The First Competition

Our first competition as Tranmere Rovers Walking Football came at Moss Rose, the home of Macclesfield Town FC in early May 2015. We had entered the National Tournament organized by Walking Football United. This competition is split into county regions and we had been drawn against Macclesfield, Gentlemen of Glossop and Chester.

Macclesfield had kindly offered to host the event on the main pitch. We changed in the away dressing room which to say the least is very cramped (heaven help the first team next season). Two pitches had been set out for play, but as Chester were unable to attend, we only used the one. A round robin format was used were the 3 teams played each other twice in order to formulate a league table where the top 2 teams would play a knock out final to determine who progressed to the County stage. We drew all of our group games, despite conceding a goal from a very dubious free kick in the second game. This left us in the runners-up spot in the table. The final was therefore contested between ourselves and the hosts. The game was heading towards a goal less draw when with virtually the very last kick of the game, Macclesfield scored with a mis-hit cross cum shot which rolled agonizingly into the net. We were gutted to say the least, but learnt a lot from the competition and hopefully we will progress further next year. Other than the result we had a very good day out, including a scenic tour of Macclesfield, whilst trying to locate the ground.

Pictured below are the 3 teams prior to kick off.