Running Santa has made a return and will be out at 17:00 every evening until Christmas Eve to help bring joy and spread a little happiness to the families in Linthwaite.

On Christmas Eve, this will be Running Santa’s final dash and we would you like to join him on his final festive dash. Running Santa will start his final dash, leaving Bowling Street in Cowlersley at 10am pushing a shopping trolley. He will be collecting food donations along the whole 10km route. 

There will be a half way rest point at Slaithwaite Mutual Aid Food Bank (Slawit Fire Station) where walkers can stop for a refreshment and we should finish back at Bowling Street around 12:30.  

If you would like to join Running Santa on Christmas Eve for a leisurely stroll, please message the football club directly to book your space. All we ask is if you could bring some food donations. 

There is still time to donate to the fundraiser, please feel free to find Running Santa on his route and bring your food donations. 

A Night With SEAN JARVIS!

For the first time since leaving Huddersfield Town Football Club in June 2020, Sean will be speaking about his 14 years spent as Commercial Director at the club, including a Questions & Answers session with the audience.

Sean will be joined by Huddersfield Town Matchday Announcer Paul Ramsden. He will be 'Our Man With The Mic' for the evening, asking all the questions.

Sean moved to Huddersfield from Oldham Athletic in August 20016, taking a dual role as Director of Business Development with both Huddersfield Town and the Huddersfield Giants. Upon Dean Hoyle's arrival at the club in the 2008/09 season, Sean's sole focus became the Football Club and he soon joined the Board of Directors in June 2009.

Since his time at the club, he has worked with 9 different Managers: Lee Clark, Simon Grayson, Mark Lillis, Mark Robins, Chris Powell, David Wagner, Mark Hudson, Jan Siewert & Danny Cowley. Whilst seeing the club play in League One, The Championship & eventually, The Premier League.

We are sure he will have some fantastic stories to tell!

Since the lads have completed their walking challenge, they took some time out to head down to Ruddis Retreat in Slaitwaite and hand over the donation from the six club challenge. 

The lads enjoyed a cake and a brew with the lovely staff at Ruddis and shared stories of the challenge whilst continuing to boost our link with them. We look forward to forming a strong bond going forward and are already looking into sorting the next fundraiser!

We are delighted to announce that all of our home games will now be played at Colne Valley High School for this season with a view to extending this. 

The club have come together over the summer to clear the drains, mark out pitches and have gone above and beyond to make what was a dream become the reality we have today. 

We cannot wait to get started now and look forward to the season ahead and we celebrate this with our returning 'Coaches v Parents' game this Sunday 5th September 2021.

With only 12 days to go until the challenge, we would like to share with you with some amazing information with regards to this. 

We are making Ruddi's Retreat a beneficiary of the walk as we feel that this pandemic has really hit them hard too and why not, communities stick together and they’ve certainly supported us. They go above and beyond for people and have really been through a tough time and anything we could do to help them was always on our radar. 

Once all the donations are in, we will head down to Ruddis HQ in Slaithwaite to hand over a cheque. 

A little info if you weren’t aware of who Ruddis Retreat are…

Ruddi’s Retreat is a children’s charity that provides free respite breaks for children and their families living with cancer/life limiting illnesses or coping with bereavement.

3 members of our committee are aiming to visit 6 football clubs in less than 24 hours... it's 74 miles in total and they've never done more than 15 miles in one go before this!

If you'd like to find out a little more about this challenge, please have a look as it won't be easy and will be a lot of graft!

Linthwaite Football Club would like to say a Huge Thank You to Chris Worsley, owner of Easy Fireplace for sponsoring next seasons’ U14’s Team kit. 

This will be the club’s first ever Eco Friendly Shirt made with 100% certified recycled plastic for polybags.

You may also notice the hashtag on the back of these shirts:

#TogetherStronger

What does this mean, why is it important? Let’s hear from Chris himself:

“We are a community focused business working within our community. We are also a big believer in good mental health and supporting each other through all walks of life.  Getting kids to talk and ask for advice and support is key to breaking the stigma of talking about issues - let’s get kids talking”

Thank you to Chris and the team at Easy Fireplaces for sponsoring the team.

At our AGM last night, there has been a slight re-shuffle on the committee and the following posts have now been filled:

President: Chris Wilkinson

Chairman: Simon Hagerty

Secretary: James Carter

Treasurer: Dave Ramsey

Welfare Officer: Clair Wright

Media Officer: Simon Hagerty

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Dave Ramsey who has stepped down from the position of Secretary, for all of his hard work and dedication during the Covid-19 pandemic whilst keeping the children playing football in a safe environment. 

Full details of the outcome of the AGM will be released in due course..

We will be holding our AGM on Wednesday 30th June 2021 and this will be hosted on Microsoft Teams starting at 7:45pm. Anybody can attend so please feel free to join in. Just drop an email to secretary@linthwaitefootballclub.co.uk where you’ll be added to the invite where all details will be sent prior to the meeting. 

As the club continues to grow in both size and popularity, we’d like to remind you all that we’re always looking for volunteers to come forward and help in a number of roles available. Some of these include:

Equipment purchasing

Fundraising 

Referees/Fixtures 

Organising Training session

If you feel you could add the necessary experience and one of these roles may be of interest, please email: secretary@linthwaitfootballclub.co.uk for more information. 

All Managers/Coaches are reminded of their mandatory attendance to agree and confirm possible changes for the coming season. The minutes from last year’s AGM have been emailed to all coaches, are available on request and will also be available on the night.