November, 2007Archive for

Rising Football Star comes back to the club

18 year old Kallum Higginbottom, now playing professional football in Rochdale’s first team (and scoring goals), was back in the club tonight for a game of 5 a side with his mates. Kallam was a member of our under-16 five a side team that won the Greater Manchester Federation CYP Cup 3 years ago. The team went on to the semi final stage of the Northern Competition. Kallum left school and started out with Oldham before moving over to Rochdale this year where he is a regular member of the fi...

SLC tiddlywinks champion from Zebra Street

David Sheldon a member of the club during the late 1960s and early 1970s returned to the club today to mark his 50th birthday. David’s membership record shows he attended the club camp between 1968 and 1975 and that he was born on Zebra Street. He was also the club Tiddlywinks champion for 3 years running. David, right, is pictured with club volunteer Bill Seddon, who grew up on Unicorn Street! Does anyone know why we had streets called Unicorn and Zebra in Ordsall? You can here Davi...

The Secret Millionaire

The club featured in a Channel 4 programme called The Secret Millionaire earlier tonight. If you missed the programme, and live in the UK, you can view this online at www.channel4.com/ If you would like to find out more about the club, ask about volunteering, or arrange a visit, please contact us by email. If you would like to make a donation you can do this via the website, or send a cheque to the club at the address below. If you would like to make a larger donation to our £1,000,000 ap...