But Star, originally Heptonstall Red Star, haven't always had the on-field success of the last 20 years and it is this mixture of success and times of struggle that make Peter Thomas's new book an excellent read.

A Century of Stars: A History of Hebden Royd Red Star AFC covers it all, from the earliest days in Heptonstall to the fantastic parade of silverware which the club has brought to the upper Calder Valley since 1990.

There is plenty of coverage of the club's on-field action over a century of course, but Peter also fills in the equally essential back-story, of the financial struggles and dedication of stalwart club members and officials over the years.

Their efforts over the decades have ensured that Red Star begin their second hundred years in style, with a premier league title for the first team and a promotion for the reserves but the story began in 1908, around the time the navvies were leaving the famous Dawson City, one of the places, along with Slack Top, where Heptonstall Red Star would play many games.

In its first 25 years success came to the club regularly, in a variety of leagues as they were three times Hebden Bridge and District League champions either side of the first world war, winners of the area's Challenge Cup (and later the Halifax Challenge Cup) and twice were champions of the Todmorden and District League.

By the mid-30s they were simply called Heptonstall, with limited success for the reserves and first team in the mid 50s. It was the limited facilities at Dawson City that saw the club change its name again and re-locate to the Calder Valley as Hebden Royd Red Star in 1964.

Peter explains that Dawson City was always an exposed spot: "The ball could end up somewhere down toward Hardcastle Crags if the wind caught it," he writes.