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Former Walsall skipper Bill Guttridge's funeral date announced

Tributes were today paid to the late Walsall footballer Bill Guttridge, as it was announced his funeral will be on April 19.

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Mr Guttridge, who captained the Saddlers during one of their most successful periods, died aged 82 on Saturday.

He suffered from Parkinson's Disease. Mr Guttridge led Walsall to back-to-back promotions from 1959-61.

The funeral is at St Lawrence Church in Darlaston.

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