Sibling rivalry gives Senior an extra incentive to reach final
Jack Senior has an added incentive for FC Halifax Town to beat Altrincham in Saturday's FA Trophy semi-final.
His younger brother Sam scored a try at Wembley for Brooksbank School in the 2011 Carnegie Champion Schools Tournament, where they beat South Leeds Academy before that year's Challenge Cup final.
And the Town defender is determined to follow in his brother's footsteps and reach a Wembley final of his own.
"Me and my dad went down, spent the weekend there," Senior said. "Ever since then, he's never let me forget it!
"So there's that extra incentive for me to get there as well, for my mum and dad to turn round and say both their sons have played at Wembley and it's part of my job to make sure that we get there.
"To have that to look back on, where we can both talk about that experience as brothers in completely different occasions, I think would be special.
"He's got a big team picture framed on his wall, every time I'm there I see it.
"He's still got some of the grass in a tub, although it doesn't look so much like grass now, so he's got his mementos from it."
And the prospect of Senior reaching his own Wembley final?
"It's surreal, I haven't really thought about it too much because the game's the main
thing we're thinking about," he said.
"But when you're watching England games and stuff, I was watching them warm-up against Ukraine on Sunday, they were on the pitch and I was watching them thinking 'that's potentially the view us lads could have come May 21'.
"But the main thing is being right for the game and doing everything we possibly
can to make sure that happens because we're not there yet and we know we've got a plan in place to make sure we do everything right and possible and give everything we possibly can to get there."
Senior looks set to lead The Shaymen out as captain once again on Saturday.
"I've thought about the messages I'd give if I was captain, but I think the game kind
of speaks for itself," he said.
"If the chance of Wembley can't motivate you, then I'm not sure what can.
"I think the excitement and the chance of playing there is every kid's dream.
"Some top players don't get that in their career at all and we've got the chance to do it.
"That's motivation in itself to give everything possible to get us there."
With captain Tom Clarke and vice-captain Jordan Keane unable to get into the team at the moment, Senior could well be skipper for any Wembley final too.
"If that were to happen, obviously there's a chain of command in terms of captains, so it all depends on who's playing and if I have to step into that role," said the 26-year-old.
"But if we're talking about me potentially captaining my hometown team at Wembley, right now it's unimaginable, I can't really put that into words."
He added: "Every time I think about it, I try to come back to the task at hand first, that we've got a job to do, we're not there just yet but we're going to make sure that we give absolutely everything to get there."