Walsall in Film and Television
- In the film Fever Pitch, the day Arsenal were beaten by Walsall in the League Cup Fourth Round in 1984 is mentioned by Mark Strong as Steve during a game of pool with Colin Firth as Paul.
- 1970s BBC comedy television series Ripping Yarns: "I didn't come here on a free transfer from Walsall ...."
- Sky Sports Soccer AM have given Walsall F.C the nickname "Warsaw" due to the similarity when pronouncing Walsall and Warsaw. The presenters of Soccer AM often refer to Walsall F.C as "our friends from Poland".
- 25 April 2012: During the 2012 Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Chelsea at the Camp Nou, the Sky Sports commentators mentioned Walsall F.C to highlight the contrasting highs and lows of then Chelsea caretaker manager Robert Di Matteo. It was mentioned that 3 years ago to the very day, on 25 April 2009, Di Matteo was in charge of an MK Dons side that lost 1–0 to Walsall, contrasting with his Chelsea team's 3–2 aggregate win over the then European Champions.
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