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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – over 60’s Whites another frustrating day.

Thursday 7th November 2024Another lovely day for football at Heywood and another frustrating day for the over 60’s Whites. The whites played well but only collected two points on the day. Panthers 1 Relics 0An early goal for the Panthers from a low hard shot from the left wing beat Gaz down on his rightContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2024 – over 60’s Whites another frustrating day.”

GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 60’s Whites excellent football but frustrating day.

The Relics over 60’s whites were hoping to pull themselves up from 4th in the table following last month’s fixtures, and despite 4 excellent performances the Relics couldn’t improve on 4th place. Panthers 0 Relics 1 The Relics started strongly and had the first chance with Kev A firing over the bar. Relics continued toContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 60’s Whites excellent football but frustrating day.”

GMWFL Spring 2024 – over 60’s Stripes dominate match day 3

9th May 2024The Relics Over 60’s Stripes team dominated Match day 3 of the Spring 2024 fixtures with 13 points from a possible 15 from the 5 games on the day, without conceding a goal. The Relics started slowly with an unconvincing 0-0 draw against Salcom. Relics had some good chances with Nev and MarkContinue reading “GMWFL Spring 2024 – over 60’s Stripes dominate match day 3”

GMWFL Spring 2024 – Tough start for over 60’s whites.

There wasn’t a roving reporter available for the start of the over 60’s Whites league campaign so we have turned to the Relics WhatsApp comments from Andy Rich. Thanks Andy. 1st game v Bolton…If it had been a boxing match, I’d say all 3 judges would have given it to Bolton.It was a close gameContinue reading “GMWFL Spring 2024 – Tough start for over 60’s whites.”

GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 65’s Relics finish third.

14th December 2023Final day of the GMWFL Autumn Season for the Relics over 65’s. They started the day in 3rd spot in the league and despite some good performances on the day they couldn’t improve on that position. Relics 2 – 0 Preston Relics started the day with a dominant performance against Preston. Two goals fromContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 65’s Relics finish third.”

GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 70’s finish runners up.

Unfortunately the match reports from the Relics Roving Reporter have not been received yet. They will be published as soon as possible when received. In the meantime the results are published below. The Relics over 70’s finished runners up in the league 29/11/2023 11:00 Blackpool 0 v 1 Bury Relics 29/11/2023 11:20 Bury Relics 1 v 1 Rochdale 29/11/2023 12:00Continue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 70’s finish runners up.”

GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 60’s Stripes inconsistent

22nd November 2023 Relics 1 Wakefield 2The Relics performance today matched the inconsistent Heywood weather, blustery, changeable, and unsettled. The Relics started the first game against Wakefield well, with a dominant first half performance and Mike B scoring to put the Relics 1 – 0 up at half time. The second half was a differentContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 60’s Stripes inconsistent”

GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 65’s still in contention.

16th November 2023Relics over 65’s had a frustrating day, playing good football but not getting their rewards, hey, but that’s football. Relics 1 Preston 0 Relics dominated the game but only had one goal to show their dominance. Following some good work from John W in midfield, Ian McCann was free on the right handContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 65’s still in contention.”

GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Tough day for Relics over 60’s Whites

3rd November 2023.No roving reporter was available to cover today’s action so results only, and a comment from Keiran …Well done to everyone at Heywood today, results weren’t good but the whole team gave everything, we can’t ask for more. Also includes Pat, the team manager on the day, who tried everything he could. ResultsKingsmaidContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Tough day for Relics over 60’s Whites”