Boycott,
Leigh Pomlett
Head CoachMat Sadler
StadiumBescot Stadium

The 2025–26 season is the 138th season in the history of Walsall Football Club and their seventh consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
11 June 2025 CB Harrison Burke Chester Undisclosed [1]
26 June 2025 CF Aaron Pressley Stevenage Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2025[a] CM Courtney Clarke Eastbourne Borough Compensation [3]
1 July 2025[b] CB Mason Hancock Airdrieonians Bosman [4]
1 July 2025[c] LB Vincent Harper Exeter City Bosman [5]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 9 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Eastbourne had expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Airdrieonians had expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Exeter City had expired

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
26 June 2025 CB Taylor Allen Wycombe Wanderers Undisclosed [6]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
30 June 2025 GK Myles Roberts Watford 31 May 2026 [7]
1 July 2025 CF Jonny Stuttle Bournemouth [8]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CB Donervon Daniels Oldham Athletic 1 July 2025 [9][10]
CM Jack Earing Barrow [9][11]
LB Liam Gordon Port Vale [12][13]
CB Oisin McEntee Heart of Midlothian [9][14]
DM Ryan Stirk Chesterfield [15][16]
GK George Barrett [9]
CF Douglas James-Taylor [17]
Danny Johnson [9]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
11 June 2025 GK Jenson Kilroy Undisclosed[a] [18]
20 June 2025 LM Ronan Maher 30 June 2027 [19]
24 June 2025 RM Albert Adomah 30 June 2026 [20]
26 June 2025 CF Jamille Matt 30 June 2026 [21]
28 June 2025 CB Priestley Farquharson 30 June 2026[b] [22]
28 June 2025 GK Sam Hornby 30 June 2027 [23]
  1. ^ First professional contract
  2. ^ Option for a further year

Pre-season and friendlies

On 8 May, Walsall announced their first pre-season friendly, against Premier League side Aston Villa.[24] A month later, a second fixture was confirmed against Leamington.[25] Two more were added against Derby County and Hereford.[26] On 17 June, a fifth fixture was added to the schedule, against Forest Green Rovers.[27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 July 2025 Friendly Leamington 0–4 Walsall Bishop's Tachbrook
19:30 BST Report
  • Wragg 53', 60'
  • Pressley 80'
  • Gordon 86'
 Stadium: New Windmill Ground
Attendance: 702
12 July 2025 Friendly Walsall v Hereford Walsall
TBC BST Stadium: Walsall FC Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
16 July 2025 Friendly Walsall v Aston Villa Bescot
19:30 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
22 July 2025 Friendly Walsall v Derby County Bescot
19:30 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
26 July 2025 Friendly Forest Green Rovers v Walsall Nailsworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The New Lawn

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to National League
24 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[28]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released, with Walsall hosting Swindon Town on the opening day.[29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Walsall v Swindon Town Bescot
15:00 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
9 August 2025 2 Gillingham v Walsall Gillingham
15:00 BST Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
16 August 2025 3 Barnet v Walsall Edgware
15:00 BST Stadium: The Hive Stadium
19 August 2025 4 Walsall v Grimsby Town Bescot
20:00 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[30]
23 August 2025 5 Walsall v Salford City Bescot
12:30 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[30]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Walsall were drawn away to Stoke City in the first round.[31][32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Stoke City v Walsall Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST Stadium: bet365 Stadium

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

  1. ^ "Highly-rated Harrison Burke signs for the Saddlers". Walsall FC. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Saddlers snap up Aaron Pressley from Stevenage". Walsall FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Saddlers snap up Courtney Clarke". Walsall FC. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Mason Hancock joins the Saddlers". Walsall FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Vincent Harper signs for the Saddlers". Walsall FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Taylor Allen joins Wycombe Wanderers". Walsall FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Myles Roberts joins on a season-long loan from Watford". Walsall FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Jonny Stuttle joins on season-long loan from AFC Bournemouth". Walsall FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Released & Retained List Confirmed". Walsall FC. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Defender Daniels Arrives". Oldham Athletic. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Jack Earing Signs". Barrow AFC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  12. ^ @WFCOfficial (12 June 2025). "Liam Gordon has rejected the offer of a new contract with us to join a League One Club" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Liam Gordon is a Valiant!". Port Vale FC. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Oisin McEntee departs". Walsall FC. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Ryan Stirk rejects offer of new contract". Walsall FC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Midfielder agrees to join Spireites". Chesterfield FC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Douglas James-Taylor to depart The Saddlers". Walsall FC. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Jenson Kilroy signs first professional contract with the Saddlers". Walsall FC. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Ronan Maher signs new deal". Walsall FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Albert Adomah signs new contract with the Saddlers". Walsall FC. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Jamille Matt signs new contract with the Saddlers". Walsall FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Priestley Farquharson signs new deal". Walsall FC. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Sam Hornby signs new two-year deal". Walsall FC. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  24. ^ "Saddlers to host Aston Villa in pre-season friendly". Walsall FC. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  25. ^ "Saddlers to visit Leamington in pre-season". Walsall FC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  26. ^ "Two friendlies added to pre-season schedule". Walsall FC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  27. ^ "Saddlers to visit Forest Green Rovers in pre-season". Walsall FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  28. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  29. ^ "League Two 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Barnet host Fleetwood in opening day clash live on Sky". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  30. ^ a b "Two Saddlers Fixtures Selected for Live Sky Sports Coverage". Walsall FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  31. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  32. ^ "Fixture Details Confirmed for Carabao Cup First Round". Walsall FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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