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Brian Halford Mercury 13 Feb 11
Alex Nicholls has paid warm tribute to the apprentice system at Walsall – and emphasised its value to him in the past, present and, almost certainly, far into the future.
Nicholls has been a fixture in the Saddlers’ first-team squad for several seasons now, having come through the youth set-up at the Banks’s Stadium and graduated from youth team to reserves to senior squad.
The 23-year-old winger has made 28 appearances in the first team this season and…
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Express & Star 20 Jan 11
Alex Nicholls has insisted Walsall can beat the drop – despite their season spiralling out of control.
Nicholls is confident the Saddlers, seven points from safety at the bottom of League One, can survive…
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Brian Halford Mercury 2 Jan 11
Walsall front man Alex Nicholls is well aware that “a striker will always be judged on goals”.
And the 23-year-old is totally up front about his contribution of just one goal to the Saddlers’ tally so far this season.
It is not, he admits, “anywhere near enough”.
There is some mitigation for Nicholls. He has started as many games on the substitutes’ bench as in the starting XI…
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Ken Montgommery B'ham Mail 11 Nov 10
Nicholls advances claim with hat-trick
Alex Nicholls fired out a message to Walsall manager Chris Hutchings with a hat-trick as the Saddlers reserves hammered Rotherham 7-0 at The Banks’s Stadium.
Nicholls has been largely confined to the first-team bench this season. But with Darren Byfield still on his way back from injury and Hutchings continuing to cast about in the loan market for a strike-partner for Jon Macken, Nicholls is a realistic option if he can find his form and confidence…
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Express & Star 30 Aug 10
Jon Macken has backed Alex Nicholls to recover from his first-ever red card – but is out to make him pay for his rush of blood.
Nicholls was sent off for kicking Tommy Elphick in Walsall’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton on Saturday and is suspended for three games…
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Express & Star 26 Aug 10
Alex Nicholls has hailed the power of Walsall’s strike-force and backed them to fire the club to glory.
The Saddlers ace is determined to keep his place in the face of mounting competition. Albion loan signing Reuben Reid bagged a debut winner in last weekend’s 2-1 victory over Plymouth, while Jonathan Macken is waiting in the wings as he recovers from a calf injury…
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Express & Star 16 Aug 10
Alex Nicholls today threw down the gauntlet to Walsall’s transfer targets and insisted “I want to be top dog.”
The striker issued a statement of intent in the Saddlers’ 2-1 win at Brentford on Saturday after claiming his first goal of the season…
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Brian Halford B'ham Mail 5 Aug 10
Alex Nicholls has outlined Walsall’s desire to start the season with back-to-back home wins – and get their supporters “driving” the players on from there.
The Saddlers face Milton Keynes Dons in their League One opener at The Banks’s Stadium on Saturday with Tranmere Rovers to follow in the Carling Cup first round next Tuesday…
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Walsall FC 31 Jul 10
The Saddlers shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Port Vale, which proved to be a good work-out for Chris Hutchings’ side with just seven days to go until the start of the new season.
The Saddlers started the brighter of the two teams and posed all of the early questions. The opening goal duly arrived on ten minutes when Alex Nicholls cut inside from the left and found the back of the net with a low strike…
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Express & Star 29 Jul 10
Alex Nicholls today vowed to be the man to replace Troy Deeney if Walsall sell their star to Watford.
The striker is desperate to prove his worth up front should Deeney move to the Hornets, who are long-term admirers…