Manchester Walking Football Season 2025 May Sessions

Reporter: Kevin Williams

Week 1 – Over 60s Division 1

Over 60s Report

Table Division 1

Fleetwood Town Flyers dropped away in their quest to remain with the breakaway group mentioned last month, to leave an ‘unholy’ trinity of Blackpool Senior Seasiders, Bolton Wanderers and Winstanley Walkers clear at the top of the table.

The Cod Army could only secure a single victory today, whilst their close neighbours Blackpool Senior Seasiders ploughed on with four successes, spoiled only by a 2-1 setback at the hands of Bolton Wanderers, who remained unbeaten all day.

Winstanley Walkers remarkably maintained their season’s unbeaten record today, that’s fourteen games, and look a real danger; transferring a couple of draws into wins would be ideal for the Wigan club.

The Burnley Clarets lads had a few celebrations today, with Gary Hitchens celebrating ANOTHER birthday; I’m sure he has more than one every year. The team kept four clean sheets and goalkeeper Tony Fort had a big part to play in that achievement, whilst Steve Whitehead up front will be equally chuffed with 3 goals on the day.

The bottom quartet look like they might be shaping up for a dogfight to avoid relegation, with Panthers WFC in particular looking for some inspiration as a gap appears between themselves, Manchester Corinthians, Bury Relics Whites and Manchester Old Boys. Bury Relics Whites will be rueing a late penalty miss against Winstanley too.

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

Over 70s Report

Table Division 1

The sunshine greeted the 70 something players yesterday at Heywood, and they responded accordingly. Despite dropping points to big rivals Bury Relics, Winstanley Walkers still rescued 5 points to stay top of the league by 1 point. Bury Relics themselves can also be pleased with their day’s work, securing 8 points on the day, conceding just the once.

Manchester Corinthians make up the trio fighting it out at the top, Pete Hampson’s lads matching the achievement of Bury points wise, and with four clean sheets, to stay in touch.

Looking down the table, Tameside Striders Blues are far from out of things, trailing by a few points, but with plenty of games remaining, it’s looking grim for one time champions Rochdale AFC Strollers, who were seemingly punished for each mistake they made. It’s a hard world, even in over 70s football!

Over 60s Report

Table Division 2

With apologies to Charles Dickens, Division 2 is looking increasingly like a table of two halves, although in fairness a decent run by Bury Relics Blues, Preston North End Senior Whites or Rochdale AFC Strollers could change that landscape quite quickly.

They sit ‘on top of the bottom half’ as it were, with Rochdale AFC Striders and Clarets Casuals sharing the wooden spoon position at present. Don’t expect either of them to go down without a fight though, the former racked up five draws from five fixtures today, with the Burnley club only one behind them.

Indeed, the Clarets provided potentially the goal of the season so far, with a thunderous shot in the dying seconds equalling another splendid score from opponents Bolton Arena. Impressive performances all round.

The top half of the table sees five clubs separated by the same number of points, Ribble Valley WFC will point out that they have played one fixture less than their rivals too. Bolton Arena dropped points against the aforesaid Casuals, but scored a crucial victory over closest rivals Wakefield Wanderers Whites to stay on top of the pile.

Both Salcom [3rd] and Moston Brook [4th] have the least number of defeats in this group far, losing just the once. I predict this division’s honours could still be in the balance come December.

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