Nicholls breaks leg

While the Walsall youth team were celebrating reaching the Midland Youth Cup final last night, 18 year old striker Alex Nicholls was in hospital awaiting results from an x-ray.

The results showed that Alex has broken his leg and that means the promising striker will miss the rest of Walsalls relegation battle. 

The striker was expected to have a part to play in the remainder of the season. Walsall's options up front are limited at the moment and Nicholls is the only out and out striker on the books with a genuine injection of pace.

This season the striker has made his break through to the first team squad

Alex Nicholls (Walsall) appearances				2005/2006
Date	Competition	Home	Res	Away	Gls	Crd
14/02/2006	League One	Colchester U.	0-0	Walsall	0
11/02/2006	League One	Walsall *	2-2	Scunthorpe U.	0
31/01/2006	League One	Swindon Town	1-0	Walsall	0
28/01/2006	F.A. Cup	Stoke City	2-1	Walsall *	0
24/01/2006	(Associate Members)	Swansea City	2-2	Walsall	1
07/01/2006	F.A. Cup	Barnsley	1-1	Walsall *	0
02/01/2006	League One	Bristol City	3-0	Walsall	0	Y
31/12/2005	League One	Walsall *	2-0	Blackpool	0
28/12/2005	League One	Bradford City	2-0	Walsall *	0
26/12/2005	League One	Walsall *	0-0	Tranmere Rvs.	0
20/12/2005	(Associate Members)	Walsall *	3-2	Wycombe Wdrs.	0
17/12/2005	League One	Walsall	1-0	Hartlepool U.	0
03/12/2005	F.A. Cup	Walsall *	2-0	Yeovil Town	0
Appearances 5 (* + 8 as sub); Goals 1; Yellow cards 1; Red cards 0