Indie reporter Chris Carter joined a walking football session at Grange Paddocks Leisure Centre
“Walk on, with hope in your heart”, sing the Liverpool fans. But when I walked on to the 3G artificial pitch for a session with Grange Paddocks Walking Football, I was hoping my heart would hold out.
It was at least 10 years since I had kicked a ball in anger, and playing on one of the hottest days of the year, as September’s Indian summer caught us by surprise, was maybe not such a good idea.
But walking football seemed to me to be the best way to get back into the sport, the love for which for those who have played since childhood can’t be forsaken…
Read the full Bishop’s Stortford Independent article: https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/senior-players-find-a-new-goal-with-walking-football-9330815
Source: https://x.com/StortfordIndie/status/1703710059170029662?s=20
Author: The Walking Football
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