Former Brierley Hill schoolboy international Alan Baker signed for Walsall from Aston Villa. The photograph shows him signing with Ray Shaw, Bill Harrison and Ron Harrison.

The club claimed to have the youngest groundsman of any Football League club, 25-year-old Graham Mapp from Castle Bromwich, who had previously worked as a groundsman at Salford Stadium in Birmingham. The photograph shows him at Fellows Park.

Dave Tennant became the Footballer of the Year, receiving the Walsall Supporters Club trophy. The photograph shows Harold Davies (second from right) presenting the trophy with (left to right) John Wilson, Sam Canning, Bill Harrison, and R. Harrison.

Walsall and Albion players reported back for training after the summer, and Albion had a new manager Alan Ashman. Jim Gaunt, David Pollard, Dennis Martin and Michael John are mentioned. The photograph shows Ray Shaw inspecting the pitch with a group of pl

The photograph shows (back, left to right) G. Hicken, J. Jones, M. Hayes, T. Hill, K. Whitehouse, B. Morris, D. Pemberton, K. Underhilll; (front) J. Poxon, B. Hill, T. Breedon, A. Plant, H. Tasker, R. Mountain.

The photograph shows (back, left to right): R. Johnson, J. Page, P. Dwyer, E. Podmore, P. Johnson, K. Richardson, J. Blackburn, S. Humpage, R. Butler; (front) P. McDonald, G. Richards, B. Hill, C. Roberts, J. Walker, A. Farrell, S. Dickin.

Oxley won the match. The photograph shows the Chase Terrace team (back, left to right): A. Bates, Smith, Angell, Hale, Humber, Sawyer, Murray; (front) Birch, Jupp, Freeman, Westwood, Hewitt.

The team had entered three competitions and won all three trophies – the Midland Police League title, the Chief Constable’s Cup and the Butler Cup. The photograph shows (standing, left to right): I. R. Cogbill, Thompson, Milligan, Wainwright, Sutton, Evan

Two Express & Star reporters, Trevor Gedge and Malcolm Grosvenor, were experimenting with breathalysers, presumably to see what it took to go over the limit. Vincent Gallagher of V. G. Alcohol – Diffusant is mentioned.

Members of the Licensed Victuallers’ Society and the National Association of Licensed Managers arranged a social evening to raise money for hospital equipment in Cannock and for the bomb victims in Birmingham. The photograph shows Joe Brian and his wife M