2016–17 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall
2016–17 season
Chairman	Jeff Bonser
Manager	Jon Whitney
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
League One	14th
FA Cup	First round; (vs. Macclesfield Town)
EFL Cup	First round; (vs. Yeovil Town)
EFL Trophy	Second round; (vs. Oldham Athletic)
Top goalscorer	League: Erhun Oztumer (15); All: Erhun Oztumer (15)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2016–17 season was Walsall's 129th season in their existence and their tenth consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CM	Milan Butterfield	Robin Hood	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2016	CM	Florent Cuvelier	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2016	DM	Joe Edwards	Colchester United	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2016	AM	Erhun Oztumer	Peterborough United	Free transfer	[5]
8 July 2016	CB	Theo Vassell	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[6]
11 July 2016	AM	Franck Moussa	Southend United	Free transfer	[7]
18 July 2016	CF	Simeon Jackson	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	[8]
1 August 2016	RW	Andreas Makris	Anorthosis Famagusta	£250,000	[9][10]

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	RB	Jason Demetriou	Southend United [lower-alpha 1]	Rejected contract	[12]
1 July 2016	CB	Paul Downing	Milton Keynes Dons [lower-alpha 2]	Rejected contract	[12]
1 July 2016	LW	Anthony Forde	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	[14]
1 July 2016	LW	Milan Lalkovič	Portsmouth [lower-alpha 3]	Rejected contract	[16]
1 July 2016	CM	Sam Mantom	Scunthorpe United	Rejected contract	[17]
1 July 2016	LW	Jordan Murphy	Free agent	Released	[18]
1 July 2016	AM	Levi Rowley	Free agent	Released	[18]
1 July 2016	AM	Romaine Sawyers	Brentford [lower-alpha 4]	Rejected contract	[12]
1 July 2016	LB	Andy Taylor	Blackpool	Rejected contract	[20]
5 July 2016	SS	Jordan Cook	Luton Town	Rejected contract	[21]
14 July 2016	CF	Tom Bradshaw	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[22]
31 August 2016	LB	Rico Henry	Brentford	£1,500,000	[23]

Following Demetriou turning down a new contract, he signed for Southend United.[11]
Following Downing turning down a new contract, he signed for Milton Keynes Dons.[13]
Following Lalkovič turning down a new contract, he signed for Portsmouth.[15]
Following Sawyers turning down a new contract, he signed for Brentford.[19]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	George Dobson	West Ham United	End of season	[24]
1 July 2016	CB	Jason McCarthy	Southampton	End of season	[25][lower-alpha 1]
28 July 2016	LW	Josh Ginnelly	Burnley	3 January 2017	[27]
26 August 2016	CB	Kevin Toner	Aston Villa	3 January 2017	[28]
31 August 2016	LB	Scott Laird	Scunthorpe United	3 January 2017	[29]
12 January 2017	LB	Scott Laird	Scunthorpe United	End of season	[30]
12 January 2017	CB	Eoghan O'Connell	Celtic	End of season	[31]
31 January 2017	LW	Will Randall	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	[32]

On 1 January 2017, Jason McCarthy's loan from Southampton was extended until the end of the season.[26]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
4 July 2016	GK	Liam Roberts	Chester	End of season	[33]
11 July 2016	RB	Theo Vassell	Chester	1 January	[34]
17 January 2017	RB	Theo Vassell	Chester	End of season	[35]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09)	Walsall	1–2	Norwich City	St George's Park, Burton upon Trent
13:00	Vassell 56'	Report	Bennett 24' Jerome 60'

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Solihull Moors	0-5	Walsall	Damson Park, Solihull
15:00		Report	Cuvelier 5' Bakayoko 8' 83' Oztumer 23' 37'	Attendance: 415 Referee: Ollie Yates

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Walsall	1–1	Birmingham City	Bescot Stadium, Walsall
19:45	Bakayoko 53' (pen.)	Report	Caddis 80'

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Walsall	0–2	Derby County	Bescot Stadium, Walsall
15:00		Report	Bent 35' Hendrick 72'

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Notts County	3–2	Walsall	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
19:45	Hollis 10' Forte 11' Stead 66'	Report	Bakayoko 71', 85'

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Luton Town	0-1	Walsall	Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00	0		1

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	16	13	17	60	58	+2	61
13	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	60	53	+7	60
14	Walsall	46	14	16	16	51	58	−7	58
15	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57
16	Northampton Town	46	14	11	21	60	73	−13	53

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Walsall	3–1	AFC Wimbledon	Bescot
15:00 BST	Oztumer 7' Jackson 38', 72' Moussa 80' Henry 90'	Report	Robinson 37' Taylor 90' Parrett 90+2'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,845 (1,049 Wimbledon supporters) Referee: Charles Breakspear

13 August 2016 2	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Walsall	Oldham
15:00 BST	Law 87'	Report	Osbourne 89'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,914 Referee: David Webb

16 August 2016 3	Chesterfield	2–0	Walsall	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Nolan 37' Evans 75', 79'	Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,406 (478 Walsall supporters) Referee: Graham Salisbury

20 August 2016 4	Walsall	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Bescot
15:00 BST	O'Connor 68' Morris 72'	Report	Ajose 42', 74' Solly 67'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,586 (739 Charlton supporters) Referee: Christopher Sarginson

27 August 2016 5	Walsall	3–3	Bury	Bescot
15:00 BST	Morris 6' Oztumer 14' Jackson 32' Edwards 48' Dobson 60'	Report	Barnett 47' Vaughan 49' 65' Mayor 66' 67' Soares 88'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,393 (310 Bury supporters) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

10 September 2016 6	Northampton Town	2–0	Walsall	Northampton
15:00 BST	Taylor 23' Gorré 44' Revell 78' (pen.) Moloney 90+3'	Report	McCarthy 78' Bakayoko 90+2'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,538 (601 Walsall supporters) Referee: Gavin Ward

13 September 2016 7	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Walsall	Bristol
19:45 BST	Taylor 27' (pen.) Sinclair 70'	Report	Oztumer 16' 33' Moussa 47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,805 (170 Walsall supporters)

17 September 2016 8	Walsall	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Walsall
15:00 BST	Edwards 16' McCarthy 25' Etheridge 76'	Report	Taylor 60' Anderson 65' 90+4' Beevers 86' Moxey 89'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,962 Referee: Trevor Kettle

24 September 2016 9	Peterborough United	1–1	Walsall	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Maddison 27' Nichols 31'	Report	Jackson 17' Osbourne 84'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,906 (314 Walsall supporters) Referee: Ben Toner

27 September 2016 10	Walsall	1–4	Scunthorpe United	Walsall
19:45 BST	Kinsella 10' Oztumer 45' Makris 90+2'	Report	Morris 11' (pen.), 13', 82' Bishop 47'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Michael Salisbury

1 October 2016 11	Walsall	2–1	Millwall	Walsall
15:00 BST	Jackson 17' Moussa 49'	Report	Onyedinma 22'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,474 Referee: Lee Probert

15 October 2016 12	Walsall	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	Bakayoko 23' 66' 90' Morris 42' O'Connor 70' Oztumer 88'	Report	Lancashire 30' Waring 46' McGivern 50' 65' Grimmer 56' Ogogo 56' Brown 58' Black 75'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,759 Referee: Nick Kinseley

18 October 2016 13	Gillingham	1–1	Walsall	Gillingham
19:45 BST	McDonald 25' Wright 45' Oshilaja 82' Knott 89'	Report	Moussa 59' O'Connor 80'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,542 Referee: Charles Breakspear

22 October 2016 14	Swindon Town	0–2	Walsall	Swindon
15:00 BST	Barry 50'	Report	Oztumer 17', 51' Toner 60' Bakayoko 90+2'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,655 Referee: Darren England

29 October 2016 15	Walsall	1–1	Coventry City	Walsall
15:00 BST	Edwards 1' Laird 40' Oztumer 67' 76'	Report	Rose 36' Bigirimana 44' Turnbull 72' Page 85'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,719 Referee: Dean Whitestone

12 November 2016 16	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Walsall	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Carruthers 41' Downing 58' Bowditch 90'	Report	Laird 28' Preston 42'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 8,188 Referee: Trevor Kettle

19 November 2016 17	Walsall	1–2	Gillingham	Walsall
15:00 GMT	McCarthy 9'	Report	McDonald 2' Ehmer 72' Emmanuel-Thomas 84'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,420 Referee: John Busby

22 November 2016 18	Rochdale	4–0	Walsall	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Rathbone 32' Noble-Lazarus 41' Davies 76' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Edwards 52'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 1,907 Referee: Andy Haines

26 November 2016 19	Walsall	0–0	Southend United	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Chambers 24' Laird 90+5'	Report	Timlin 15' Cox 45' Ferdinand 90+5'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,342 Referee: Carl Boyeson

29 November 2016 20	Sheffield United	0–1	Walsall	Sheffield
19:45 GMT		Report	Bakayoko 42' Preston 62' Laird 86'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,343 Referee: Darren England

10 December 2016 21	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Walsall	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	McLaughlin 13' Hunter 42' Grant 67'	Report	Chambers 8' Dobson 76' Preston 90+2'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Rob Lewis

17 December 2016 22	Walsall	1–1	Bradford City	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Osbourne 49'	Report	Hiwula 53' Vincelot 90+1'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,148 Referee: Ben Toner

26 December 2016 23	Port Vale	0–1	Walsall	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Jones 23'	Report	Laird 27' Osbourne 59'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,854 Referee: Darren Deadman

31 December 2016 24	Oxford United	0–0	Walsall	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dunkley 40'	Report	Laird 69'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,340 Referee: Charles Breakspear

2 January 2017 25	Walsall	0–2	Rochdale	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Morris 25' Etheridge 35'	Report	Henderson 23' 52' Andrew 55' Keane 57' Thompson 74'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,667 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

14 January 2017 26	Walsall	4–1	Sheffield United	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Bakayoko 5' 61' McCarthy 44' 58' Edwards 67' Oztumer 76' (pen.)	Report	O'Connell 10' Done 33' Fleck 87'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,899 Referee: Richard Clark

21 January 2017 27	Walsall	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Walsall
15:00 GMT	O'Connell 45' Jackson 68' Edwards 73'	Report	Brown 22' Taylor 82'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,029 Referee: Nigel Miller

28 January 2017 28	Bury	3–3	Walsall	Bury
15:00 GMT	Vaughan 22' Burgess 38' Brown 45' 70' Soares 90+1'	Report	Preston 59' Oztumer 71' McCarthy 76', 79'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,280 Referee: Carl Boyeson

1 February 2017 29	Millwall	0–0	Walsall	Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT		Report	Osbourne 25' Edwards 75'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 7,392 Referee: Darren Deadman

4 February 2017 30	Walsall	2–1	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Preston 64' Oztumer 69' Dobson 90+4'	Report	O'Toole 23' Richards 36' 90+5' Buchanan 87'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,954 Referee: Robert Jones

11 February 2017 31	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	Walsall	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Madine 15' O'Connor 26' (o.g.) Trotter 30' Taylor 57' Spearing 83' Long 87'	Report	Oztumer 4' Chambers 79' Cuvelier 81'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,610 Referee: Darren Drysdale

14 February 2017 32	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Walsall	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Ness 18'	Report	Chambers 27' McCarthy 64' Edwards 67'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,168 Referee: Graham Salisbury

18 February 2017 33	Walsall	2–0	Peterborough United	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Chambers 50' Jackson 64' Bakayoko 79' Oztumer 90+2' Dobson 90+5' Morris 90+7'	Report	Grant 34' McGee 90+4' Forrester 90+4'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,759 Referee: Mark Haywood

25 February 2017 34	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Walsall	Kingston upon Thames, London
15:00 GMT	Reeves 64' Taylor 68'	Report	Osbourne 76'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,586 Referee: John Busby

4 March 2017 35	Walsall	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Etheridge 59' Oztumer 79' (pen.) Bakayoko 82' 90+2'	Report	Croft 16' Wilson 39' 82' Clarke 78'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,003 Referee: John Brooks

7 March 2017 36	Walsall	1–0	Chesterfield	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Laird 53'	Report	Grimshaw 81'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 3,963 Referee: Robert Lewis

11 March 2017 37	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Walsall	Charlton, London
15:00 GMT	Watt 61' Byrne 76' Jackson 84'	Report	Jackson 44' Osbourne 69'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 9,900 Referee: Nick Kinseley

14 March 2017 38	Walsall	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Walsall
19:45 GMT		Report	Bolger 22'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 3,890 Referee: Trevor Kettle

18 March 2017 39	Southend United	3–2	Walsall	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Inniss 49' Ranger 63' Ferdinand 76' Cox 83' Coker 84'	Report	Moussa 18', 25' O'Connor 82'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,756 Referee: Robert Jones

1 April 2017 40	Bradford City	1–0	Walsall	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Vincelot 12' Clarke 58' 66'	Report	Makris 20'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,880 Referee: Michael Salisbury

8 April 2017 41	Walsall	1–1	Oxford United	Walsall
15:00 BST	McCarthy 35' Makris 48'	Report	Carroll 38' Maguire 74'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,417 Referee: Darren Handley

14 April 2017 42	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Walsall	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Deegan 55' Payne 70'	Report	Morris 35'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,801 Referee: Nigel Miller

17 April 2017 43	Walsall	1–0	Swindon Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	O'Connor 56' Edwards 85'	Report		Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,196 Referee: Ross Joyce

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 44	Coventry City	1–0	Walsall	Coventry
15:00	Thomas 39'	Report	O'Connell 54' 70'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,284 Referee: Darren Drysdale

25 April 2017 45	Walsall	0–1	Port Vale	Walsall
19:45 BST	Roberts 32'	Report	Eagles 85' Bikey 90+2'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,266 Referee: John Busby

30 April 2017 46	Walsall	1–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Walsall
12:00 BST	Oztumer 84'	Report	Muirhead 11' Reeves 32' O'Keefe 71' Barnes 85'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,004 Referee: Mark Brown

FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Walsall	0–1	Macclesfield Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Etheridge 23'	Report	McCombe 23' Sampson 25'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 2,334 Referee: Brett Huxtable

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Walsall	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Yeovil Town	Walsall
19:45 BST	Preston 79' Henry 90+4' Edwards 106'	Report	Dawson 41' Campbell 103' Dolan 111' 112' Eaves 114'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 2,699 Referee: Rob Jones

EFL Trophy

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Walsall	3	3	0	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Sheffield United	3	1	0	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Walsall	5–2	Grimsby Town	Bescot
19:45 BST	Bakayoko 18', 39', 43' Morris 61' Kouhyar 71' Preston 90'		Boyce 5' Summerfield 67' Andrew 67'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Sheffield United	1–2	Walsall	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Duffy 45+1' Coutts 78'	Report	Laird 16' Toner 54' Bakayoko 66' Shorrock 90'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Mark Heywood

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Leicester City U23	0–1	Walsall	Leicester
19:45 GMT		Report	Bakayoko 58'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Mark Haywood

13 December 2016 Second round	Walsall	1–3	Oldham Athletic	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Bakayoko 44'	Report	Croft 69' Burgess 73' Dunne 86' Erwin 89'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 925 Referee: Nigel Miller

Squad statistics

Source:[36]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Walsall.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward


No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	PHI	Neil Etheridge	41	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	47	0	4	0
2	MF	ENG	Joe Edwards	43	3	1	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	47 (1)	3	6	1
3 †	DF	ENG	Rico Henry	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Scott Laird *	26 (2)	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	29 (2)	4	4	0
4	DF	ENG	James O'Connor	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	5	0
5	DF	ENG	Jason McCarthy *	46	5	1	0	1	0	4	0	52	5	5	0
6	MF	ENG	George Dobson *	9 (12)	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	14 (12)	1	3	0
7	MF	ENG	Adam Chambers	43	0	1	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	45 (1)	0	5	0
8	MF	BEL	Florent Cuvelier	15 (7)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16 (7)	0	1	0
9	FW	CAN	Simeon Jackson	24 (14)	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	27 (14)	7	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Erhun Oztumer	34 (7)	15	1	0	1	0	2	0	38 (7)	15	2	0
11	MF	ENG	Kieron Morris	28 (7)	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	30 (7)	6	1	0
13	GK	ENG	Craig MacGillivray	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Isaiah Osbourne	27 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	29 (3)	1	6	0
15	MF	IRL	Liam Kinsella	5 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	3	0	8 (4)	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Matt Preston	25 (5)	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	31 (5)	1	7	0
18 †	MF	ENG	Josh Ginnelly *	4 (5)	0	1	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	8 (6)	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Will Randall *	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
20	FW	SLE	Amadou Bakayoko	18 (21)	4	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	4	6	22 (23)	10	6	1
21	MF	BER	Milan Butterfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Jordan Sangha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Kory Roberts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
25	MF	AFG	Maziar Kouhyar	2 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3 (4)	1	0	0
27	GK	ENG	Chandler Hallwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	IRL	Callum Cockerill-Mollett	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Will Shorrock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Cameron Peters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Sam Tonks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32 †	DF	IRL	Kevin Toner *	16	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	20	0	2	0
32	DF	IRL	Eoghan O'Connell *	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	1	1
33	FW	CYP	Andreas Makris	17 (15)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	17 (18)	1	2	0
34	DF	ENG	Dan Vann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Tobias Hayles-Docherty	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
36	FW	ENG	Mitchel Candlin	1 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
37	GK	ENG	Brandon Ganley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	BEL	Franck Moussa	14 (8)	4	1	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	17 (9)	4	2	0

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
17	MF	ENG	Reece Flanagan
19	DF	ENG	Theo Vassell
23	GK	ENG	Liam Roberts
26	MF	ENG	Rory Oliver

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"Toner Joins On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
"Saddlers Sign Scott Laird On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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"Celtic Defender Joins On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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[12] Following Demetriou turning down a new contract, he signed for Southend United.[11]

[15] Following Downing turning down a new contract, he signed for Milton Keynes Dons.[13]

[18] Following Lalkovič turning down a new contract, he signed for Portsmouth.[15]

[23] Following Sawyers turning down a new contract, he signed for Brentford.[19]

[31] On 1 January 2017, Jason McCarthy's loan from Southampton was extended until the end of the season.[26]

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[3] "Walsall Re-Sign Midfielder Florent Cuvelier". Walsall Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[4] "Saddlers Sign Joe Edwards". Walsall Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[5] "Erhun Oztumer Agrees To Join Walsall". Walsall Official Site. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

[6] "Walsall Sign Theo Vassell". Walsall Official Site. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[7] "Franck Moussa Joins The Saddlers". Walsall Official Site. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[8] "Saddlers Sign Simeon Jackson". Walsall Official Site. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

[9] "Andreas Makris Signs In A Club Record Transfer Deal". Walsall Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[10] "Cypriot forward Makris signed on record-breaking club fee record to Walsall". Black Country Radio. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[11] "Southend sign Demetriou & McGlashan". BBC. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[Three_More_Depart-13] "Player Update". Walsall Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[14] "MK Dons sign centre-back Downing". BBC. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[16] "Anthony Forde Joins Rotherham". Walsall Official Site. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[17] "Portsmouth sign Lalkovic from Walsall". BBC. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[19] "Lalkovic rejects Walsall contract offer". BBC. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[20] "Sam Mantom Signs For Scunthorpe". Walsall Official Site. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[Retained_List-21] "Retained And Released". Walsall Official Site. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[22] "Brentford sign Walsall's Sawyers". BBC. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[24] "Andy Taylor Leaves For Blackpool". Walsall Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[25] "Luton sign Cook after Walsall exit". BBC. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[26] "Tom Bradshaw Joins Barnsley". Walsall Official Site. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[27] "Club Statement: Rico Henry". Walsall Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[28] "Walsall Bring In Dobson On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[29] "Saddlers Snap Up A Saint". Walsall Official Site. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[30] "McCarthy Loan Extended Until The End Of The Season". Walsall Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[32] "Burnley Youngster Wings In". Walsall Official Site. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[33] "Toner Joins On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[34] "Saddlers Sign Scott Laird On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[35] "Scott Laird Returns On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[36] "Celtic Defender Joins On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[37] "Will Randall Joins Walsall On Loan". Walsall Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[38] "Liam Roberts: Chester sign Walsall goalkeeper on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[39] "Theo Vassell: Chester sign defender on loan from League One club Walsall". BBC Sport. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[40] "Theo Vassell: Chester bring back Walsall full-back on loan". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

[Squad_stats-41] "Squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2017.