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Over 60 Stripes Raffle Dazzle
Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes went into their final set of fixtures of their 2025 Greater Manchester Division 2 Walking…
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Victory day for the over 70s
GMWFL over 70s final fixtures, date 3rd December 2025. Bury Relics over 70s squad made history as the first side…
Read more …60s Whites Down but not out
4th December Greater Manchester Walking Football League Over 60’s Division One played at Heywood Sports Village The cards were stacked…
Read more …75s Finish The Job
Step aside Captain Mainwaring, Sergeant Wilson et al, Bury Relics own Dad’s Army the over 75’s were on parade at…
Read more …65s on thin ice
20th November 2025 Relics over 65’sHeywood Manager : Ken BuggieSquad :Graham Walton ( C )Keith Gillespie ( GK )Keith SwainKevin AmosAlan…
Read more …Over 60 Stripes Struggle
Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes went into their penultimate set of fixtures of their Greater Manchester Division 2 Walking Football…
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Over 70s fight their way to the top
Matches played November 5th 2025The over 70s fixtures mean that Relics get to watch the first games that kick-off on…
Read more …60s Whites battle on
6th November Greater Manchester Walking Football League Over 60’s Division 1 played at Heywood Sports Village Our intrepid match day…
Read more …Over 75s Even-Stevens
Bury Relics Over 75’s went into their penultimate set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football 2025…
Read more …GMWFL – Relics o75’s unbeaten
22nd October 2025On a damp, dull, drizzly, Heywood morning, more suited to sitting at home watching daytime TV with a…
Read more …Over 65s delight big support
Bury Relics Over 65’s went into their sixth set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football 2025…
Read more …GMWFL Hard work pays off for over 60’s Stripes
9th October 2025Hard work pays off for the Relics over 60’s stripes. A tough day at Heywood brought 8 points…
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over 70s major gains and a shootafon
Matches played October 1st 2025Bury Relics were sat in second place in the league table, 7 points behind leaders Manchester…
Read more …60s Whites Quite Alright
2nd October 2025 Heywood Whites O 60’sSquad:Eddy ( GK )Graham ( C )Ian McKinnon Keith SwainKevin AmosTony GreenallDanny Mitton Manager Ken Buggie Pre-match…
Read more …Over 65s Fight to the End
Bury Relics Over 65’s went into their fifth set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football 2025…
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GMWFL Over 75’s – Relics unbeaten thanks to a double comeback in the last 3 minutes.
24th September 2025The Relics over 75’s started today’s session of games 6 points clear at the top of the over…
Read more …Stripes suffer soaking
11th September 2025O60’s StripesManager Ken Biggie Squad: Mike Bartram ( C )Keith Gillespie ( GK )Steve HassallAndy RichardsonAlan BlackleyNever Kitchen…
Read more …GMWFL Sep 2025 – Tough day for Relics 60’s whites
4th Sept 2025 Relics over 60’s Whites started the winter schedule of games aiming to get up the league. Today’s…
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From Swiss Cheese to Super Saves: The over 70s Saga Continues
Bury Relics over 70s September 2025 match report Bury Relics Over-70s have had a resilient and impressive Spring 2025 campaign…
Read more …England Debut for Graham
Huge congratulations to Relics stalwart, Graham Walton, who made his debut for the England Walking Football team at the Maureen Evans…
Read more …Over 60 Stripes Put On A Show
Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes concluded the first half of their Greater Manchester Division 2 Walking Football league campaign in…
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Bury Community Football and Bury Relics go to Whitehaven
Whitehaven friendly tournamentDate; Whitehaven, June 3rd 2025 BackgroundA man called Richard turned up one Tuesday at the Castle for game…
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Over 75s top dogs extend their lead
Date; June 25th 2025A humid day but not blazing sunshine, was at Heywood for matchday 4 of the over 75s…
Read more …65s Stand Ins Stand Out
19th June 2025 Heywood Over 65’sSquad:Keith Gillespie ( GK )Graham Walton( C )Pete SchevtschenkoAlan BlackleyKevin AmosKeith SwainNev Kitchen Andy Richardson Manager: Ken…
Read more …60s Whites Shooting Blanks
5th June 2025O 60’s Whites at Heywood Squad:Eddie (GK)Graham (C)Ian McKinnon Ian McCannKeith SwainKevin AmosKevin Bates Manager:Ken Buggie Overcast day not too…
Read more …GMWFL 2025 – Over 70’s clean sheet
Heywood 4th June 2025On the final day before the summer break the Relics kept themselves in contention for the over…
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Over 75s Still On Top
Report for over 75s league fixtures on the 28th of May 2025.Lately, the reporting has been of supreme quality, with…
Read more …Over 65s Give It Their All
Bury Relics Over 65’s went into their third set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football 2025…
Read more …Stripes hit form
8th of May 2025 over 60’s Stripes playing at Heywood Manager Ken ( don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t…
Read more …70s Edge It!
7th May 2025 Over 70’s at Heywood Manager Keith Swain Assistant manager Pat Fitzgerald Pre match thoughts …. John Morris “ make sure…
Read more …Over 75s having a ball
Bury Relics Over 75’s went into their second set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football Spring…
Read more …GMWFL Over 65’s – Tight at the top.
17th April 2025Another day of sunshine football at Haywood as the Relics entered the second game day of the 2025…
Read more …GMWFL 2025 – Good day for over 60’s Whites
Another beautiful day welcomed the Relics over 60’s (whites) to Heywood Sports Village for the second match day of the…
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GMWFL 2025 – Nev scores on a good day for the Stripes
10th April 2025 Bury Relics Stripes O 60’sSquad:- Mike Bartram ( C )Keith Gillespie ( GK )Nev KitchenSteve HassallMark ThomasIain…
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GMWFL 2025 – Over 70s do well
April 2nd 2025 (match day 2). This season, Bury Relics have to sit out the first game, while watching others…
Read more …GMWFL 2025 – Good day for over 60’s Whites
Another beautiful day welcomed the Relics over 60’s (whites) to Heywood Sports Village for the second match day of the…
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GMWFL 2025 – Impressive start for over 75’s
26th March 2025A rare beautiful day at Heywood welcomed the players for the first games in the newly formed over…
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GMWFL 2025 – goals, Schev-velcro, misses and multiple ref-errors for the over 65s
Thursday 20th March 2025Over 65’s squad:- Manager K Buggie K Gillespie GKG Walton CaptK AmosK SwainI McCannJ WardleP Schevtschenko Beautiful…
Read more …GMWFL 2025 – Over 60’s Division 2 – Slow start for over 60’s stripes
Thursday 13th March 2025 The Relics over 60’s Stripes made a slow start to the 2025 season in the newly…
Read more …Over 70s begin campaign
Bury Relics Over 70’s went into their first set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football Spring…
Read more …Over 60 Whites Black & Blue
Bury Relics Over 60 Whites entered the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football League after reorganisation for the 2025 season.…
Read more …Over 65s Live to Fight Another Day
Bury Relics Over 65’s concluded their Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football Autumn league campaign in match week 4 which had…
Read more …Presentation Night Jan 2025
31st Jan 2025The Presentation night covering the 2024 seasons was held at Radcliffe FC on 31st January 2025. As always,…
Read more …View from the top
A Summary of 2024 from President Keiran Tilley As usual with Bury Relics 2024 was a year to remember for…
Read more …Over 60 Stripes Fabulous Finale
Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes concluded their Greater Manchester Division 3 Walking Football Autumn league campaign in match week 4.…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 70s deservedly champions
December 4th 2024 and the final set of division 1 GMWFL fixtures had arrived. On the day, perfect playing conditions…
Read more …Over 60 Stripes Take it to the Wire
Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes continued their Greater Manchester Division 3 Walking Football Autumn league campaign in match week 3.…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 70s play well again to remain top of the league
November 2024Sir Pat was drafted in to manage the “in form” over 70s Bury Relics team. He and his team…
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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…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 65’s firing blanks
Thursday 17th October 2024.Second match day of the Autumn 2024 season saw the Relics over 65’s struggle in front of…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 60 Stripes Struggles Continue
Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes continued their Greater Manchester Division 3 Walking Football Autumn league campaign in match week 2.…
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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,…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 70s play well to go top of the league
October 2024Angry skies and a cool breeze welcomed Bury Relics to the Heywood stadium, with Bury Relics players warming up…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 65 Champions make a steady start despite players missing
The over 65s defending champions turned up with a squad that consisted: Manager: Ken Buggie, Graham Walton (C), Gaz Sweeney (GK),…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 60 Stripes Steep Learning Curve
Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes entered the Greater Manchester Division 3 Walking Football Autumn league after promotion last Spring. The…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 70s begin strongly
Bury Relics Over 70’s went into their first set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football Autumn…
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GMWFL Autumn 2024 – Over 60s Whites start new campaign
Bury Relics Over 60s Whites contested the first set of fixtures of their Greater Manchester Division 2 Walking Football autumn…
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Bury Relics win the Martin Dawson trophy for 2024
A synopsis of what happened in the Martin Dawson tournament as provided by Motherwell Ian. Group A 2-1 Win against…
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Two more England (EWFC) caps for Tex
Relics over 70’s skipper, Tex O’Rourke, picked up his two latest Caps at the England Walking Football Community (EWFC) training…
Read more …Forthcoming Fixtures / Events
Please make a note of these fixtures and events. 11 Aug Over 60’s v Maccabi 11am away18 Aug Over 60’s…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – Division 1, Bury over 65s are the cream of Manchester
For Spring 2024, Bury Relics over 60s Stripes had already won their league, and the over 70s were runners up…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – Stripes promoted to division 3 as champions
A sensational day for the Bury Relics Stripes, who maintain their good play from last fixtures to complete a league…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – Over 70s depleted but play excellently to finish 2nd
Usually, the over 70s squad is brimming with former players of the season, including John W, Tex, Jomo and Keiren…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – Over 70s Continue Pursuit
Bury Relics Over 70’s went into their third set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football Spring…
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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…
Read more …Save the dates
We are starting early with the ‘Save the dates’ messages, here are the first two for your diaries. Friday 30th…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – Over 60’s Stripes go joint top
11th April 2024Bury Relics Over 60 Stripes went into their second set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 4…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – Over 60’s Whites consistently resolute
For a change there was no rain and wind at Heywood, and conditions were very promising for playing football. The…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – over 70s battle on
April 2024 fixturesBury Relics Over 70’s went into their second set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking…
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GMWFL Spring 2024 – Stripes start strongly
If global warming is true, then in the distant future Manchester will be a valuable city as it has plenty…
Read more …GMWFL Spring 2024 Relics Team Selection Strategy
A message from President Keiran As the new season is starting we are letting all Bury Relics players know how…
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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…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 70s Finish Runners Up
Bury Relics Over 70’s went into their last set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football league…
Read more …Mixed fortunes for the Relics in the WFLA National Cup 2024
The first round games in the Walking Football League Alliance National Cup 2024 took place in February. The games were…
Read more …President Keiran’s Summary of 2023. A view from the Top
A Very Happy New Year to Everyone. After a very strong previous year for Bury Relics in 2022 the New…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – over 60’s Stripes finish runners up
Cold weather was the conditions welcoming the Stripes to the Heywood Sports Coliseum. There was a buzz excitement around the…
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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…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – 60s whites have a bad day but division 1 status retained
Hats and scarfs needed for today, there was a chill in the air, and one side of the pitches was…
Read more …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…
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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…
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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…
Read more …Save the date
Presentation Night 2024 The date for the 2024 Presentation Night has been set.Get your Boogie shoes ready for one of…
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Tex receives his first cap
Following his debut for the England Walking Football Community (EWFC) in Dublin on 8th July 2023, Relics over 70’s skipper…
Read more …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…
Read more …GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 70’s clean sheets and unbeaten on the day.
1st Nov 2023The under strength Relics over 70’s put in a fighting display on Match day 3 of the Greater…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – 3 games, 3 wins, and 3 clean sheets for the over 60’s Stripes.
October 25th 2023. Three was definitely the magic number for the Relics over 60’s stripes on match day two of…
Read more …GMWFL Autumn 2023 –Over 60s Whites Have One Of Those Days
October 2023Bury Relics Over 60s Whites contested the second set of fixtures of their Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – three hard earned points for the over 65s
Matches played October 2023Conditions for the game today were pretty good, without the usual torrent of rain and with a…
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Relics on the Rampage in Radcliffe
Don’t miss out on this unique event. You’ve seen how talented The Relics are on the pitch, now don’t miss…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 70’s Guts it out.
4th October 2023. Bury Relics Over 70’s went into their second set of fixtures of the Greater Manchester Division 1…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 60’s Stripes 4 points
27th September 2023The Relics over 60’s Stripes started their GMWFL Autumn 2023 season with a tough game against Wakefield. No…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 65’s off to a flyer
Bury Relics Over 65’s started their Greater Manchester Division 1 Walking Football league campaign on another warm day in Heywood.…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – a good day for the over 60s whites, who earn a meritable 7 points
Matches played on the 7th of September 2023. Arriving at Heywood on another strangely hot and humid day, not the…
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GMWFL Autumn 2023 – Over 70s work hard to earn 6 points on an eventful and very hot day
Matches played on the 6th of September 2023. Bury Relics over 70s were awesome last season, only to have a…
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Martin Dawson Trophy 2023
Sunday 3rd Sept 2023The Relics were one of 12 teams competing in this year’s Greater Manchester Walking Football League (GMWFL)…
Read more …Ian McKinnon becomes Relics first Referee
We are delighted to publish that Ian McKinnon has passed the Walking Football Association (WFA) Club Referee course and becomes…
Read more …Autumn league 2023, pre season friendlies
Please note the Greater Manchester Walking Football League (GMFL) Autumn 2023 season starts in September. Some per-season friendlies have been…
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Relics Graham Walton represents the North West
Over the weekend of 8th / 9th July, Relics player Graham Walton (back row, 3rd from left in photo) represented…
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Tex makes England debut
Congratulations to Relics over 70’s captain Tex O’Rourke on making his debut for the England Walking Football Community (EWFC) over…
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GMWFL Spring 2023 – 5 points and 0 goals conceded for Relics over 60’s Stripes in last fixtures
Matches played on the 28th of June 2023. A herd of blue and white striped Zebras had turned up for…
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