NICKNAME: Saddlers

FOUNDED: 1888

MANAGER: Paul Merson

GROUND: Bescot Stadium

LAST SEASON:

League 17th FA Cup Fifth Round Worthington Cup Third Round

HONOURS:

Division Four Champions (1) 1960

RECORD VICTORY: League 10-0 v Darwen, Division Two 4-03-1889 Cup 7-0 v Macclesfield, FA Cup Second Round, 6-12-1997

RECORD DEFEAT: 0-12 v Small Heath (later known as Birmingham City), Division Two, 17-12-1892, 0-12 v Darwen, Division Two, 26-12-1896

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 25,453 v Newcastle, Division Two, 1961

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: £175,000, Alan Buckley from Birmingham City, June 1979

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £600,000, David Kelly to West Ham, August 1988

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Gilbert Alsop, 40, 1933/34 & 1934-35 All-time Tony Richards, 184, 1954-63 and Colin Taylor, 184, 1958-63, 1964-68, 1969-73

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Colin Harrison, 467, 1964-82