| Playing 11 a side football 09:58 - Jan 15 with 3209 views | TheChef |
I played my first game of 11 a side after many years last night; our youngest's primary school dad's team which has just been set up. I was playing at centre back but even so it gave me a new found appreciation that the game is not as easy as you think. Offsides (or not) were an absolute nightmare - we had a ref but he was calling those himself which maybe didn't help.
And in true QPR stylee, heading towards a respectable 1-1 at half time I coughed up possession and the oppo made it 2-1 with the last kick of the half.
We lost 6-1.
We go again, etc...
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| Playing 11 a side football on 12:10 - Jan 17 with 269 views | TwoHalves |
| Playing 11 a side football on 22:38 - Jan 15 by NorthantsHoop |
Been playing walking football since my mid 50s, now 62 and love it. Play in the Northamptonshire Over 60s league for Moulton Masters. Our club has around 150 players aged from over 50 to players in their 70s, getting on for one of the biggest clubs in the country. Great banter and play on fantastic 3g pitch twice a week. Keeps you fit. Had the great pleasure of playing against Chelsea last season in quarter finals of a tournament at Northampton Town FC and beating them 1-0. One of our players a QPR lad even published a book about our walking football exploits available on Amazon, called Walking Back to Happiness. Few QPR boys based in Northants play at our club. |
Thanks for the book recommendation, Northants. Just ordered from my local bookshop! |  | | |
| Playing 11 a side football on 13:53 - Jan 17 with 168 views | cuppahoop |
Played 11 a side every Saturday afternoon & Sunday morning after leaving school until one fateful day in 1995 when 1 minute & 26 seconds after kick off I incurred a compound Tib/Fib fracture and that was that. Surgeon said it was the worst football fracture he’d ever seen and due to the mud in the wound he couldn’t insert a pin for fear of an infection so spent 8 months in various plasters that did the job & luckily I don’t even walk with a limp. I’m 63 now & a mate is seriously into walking football which I’m thinking of giving a go coz I still miss not playing as I walk the dog past a game going on but not sure if the knees would cope nowadays.. | | | |
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