3G or not 3G
Our last scheduled Monday morning of this crazy year followed the pattern of the year. Go to work, don’t go to work. Wear a mask or work...
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The Night*
‘Oh what a night* Our penultimate Wednesday session of 2020 went much better than the rest of this difficult year. ‘Because the night* we...
Reds paint Ruskin er red!
The winter’s ravages did not prevent a dozen hearty souls making light of the conditions to provide a decent morning’s entertainment...
Any colour you like, as long as its black*
As a pre match warm up for 20+ over 50s, posing in your new orange strip in the wind and rain for a photographer is not recommended by...
Deep mid-winter?
The grand return to Monday morning action at Ruskin Drive AstroTurf was well supported with 14 stout-hearted men primed for their hour‘s...
Back together again* World in a spin
It’s been an eventful period since the latest lockdown was announced in mid-November But the news we all hoped for arrived in time for...
When will I see you again*
When will we play Walking Football? Will it be in December? Or will we have to suffer, the whole winter through? When will I see you...
Not another manic Monday
Our last Monday morning session before Lockout 2.0 begins later this week, and anything but manic for certain. Circumstances prevented a...
Lord of the Rings?*
St Helens Beacon Walking FC members may be asking Secretary Mike F to review the way he picks teams after he cunningly picked himself...
John I’m only dreaming
On a day to determine the men from the other men, our intrepid heroes pitted their silky skills and dogged determination against the...
A bit of a tester
Rainy skies over Sutton Leisure and our heroes ready to do battle once more with the elements, the kind of night to separate the men from...
Rolling back the years
Like all things vintage it takes time to mature and builds slowly. Monday’s session was again blessed by reasonable weather conditions....
Total Football
Bliss it was to be alive and to be able to play Walking Football despite being in a Tier 3 area (to slightly misquote William...
Careless Hands?
To be a goalkeeper requires many attributes. Anticipation, agility, assertiveness and probably many other things too; not all of them...
A Bridge too far!
Another great evenings football at Sutton which had the lot:- Even games between three evenly matched teams with only one game having...
You’d Better Use Your Head*
You can tell Winter is a coming. Our Chairman made all those present line up at the start and do some warm up exercises to get some life...
It’s a funny old game
On a day of abysmal at times torrential rain our heroes braved the elements in a show of defiance. In the end we enjoyed an hours...
So near yet so far
A much colder Ruskin this Monday morning tested the resolve of those walking footballers who had been foolish enough to turn up in short...
St Helens New restrictions fail to crush spirits
Our two sessions produced some very different outcomes as we heralded the onslaught of Autumn and new Government restrictions. Monday...
The Curse Of The Far End
For the 3rd week running, the hex of the far goal meant a goalkeeping error affected the result at Sutton, as the Blues overcame the Reds...
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