SADLER LAUDS 'UNCLE ALBERT'

MAT SADLER says Walsall are lucky to have a "special person" in Albert Adomah - and believes he could just be the X-factor to fire an unexpected promotion charge.

- Jon Couch

The vastly experienced winger was Sadler's marquee signing at the Poundland Bescot Stadium this summer and has already become a firm fans' favourite as he settles into life back at League Two.

Adomah, 36, is playing in the fourth tier for the first time since leaving Barnet in 2010, having made over 500 appearances in the Championship.

He's turned out for the likes of Bristol City, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Cardiff and QPR, where he departed in May following the expiration of his contract.

Nicknamed 'Uncle' - after the much-loved Only Fools & Horses character Uncle Albert Adomah made his first start for the Saddlers in their Carabao Cup first round penalty shootout win against League One Exeter and scored his first goal for the club in last Saturday's impressive 4-0 win at Swindon.