# 2020–21 Walsall F.C. season

The 2020–21 Walsall F.C. season was the club's 133rd season in their history and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 11 August 2020 | CF | Rory Holden | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2020 | RM | Emmanuel Osadebe | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | GK | Jack Rose | Southampton | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | RB | Hayden White | Mansfield Town | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 7 August 2020 | LB | George Nurse | Bristol City | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CF | Adan George | Birmingham City | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CF | Jake Scrimshaw | Bournemouth | January 2021 |
| 13 January 2021 | RW | Tyreik Wright | Aston Villa | End of season |
| 18 January 2021 | CF | Jayden Reid | Birmingham City | 27 March 2021 |
| 20 January 2021 | LM | Frank Vincent | Bournemouth | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | LB | Max Melbourne | Lincoln City | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Derick Osei | Oxford United | End of season |
* ↑ It was mutually agreed for Jayden to return to Birmingham City

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 6 October 2020 | CB | | Tom Leak | Bath City | November 2020 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Mitchel Candlin | Stafford Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Danny Coogan | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Shay Facey | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | James Hardy | AFC Telford United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Gary Liddle | Hartlepool United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Alex McSkeane | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Kory Roberts | Bromley | Released |
| 11 August 2020 | FW | Luke Pearce | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Elijah Adebayo | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Danny Guthrie | Unattached | Mutual consent |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Zak Jules | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### EFL League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 59 | |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 58 | |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 57 | |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 81 | −9 | 54 | |
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 | |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 51 | |
| 21 | Barrow | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 50 | |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 48 | |
| 23 | Southend United (R) | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 45 | Relegation to National League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August 2020.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Oxford United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Walsall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Chelsea U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |