2020–21 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall
2020–21 season
Chairman	Leigh Pomlett
Manager	Darrell Clarke; (until 15 February) ; Brian Dutton; (from 15 February)
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
League Two	19th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Elijah Adebayo (10); All: Elijah Adebayo (10)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Walsall F.C. season was the club's 133rd season in their history and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 August 2020	CF	Rory Holden	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[3]
3 September 2020	RM	Emmanuel Osadebe	Free agent	Free transfer	^[4]
3 September 2020	GK	Jack Rose	Southampton	Free transfer	^[5]
3 September 2020	RB	Hayden White	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[6]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
7 August 2020	LB	George Nurse	Bristol City	End of season	^[7]
16 October 2020	CF	Adan George	Birmingham City	End of season	^[8]
16 October 2020	CF	Jake Scrimshaw	Bournemouth	January 2021	^[9]
13 January 2021	RW	Tyreik Wright	Aston Villa	End of season	^[10]
18 January 2021	CF	Jayden Reid	Birmingham City	27 March 2021^[a]	^[11]^[12]
20 January 2021	LM	Frank Vincent	Bournemouth	End of season	^[13]
1 February 2021	LB	Max Melbourne	Lincoln City	End of season	^[14]
1 February 2021	CF	Derick Osei	Oxford United	End of season	^[15]

^ It was mutually agreed for Jayden to return to Birmingham City

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
6 October 2020	CB		Tom Leak	Bath City	November 2020	^[16]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF	Mitchel Candlin	Stafford Rangers	Released	^[17]^[18]
1 July 2020	MF	Danny Coogan	Unattached	Released	^[19]
1 July 2020	RB	Shay Facey	Unattached	Released	^[17]
1 July 2020	AM	James Hardy	AFC Telford United	Released	^[17]^[20]
1 July 2020	DM	Gary Liddle	Hartlepool United	Released	^[17]^[21]
1 July 2020	CF	Alex McSkeane	Unattached	Released	^[19]
1 July 2020	CB	Kory Roberts	Bromley	Released	^[17]^[22]
11 August 2020	FW	Luke Pearce	Southampton	Undisclosed	^[23]
1 February 2021	CF	Elijah Adebayo	Luton Town	Undisclosed	^[24]
1 February 2021	CM	Danny Guthrie	Unattached	Mutual consent	^[25]
1 February 2021	CB	Zak Jules	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	^[26]

Pre-season

15 August 2020 Friendly	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Walsall	Nantwich
15:00 BST	Ainley 1' Powell 43'	Report		Stadium: Crewe Academy Training Ground Attendance: 0

18 August 2020 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-23s	0–0	Walsall	Wellington
18:00 BST		Report		Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 0

21 August 2020 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Walsall	Wellington
12:00 BST		Report	Kinsella 81'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 0

29 August 2020 Friendly	Walsall	1–1	Burton Albion	Bescot
15:00 BST	Gordon 10'	Report	Brayford 14'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0

1 September 2020 Friendly	Birmingham City	3–0	Walsall	Kings Norton
15:00 BST	Agus Medina 44' Miller 56' Bailey 87'			Stadium: Wast Hills Training Complex Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
15	Bradford City	46	16	11	19	48	53	−5	59
16	Mansfield Town	46	13	19	14	57	55	+2	58
17	Harrogate Town	46	16	9	21	52	61	−9	57
18	Oldham Athletic	46	15	9	22	72	81	−9	54
19	Walsall	46	11	20	15	45	53	−8	53
20	Colchester United	46	11	18	17	44	61	−17	51
21	Barrow	46	13	11	22	53	59	−6	50
22	Scunthorpe United	46	13	9	24	41	64	−23	48
23	Southend United (R)	46	10	15	21	29	58	−29	45	Relegation to National League

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. 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^[27]
(R) Relegated

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
46	11	20	15	45	53	−8	53	7	6	10	20	27	−7	4	14	5	25	26	−1

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D
Position	7	10	13	12	7	10	10	12	14	15	12	13	15	16	16	14	11	11	8	9	11	11	11	12	10	11	12	14	15	17	15	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August 2020.^[28]

12 September 2020 1	Walsall	1–0	Grimsby Town	Bescot
15:00 BST	Cockerill-Mollett 44' Adebayo 60'	Report	Edwards 44' Idehen 69'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

19 September 2020 2	Harrogate Town	2–2	Walsall	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Martin 32' Muldoon 42' Fallowfield 90+3'	Report	Holden 4' Guthrie 58' 86' Gordon 81' 81'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Adcock

3 October 2020 3	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Walsall	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Matt 61' Kitching 75'	Report	Lavery 14' Holden 36' Jules 77'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Coggins

10 October 2020 4	Walsall	1–1	Colchester United	Bescot
15:00 BST	Norman 45' Adebayo 53' 85' Kinsella 90+1'	Report	Harriott 24' Senior 45' Norris 66' Eastman 71' Brown 76'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

13 October 2020 5	Walsall	2–1	Leyton Orient	Bescot
19:00 BST	Holden 25' 89' Lavery 34' Adebayo 61' Guthrie 67' Kinsella 79' McDonald 90+4' Osadebe 90+6'	Report	Johnson 15' Widdowson 90+6' Vigouroux 90+6'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

17 October 2020 6	Walsall	0–0	Exeter City	Bescot
15:00 BST		Report	Sweeney 61'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

20 October 2020 7	Bradford City	1–1	Walsall	Bradford
19:45 BST	Wood 73' Clarke 76' (pen.)	Report	Nurse 23' White 77'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

24 October 2020 8	Barrow	2–2	Walsall	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Jones 20' Angus 25' (pen.) 26' James 50' Kay 57'	Report	Lavery 45+1', 58' (pen.) 63' Jules 84'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

27 October 2020 9	Walsall	0–2	Cambridge United	Bescot
19:00 GMT	Kinsella 55' McDonald 64'	Report	Mullin 9' (pen.) Boateng 23' Ironside 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

31 October 2020 10	Mansfield Town	1–1	Walsall	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Maynard 33' 80' Perch 62'	Report	Adebayo 49' White 50' Lavery 90+2'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

3 November 2020 11	Walsall	1–0	Crawley Town	Bescot
19:00 GMT	Sadler 18' 74' Holden 90+6'	Report	Nichols 38'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

14 November 2020 12	Walsall	0–1	Southend United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Bates 83' 90+3'	Report	Lennon 43' Acquah 88'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

21 November 2020 13	Cheltenham Town	3–0	Walsall	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Scarr 50' (o.g.) Blair 58' May 86' Tozer 88'	Report	Kinsella 10' Holden 44' Lavery 81' Jules 86'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

24 November 2020 14	Newport County	1–1	Walsall	Newport
19:00 GMT	Twine 23' Cooper 27' Demetriou 41'	Report	Adebayo 21' Clarke 54' Holden 88'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

2 December 2020 15	Walsall	1–1	Stevenage	Bescot
19:00 GMT	Gordon 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Oteh 50' (pen.) Hutton 67' Prosser 90+1' Newton 90+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

5 December 2020 16	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Walsall	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Feeney 31'	Report	Adebayo 19' McDonald 48' Scarr 67'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Martin Coy

12 December 2020 17	Walsall	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Adebayo 44' Holden 57' Gordon 74'	Report	Doyle 13' Delaney 56' Santos 77'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

15 December 2020 18	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Walsall	Oldham
19:00 GMT	Piergianni 24' 68' Fage 55' Garrity 90+3'	Report	Gordon 23' (pen.) Piergianni 52' (o.g.) Adebayo 73' Clarke 90+4'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

19 December 2020 19	Walsall	4–3	Port Vale	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Scrimshaw 52', 80' Scarr 56', 82' White 77'	Report	Joyce 16' Mills 30' Pope 37' Conlon 44' Rodney 45+1' 75'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

26 December 2020 20	Salford City	2–0	Walsall	Salford
15:00 GMT	Wilson 16' Hunter 49' Touray 54' Burgess 87'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

29 December 2020 21	Walsall	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Bescot
19:00 GMT	McDonald 55' Gordon 61'	Report	Loft 20' Hippolyte 27' Gilliead 69'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

2 January 2021 22	Walsall	0–2	Carlisle United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Gordon 52' Bates 59'	Report	Patrick 26' Charters 27' Armer 57' Kayode 78' Hayden 80'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

16 January 2021 23	Walsall	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Jules 45' Scarr 71'	Report	Hamer 44' Clarke 61' Borthwick-Jackson 70' Keillor-Dunn 75'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

19 January 2021 24	Morecambe	1–1	Walsall	Morecambe
19:00 GMT	Stockton 40' Lavelle 79' Mendes Gomes 80' Hendrie 88' Derek Adams	Report	Gordon 37' Jules 40'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

23 January 2021 25	Port Vale	1–3	Walsall	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Conlon 33', 60' Smith 75'	Report	Adebayo 6', 55' Fitzpatrick 68' (o.g.) Gordon 71' Kinsella 79'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

9 February 2021 26	Walsall	1–1	Mansfield Town	Bescot
18:45 GMT	Melbourne 23' Wright 29' Kinsella 61'	Report	Quinn 26' Clarke 31' Gordon 86'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

16 February 2021 27	Walsall	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Bescot
19:00 GMT	Lavery 3' Norman 75' Bates 79'	Report	Smith 35' Wright 43'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb

20 February 2021 28	Stevenage	1–1	Walsall	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	List 70' Vancooten 72'	Report	Lavery 1' Kinsella 56' White 66'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Coggins

24 February 2021 29	Walsall	0–1	Newport County	Bescot
17:30 GMT	Gordon 8' Vincent 53'	Report	Labadie 71'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

27 February 2021 30	Walsall	1–2	Bradford City	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Perry 4' White 53' Gordon 69' Scarr 77'	Report	O'Connor 19' Sutton 43' Cook 66'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

2 March 2021 31	Exeter City	0–0	Walsall	Exeter
19:00 GMT	McArdle 63'	Report	Melbourne 49'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

6 March 2021 32	Cambridge United	1–0	Walsall	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Mullin 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

12 March 2021 33	Walsall	0–1	Barrow	Bescot
19:00 GMT	Scarr 29' Osadebe 45' Sadler 80'	Report	Kay 87' Quigley 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

16 March 2021 34	Crawley Town	1–1	Walsall	Crawley
19:00 GMT	Tunnicliffe 55' McNerney 63' Tsaroulla 90+1' Nichols 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Clarke 40' Osadebe 55' (pen.) Roberts 90+6'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson

20 March 2021 35	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Walsall	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Lee 67' Doyle 80' (pen.) John 86'	Report	Perry 28' Clarke 45' White 73' Norman 90+2'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

23 March 2021 36	Southend United	0–0	Walsall	Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT	McCormack 4' White 36' Hart 67'	Report	Gordon 31' Lavery 36' Clarke 82' Leak 83' Osei 90'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

27 March 2021 37	Grimsby Town	1–1	Walsall	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hanson 9' Payne 12'	Report	Lavery 45+1' Clarke 88'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

2 April 2021 38	Walsall	0–0	Harrogate Town	Bescot
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

5 April 2021 39	Leyton Orient	0–0	Walsall	Leyton
15:00 BST	Widdowson 52' Wilkinson 90+2'	Report	Melbourne 23'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

10 April 2021 40	Walsall	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Bescot
15:00 BST	Holden 6' Clarke 65', 86' Gordon 78' Sadler 90+6'	Report	Cargill 60' Bailey 70' Moore-Taylor 72'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

13 April 2021 41	Walsall	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Bescot
19:00 BST	Osadebe 70'	Report	Spearing 49' 74' Lewis 78' Vaughan 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

17 April 2021 42	Colchester United	2–1	Walsall	Colchester
17:30 BST	Pell 27' Folivi 37' Clampin 45+4' Sarpong-Wiredu 50' George 62'	Report	Clarke 20' Wright 45+1'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Boyeson

20 April 2021 43	Walsall	0–2	Salford City	Bescot
19:00 BST		Report	Henderson 19' Turnbull 57' Gotts 90+5' Thomas-Asante 90+5'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright

24 April 2021 44	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Walsall	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Beestin 67'	Report	Osadebe 13' Gordon 23' Clarke 90+1'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Adcock

1 May 2021 45	Walsall	0–2	Morecambe	Bescot
15:00 BST		Report	Stockton 45+2' Songo'o 58', 76'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

8 May 2021 46	Carlisle United	0–0	Walsall	Carlisle
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.^[29]

Win Draw Loss

7 November 2020 First round	Walsall	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Jules 4' Bates 47' Lavery 87'	Report	Baldwin 33' Hanlan 39' Kilgour 47' Jaakkola 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[30]

5 September 2020 First round	Walsall	0–0 (2–4 p)	Sheffield Wednesday	Bescot
14:15 BST		Report	Bannan 40' Börner 55'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright
	Penalties
	Holden Gordon Adebayo Bates		Bannan Windass Harris Brown

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[31]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Oxford United	3	2	1	0	0	4	2	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	1	0	2	0	7	6	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Walsall	3	0	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3
4	ACA	Chelsea U21	3	0	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 Group stage	Bristol Rovers	2–2 (2–4 p)	Walsall	Horfield
19:45 BST	Mehew 16' 60' Baldwin 33' Ayunga 71' Kelly 82'	Report	Jules 29' Nurse 32' Kinsella 37' Osadebe 57' Gordon 64'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable
	Penalties
	Kelly Harries Hare Ayunga		Norman McDonald Holden Lavery Gordon

29 September 2020 Group stage	Walsall	1–1 (3–5 p)	Chelsea U21	Bescot
19:00 BST	Nurse 32' McDonald 53'	Report	Nunn 33' Simeu 69'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable
	Penalties
	Norman Holden Adebayo Lavery		Russell Fiabema Ballo Simeu Maatsen

10 November 2020 Group stage	Walsall	0–1	Oxford United	Bescot
19:00 GMT	Cockerill-Mollett 55' Osadebe 76'	Report	Cooper 35' Osei 87'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

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[11] It was mutually agreed for Jayden to return to Birmingham City

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[2] "Club Statement: Darrell Clarke". Walsall FC. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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