The previous and opening round of fixtures in the Over‑75s Division 1 served up a familiar story: tight margins, stubborn defences, and goals rarer than a Kev pass that isn’t hit with panache. Across the games that day, only two matches produced winners, with Ribble Valley’s 2–1 victory over Blackpool and Bury Relic’s superb winContinue reading “Relics over 75s stay top”
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There’s no fooling the over 70’s
On a bitterly cold April 1st whilst many people were sat at home trying to work out which of their newspapers hilarious articles were in fact ‘April Fools’ or miserably failing to open an app that said ‘Best April Fool Ever’ not realising that it wouldn’t open as that was the joke itself, the RelicsContinue reading “There’s no fooling the over 70’s”
Over 65s Start Slowly
Bury Relics Over 65’s went into their first set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football 2026 league campaign with a squad of 8: Eddy (GK), Kev Amos, Keith Swain, Alan, Dave Luk, Tony G, Kev Bates and Andy. Ken Bug was Manager and supporters in attendance were Keiran, Nev and Kenbo on a gloriousContinue reading “Over 65s Start Slowly”
60s Whites suffer the blues
OVER 60’s FIRST LEAGUE GAMESTHURSDAY 12th MARCH HEYWOOD WHITES ( playing in blue) EDDY FORDKEITH SWAINTONY GREENALLKEVIN AMOSIAN McCANN (Not available)IAN McKINNONMIKE BARTRAMDANNY MITTON Temporary manager Kevin Bates Substitute Kevin Amos First game up of the season against North Manchester,newcomers to the league . Bury played some excellent football in this game and dominated throughoutContinue reading “60s Whites suffer the blues”
Relics over 60s stripes kick off unbeaten
The 2026 Greater Manchester Walking Football League (GMWFL) season kicked off for the over 60’s Stripes on 12th March in typical Heywood weather, freezing The anticipation of the opening fixture for the Relics Stripes against old rivals Corinthians didn’t do much to provide a warm confident glow from the Relics, who knew that Corinthians gamesContinue reading “Relics over 60s stripes kick off unbeaten”
Over 70s, we are the champions meet new kids on the block
WEDS 4th MARCH HEYWOOD 2026 Reigning over 70s champions, Bury Relics, meet a new look division 1 to begin the defence of their title. From a spectators point of view, it was sad that Rochdale no longer prevail in this division, as games between Bury and Rochdale were always entertaining. In addition, the massive rivalryContinue reading “Over 70s, we are the champions meet new kids on the block”
The Boys are Back in Town
“Guess who just got back today, them wild eyed boys that had been away”, the opening lyrics to Thin Lizzy’s The Boys are Back in Town, in this case the ‘Boys’ being Bury Relics over 75’s, the town Heywood Sports Village. Yes they really were back as defending champions and started the 2026 season veryContinue reading “The Boys are Back in Town”
Over 70s Championship Review
Not to be outdone by their ‘elders’ of the over 75’s the ‘youngsters’ of the Bury Relics over 70’s became the League Champions of the inaugural GMWFL spring and autumn format The Relics main sponsor is Tower Family Healthcare, an extract from their website:- “At Tower Family Healthcare, we are passionate about supporting our localContinue reading “Over 70s Championship Review”
Over 65s Finish 4th
Bury Relics Over 65’s went into their final set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football 2025 league campaign with a squad of 8: Keith Gillespie (GK), Kev Amos, Pete Shev, Alan, Dave Luk, Tony G, Ian McCann and Graham. Ken was Manager and supporters in attendance were Keiran, Keith S, Eddy, Nev, Kev BContinue reading “Over 65s Finish 4th”
Over 75s Championship Review
In the inaugural year of the Greater Manchester Walking Football over 75’s League the Bury Relics came out on top in what is to be believed the first league of this kind in the Country The Relics main sponsor is Tower Family Healthcare, an extract from their website:- At Tower Family Healthcare, we are passionate about supportingContinue reading “Over 75s Championship Review”
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