Visit to the recently launched Arsenal walking football for people with Parkinson’s.
I responded to an advert on the Parkinson’s UK website who have teamed up with Arsenal Community Foundation to invite people nationwide to come and talk to their newly formed walking football group for people with Parkinson’s.
We offered to talk about our walking football sessions at Solihull Walking Football Centre and the impact it has had on those attending our Monday morning sessions. I wrote a summary of the last couple of years in the life of the Solihull sessions and a couple of weeks later received an invitation from Arsenal Football Club.
Along with another Solihull player Pete Grimshaw, we travelled down to the Emirates Stadium, the indoor facilities are adjoined to the stadium and as we expected were very good.
The local Parkinson’s players arrived for the regular hour and a half session, the first half hour was a social gathering which has been used to invite guest speakers to come and speak about a variety of subjects. With the help of some photos, I spoke about how the Solihull sessions had grown to where they are today.
It was obvious that the issues at both clubs were the same.
‘I’m sorry health and safety says we can’t let you play in case you fall over’ I was told aged 52, I believed that was the end of my playing days…
READ the full report by Parkinson’s WF player, Martin Sewell HERE: https://birminghamwalkingfootball.co.uk/parkinsons-at-arsenal
Source: https://x.com/BirminghamWFC/status/1724467729925914723?s=20
Author: The Walking Football
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