Saturday 8 December 2018

Silsden soccer stars of a silverware season 66 years on

Above: four of Silsden AFC's silverware-winning first team of the 1951-52 season -- Herbert Spencer, 87 (back left), and Bill 'Jock' Kelly, 91 (back right), Cameron Wilson, 90 (front left), and Jeffrey Atkinson, 86 -- are pictured above enjoying themselves at the Christmas tea for senior citizens on December 8th. The annual treat is provided by the Friends of Silsden Town Hall and funded by the Harry Beverley Tillotson Trust. 
Above: the four teammates are in this club photograph from the late Neil Cathey's collection. Bill is on the extreme left of the back row, Cameron is fourth from the left back row, Herbert is second from the left in the middle row, and Jeffrey is second from right in the front row.