Well we all knew that there would be some opposition to this merger !
It was actually brought about when Ant Williams declined to Captain Birmingham this season as he felt he had taken it as far as he could and could not get any more players regularly involved.
Some players suggested Walsall merge with Birmingham....my reply was that Walsall didn"t need to merge with anyone as we are 2-time Champions, but if Birmingham wanted to play for us then of course, they would be welcome.
Most of us play at the BCPC anyway and following a few texts / phone-calls, Leigh and the APAT heirarchy decided a West Midlands team was the way to go, so we are happy with that.
Looking forward to the start of the season and good luck to all. We are rightly the team to beat solely on past results (1st, 2nd, 1st) but believe me, we will not underestimate any of the opposition.