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Report and photos from the 2017 Walsall Wood FC presentation dinner

Posted on June 11, 2017 by

Last Friday evening (9th June 2017) saw the annual presentation dinner of Walsall Wood Football Club, and I’ve been sent the following report by the young David Evans.

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Walsall Wood Football Club need your help this weekend!

Posted on July 23, 2016 by

Andy Roper from Walsall Wood Football Club has been in touch to let me know that they’re having a maintenance weekend at Oak Park today and tomorrow (Saturday 23 July -Sunday 24 July 206), from 12-5pm each day.

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Walsall Wood need you!

Posted on June 1, 2016 by

Andy Roper from Walsall Wood Football Club has been in touch to let me know that they’re seeking people to help them in a number of positions around the club, from Physio to Groundskeeper.

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Disappointing defeat for Woodmen as Highgate triumph

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

Yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 23rd April 2016) Walsall Wood were visited by Highgate United, who sadly went back home with a one-nil win thanks to a penalty.
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Disappointing defeat for Woodmen as Highgate triumph

Posted on August 12, 2015 by

Tuesday evening (11th August 2015) saw Walsall Wood travel to Solihull’s Highgate United at their The Barn Lane ground, where sadly, the Woodmen lost. It’s fair to say Bill Shaw was not amused.

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Woodmen start season with a 1-1 draw – and you can see Andy Roper on TV tonight!

Posted on August 10, 2015 by

With the commencement of the 2015/16 season and his return to good health, I’m happy to welcome back regular match reports from top Walsall Wood footy correspondent Bill Shaw here on the Brownhills Blog.

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Bill Shaw’s 2015 Walsall Wood FC presentation dinner report

Posted on May 24, 2015 by

Crossed wires last weekend when a collection of photos from Walsall Wood Football Club’s Presentation Dinner arrived from David Evans and I published them, not realising a writeup was due from Bill Shaw, which arrived later in the week – sorry chaps, hopefully this should rectify things.

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2015 Walsall Wood FC presentation dinner

Posted on May 17, 2015 by

Saturday evening (16th May 2015) saw the annual presentation dinner of Walsall Wood Football Club, and I’ve been sent the following report by the young David Evans.
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Get in the Clubhouse!

Posted on July 11, 2014 by

On tonight (Friday 11th July 2014) – the rand opening of the new clubhouse at Walsall Wood Football Club, Oak Park – it Looks set to be a great night, and you can check out the great facilities for the community.
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Walsall Wood FC – 22 years ago…

Posted on December 25, 2013 by

Here’s something I recently came by in a charity shop in Brownhills – it’s the match day program for Walsall Wood FC versus Raunds Town FC, played at Oak Park at 3pm, Saturday 31st August 1991 The cover price was 40p, and this is a hefty 20 page A4 magazine with lots of content.
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Walsall Wood v The Mikes match off!

Posted on December 21, 2013 by

A quick massage from Bill Shaw to tell readers who may be planning to go watch The Woodmen thrash The Mikes this afternoon that the match has been cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch.
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Pride of the Wood – good luck, lads!

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Walsall Wood Football Club today play Guernsey FC away, in a re-run of the match last week at Oak Park that ended in a gripping stalemate 0-0 draw. Walsall Wood have generally been on a bit of a winning streak lately, and beating the boys in green is not an impossibility.

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Good luck to Walsall Wood FC

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Andy Roper from Walsall Wood Football Club has been online drumming up support for the club’s upcoming match against Guernsey FC. Our small local team have been on a bit of a winning streak lately, and by all accounts this promises to be a bit of a David and Goliath epic, and I’m sure everyone in the Midlands is behind the boys from Up The Wood.
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