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Here is a comprehensive list of when players who have taken to the pitch for the Saddlers celebrate their birthdays.
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JANUARY
January 2nd: Alf Dean (1877-1959)
January 3rd: Peter Clarke (1982)
January 4th: Jimmy Fell (1936-2011), John Smith (1939-1988), Mike Cecere (1968), Mark Jones (1968), Gary Wales (1979), Jordon Sangha (1998)
January 5th: John Maund (1916-1994), Oisin McEntee (2001)
January 6th: Bobby Shinton (1952)
January 7th: Willie Davie (1925-1996), Kevin Summerfield (1959), Elijah Adebayo (1998)
January 8th: Joe Wilson (1861-1952), Richard O'Kelly (1957)
January 9th: Danny Sonner (1972)
January 11th: Andy Oakes (1977)
January 12th: Kris Taylor (1984), Jamie Jellis (2001)
January 13th: Jimmy Collins (1911-1983), David Edwards (1974)
January 14th: Jorge Leitáo (1974), Chris Marsh (1970), Mark Bradley (1988)
January 15th: Thomas Godfrey (1904-1983), Kevin Harper (1976)
January 16th: Charlie Leatherbarrow (1870-1940), Johnny Woodward (1924-2002), John Woodward (1947)
January 17th: Hope Robertson (1868-1947), Ian Turner (1953)
January 19th: Darko Mavrak (1969), Steve Staunton (1969), Simon Osborn (1972)
January 20th: Dave Syrett (1956-2016), Paul Boertien (1979), Ethan Wheatley (2006)
January 21st: Vince McBride (1934-2005), Jack Earing (1999), Gary Shaw (1961-2024)
January 23rd: Jackie Stewart (1929-2004), Ian Paul (1961), Sofiene Zaaboub (1983), Conor Wilkinson (1995)
January 24th: Chris Thompson (1960-2012)
January 26th: Carlos Garrocho (1974)
January 27th: Allen McKnight (1964)
January 28th: Jabo Ibehre (1983)
January 29th: Craig Westcarr (1985)
January 30th: Sid Helliwell (1904-1939), Justin Skinner (1969)
January 31st: Bert Williams (1920-2014)
FEBRUARY
February 1st: Joe Pointon (1905-1939), Terry Austin (1954), Dave Bamber (1959), Kofi Dakinah (1980)
February 2nd: James Poxton (1903-1971), Roger Hynd (1942-2017), Sam Hornby (1995)
February 3rd: Jean-Jacques Eydelie (1966)
February 4th: John Jarman (1931-2009), Febian Brandy (1989), David Okagbue (2004)
Febrary 5th: Bert Llewellyn (1939-2016), Steve Waddington (1956)
February 6th: Len Dunderdale (1915-1989), Jimmy Kelly (1954), Anthony Gerrard (1986), David McDermott (1988)
February 7th: Nicky Cross (1961), Neil Etheridge (1990)
February 8th: Geoff Morris (1949-2015), Trevor Benjamin (1979)
February 9th: Frank Wragge (1898-1973), Garry Pendrey (1949), Alan Walsh (1956), Mark Wilson (1979)
February 10th: Ray Train (1951), Andy Rammell (1967), Mason Hancock (2003)
February 11th: Tommy Robinson (1909-1982), Tommy Edwards (1923-2000), Jonny Brain (1983)
February 13th: Tommy Bowyer (1895-1940), Ivar Rønningen (1975), Chris Westwood (1977), Freddie Draper (2004)
February 14th: Dickie Baugh (1864-1929), Brian Caswell (1956), James [Jimmy] Kelly (1973), Scott Dann (1987)
February 15th: Sidney [Sid] Jones (1921-1977), George Meek (1934-2018), Richard Taundry (1989)
February 17th: Moses Lane (1895-1949), Cliff Godfrey (1909-1986)
February 18th: Bill Lanyon (1906-1962), Henry Newton (1944)
February 19th: Roger Smith (1945), Derek Clarke (1950) [Allan's Brother]
February 20th: Tommy Barber (1888-1925), Norman Thomson (1901-1984), Pierre Essers (1959), Sam Mantom (1992)
February 21st: Harry Beck (1901-1979), Steve O'Hara (1971)
February 22nd: Wally Harris (1900-1933), [Robert] Mark Taylor (1966), Gijsbert Bos (1973)
February 23rd: Reg Foulkes (1923-2014), Mark Goodwin (1960), Liam Kinsella (1996)
February 24th: Steve Roberts (1980), Mark Wright (1982)
February 25th: Hector Sam (1978)
February 26th: Terry Carling (1939), Fitzroy Simpson (1970), Mat Sadler (1985), James Wilson (1989)
February 28th: Danny Johnson (1993), Zigor Aranalde (1973), Trevor Christie (1959), Wayne Clarke (1961) [Allan's Brother]
MARCH
March 1st: Geoff Wright (1930-2011), Darryl Westlake (1991), Connor Barrett (2002)
March 3rd: George Marshall (1896-?), Jock Leckie (1906-1977), Ashley Hemmings (1991)
March 4th: Bill Guttridge (1931-2013)
March 5th: Matty Fryatt (1986)
March 6th: Tony Richards (1934-2010), Gary Porter (1966)
March 7th: Llewellyn Morgan (1905-1979)
March 8th: Jamie Lawrence (1970)
March 10th: Pär Cederqvist (1980)
March 11th: Dennis Wilshaw (1926-2004), Derek Pace (1932-1989), Bjarnólfur Lárusson (1976)
March 12th: Marcus di Giuseppe [Bica] (1972), Ken Hodgkisson (1933-2018)
March 14th: Andy Taylor (1986)
March 15th: Henry Walters (1925-1994), Don Penn (1960), Priestley Farquharson (1997)
March 16th: Adam Plunkett (1903-1992)
March 18th: Ray Shaw (1913-1980), John Love (1924-2007), Harry Middleton (1937), Colin Harrison (1946), Kenny Beech (1958)
March 19th: Ted Peers (1872-1905), Charlie Radford (1900-1924), Ron Pountney (1955), Dean Smith (1971)
March 20th: Jack Eyres (1899-1975), Trevor Meath (1944), Willie Naughton (1962), Rod McDonald (1967), Paul Merson (1968), Kevin Betsy (1978), Michael Standing (1981)
March 21st: Gary Shelton (1958)
March 22nd: Jimmy McEwan (1929-2017), Billy Younger (1940-2007)
March 23rd: Edrissa Sonko (1980)
March 24th: Brian Taylor (1937-2015), Derek Statham (1959), Steve Corica (1973), Tony Bedeau (1979-2025)
March 29th: Robert Smellie (1869-?), Tony Barras (1971), Miah Dennehy (1950-2023)
APRIL
April 1st: Andy Watson (1967), John Hodge (1969), Ben Purkiss (1984)
April 2nd: Didier Tholot (1964), David Copeland (1875-1931)
April 3rd: Alec McClure (1892-1971), Danny Edgar (1910-1991), Kilburn Wilmot (1911-1996), John Harris (1939-2023)
April 4th: Alf Wheeler (1910-1978), Alf Worton (1914-2000)
April 5th: Mike Tindall (1941-2020)
April 6th: Walsall FC (1888), Sidney Bowser (1891-1961) [1 England cap], Arthur Haddleton (1910-1971), [James] Lindley Jenkins (1954), Colin Gibson (1960)
April 8th: Graham Chadwick (1942)
April 9th: Ian Brightwell (1968), Darren Rogers (1970), Michael Dobson (1981)
April 10th: George Lawley (1903-1987), Ken Tewkesbury (1909-1970), Clive Ford (1945), Steve Claridge (1966)
April 11th: Peter Skipper (1958-2019), Marvin Robinson (1980)
April 12th: Will Devey (1865-1935), Alistair Brown (1951), Martin Lane (1961)
April 13th: Trevor Smith (1936-2003), David Zdrilic (1974)
April 14th: Joe Lofthouse (1865-1919) [7 ENG caps], Paul Devlin (1972)
April 15th: Jimmy Warner (1865-1943), Ken Harper (1917-1994), Hayden White (1995)
April 16th: Dave Barnett (1967), Evan Weir (2002)
April 17th: Frank Moss (1895-1965) [5 ENG caps]
April 18th: Kevin Wilson (1961)
April 19th: Gary Childs (1964)
April 20th: Alan Buckley (1951), Courtney Clarke (2003)
April 23rd: George Andrews (1942), Frank Vincent (1999)
April 24th: Billy Gallier (1932-2011), Gordon Wills (1934-2018), Malcolm White (1941)
April 26th: Colin Anderson (1962)
April 28th: Jack Barnes (1908-2008) [99yrs], Davy Walsh (1923-2016)
April 30th: Alun Evans (1949), Johnny Hancocks (1919-1994)
MAY
May 5th: Darren Wrack (1976), Grant Smith (1980)
May 7th: Evandro Brandão (1991)
May 8th: Stuart Watkiss (1966), Charlie Lakin (1999)
May 9th: Don Goodman (1966)
May 10th: Gareth Ainsworth (1973)
May 11th: John Williams (1968)
May 12th: Darren Beckford (1967)
May 13th: Don Dearson (1914-1990) [3 Wales caps]
May 14th: Arthur Tilford (1903-1993), Jan Sorensen (1955-2024)
May 15th: Liam Gordon (1999), Dale Banton (1961), Danny Hay (1975)
May 16th: Arthur Stokes (1868-1960)
May 18th: Barry Horne (1962)
May 19th: Devante Rodney (1998)
May 20th: Graham Sissons (1934)
May 21st: Tom Brownlee (1935-2018), Alan Roper (1939)
May 22nd: Wally Webster (1895-1980), Norman Male (1917-1992)
May 24th: Emmanuel Ledesma (1988)
May 25th: Joe Mayo (1952)
May 26th: Arthur Potts (1888-1981), Lewis Bedford (1899-1966), Ricky Sbragia (1956)
May 28th: David Preece (1963-2007)
May 29th: Alec Jackson (1937-2023), Danny Fox (1986), Erhun Óztumer (1991)
JUNE
June 2nd: John Metcalfe (1935-1996)
June 3rd: Kevan Broadhurst (1959), Arthur Griffin (1871-1945)
June 6th: George Smith (1901-?), Colin Brazier (1957)
June 7th: Billy Crook (1926-2011)
June 8th: Billy Lyon (1878-1915), Matt Carbon (1975)
June 9th: Sam Williams (1987)
June 11th: Chris Crowe (1939-2003)
June 12th: Alf Dolphin (1889-1940), Ollie Kearns (1956)
June 13th: Dave Tennant (1945), Alex Taylor (1962)
June 15th: Fred Morris (1929-1998), Júnior (1976)
June 16th: Taylor Allen (2000)
June 17th: Gary Williams (1960)
June 18th: Ludovic Pollet (1970), Jamie Vincent (1975-2022), Luke Tilt (1988)
June 19th: Bobby Hutchinson (1953), Neil Emblen (1971)
June 20th: Ron Crutchley (1922-1987), Robert Steiner (1973), Ian Roper (1977)
June 22nd: Bill Myerscough (1930-1977)
June 23rd: Steve Baines (1954)
June 24th: Hugh McLaren (1926-1965)
June 26th: Harry Wood (1868) [3 England caps]
June 27th: Alex Christie (1896-1981), Ron Stockin (1931-2024)
June 28th: Syd Howarth (1923-2004), Roy Faulkner (1935), Troy Deeney (1988),
June 30th: Andy Tillson (1966), Gavin Ward (1970), Dean Keates (1978)
JULY
July 1st: James Aston (1877-1935), Terry Wharton (1942)
July 2nd: Brian Taylor (1949-1993), Carl Rushworth (2001)
July 3rd: Fred Walker (1913-1978), Paul Hall (1972)
July 5th: Dai Woodward (1918-1997), Chris Hutchings (1957)
July 6th: Tony Lowery (1961)
June 7th: George Strong (1916-1989)
July 8th: Albert McPherson (1927-2015), Tom Williams (1980), Rico Henry (1997)
July 9th: George Leslie (1907-1986), Jimmy Walker (1973), Paul Marshall (1989)
July 10th: Russell Musker (1962), Charlie Palmer (1963)
July 11th: Gino Padula (1976), Aden Flint (1989)
July 12th: Billy Tennant (1865-1927), Lee Sinnott (1965), Brian Palgrave (1966)
July 13th: Clayton Ince (1972), Carl Emberson (1973), Roberto Martínez (1973)
July 14th: Alf Hitch (1876-1962), Dave Robinson (1948-2016)
July 16th: Kelvin Clarke (1957) [Allan's Brother]
July 17th: Harry Baldwin (1920-2010), Lee Vaughan (1986)
July 18th: Albert William [Billy] Mays (1902-1959)
July 20th: David Fairhurst (1906-1972)
July 21st: Frank Kletzenbauer (1936-1996), Ray Graydon (1947), Frédéric Biancalani (1974)
July 22nd: Charlie Ntamark (1964)
July 25th: Stephen [Steve] R. Jones (1957)
July 26th: Paul Simpson (1966), Reuben Reid (1988)
July 27th: Tommy Muldoon (1897-1989), Tom Bradshaw (1992)
July 28th: Jock MacKenzie (1885-1940), Jimmy Torrance (1889-1949), Paul Sanderson (1964), Iffy Onuora (1967)
July 29th: David Prentice (1908-1984), Wilf Walsh (1917-1977), Graeme Forbes (1958)
July 30th: Tony Macken (1950) [1 Ireland Cap]
July 31st: Allan Clarke (1946), Dwayne Mattis (1981)
AUGUST
August 1st: Jem Bayliss (1863-1933)
August 2nd: Martin Singleton (1963)
August 3rd: Les Talbot (1910-1983), Micky Evans (1946), Netan Sansara (1989)
August 5th: Steve Cherry (1960), Mathieu Manset (1989)
August 7th: Willie Penman (1939-2017), Harry Haddington (1931-2010)
August 8th: Henry White (1895-1972), John Sharples (1934-2001), Alan Boswell (1943-2017), Phil Parkes (1950), Dean Peer (1969)
August 10th: Mick O'Brien (1893-1940)
August 11th: Tommy Mooney (1971)
August 12th: Eugène Langenove (1899-1958) [1st French to play league football in England], Peter Bodak (1961)
August 14th: Peter Hart (1957), Andy Williams (1986)
August 15th: Walter Bunch (1872-1937), Harry WIlliams (2002)
August 17th: Gordon Medd (1925-1996)
August 18th: Jock Morgan (1889-1983), Howard Riley (1938), Roger Fry (1948)
August 19th: Andy Dornan (1961)
August 20th: Brett Angell (1968), Éric Skora (1981), Andrew Surman (1986)
August 21st: Ronnie Ekelund (1972), Paul Ritchie (1975)
August 22nd: Dino Mennillo (1975)
August 23rd: Tommy Watson (1943)
August 24th: Caesar Jenkyns (1866-1941), Jimmy Dudley (1928-2006), Colin Taylor (1940-2005) [459 league apps], Joe Broad (1982)
August 25th: Keith Bertschin (1956), Gary West (1964), Wayne Evans (1971-2023)
August 26th: Fred Barber (1963), Jake Hollman (2001)
August 27th: Kevan Hurst (1985)
August 28th: Wayne Thomas (1978)
SEPTEMBER
September 3rd: Albert Turner (1907-1959)
September 6th: Albert Wilkes (1875-1936), William J. (Billy) Bryan (1912-1944), Matt Gadsby (1979-2006)
September 7th: Sam Smith (1909-1994), Jason Brissett (1974), Peter Till (1985)
September 9th: Derek Trevis (1942-2000), Paul Jones (1965)
September 12th: Jack Sibbald (1890-1956), Florent Cuvelier (1992)
September 14th: Doug Lishman (1923-1994)
September 15th: Tommy Wilson (1930-1992), Steve Elliott (1958), Craig Pead (1981)
September 16th: James Baxendale (1992), Emmanuel Adegboyega (2003)
September 17th: Mark Wallington (1952), Bernie Wright (1952)
September 18th: Don Dorman (1922-1997), Paul Smith (1971), Stephen Hughes (1976)
September 19th: Jimmy Whitehouse (1924-2005), Mick Bates (1947-2021)
September 20th: Ken Davies (1923-2008), Michalis Vlachos (1967)
September 21st: George Pearson (1901-1963), Tony Grealish (1956-2013), Julian Gray (1979)
September 22nd: Gilbert Alsop (1908-1992), Vincent Harper (2000)
September 23rd: Chris Wilder (1967), Ryan Finnigan (2003)
September 24th: Dave Serella (1952)
September 25th: Harold Crockford (1893-1983), Ryan Stirk (2000)
September 26th: Joe Connor (1877-1934) [3 IRE caps], John Christie (1929-2014), John Davies (1933), Roger Boli (1965), Adrian Littlejohn (1970), David Perpetuini (1979)
September 27th: Steve Chettle (1968), Rico Richards (2003)
September 28th: Walter Kimberley (1884-1917), Tommy Wright (1984)
September 29th: Allenby Driver (1918-1997), Kyle Lightbourne (1968), Darren Byfield (1976)
September 30th: Adi Viveash (1969)
OCTOBER
October 1st: Jason Lillis (1969)
October 2nd: Archibald Rawlings (1891-1952)
October 3rd: Colin Askey (1932), Ron Green (1956), Joe Willis (2001)
October 4th: Dave Wilson (1944)
October 5th: Darren Bazeley (1972)
October 8th: Gerry Harris (1935-2020), Terry Simpson (1938), Gary Birch (1981)
October 9th: Billy Green (1927-1996)
October 10th: Stan Morgan (1920-1971), Reg Davies (1933-2019), Josh Gordon (1994), Lewis Warrington (2002)
October 11th: Jimmy Murray (1935-2008), Jean-François Peron (1965), [Marcelo] dos Santos Ciprian (1969), Pedro Matias (1973)
October 12th: Chris Nicholl (1946-2024), Stuart Rimmer (1964)
October 13th: Mark Rees (1961)
October 14th: Harry Yates (1861-1932), Bertrand Bossu (1980)
October 15th: Eddie Holding (1930-2014), John Teasdale (1962)
October 16th: Albert Langford (1899-1965), Roy McDonough (1958), Chris Palmer (1983)
October 17th: Nicky Devlin (1993)
October 18th: Howard Pritchard (1958)
October 20th: John Kelly (1960), Jamille Matt (1989)
October 21st: Howard Harvey (1877-1904), Mark Gayle (1969), Aaron Williams (1993)
October 22nd: Scott Houghton (1971)
October 24th: Doug Flack (1920-2005), John Ruddy (1986)
October 25th: Alf Wood (1945-2020), Neil Tolson (1973), Stephen [Steve] G. Jones (1976)
October 26th: Keith Ball (1940-2023), Craig Shakespeare (1963-2024), Steve Winter (1973), Paul Downing (1991)
October 27th: Vinny Samways (1968), Clive Platt (1977), Rhys Weston (1980)
October 28th: George Rampton (1888-1971), David Sloan (1941-2016)
October 29th: David Mehew (1967)
October 31st: Dai Richards (1906-1969), Maitland Pollock (1952), Steve Gritt (1957), Mads Timm (1984), Joe Edwards (1990)
NOVEMBER
November 2nd: Dave Massart (1919-1993), Graham Matthews (1942), Derek Mountfield (1962), Romaine Sawyers (1991)
November 3rd: Joe Bambrick (1905-1983), Jock Scott (1906-1981), Trevor Wood (1968)
November 4th: Tim Rawlings (1932-2014), Andy Butler (1983)
November 5th: Isaiah Osbourne (1987)
November 6th: Bill Bradford (1903-1984), Stuart Ryder (1973)
November 7th: Dudley Milligan (1916-1971), Jason McCarthy (1995), Aaron Pressley (2001)
November 8th: Mark Prudhoe (1963), Manny Smith (1988)
November 9th: Tommy Bowen (1900-1954)
November 11th: John Keister (1970)
November 13th: Frank Corrigan (1952-2023), Michael Husbands (1983)
November 14th: Kenny Stephens (1946), Daryl Taylor (1984), Daniel Kanu (2004)
November 15th: George Dobson (1997)
November 16th: Stan Jones (1938), Gábor Bukrán (1975), Anthony Forde (1993)
November 17th: Peter Bullock (1941)
November 18th: Jason Demetriou (1987), Brandon Comley (1995), Douglas James-Taylor (2001)
November 19th: Chris Jones (1945), Ronnie Sinclair (1964), Stuart Sinclair (1987), Yann Songo'o (1991)
November 20th: Harry Salt (1899-1971), Adam Chambers (1980), James Chambers (1980), James O'Connor (1984)
November 22nd: Albert Mullard (1920-1984), Kevin MacDonald (1960), Richard Green (1967)
November 24th: Jimmy O'Neill (1941-?), Darren Bradley (1965), Wayne Dyer (1977), Donervon Daniels (1993)
November 25th: Harry Wait (1891-1975), Reuben Woolhouse (1904-1986), Thomas McGarry (1927-2002), Aidey Thorpe (1963), David Kelly (1965)
November 26th: Mick Kearns (1950), Eric Young (1952), Carl Saunders (1964)
November 27th: Alan Deakin (1941-2018), Gordon Hobson (1957), Andy Barrowman (1984)
November 28th: Neil Pointon (1964), Carlos André (1971)
November 29th: Bobby Webb (1933-2023)
November 30th: Liam Bennett (2001)
DECEMBER
December 1st: Arthur Attwood (1901-1974), Kenny Mower (1960), Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (1973)
December 2nd: Aaron Lescott (1978)
December 4th: Roy Cross (1947), Michael Ricketts (1978), Rubén Darío Larrosa (1979), Lee Beevers (1983)
December 5th: Bert Knott (1914-1986)
December 6th: Karl Hawley (1981)
December 7th: Billy McIntosh (1919-1990), Phil Hawker (1962)
December 8th: Tommy Roe (1900-1972), Doug Fraser (1941), Tommy Simkin (2004)
December 9th: Jimmy Seal (1950), Mark Hughes (1986), Alex Nicholls (1987), Milan Lalkovic (1992), Myles Roberts (2001)
December 10th: Colin Methven (1955), Ray Daniel (1964), Martin O'Connor (1967), Dylan Thomas (2006)
December 11th: John Manning (1940-2021), Marc-Antoine Gbarssin (1984)
December 12th: Hugh Evans (1912-2010), Billy Goffin (1920-1987), Andy Saville (1964), Tom Bennett (1969), Walter Otta (1973), Alassane N'Dour (1981)
December 13th: Albert Adomah (1987), Olly Lancashire (1988)
December 14th: Jack Savage (1929-2009), Ian Handysides (1962-1990)
December 16th: Duggie Lochhead (1904-1968), Mark Blake (1970)
December 17th: Charlie Crossley (1891-1965), Jimmy Robertson (1944), Julian Bennett (1984), Kory Roberts (1997)
December 19th: Carlos Fangueiro (1976)
December 20th: George Kirby (1933-2000), Jamie Paterson (1991)
December 22nd: Graham Newton (1942-2019)
December 23rd: Arnold Walker (1932-2017), Jon Whitney (1970)
December 24th: Dion Scott (1980), Dan Scarr (1994)
December 26th: Matt Richards (1984)
December 27th: Carlos Carneiro (1975)
December 28th: Rico Browne (2003), Elicha Ahui (2003)
December 29th: Liam O'Neill (1919-?), Nathan Asiimwe (2004)
December 30th: Marco Reich (1977), Ronan Maher (2004)