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Last Result: Saturday 12th April 2008 Bartley Green 1 Walsall Wood 0 Midland Combination - Premier Division Attendance: 48
Current League Position: 10th
Ground Address: Oak Park, Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9NP
Telephone: 01543 361084
Ground Directions:
From North – using M6 motorway: M6 south to junction 12. Take A5 until big island just outside Brownhills (next island after the Turn pub on left). Take A452 Chester Road North through Brownhills High Street to traffic lights at Shire Oak (pub at junction on right hand side). Turn right on to A461 for Walsall , go to next set of traffic lights, cross over and turn right immediately on to Oak Park Leisure Centre car park (rear of Kentucky Fried Chicken). Proceed diagonally over car park and follow road round to ground entrance.
From South using M5/M6 motorways: M5 North past junction 1 on to M6 north. Leave at junction 9 (Wednesbury turn off). Take A4148 to Walsall . Proceed for about 2 miles over several islands until going down a hill alongside the Arboretum. At big island at bottom, turn right onto A461 for Lichfield . Take A461 for about 4 miles and go through Walsall Wood village (after Barons Court Hotel on right), up the hill after village, Oak Park is on the left opposite Fitness First, turn left and go diagonally across Oak Park Leisure Centre car park, Follow road round to the ground entrance.
 The history of Walsall Wood Football Club dates back to 1915, when they competed in the Walsall & District Combination during the 1915/16 season finishing 5th.
Walsall Wood have strong links from their early years with the church and the mining industry, both of these historic links are still seen today in the club badge. Also reflected in the club badge is the old castle or hill fort which stood in the area and another prominent local land mark in the form of an oak tree.
Walsall Wood were a strong side during the 1920s & 1930s and again after the second world war. Being one of the strongest clubs in the area resulted in Walsall Wood being featured in the cigarette cards that were a feature of that period alongside the likes of Aston Villa, Wolves, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City and Walsall.
The club have an impressive record in cup competitions over the years. The Walsall & District FA Senior Cup was won in 1923 and between 1932 & 1962 the club went on to win it another nine times.
In the Walsall & District FA Challenge Cup Walsall Wood enjoyed success in their 1977/78 season, winning the trophy and were runners up in both the 1949/50 & 1998/99 campaigns.
 In league competition the most successful period in the clubs history was after joining the Worcestershire Combination (later to become the Midland Combination) in 1951/52. Walsall Wood were champions in their first ever season in the league and runners up on five occasions during the decade that followed.
 In more recent times the club reached the final of the Staffordshire FA Challenge Cup in the 2004/05 season and the following season they finished 4th in the West Midlands (Regional) League - Division One as well as lifting the Wednesbury Charity Cup for the second time in their history. Walsall Wood currently play in the Premier Division of the Midland Combination.
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