Walking Footballers Play In Liverpool
Curly’s Walking Football Club played their first competitive matches against South Liverpool yesterday [November 25].
They played three 20-minute games at Jericho Lane.
The team had to adapt fast to some unfamiliar local rules, with running allowed, not to mention the cold weather.
After losing the first game 5-1, with Andrew Griffith scoring the team’s first-ever competitive goal, from a free kick, they held their own and only lost the subsequent games 1-0.
Goalkeeper Gordon Stewart, 78, made several superb saves.
Today’s match against Sverton Walking Football Club was cancelled.
The team of 12 are John Miranda, Stewart, Elijah Lowe, George Butterfield, Chris Gibbons, Leroy “Curly Joe” Wilson, Michael Bean, Troy Lowe, David Chew, Griffith and Khomeni Talbot.
Walking football is small-sided game created by John Croot in 2011. It has rapidly grown worldwide, primarily attracting players over the age of 50.
