But Bonser is adamant that with their connections to the club, Hutchings and O'Connor are the right pair to take Walsall forward.

BBC: Walsall appoint Hutchings as boss

"When Jimmy Mullen left the club it wasn't in my mind to get local people, it was to get the right people, " said Bonser.

BBC: Walsall appoint Hutchings as boss

Professor Robert Bonser, a cardiac surgeon from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, said that while the findings were "interesting", the scarcity of organs meant that gender matching was unlikely to become the rule.

BBC: Surgery

The appointment of Hutchings as manager is the fifth chairman Jeff Bonser has made since Colin Lee left the club in April 2004, since when the Saddlers have suffered two relegations and a promotion.

BBC: Walsall appoint Hutchings as boss