There have not been many games played to date so still all to play for.
Here are the current League Tables.
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All the Relics fixtures and results are on the Match Centre page here

The Relics over 70’s and over 65’s were in action in the Manchester League. It was the first game for the over 70’s and the over 65’s were looking to maintain their winning start to the league. Match reports are below.
For all the Manchester League details, fixtures and results see the Match Centre page here…

Relics Over 70’s 1 – Manchester Senior Citizens 2
The Relics over 70’s started their season with an undeserved defeat.
The Relics were on top for most of the first half with the Citizens keeper making some good saves to keep Keiran and the Relics at bay. The Relics started the second half well, but a fourth offence against the Relics meant a penalty for the Citizens. The penalty hit one post, wet across the goal and hit the other post and came out, but the referee controversially gave the goal.
The Relics were awarded a penalty for four offences from the Citizens, but the Citizens keeper just managed to get a hand to John W’s spot kick and as the ball spun back towards the goal the keeper managed to turn and grab the ball before it had chance to get over the line.
The Relics went 0 – 2 down shortly after when a mistake in midfield led to a Citizen player breaking clear and hitting a strong shot that Stewart in the Relics goal had no chance with.
The Relics pushed hard to get back and in the game and pulled a goal back with a superb strike and a well deserved goal from Keiran into the bottom corner. The Relics were on top trying for the equaliser but ran out of time.
Another blow to The Relics was an injury to Pat who had to come off midway through the second half.
Relics: Stewart, Jerry, Peter A, Keiran, John W, Pat, Tony P, Dave M, Bob D. Manager: Keith S

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Relics over 65’s 2 – Rochdale Striders 4
The Relics over 65’s were looking to continue their winning start to the league and started brightly with a superb early goal from a difficult tight angle from JoMo to put Relics 1 – 0 up.
JoMo had a hand in the second goal too adding an assist to Ken who’s shot low into the corner beat the Striders keeper.
The Relics could have been 3 – 0 before half time when Graham dummied the keeper to going down early, took the ball to the side and almost chipped the keeper but the keeper recovered to stretch a hand to Grahams goal bound effort keeping it out.
Half time Relics 2 – Rochdale 0.
The game went to pieces for the Relics in the second half, after looking comfortable for most of the game they let the two goal advantage slip. The Striders upped their game and at times it seemed like they had an extra man. The Relics had their chances but the Striders keeper kept everything out.
Relics: Gaz, Bob D, Tex, JoMo, Graham W, Keith H, John C, John W, Ken. Manager: Dave M

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The Relics Over 60’s and Over 65’s had their first games in the Manchester League on 15th April 2021. The match reports are below.
for all the Manchester League details see the Match Centre page here…

Relics Over 60’s 2 – Club Kingsmaid 2
A terrific game saw a very strong Club Kingsmaid team come back twice to snatch a draw against the Relics.
The Relics took the lead mid-way through the first half with a penalty from Graham W who’s shot just squeezed under the keeper. Club Kingsmaid equalised early in the second half but The Relics went ahead again with another goal from Graham W. Club Kingsmaid scored their second equaliser with a low shot into the bottom right corner. Gaz S had a great game pulling off a string of great saves, and The Relics could have snatched it at the death with a great through ball from Pete Shev that found Andy R free but his shot went the wrong side of the post.
Relics: Gaz S, Tony G, Andy R, Andy Q, Keith S, Pete Shev, Graham W. Manager: Keiran

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Relics Over 65’s 1 – Bolton Arena 0
The Relics over 65’s started their Manchester League campaign with a win against Bolton Arena. The Relics were the better team throughout and the winning margin should have been more.
The Relics took an early lead with a fantastic strike from John W from the left hand side of the area into the top right corner of the Bolton goal, the keeper had no chance, great goal. However the game didn’t go entirely the Relics way as it took a brilliant diving penalty save from Gaz S to keep the Relics clean sheet, while a penalty miss from Graham W at the other end with the Bolton keeper pulling off another fine penalty save kept the Relics down to a one goal margin.
Relics: Gaz S, Tex, John C, Keith H, Bob D, John W, John M. Manager: Dave M

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The Relics over 60’s and over 65’s start their Manchester League campaigns on Thursday 15th April at Heywood Sports Village.

The over 60’s kick off at 11:00am against Club Kingsmaid, the over 65’s kick off at 12:00 noon against Bolton Arena.

Games will be 20 minutes each way, with a half time break.

Apologies to everyone that was hoping to attend to support The Relics, but please note that the latest FA COVID guidance states that no spectators are allowed on private land. The GMWFL has checked with Heywood Sports Village and has confirmed that fact.

Note that The Relics over 70’s start their season on 29th April.

For more on the Manchester League see the Match Centre page here

Good Luck Relics #UTR