^{Michael Standing began his career at Aston Villa. He showed a lot of promise a youngster but never managed to break in to the Villa first team.}

^{He moved on to Bradford where he spent the last 18 months before joining the Saddlers.}

^{Merse identified him as first transfer target. He had worked with Michael at Villa and felt he could become a key player in our bid to bounce back to the First Division. It turned out to be a mixed first season for the player nicknamed "Sponge Bob" by his teammates.}

^{He failed to nail down a regular place during the early months of the season, but soon got in to the groove of things and ended the season as a key player and will be Clubs vice captain for the 2005-2006.}