Manchester Walking Football October 2026

Reporter: Kevin Williams

Week 1 – Over 60s Division 1

Over 60s Report

I mentioned the much improved Manchester Old Boys last month, and they continued their upward trajectory with another unbeaten day at a sunny Heywood Sports Village today. It looks increasingly likely that the final two rounds of games will decide if either they, or Wakefield Wanderers, will finish as Runners Up to the ever impressive Bolton Arena.

Wakefield Wanderers themselves continued their impressive record and will not cede second place easily. A couple of close defeats for Fleetwood Town Flyers seem to have resigned them to a mid table berth. They lead a clutch of clubs, Salcom, Burnley Clarets and Winstanley Walkers, into the final quarter of the season.

There weren’t too many goals in the tightly contested games I enjoyed refereeing today, but I did have the opportunity to see two outstanding efforts from Burnley’s Steve Whitehead in the day’s finale against an unlucky Blackpool Senior Seasiders. He’s scored a few like that in recent years, but I doubt he’s scored many better! The Seasiders could have done with taking something from that game, but went down narrowly, it probably signalled their demotion at the end of the season, along with Ribble Valley WFC and Bolton Arena Blues.

Week 2 – Over 70s Division 1 & Over 60s Division 2

Over 70s Report

Bury Relics edged a tad further away from Moston Brook FC on a bright autumn day at Heywood on Wednesday morning, remaining unbeaten. Repeating their 2 wins, 2 draws and no losses mantra in a copycat version of the initial outings, Bury Relics are now on 8 clean sheets for the season.

Moston Brook FC are undoubtedly capable of giving Bury something to think about, but in a small division like this, those head to head fixtures are key, and a slender 1-0 defeat for the Manchester side will need turning on it’s head in November.

Blackpool Senior Seasiders are also unbeaten, but need a run of victories to really get involved at the business end, whilst Ribble Valley WFC and Tameside Striders Blues need to kick start their seasons now to stay up.

Over 60s Report

Moston Brook FC suffered their first defeat of the season when falling to a single Manchester Corinthians goal earlier today at a very pleasant Heywood Sports Village. However they still hold a healthy lead of eight points from the Corinthians in third place. Corinthians themselves fell to an outstanding goal from Rochdale AFC Strollers Piere Deklerk, as the second placed Blues closed the gap to four points.

That fixture was typical of so many today; teams on all pitches were practically inseparable and a draw so often looked the likely outcome, until a touch of magic split the difference. Both Rochdale teams remained unbeaten today, with all 8 games showing no goals conceded.

Both of the Bury Relics sides look to be achieving the same results, their playing record for the season is almost identical on Played 27, Won 7, Drawn 17 and Lost 3 each. Even the Goal Difference is just the one out!

Panthers WFC and Wakefield Wanderers Whites had a steady day again, the Yorkshire lads having lost only four of 27 played, and it remains between the trailing trio of Preston North End Senior Whites, North Manchester WFC and Rochdale AFC Striders to avoid that wooden spoon. A very interesting final 9 fixtures for each club.

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