IT MAY be the shortest month of the year, but February featured no fewer than eight matches.
It started with a home draw against promotion-chasing Charlton Athletic. Troy Deeney gave The Saddlers a deserved lead just after the half-hour mark, only for the visitors to be handed a lifeline on the stroke of half-time with a penalty that former Walsall loanee, Deon Burton fired home.
Despite our best efforts, we couldn't find a winning goal during the second period as we settled for a share of the spoils.
It was an instant return to home soil for the visit of fellow play-off hopefuls, Bristol Rovers in the next game.
On an extremely heavy pitch, both teams found it difficult to get into their stride and it ended goalless, although Clayton McDonald went close in the final minute with a towering header from a corner that rattled the crossbar.
The second part of our Bristol Rovers double-header took place just three days later at the Memorial Stadium where Richard Taundry's first-ever senior goal was enough to secure an excellent three points.
Chris Hutchings' men worked extremely hard to frustrate our hosts and move back into the top ten.
Our performance at Oldham Athletic in the next game was in stark contrast as we never got going and lacked a spark against our struggling hosts who went on to record a 1-0 win courtesy of a late goal.
Even the introduction of new signing, Julian Gray in the second half failed to lift The Saddlers on a grey day in Lancashire.
Our up-and-down displays continued at Elland Road as we became the first club in over a year to beat Leeds United on their own turf.
The Saddlers were well-organised, committed and hard-working to frustrate Leeds and the vast majority of the 19,000 crowd. A goal from Dwayne Mattis just seconds into the second half gave us the lead before a rather fortunate goal from Gary McSheffrey levelled matters.
The winner eventually arrived towards the end when Clayton McDonald bundled the ball over the line to spark mass celebrations amongst the players and the 237 travelling supporters.
After three consecutive away assignments, it was back on home soil for the visit of Brentford.
With confidence high following the victory at Leeds, the visitors snatched the lead out of the blue, but Alex Nicholls restored parity before the break.
The winning goal that we had threatened throughout the second period finally arrived from the head of Troy Deeney as we continued our march up the League One table.
We were brought crashing down to earth on a snowy night against Yeovil Town as the visitors escaped with a 1-0 win from a poor game.
The winning goal arrived early on following an error of judgement from Clayton Ince and after that there was little to warm the sparse crowd of under 3,000.
The month ended with a game in front of over 20,000 spectators at in-form Southampton.
It was our first-ever visit to the impressive St. Mary's Stadium and things started well with a sublime free-kick from Matt Richards giving us an early lead.
That was to be the only bright spot of a torrid afternoon as The Saints replied with five goals to complete a resounding victory.
