WELCOME TO EASTLEIGH WALKING FOOTBALL CLUB
ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING US PLEASE SEE THE ‘JOIN US‘ PAGE
Here you will find all you need to know about Eastleigh FC’s thriving Walking Football section. We are proud to be an integral part of Eastleigh FC.
This website is for the benefit of members, prospective members or just for those who want to find out more about Walking Football.
We play on Thursdays between 11am and 2.30pm and on Monday evenings, all year round and these sessions are open to all. In addition our ladies play on Sunday afternoons, starting at 3pm.
On Thursdays we normally run what we call ‘The Academy’, mainly our older players, or those coming back from injury and their session starts at 11am. Following that we have two sessions back to back with typically up to 24 players in each session. These break up into 4 teams of 6 who play each other in a round robin.
Monday evenings usually attract 20 – 25 players including some of our ‘younger’ players who are still working during the day.
Your first session will be a free ‘taster’ session to find out if it is for you.
We also offer ‘mobility’ sessions for anyone slowed down by medical conditions. See the Parkinsons and Mobility page for more information. These sessions take place at Places Leisure (Fleming Park) Eastleigh.
If refereeing, rather than playing, is your thing you are more than welcome to come and join in with us. No VAR here!
After your taster, the cost is £5 per session which goes to cover the cost of hire of the pitch. We play on the all weather 3G surface at the Silverlake stadium.
All you need is to be 50+ (40+ for ladies), some football kit including shin pads and suitable footwear for a 3G all weather pitch.
WHY GET INVOLVED WITH WALKING FOOTBALL?
.’We don’t stop playing because we grow old – we grow old because we stop playing!’ Not our words but those of George Bernard Shaw. They sum up the views of the rapidly growing band of Walking Footballers, both at Eastleigh and throughout the UK. It takes us back to the old days of dressing room banter. The only difference is that the topic of conversation is less likely to centre on who we are dating and more likely to be around what statins we are taking!
