The club suffered a major knock back in October 1994 with the news that Cec Patten had passed away.  Club members acted as pall bearers at his funeral, a memorial service was held at the Grammar School, a tree was planted at Castlecroft in his memory and a commemorative portrait was commissioned to be hung in the bar.

For a short while afterwards the club became a crazy place.  The third XI started and evening game with only seven players and after an hour were drawing 0 - 0.  The other four players then arrived, having lost their way, and the team with full compliment of players lost the game 4 - 0.  Part time goalkeeper Jason Scott kept a clean sheet in the second XI's 2 - 0 win over Cradley Castings despite taking two calls on his mobile phone during the game.  The kick off for the first XI's game, away at GEC Avery, was held up for twenty minutes because the officials had been accidentally locked in their changing room and the fourth XI played more midweek than Saturday games between January and the end of the season.  Eventually the club regained its composure.  The fourth XI won the Holder Cup and the Youth team finished runners-up in the Youth Cup.

The 1995/96 saw the club mourning the loss of another figurehead.  President Ian Ross passed away in the Spring of 1996 after a long illness.  The club acted as pall bearers at his funeral and a tree was planted at Castlecroft in his memory.  In early November the Club bonfire went up with a bang, twice, in November 1995.  A dress rehearsal was staged by local mischief-makers on the Thursday, two days before the official event.  Gordon Brown rejuvenated his career as a wing back, but was still regularly caught offside!  The Club won the Eric Cash Memorial Trophy, awarded by referee's to the most welcoming and sporting club, for the second time in six years.

The 1996/97 saw the club celebrate its 75th Anniversary.  To mark the occasion, matches were played against a Birmingham & District AFA select side at first XI level and against a Birmingham & District AFA select side and Corinthian Casuals at Veterans level.  Although the fourth XI finished runners up in the Holder Cup, the club was in need of major rebuilding.  A new committee, chaired by Alan Thompson, was set up to tackle the age old problem of 'too many old players' and the results were immediate and spectacular.  Whereas in 1994 the fourth XI selected a back four with a combined age of 172, this season Greg Bevan encountered the embarrassing position of playing in a back four where the combined age of his three fellow defenders (Richard Winzor 16, Graham Ashton 15 and Carl Mallen 17) only exceeded his own age by one year.  Greg soon retired!