In the morning’s Championship games, Strollers welcomed Matt Elphee to an already strong squad, after his recent 50th birthday. As a result, we had too much firepower for our mid-table opposition today. In our opener, we beat South Lincs Steelers Reds 5-1 with Matt and Nigel Reeve scoring two each, and Jason Fullman adding the fifth after also hitting the bar twice. Against previously unbeaten Hampton Utd, we went one better, running out 6-1 winners with goals from Matt (

The Over 65s made the trip to ‘We are Derby Padel’ with a squad of 6 following the withdrawals of Paul Humphries injured and Jez Norris flu. The squad of 6 was: Kevin Chadwick Paul Beard Tim Marsden Cap John Hutchins Steve Bones Taff Lovesey Stamford started the day 1 point behind leaders Ashbourne and 7 ahead of Boston in third place. First up were mid table Matlock who had proved to be difficult to beat opposition in the past. True to form Matlock gave a good account of the

In League One, Strollers Social once again played their games with a great attitude and in good spirit. The results aren’t there yet but that’s not really the point. Having said that, they took the lead in their first game against Hampton United with a lovely finish from Kevin Hay . Results: Strollers Social 1-3 Hampton Utd Whittlesey Athletic 5-0 Strollers Social Squad (pictured): Chris Sweeney, Julie Marsh, Sue Glasgow, Jon Steers, Hingwai Chan, Kevin Hay In the Championshi

Match day 1 of the Over 60s Lincs League 25/26 saw Stamford 60s make the long trek north to Clee Fields Grimsby. With 8 players unavailable, out of a squad 14, Strollers travelled with the following team of 6: Kevin Chadwick GK Tim Marsden Cap Iain Ross Alan Cook Les Potton Jez Norris In wet and windy conditions Strollers played 3 games: Stamford 1 Grimsby Ancient Mariners 0 In a game that Strollers controlled for long periods Kevin Chadwick in goal was mostly untested. At th

Stamford Strollers Women V Lincoln City Friendly. Author: Julie Marsh Manager Stamford Strollers women visited Lincoln City Foundation at the LNER Stadium for a friendly this Sunday playing 3 x 15 minute games. Match 1 Lincoln started better than us and scored 2 goals. (2-0) Match 2 We began to play and passed the ball around and we went ahead with a goal from Tracey Beeson. Not long after Lincoln equalised and then scored again. (2-1) Match 3 We were getting into our stride

Strollers 65s @ ‘We are Derby Padel’ Thursday November 13  The squad for MD3 of the Derbyshire Walking Football League was:  Kevin Chadwick GK  Paul Beard  John Hutchins  Tim Marsden Cap  Paul Humphries  Steve Bones  Jez Norris  Strollers travelled to Derby with a strong squad and enjoyed a good day, drawing 4 games and winning 2, conceding only 1 goal in the process. The results were:  Strollers 0 Ashbourne 0 , a tight game against the current table toppers ended all square,

Stamford Strollers remain unbeaten in the PDFL Championship after matchday 2. Our first game was against Hampton United who had just played their first game of the day. Their extra warm up showed as Strollers struggled to get any possession in the opening 5 minutes. Nevertheless we took the lead when Nigel Reeve scored from a routine corner. Hampton equalised before half time from a penalty for toe encroachment into the D (guilty as charged m’lud). Merryn Kelby put Strollers

While Strollers Ladies were galavanting around Northamptonshire, I took a 50’s squad over to Leverington’s first charity tournament. A relatively small lineup of teams were split into two groups of four in a competition/plate format. Our opening game was against Heacham , where despite dominating play and having lots of scoring opportunities, we couldn’t find a goal. We succumbed to a late goal originating from a quickly taken sideline kick-in that appeared to be a rolling ba

Stamford Strollers Women visited West Glebe Astro turf, Corby on Sunday playing 3 games at 15 minutes a game. Match 1: Corby started very well and passed the ball with ease. They had a few chances on goal which were either saved or just wide. ( D0-0 ) Match 2: In the second game Corby we’re still on top and scored 2 goals. ( L2-0 ) Match 3: Stamford started to get into the game and on occasions put some nice passes together. Corby scored. Kath had the best scoring chance that

Thursday October 9 Match day 2, of 6, gave Stamford 7 X 12 minute  games against each of the other teams in the Derbyshire Walking Football League. The squad for the day was: Kevin Chadwick GK John Hutchins Steve Bones Taff Lovesey Paul Humphries Jez Norris Tim Marsden Cap A strong squad, buoyed by Paul Humphries first appearance of the season, produced some fine attacking football throughout the 84 minutes of football. The results were as follows: Strollers 1 Boston Utd 1 ,

Sunday was Matchday 1 of the PDFL and it was all change as the competition has moved to Borderville this year. On the pitch things are a...

Stamford Strollers celebrated 10 years of WF today with a record turnout of 39 players at Elsea Park today. . It was great so many...

Stamford Strollers visited Huntingdon WF this morning to play 3 friendly games (late 60s age-group) at Huntingdon in a boarded cage!  ...

Having recently joined the Derbyshire Walking Football League Strollers took their bow on Thursday September 11. Match day 1, of 7, gave...

Another weekend, another tournament. On 20th July the 50’s were at the Norwich SOCA Seniors tournament at the FDC in Norwich. A single...

A joint Yaxley and Stamford Strollers 60+ squad took to the field in the prestigous 8-a-side, three touch Melton Mowbray Walkingfooty...

After a poor start to the league games earlier in the season, our 65+ squad finished the year strongly with an excellent string of...

Today I had the honour of managing Stamford Strollers Reds in our home tournament, the Jan Barrett-Treen Memorial Trophy . Unfortunately,...

Our WFA 65+ National Cup (Round2), proved to be a high energy, skilful match which swung one way then the other. In a very tight game,...

An excellent match day for our 65+ squad at Derby Racecourse, taking maximum points from our two games. Strollers 3:1 Hucknall Jez Norris...