Further to our earlier note regarding voting for the Player of the Year, below are the details for you to vote. The voting is now open and you can either [ … ]
Senior Blades Player of the Year
Although it might seem quite early, we thought a reminder might be a good idea for you to start thinking about who you want to vote for as your Player [ … ]
Senior Blades forthcoming lunch Entertainment/Speakers
This is our programme for the three months commencing April : Tuesday 14th April Rebecca Francas from the British Red Cross will be speaking to us about the history and [ … ]
Senior Blades early Summer trip
After considering various options, Sue Foster, our Excursions Officer, has settled on Skipton as the destination for our first summer trip. We will be leaving Cherry Street at 8.0am as [ … ]
FAB Fans Forum
We’re sure by now you will have seen the information that has already been online regarding the Fan Advisory Board’s first Fans Forum. Just a reminder that this will be [ … ]
Important Information
As those of you who have been attending our lunches for many years know, each January, Compass make a price increase for our three course lunches. As we did not [ … ]
Entertainment/Speakers for forthcoming lunches
As there is no lunch in January, please note the first lunch of 2026 is TUESDAY, 17th February when our speaker will be Nick Duggan speaking about The Hawley Collection, [ … ]
Senior Blades Christmas Party
On 11th December, Senior Blades held their annual Christmas party, we can claim without hesitation that it was definitely a ‘Wow’ afternoon. With just over 220 members and guests, there [ … ]
Happy Christmas to all
Stephen, Martin, Chris, Bill, Sue, Janet and Kathryn, your Senior Blades Committee, would like to wish all our members and supporters a very happy Christmas and a very happy and [ … ]
Tony gets an Award
Our honorary president, Tony Currie, had a very big surprise at his Memory Club meeting on 1st December. Unknown to him, Dawn Astle MBE, daughter of the late Jeff Astle, [ … ]
Spring Trip
At this time of the year, dark cold nights, our Excursions Officer, Sue, gets out her maps and brochures and looks for nice destinations for our first trip next year. [ … ]
Important Information
Please note that in JANUARY 2026, Senior Blades WIL NOT be having our usual monthly lunch. Normal Service will be resumed in February, when we will be listening to Nick [ … ]
Remembrance and Charity Raffle
At our lunch on 11th November, Senior Blades paid their respects to the fallen of the World wars. We invited Gwen Wilkinson from the British Legion to read [ … ]
RIP Colin Addison
All at Senior Blades were very saddened to hear of the passing of our former player, Colin Addison on 31st October. Colin joined the Blades in 1967 until October 1971, [ … ]
Christmas Reminder
Just a reminder that our 11th November lunch will be the last opportunity for you to buy your Christmas lunch tickets at the November lunch. Otherwise, if you are not [ … ]
Charity Raffle Winner
Charity Raffle, Kevin Greathead was delighted with his first prize win. This will now go into Kevin’s memorabilia collection, along with some other interesting pieces.
‘Big Bash’ Charity Raffle Winners
Last Tuesday, at our monthly lunch, our Big Bash Charity Raffle was drawn The winner of the Harry Souttar full kit was Kevin Greathead. The other prize winners were: Howard [ … ]
Christmas lunch
Although it’s still September (just), Senior Blades like to be on the ball! At our next lunch on 14th October, we will start selling our Christmas lunch tickets for Thursday [ … ]
Membership Renewals
Senior Blades membership has opened for renewal or joining from 1st September to 31st August 2026 at £10 per person. Membership is open to any person aged 55 years plus [ … ]
Sad News
It is with sadness that we are letting our members know our oldest Senior Blades member, Roy Ashton, has passed away suddenly this morning, 1st September, aged 102 years. Roy [ … ]