The Stray Ferret @thestrayferret: Harrogate Strays WFC is here to prove that age is no barrier – and that walking football is a fast-paced, technical game.
It’s the first balmy May evening in Harrogate, a rare anomaly in what has been a wet and miserable start to spring.
At Rossett Sports Centre pitches, past the usual sight of teenagers limbering up for a training session, there’s an entirely different type of team getting prepared to play.
It would be fair to say that the generation the group belongs to drives up the average age of people at the sports centre – but walking football team Harrogate Strays WFC is here to show the youngsters playing on the neighbouring pitch that age is no barrier.
The criteria to join is simple; if you’re a woman you have to be over 40, if you’re a man that’s upped to 50 – and it goes without saying, but running is strongly discouraged.
Bernie O’Brien, chairman of the club, is on the touchline, watching as the players are split into four teams with different coloured bibs. Kick off begins at the blast of the whistle.
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Author: The Walking Football
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