Walsall Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Walsall, West Midlands, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club's nickname, "The Saddlers", reflects Walsall's status as a traditional centre for saddle manufacture. Walsall moved into their Bescot Stadium in 1990, having previously played at nearby Fellows Park for almost a century. The team play in a red and white kit and their club crest features a swift. They hold rivalries with nearby Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion, as well as farther away but more regularly contested rivalries with Shrewsbury Town and Port Vale.
Kevin Patrick Harper is a football coach and former player. He played as a winger for Hibernian, Derby County, Walsall, Portsmouth, Norwich City, Leicester City, Stoke City, Carlisle United and Dunfermline Athletic. Born in England, played for the Scotland U21 national team. He managed Scottish League Two side Albion Rovers from November 2018 to May 2020.
Limerick Football Club was an association football club based in Limerick, Ireland who played in the League of Ireland and currently have teams competing in the underage National League of Ireland.
Jonathan Paul Macken is a football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. He is currently manager of Witton Albion.
Mark Anthony Kinsella is an Irish football manager and former player, currently a coach at Drogheda United after previously being both the manager and assistant manager. He played as a central midfielder for most of his career.
Raymond Jack Graydon is an English former footballer and manager. In a 16-year professional career in the English Football League and North American Soccer League he scored 139 goals in 484 league and cup appearances.
Roderick Collins, is an Irish former professional football player and manager.
Roger Jones is an English former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper who played for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Stoke City, Derby County, Birmingham City and York City.
Alan Paul Biley is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cambridge United, Derby County, Everton, Portsmouth and Stoke City.
James McAlinden was an Irish footballer who played as a forward for several clubs, most notably, Belfast Celtic, Portsmouth, Shamrock Rovers and Southend United. As an international, McAlinden also played for both Ireland teams – the IFA XI and the FAI XI. After retiring as a player, he went on to manage Glenavon, Distillery and Drogheda United.
Richard Florence O'Kelly is an English former footballer turned manager; whose most recent position was Dean Smith's assistant head coach at Premier League side Aston Villa.
Steven James Biggins is an English former footballer. A forward, he scored 66 goals in 237 league games in a fifteen-year career in the Football League.
Billy Caskey is a retired professional soccer midfielder from Northern Ireland. He played in the Irish Football League, Football League, North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned seven caps, scoring one goal, with the Northern Ireland national football team between 1978 and 1982.
Arthur Stewart was a Northern Ireland international footballer who played with, among others, Glentoran, Derby County and Ballymena United in the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, he won seven full international caps for Northern Ireland as well as five amateur caps and five inter-league caps for the Irish League.
There are many derbies in the League of Ireland, and despite the fact that historically more teams compete in the First Division, the majority are played in the Premier Division, the top flight of Irish football.
Paul Kirk is a Northern Irish retired football player and manager.
Danny Trainor was a Northern Irish international footballer.
Barry Thomas Crowe, known as Barry Baggley, is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland First Division side Waterford, on loan from League One club Fleetwood Town.
Ciarán Kelly is an Irish professional footballer who plays for EFL League Two club Bradford City. He previously played for St Patrick's Athletic, the club where he started his professional career. He has also spent one season at Drogheda United as well as 3 seasons with Bohemians, where he was loaned out to NIFL Premiership side Ballymena United for 6 months.
Harry McCue is a former Irish association football player who alternately played as a defender and a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 30 years, McCue represented Home Farm, Shamrock Rovers, Athlone Town A.F.C., Drogheda United and Dundalk in the League of Ireland. He also enjoyed spells in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Australia. Aa a player, he was a three-time winner of the League of Ireland.
