Annual Walking Football Christmas fixture ends in a draw
OVER-70s
Chesterfield Senior Spireites Over-70s Teams
The over-70s play in the Derbyshire League at Pride Park Padel on Thursday mornings once a month and organise friendlies at other times. This year the club has two teams in the league, the Blues and the Whites! The Blues team is managed by Bob Berry while the Whites team is managed by Kev Pritchard. If you are interested in playing or would like more information, contact Bob and/or Kev by email at info@chesterfieldwalkingfootball.co.uk
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The Blues:
We approached the first round of over 70s league fixtures with confidence only to find every team had upped their game and the two newcomers in the league Ashwell and Chesterfield Whites were also well set up and ready to go.
There were 10 teams represented on the day and we played 9 x 10-minute matches winning 2, losing 2, and drawing 5 with a goals tally of 5 goals scored and only 3 goals conceded. Our 5 goals were shared 2 for Neil McKinnon, 2 for Carl Gibson and 1 for Derek Lowe.
We played our first ever derby match against Chesterfield Whites who beat us 1-0 so for the moment they have the bragging rights 😊.
The Whites:
This was the inauguration of our second club team to enter the Derby 70s league - Chesterfield Whites. After a summer of ‘legal recruitment’ we find ourselves with thirteen to choose from for the nine match day places available so it’s a healthy squad.
The first set of matches was a learning curve for us but on the whole we were very satisfied with the results of Won 3 Drew 2 and lost 4 including a win against over very own Blues team which we were very happy about! With 7 goals scored and conceding 8 (2 very unlucky) our scorers were Steve 4, Graham 2 and Pete J 1. All in all a good first outing, thanks to all team members.
The next round of league fixtures is scheduled for November 8th when the planned day returns to 8 teams 7 matches with 2 teams missing a match day on each future match date. The games will therefore become 7 x 12-minute games.
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On Thursday 19th February the Spireites played their cup draw against Nottingham Reds which was to be the best of 3 x 15-minute matches.
Unfortunately, for the Spireites they lost the first two games 2-0 and 2-1. Whilst the team played their usual quick passing game it wasn’t to be. Neither of the two top scorers Terry and Neil were available on the day and the Spireites' inability on the day to put the ball in the back of the net leaves them out of the cup for this year.