Welcome to #GrassrootGOATs, our series about the heroes that make football happen at a local level. After your nominations, we have narrowed it down to five people whose incredible dedication has changed the lives of those around them through football. Read the full series here https://theathletic.com/tag/Grassroot-GOATs/
The wind and rain whip across the Prestbury playing fields in Cheltenham, in the south west of England, but the MUGA Marauders are not put off.
This is as competitive as non-competitive walking football can get and the jokes are flowing freely between players ranging in age from 56 to 78.
“If you’re from The Athletic, that must mean we’re considered athletic,” quips Peter Buckley, who along with fellow player Phil Hambling is one of our ‘Grassroots GOATs’ for their efforts in setting up the walking football group. “If we’d known, we would have played to a higher standard but we made it up as we went along today — which is what happens most of the time.”
Though they downplay it, the match is a good battle between the black team and the white team on a quiet Monday lunchtime…
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Author: The Walking Football
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