The planned over 74s Spring Cup Tournament went ahead on Thursday 14th July. Initially five teams were entering this inaugural tournament, Blackpool FC Senior Seasiders, Bury Relics, Preston North End Senior Whites and Rochdale WFC, together with a combined team … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football June 2022 GMWF 60s League An unusual event occurred in the fixtures today, two games produced five goals in each game. Wakefield Wanderers beat Bury Relics 3-2 and Fleetwood Town Flyers beat Bolton Wanderers Walkers 5-0. Divisions … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football May 2022 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 & 2 were played on 5th May. Club Kingsmaid increased their lead at the top of Division 1 to four points with one win and three draws. Also with a … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football April 2022 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 & 2 were played on 7th April at Ice Station Zebra aka the Heywood Sports Village. Torrential icy rain with strong winds at 10:00 didn’t make the prospects of some … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football March 2022 GMWF 60s League We now have 5 Divisions, with four new teams joining us, Burnley Clarets, Garstang WFC, Ribble Valley WFC and Winstanley Walkers FC. They will of course all start in the lower divisions. … Continue reading →
Sportsmanship Tameside Striders Great Sporting Gesture A magnificent sporting gesture in the over 70s league today (09.03.22) by Tameside Striders Blues and Tameside Striders Stripes. Manchester Corinthians were down to 5 fit players for their last two fixtures and both … Continue reading →
GMWF League 2021 Review & 2022 Preview 2021 Well, 2021 was another year we all want to forget with the Covid pandemic and the Omicron variant still rife. However, after the Spring season was cancelled, we did manage to run … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football December 2021 GMWF 60s League Manchester Walking Football December 2021 saw the fourth and final session of the Autumn league Divisions 1 & 2 on the 2nd of the month. In Division 1, Manchester Corinthians Reds were … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football November 2021 GMWF 60s League Manchester Walking Football November 2021 on 4th November saw the third the session of the Autumn league. Divisions 1 & 2 of the over 60s took part on this day. In Division … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football October 2021 GMWF 60s League Manchester Walking Football October 2021 kicked off the second session of the Autumn league on the 7th of the month. Divisions 1 & 2 of the over 60s took part on this … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football September 2021 After the frustrations of no full league football since the Autumn December session in 2019, it was good to see some old faces and friends we hadn’t seen since the pandemic. Almost two years of … Continue reading →
Martin Dawson Trophy 2021 With the Martin Dawson Trophy cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic it was good to see the return of this popular annual event. The tournament continues to grow, now in it’s 5th year, we … Continue reading →
Local Manchester League With the government restrictions still in place and only easing in stages, we had to reluctantly make the decision that the GMWFL Spring season wouldn’t go ahead as planned. However, we were able to run a temporary … Continue reading →
FA Survey On Walking Football The FA have announced a partnership with Age UK and Sport England to promote and grow grassroots football. They have just released a survey they completed on the social and economic value of the grassroots … Continue reading →
GMWF League 2020 Review & 2021 Preview This will be a short article as you would expect due to the Covid-19 pandemic stopping all grassroots football. With the Greater Manchester Walking Football League going from strength to strength, in early … Continue reading →
GMWF League 2020 Preview The Greater Manchester Walking Football League is now in it’s fourth year and is going from strength to strength, with forty four teams involved in 2019. In this GMWF League 2020 Preview we will look at … Continue reading →
GMWF League 2019 Review In the 60s Spring league we sadly lost two clubs who were inaugural members of the GMWF League, Chadderton FC and Nash Amblers. Chadderton lost their organiser and no one was willing to fulfil the role. … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football December 2019 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 & 2 Well, what a dramatic day it turned out to be in this final session of the Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Autumn League. More so in Division … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football November 2019 GMWF 60s League Manchester Walking Football November 2019 was the third session of the 60s Autumn league. All teams played in atrocious conditions with heavy rainfall effecting all the fixtures. Well done to all the … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football October 2019 GMWF 60s League Manchester Walking Football October 2019 was the second session of the 60s Autumn league. In Division 1 Bury Relics now have a two point lead over Wakefield Wanderers, with Rochdale AFC Strollers … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football September 2019 GMWF 60s League Manchester Walking Football September 2019 kicked off the Autumn league on the 5th of the month. Divisions 1 & 2 took part on this day. In Division 1 Bury Relics head the … Continue reading →
Martin Dawson Trophy 2019 The Martin Dawson Trophy 2019 saw ten teams compete in two groups of five. Five teams from the Greater Manchester Walking Football League and five guest teams made up the ten. In Group A were Chorley … Continue reading →
Autumn League 2019 Preview There are a few changes in this Autumn League 2019 Preview. Heywood Sports Village We have had complaints from the Heywood Sports Village that our league sessions are constantly running over our allotted time. This should … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football 70s June 2019 Manchester Walking Football 70s June 2019 was the fourth and final session of the Spring League, the first over 70s walking football league in the country. Fortunately we had a dry day for the … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football 65s June 2019 Manchester Walking Football 65s June 2019 was the fourth and final session of the Spring League. Twenty nine goals were scored, nine each in Divisions 1 and 2, and eleven in Division 3. On … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football 60s June 2019 Divisions 1-3 The Manchester Walking Football 60s June 2019 session was the final session of the Spring league. It was played in fine weather and a total of thirty six goals were scored, the … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football 70s May 2019 The Manchester Walking Football 70s May 2019 session was played in fine dry weather. Fifteen goals were scored in the twenty one fixtures. Tameside Striders lost their top of the table spot in April … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football 65s May 2019 With rain at first, then the odd drizzle it was a cold day at Heywood for this Manchester Walking Football 65s May 2019 Spring league session. Twenty four goals were scored in the thirty … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football 60s May 2019 Divisions 1-3 The Manchester Walking Football 60s May 2019 session was played in showery weather at first but it soon dried up to give us pleasant conditions in this third month of the Spring … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football 70s April 2019 The Manchester Walking Football 70s April 2019 session was played in fine weather at the Heywood Sports Village. Only eight goals were scored in the twenty one 10 minute fixtures. March leaders Tameside Striders … Continue reading →