Salford Lads Club

Archie meets his hero

Salford Lad and  rugby league star Charlie Pawsey returned to the club yesterday . Charlie was captain of Leigh RLFC, an England star and also captained the Great Britain team on the tour of Australia in 1950. Archie, a life long fan of the game recalled Charlie’s exploits on the pitch for Leigh, England and Great Britain  Charlie was also at Manchester United before WW2 but switched to Rugby League after the war. His SLC membership record shows he attended the 1937 camp, played netball f...

Special Open Day – Sunday 1st February

General Baden Powell officially opened Salford Lads Club exactly 105 years ago this week and the club are holding a special open day on Sunday Ist February to mark the occasion. We also have a special guest Andrew Davies author of “ The Gangs of Manchester” who will give an informal talk about the “scuttling gangs” of Salford and Manchester and the origins of the Lads’ Club movement. The open day will also include a chance to look round the new boxing suite and see plans for a proposed ...

Sporting legend returns to the club

One of the club’s famous footballing lads, Albert McPherson, returned today almost 50 years after his last appearance. Albert was born less than 100 yards from Salford Lads’ Club in West Dixon Street. He joined the club in 1942 and was a regular until 1954 when he became a professional footballer, firstly with Bury and then Walsall. Albert was one of a famous quartet of lads from 1951 that went on to become professional footballers. Eddie Colman with Manchester U...