| Team | Walsall | |
| Ground name | Bank’s stadium | |
| Stand names | | |
| 1 | Floors 2 Go Stand | 6 |
| 2 | Text 6446 Health Stand | 4 |
| 3 | | 4 |
| 4 | Homeserve Stand | 4 |
| Capacity | 11,300 | |
| Atmosphere | There is a low roof for away fans which lets them make some noise | 7 |
| Facilities | Did find that the queues were quite long but the food was of a good quality | 7 |
| Accessibility | To access the ground you have to walk behind this retail park but it does give a good amount of parking if you get there early enough | 6 |
| Positives | Good food and tidy ground | |
| Negatives | Looks a bit lop sided with the main stand at one end and only 15 rows back on 3 sides | |
| Overall | | 38 |
The Saddlers moved to the Bescot Stadium in 1990 from Fellows Park. With the opening of the now named Floors 2 Go Purple Stand in 2003 the Club are finally getting a ground to match their ambitions. This new stand is for home fans and is a large two tiered affair that completely dwarfs the rest of the ground. It is smart looking, with a glassed area running across its middle, which houses the concourse. Unusually, it has a slightly larger upper than lower tier. This end before it was re-developed was previously called the Gilbert Alsop (a former Walsall playing great) Stand, but in a commercial sponsorship deal, has been renamed theFloors 2 Go Stand. Similarly the H.L. Fellows Stand has been renamed the Txt 64446 Health Stand. A sign of the times I guess...
The rest of the stadium is totally enclosed with three of the stands being roughly the same height, giving it a 'box-like' feel. These stands are not particularly big, around 15 rows high. The corners are filled, but only for advertising hoardings. Above the Homeserve (William Sharp) stand there is a small electric scoreboard, whilst on one side there is a small television camera gantry precariously perched on the roof. One unusual feature are the strange looking floodlights, which sit on the roofs of the side stands. The main disappointment is the large number of supporting pillars in each of the older stands (the new Floors 2 Go Stand is pillar free). As Walsall unfortunately very rarely fill the stadium, this is not a huge problem. However, for big games this can be very annoying if you are unlucky enough to get seated behind one.There is also a small electric scoreboard on top of the Homeserve (William Sharp) Stand.
The rest of the stadium is totally enclosed with three of the stands being roughly the same height, giving it a 'box-like' feel. These stands are not particularly big, around 15 rows high. The corners are filled, but only for advertising hoardings. Above the Homeserve (William Sharp) stand there is a small electric scoreboard, whilst on one side there is a small television camera gantry precariously perched on the roof. One unusual feature are the strange looking floodlights, which sit on the roofs of the side stands. The main disappointment is the large number of supporting pillars in each of the older stands (the new Floors 2 Go Stand is pillar free). As Walsall unfortunately very rarely fill the stadium, this is not a huge problem. However, for big games this can be very annoying if you are unlucky enough to get seated behind one.There is also a small electric scoreboard on top of the Homeserve (William Sharp) Stand.
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