Manchester Walking Football June 2024 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report Promoted Burnley Clarets found the rarefied atmosphere a little TOO thin for their … Continue reading →
Report By Kevin Williams It was a somewhat disappointing turnout for the 8th Martin Dawson Memorial Trophy, with eight teams taking part on an unsettled day at Heywood Sports Village. It was disappointing that only 6 of the 20 over … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football Over 75s Summer League 2024 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 75s Division 1 Report The inaugural Over 75’s League kicked off on Thursday the 4th July, although no Independence Day jokes spring to … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football June 2024 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report Manchester Corinthians made a winning start in their ultimately successful bid to retain … Continue reading →
The Greater Manchester Walking Football League representative teams in the over 60s, 65s and 70s age categories entered the Walking Football Leagues Alliance Inter League Cup on the weekend of 11th and 12th May. Representative teams from all around the … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football May 2024 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report It was a day of very few goals in the top division of … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football April 2024 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report In Division 1 Blackpool Senior Seasiders will have been relieved to pick up … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football March 2024 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report It was a beautiful Spring day that greeted the players, officials and supporters … Continue reading →
2023 was the eighth year since the GMWFL was established in 2016. The league continues to grow and attracts teams from far and wide. From the original 8 teams in 2017, we now have 54 teams involved. The league’s history … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football December 2023 All Reports By Kevin Williams Due to the Christmas holidays the final Autumn fixtures in Division 1 of the over 70s and Divisions 1 and 2 of the over 60s were played in November instead … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football November 2023 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report Every division in the GMWFL is fiercely competitive; battles are won and lost, … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football October 2023 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report Manchester Corinthians continued their unbeaten start to the season, with a trio of … Continue reading →
The Walking Football Leagues Alliance National Cup Grand Finals were played on 9th and 10th September at the Redditch Utd FC ground in Worcestershire. Featuring were the GMWFL clubs in various age categories, Bolton Arena (over 50s), Kingsmaid (over 60s), … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football September 2023 All Reports By Kevin Williams Week 1 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Divisions 1 & 2 Over 70s Report The 2023 Autumn season of the GMWFL kicked off in glorious sunshine, which … Continue reading →
Lancashire & Cheshire Over 60s WF Cup 2023 Four teams took part in this inaugural competition for the winners and runners up in the Greater Manchester WFL and the Cheshire FA WFL. The teams were Kingsmaid and Wakefield Wanderers from … Continue reading →
Twelve teams in two groups of six contested the seventh Martin Dawson Trophy played on 3rd September 2023. This was a reduction of two teams from last years event, probably due to the fact that there are far too many … Continue reading →
This was the second annual tournament for the GMWFL aging walking footballers. Last year it was an over 74’s tournament featuring four teams, Blackpool FC Senior Seasiders, Bury Relics, Preston North End Senior Whites and Rochdale WFC. Bury Relics were … Continue reading →
The Grimsby over 60s tournament was a great success in previous years and it seemed a shame not to partake this year, especially with all the hard work organising it by my fellow WFLA committee member and referee Mick Hill. … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football June 2023 GMWF 60s League The final session of the 2023 Spring League saw three teams in contention for the Division 1 title. Going in to this session one point separated Bury Relics, Club Kingsmaid and Wakefield … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football May 2023 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 & 2 were played on the 4th of the month. As in April, just the one point separates the top three teams. Club Kingsmaid are in first spot, Bury Relics … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football April 2023 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 & 2 were played on the 6th of the month. Wakefield Wanderers and Club Kingsmaid swop places, Kingsmaid from third to top and the Wanderers from top to third. Kingsmaid … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football March 2023 GMWF 60s League The 5 Divisions of the 60s league continues with 23 teams involved, 5 in each of the Divisions 1 to 3 and 4 teams in Divisions 4 and 5. The only change … Continue reading →
GMWFL 2022 Review & 2023 Preview 2022 With Covid relatively under control we were once again back in business running the Spring and Autumn leagues in three age categories. In the Spring League we had twenty three teams in the … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football December 2022 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 and 2 were played on the 1st of the month. Half the fixtures resulted in 0-0 draws, with only seven goals scored in the ten games. Before todays fixtures Club … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football November 2022 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 and 2 were played on the 3rd of the month. The battle for top spot in Division 1 continues with September and October leaders, Wakefield Wanderers, dropping to second spot … Continue reading →
A party of twenty two visited the Isle of Man on 12th November, which included seventeen GMWFL players. The players were Simon Atherfold, Frank Flynn, Nick Gash, Stuart Greaves, Ken Hitchell, Steve Hyde, Dennis Johnson, Chris Kershaw, Colin Myers, John … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football October 2022 GMWF 60s League Divisions 1 & 2 were played on the 6th of the month. All places stayed the same in Division 1. Wakefield Wanderers remain in top spot but Club Kingsmaid, in second position, … Continue reading →
Manchester Walking Football September 2022 GMWF 60s League The 5 Divisions of the 60s league continues with 24 teams involved, 5 in each of the Divisions 1 to 4 and 4 teams in Division 5. The only change is that … Continue reading →
Martin Dawson Trophy 2022 This was the 6th year for this popular annual event, there was no tournament in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. The tournament continues to grow, we initially had nine teams involved in 2016 and this … Continue reading →
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 →