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Byfield Gets Busy at Walsall Wood
Byfield Gets Busy at Walsall Wood
Darren Byfield, manager of Midland League Premier Division club Walsall Wood, has been extremely busy adding to his squad ahead of the new 2021/22 campaign.
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Vastly experienced midfielder Danny Bragoli (pictured) makes the short move from Pitching In Southern League Premier Division Central neighbours Rushall Olympic.

 

The 35-year-old ended a five-year spell with Halesowen Town by signing for Southern Division One South side Evesham United in June 2019 and then moved to Rushall in March 2020.

 

He began his career with Shrewsbury Town and also had international call-ups from Wales at under-14, 15 and under-16 level.

 

A highly competitive player with a good engine, he started in non-League football at Willenhall Town and had spells with Stourport Swifts and later played professionally in the USA with Wilmington Hammerhead.

 

He re-joined Stourport but then had spells with Hednesford Town, Willenhall, Chasetown, Rushall and Tipton Town, where he made almost 250 appearances.

 

As skipper he led out Tipton in their historic FA Cup tie at Carlisle United, which they eventually lost 6-0 back in November 2010.

 

He re-signed for Rushall from Tipton during the summer of 2011 to begin a second spell at Dales Lane before switching to the Knitters in December 2011.

 

He played for Chasetown before joining the Yeltz in September 2015.

 

Re-joining Wood are goalkeeper Lloyd Ransome, striker Paul Sullivan and midfielder Mitch Tolley.

 

Ransome, 30, followed Byfield from Walsall Wood to Southern Premier Central outfit Alvechurch in June 2019.

 

Also an impressive boxer, his other former clubs include Port Vale, Stafford Rangers and Hednesford Town.

 

Sullivan returns from Evesham.

 

Formerly with Wednesfield and Chasetown, Sullivan made the step up to the Conference (National League) North with Hednesford Town in the 2014/15 season.

 

After struggling for form and fitness during the early stages of the campaign, Sullivan was loaned back to Chasetown for a month in January 2015 in a bid to gain much-needed fitness and goalscoring form.

 

His second spell for the Scholars was a massive success, as he scored 12 goals in 12 games to help Chasetown escape the NPL First Division South drop zone.

 

However, he moved on to Hinckley in 2016 where he again found form and goals before signing for Wood for the first time in June 2017.

 

Tolley arrives back at Wood from NPL Premier Division side Stafford Rangers.

 

Tolley, 27, is an uncompromising and classy defensive midfielder, who joined Rushall Olympic in 2010 from Bloxwich United, who he captained to the Walsall Senior Cup title – against Rushall – and back-to-back JW Hunt Cup championships.

 

He signed for Rangers in May 2016 and then made his first move to Wood in the summer of 2017.

 

Another former Chasetown player is central midfielder Lee Butler.

 

He was Hinckley AFC`s captain under Carl Abbott after playing over 150 games at Chasetown, and has also played at Step 4 with Northwich Victoria, Romulus and Market Drayton Town.

 

Known as something of a set piece specialist.

 

Another very experienced recruit is pacey wide midfielder Lee Chilton/

 

Now 36, the well-travelled Chilton has turned out for Alvechurch, Leamington, Halesowen Town, Tividale, Willenhall Town, Stourbridge, Hinckley United and AFC Telford United amongst others.

 

He signed for Evesham in July 2019 and then joined Midland Leaguers Sporting Khalsa in the summer of 2020 before arriving at Southern Premier Division Central outfit Bromsgrove Sporting in November 2020.

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Byfield Gets Busy at Walsall Wood
Byfield Gets Busy at Walsall Wood
Thursday 10 June 21 I 16:38:26
Photo by

Vastly experienced midfielder Danny Bragoli (pictured) makes the short move from Pitching In Southern League Premier Division Central neighbours Rushall Olympic.

 

The 35-year-old ended a five-year spell with Halesowen Town by signing for Southern Division One South side Evesham United in June 2019 and then moved to Rushall in March 2020.

 

He began his career with Shrewsbury Town and also had international call-ups from Wales at under-14, 15 and under-16 level.

 

A highly competitive player with a good engine, he started in non-League football at Willenhall Town and had spells with Stourport Swifts and later played professionally in the USA with Wilmington Hammerhead.

 

He re-joined Stourport but then had spells with Hednesford Town, Willenhall, Chasetown, Rushall and Tipton Town, where he made almost 250 appearances.

 

As skipper he led out Tipton in their historic FA Cup tie at Carlisle United, which they eventually lost 6-0 back in November 2010.

 

He re-signed for Rushall from Tipton during the summer of 2011 to begin a second spell at Dales Lane before switching to the Knitters in December 2011.

 

He played for Chasetown before joining the Yeltz in September 2015.

 

Re-joining Wood are goalkeeper Lloyd Ransome, striker Paul Sullivan and midfielder Mitch Tolley.

 

Ransome, 30, followed Byfield from Walsall Wood to Southern Premier Central outfit Alvechurch in June 2019.

 

Also an impressive boxer, his other former clubs include Port Vale, Stafford Rangers and Hednesford Town.

 

Sullivan returns from Evesham.

 

Formerly with Wednesfield and Chasetown, Sullivan made the step up to the Conference (National League) North with Hednesford Town in the 2014/15 season.

 

After struggling for form and fitness during the early stages of the campaign, Sullivan was loaned back to Chasetown for a month in January 2015 in a bid to gain much-needed fitness and goalscoring form.

 

His second spell for the Scholars was a massive success, as he scored 12 goals in 12 games to help Chasetown escape the NPL First Division South drop zone.

 

However, he moved on to Hinckley in 2016 where he again found form and goals before signing for Wood for the first time in June 2017.

 

Tolley arrives back at Wood from NPL Premier Division side Stafford Rangers.

 

Tolley, 27, is an uncompromising and classy defensive midfielder, who joined Rushall Olympic in 2010 from Bloxwich United, who he captained to the Walsall Senior Cup title – against Rushall – and back-to-back JW Hunt Cup championships.

 

He signed for Rangers in May 2016 and then made his first move to Wood in the summer of 2017.

 

Another former Chasetown player is central midfielder Lee Butler.

 

He was Hinckley AFC`s captain under Carl Abbott after playing over 150 games at Chasetown, and has also played at Step 4 with Northwich Victoria, Romulus and Market Drayton Town.

 

Known as something of a set piece specialist.

 

Another very experienced recruit is pacey wide midfielder Lee Chilton/

 

Now 36, the well-travelled Chilton has turned out for Alvechurch, Leamington, Halesowen Town, Tividale, Willenhall Town, Stourbridge, Hinckley United and AFC Telford United amongst others.

 

He signed for Evesham in July 2019 and then joined Midland Leaguers Sporting Khalsa in the summer of 2020 before arriving at Southern Premier Division Central outfit Bromsgrove Sporting in November 2020.

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