Walsall player 301. Graham Anthony Fenton


Graham Anthony Fenton (born 22 May 1974 in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear) is an English former professional footballer and manager of North Shields.
As a player he played as a midfielder, notably played in the Premier League for Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City, as well as in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion, Walsall, Stoke City, Blackpool and Darlington. He also spent a year in Scotland with St. Mirren before later playing for Non-league Blyth Spartans. He was also capped once by England at under-21 level. He took over as manager of North Shields on 6 April 2012.
Fenton joined Aston Villa as a trainee in June 1990, turning professional in February 1992. He was loaned out to West Bromwich Albion in January 1994, making his league debut against Leicester City in the same month. His loan spell at Albion was very successful, producing three goals in seven games and contributing to Albion’s eventual survival in Division One, leaving many Albion fans “bitterly disappointed” when he did not sign permanently. He instead returned to Villa, making his club debut in a 0–0Premiership draw at home to Manchester City on 22 February 1994. In March 1994 he played in Villa’sLeague Cup winning side, playing all of the 3–1 victory against Manchester United at Wembley. Fenton made his only appearance for the England Under-21s on 15 November 1994 in a 1–0 win against Ireland U-21s at St James’ Park; the team included several future full internationals, including Sol Campbell and Nicky Butt.
In November 1995, having never claimed a regular place in the Villa first team, Fenton made a £1,500,000 move to reigning Premiership champions Blackburn, but with Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in rich goal scoring form his first team opportunities were limited. He scored seven times for Blackburn, including two as a late substitute against Newcastle United, the team Fenton has supported since childhood, in April 1996 which effectively ended Newcastle’s title challenge.
In August 1997 he moved to Martin O’Neill’s Leicester City for a fee of £1,100,000. He scored on his Leicester debut, having replaced Ian Marshall as a late substitute in the 2–1 win away to Liverpool, but again struggled to establish himself, making only 34 league appearances (21 as substitute) over three seasons.
He joined Walsall on loan in March 2000, scoring once against Port Vale, and had an unsuccessful trial with Barnsley in July 2000. In August 2000 he joined Stoke City on a monthly contract, scoring once against Reading, and at the end of the following month signed for St Mirren on a two-year contract.
In August 2001 Fenton joined Blackpool on a free transfer, but once more struggled to establish himself in the first team. He had a spell on loan with Darlington between September and December 2002, scoring once against Bournemouth, and was one of nine players released by Blackpool manager Steve McMahon in May 2003.
In July 2003 Fenton returned to the North East of England, joining Blyth Spartans. Blyth manager Paul Baker appointed Fenton as player-assistant manager in July 2004. Fenton took over as caretaker-manager of Blyth when Baker left that September, returning to his player-assistant manager role in October 2004 after the appointment of Harry Dunn as manager. In the 2005–06 season he was part of the Spartans’ side that gained promotion to the Conference North by winning the Northern Premier League. He was assistant manager and player at North Shields F.C. from April 2012.
Graham took over as manager of former Amateur Cup Winners North Shields in April 2012 after previous manager Anthony Woodhouse resigned. Graham took over with 4 games remaining with the club missing out on promotion from a strong position for the second consecutive season. Two years later, he led Shields to winning theNorthern League Division Two title and promotion to Division One.

Youth career
Wallsend Boys Club
1990–1992 Aston Villa
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Aston Villa 30 (3)
1994 West Bromwich Albion (loan) 7 (3)
1995–1997 Blackburn Rovers 27 (7)
1997–2000 Leicester City 34 (3)
2000 Walsall (loan) 9 (1)
2000 Stoke City 5 (1)
2000–2001 St. Mirren 26 (2)
2001–2003 Blackpool 15 (5)
2002 Darlington (loan) 6 (1)
2003–2009 Blyth Spartans 116 (9)
2009–2010 North Shields 4 (2)
Total 279 (37)
National team
1994 England U21 1 (0)
Teams managed
2012- North Shields

Walsall player 239. David Stuart Byrne


David Stuart Byrne (born 5 March 1961 in Hammersmith, London) is an English former professional footballer.
Byrne was a winger and began his career with Gillingham. He moved to Millwall on 4 August 1986 for a fee of £5,000. He joined Cambridge United on loan on 8 September 1988 and Blackburn Rovers on loan on 23 February 1989. On 16 March 1989 he joined Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer. He later played for Bristol Rovers, Watford and went on loan to Reading and Fulham.
He joined Shamrock Rovers in January 1993 also on loan from Watford but only made four league appearances.After returning to Watford joined Scottish side St. Johnstone and Partick Thistle.
He joined Walsall on loan in February 1994 and after leaving Partick played for St Mirren, Ayr United and Albion Rovers where he was player-coach in 1996. He also had a brief loan spell at Tottenham in1995, featuring in their makeshift squad for the Intertoto Cup. He later coached the Plymouth Argyle youth team and was appointed as Director of Football at Plymouth College of Further Education.
In November 2006 he was assisting Ian Atkins on a non-contract basis at Torquay United. On 28 November 2006, Byrne left his post at PCFE when he was named as the new Youth Team Manager at Swindon Town working under former Plymouth Argyle boss Paul Sturrock. After Sturrock left Swindon to take the role of managing his previous club, Plymouth, Byrne took temporary charge of Swindon. When Maurice Malpas became manager, Byrne became his assistant.Byrne again became Caretaker manager of Swindon following the departure of manager Maurice Malpas, on 14 November 2008. Following the news that Danny Wilson was confirmed as the new manager of Swindon Town, on 26 December 2008, David Byrne again reverted to being assistant manager.On 16 June 2009, he was appointed Head of Player Development at Swindon Town. He left that post in August 2010, I have been unable to find out what he has done since!

I do not have a picture.

Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
? Kingstonian ?
1985–1986 Gillingham 23 (3)
1986–1988 Millwall 63 (6)
1988 Cambridge United (loan) 4 (0)
1988 Blackburn Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
1988–1991 Plymouth Argyle 59 (2)
1990 Bristol Rovers (loan) 2 (0)
1990–1991 Watford 17 (2)
1991 Reading (loan) 7 (2)
1992 Fulham (loan) 5 (1)
1992–1993 Shamrock Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
1992–1993 St. Johnstone 12 (0)
1993–1995 Partick Thistle 35 (0)
1994 Walsall (loan) 5 (0)
1994–1995 St. Mirren 6 (0)
1995 Tottenham (loan) 1 (0)
1995 Ayr United 10 (0)
1995–1997 Albion Rovers 46 (1)
? Armadale Thistle ?
Teams managed
? Albion Rovers (Player/Coach)
? Plymouth Argyle (Youth Coach)
? Plymouth College of Further Education (Coach)
2006 Torquay United (Coach)
2006–2010 Swindon Town (Various Roles)

Walsall player 144. Jimmy Robertson


Jimmy Robertson (born 17 December 1944) is a former Scottish international professional footballer who played for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Ipswich Town, Stoke City, Seattle Sounders (United States),Walsall(he was signed by Dave Mackay with whome he played at Spurs in the 1967 FA Cup Final)  and Crewe Alexandra.

The information added about Dave Maackay was supplied by (popularside1) with thanks

Jimmy R2 @ Ipswich………
Robertson was born in Cardonald and began his career at English club Middlesbrough. He failed to be offered a professional contract at Middlesbrough and joined Cowdenbeath. He then went on to St. Mirren in 1962 where he featured in 54 matches and scoring 12 goals for the “Buddies”. Robertson was bought by Tottenham Hotspur in 1964 for £25,000. A right winger, he made a total 181 appearances in all competitions including four as substitute for the club and scored 31 goals, including the first goal in the 1967 FA Cup Final victory against Chelsea. There he also won his one and only cap for Scotland against Wales in October 1964.He joined Arsenal in October 1968, in a straight swap for David Jenkins, making him one of the few players to play for both Arsenal and Tottenham and was the first of only two players to score for both sides in the North London derby. Robertson featured often for Arsenal in his 18 months there, playing 19 league matches in 1968–69 and 27 in 1969–70, but Arsenal manager Bertie Mee made it clear he preferred George Armstrong to play on the wing and accepted a bid for Robertson from Ipswich Town in March 1970. In total Robertson played 59 games for Arsenal, scoring eight goals. At Portman Road Robertson became a vital member of Bobby Robson’s squad as the “Tractor Boys” ensure survival in1969–70 and 1970–71 and in 1971–72 he helped them finish in mid-table. In July 1972 Robertson joined Stoke City for a fee of £80,000 and became a regular under Tony Waddington in 1972–73 and 1973–74 before he broke his leg against Coventry City in December 1974. He struggled then to force his way back into the side and after two seasons in and out of the side he decided to leave for the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League. He played 29 matches for the Seattle Sounders before returning to England to play for Walsall and ended his career with Crewe Alexandra.

Jimmy R @ Seattle Sounders..

 

Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1962 Cowdenbeath 0 (0)
1962–1964 St. Mirren 54 (12)
1963–1969 Tottenham Hotspur 157 (25)
1968–1970 Arsenal 46 (7)
1969–1972 Ipswich Town 87 (10)
1972–1977 Stoke City 114 (12)
1976–1977 Seattle Sounders 29 (3)
1977–1978 Walsall 16 (0)
1978–1979 Crewe Alexandra 33 (0)
Total 536 (69)
National team
1964 Scotland 1 (0)

Walsall player 57. William Clark “Willie” Davie


William Clark “Willie” Davie (7 January 1925 – 1996) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for a number of Scottish (St Mirraen)and English( Luton,Huddersfield and Walsall) football clubs during the 1940s and 1950s.

He may have played for other teams, but I do not know!.

Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947-1950 St. Mirren 50 (4)
1950-1951 Luton Town 42 (11)
1951-1957 Huddersfield Town 113 (16)
1957-1958 Walsall 7 (0)