FOOTBALL PLAYERS WANTED
in SOUTH MANCHESTER to
in SOUTH MANCHESTER to
Turn Up And Play
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 .. 11 a side
FOOTBALL
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 .. 11 a side
Friendly but competitive
Play just when you want ...
£3 per session
Ages 16 to veteran
Just turn up, no need to book
Thursdays and Sundays at 6pm
NEW FOOTBALLERS WANTED AND ALWAYS WELCOME
Ages 16 to veteran
Just turn up, no need to book
Thursdays and Sundays at 6pm
NEW FOOTBALLERS WANTED AND ALWAYS WELCOME
"OK
Fellas !"
Like playing football?, want a bit more than a kickabout in a park?, but can't commit to Sunday League Footie?I'm Ben, and if you like the sound of our friendly but quite competitive football, are looking to find a football team in Manchester and are adult aged 16 or older, then please join us. Just come down on the evenings that suit you, with any level of fitness, a little ability and a sportsman like attitude.
£3 per session can improve your fitness more enjoyably than going to the gym, sharpen your football skills, .. and might even cure your hangover !!
5, 6, 7..11
a side
a side
We pick up typically 4 or 6 teams, evenly matched, for a mini-tournament of five a side, six a side, seven aside, etc, depending on numbers turning up. Sundays 6pm - 7:15pm
Thursdays 6pm - 7pm
We play in all weathers - only seasonal closing of the Sports Centre over Christmas to New Year or when pitch is unplayable under heavy snow normally stop us.
On the rare occasion a session has to be cancelled, it should be posted on the top of this website by 5pm on the day.
Astroturf
Pitch
Pitch
Here is the recently resurfaced astro pitch which sits pleasantly under its own floodlights within a stone's throw of local ameneties such as Didsbury Virgin Active Gym, the Parrs Wood Leisure Centre
and Parrs Wood School. The pitch presents stunning views of the Mersey and Mersey fields, with herds of wildergeese, Sydney Opera House and ... oh no, that would be an exaggeration ! But the address is:
Parrs Wood Sports Centre, Parrs Wood High School, Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester M20 5PG. Telephone: 0161 445 2379.
For parking you can use the Parrs Wood Leisure Centre's
car park. Then walk towards the School, continue until the Sports Centre, turn right, down some
steps, cross a roadway and you'll see the astro-turf below you and to your left. Limited parking is also available at end of above-mentioned roadway.
Parrs Wood Sports Centre, Parrs Wood High School, Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester M20 5PG. Telephone: 0161 445 2379.
For parking you can use the Parrs Wood Leisure Centre's
car park. Then walk towards the School, continue until the Sports Centre, turn right, down some
steps, cross a roadway and you'll see the astro-turf below you and to your left. Limited parking is also available at end of above-mentioned roadway.Club Rules
No sliding tackles
No violent behaviour
No abusive conduct
No violent behaviour
No abusive conduct
We keep it friendly yet competitive with:
If either I or one of my assistants Tom or Gee, finds a player foul of any of these rules they'll get a "red card" and be asked to leave the pitch. If the footballer ever repeats such an
offence (never has in over 10 years) they'll be asked to leave and never return. This has helped maintain a fun and enjoyable, yet competitive atmosphere for all our soccer games.
Finally, if the ball goes over the fence it is the responsibility of the last player who touched it to retrieve straight away, thank you.
Who on
earth are we ?
earth are we ?
Turn up and play football started in May 2002 as part of the Virgin Active Gym nearby. Anyone could join and still can so we're a mixed bag of abilities, backgrounds and ages - from youths / teenagers (16+) to adult (we once had a 68 year old!).
Over some 12 years our regular players have ranged from ex professional footballers (for example Stockport County's former Centre Forward), to those who only dreamt of playing for their school.We welcome players from all over Manchester and Stockport, indeed the world - from Wythenshawe to Wales, Sale to Spain, Levenshulme to ... Liverpool !!
In addition to our normal Thursday and Sunday sessions, we sometimes have summer training / coaching in the neighbouring grass fields - watch this space for details.
In some years we have a summer tournament - with referees ! - where groups from outside can form teams and take part too, alongside our regulars. It's an opportunity to think up some great team names for starters !. Here's my 'match report' from July 2011:
"Thanks to all Players who took part in the superb Parrs Wood Football annual 6 a side tournament.
On a sunny July afternoon, 8 teams entered the tournament consisting of current regular players and 2 guest teams.
After the League stages, 4 teams made it through to the Semi Final - KDS Driving School, Didsbury Seniors, Team Romin, and Your Mum's Athletic....
The wooden spoon stages finished with some exciting matches as John Leigh Massive won on penalties against PSV Trinity for 7th place, and 6 Screamers led by Tom Faulkner took 5th place over Sonni Sensations...
Team Romin comfortably cruised into the final after beating Dare's Didsbury Seniors, whilst Winny and Mark's Your Mum's Athletic sneaked victory from the Guest Team, KDS Driving School after 12 penalties each!
The final saw some excellent football with the young quick Team Romin difficult to contain at times by the more experienced Athletic..
In the end goals by the portly Chris Mills and Andy Lysons saw Athletic gain a deserved victory and take home the impressive trophies...
Well done to all who participated and contributed towards making £100 for charity. This has been sent to the family of Rich Philpott and will be donated to a Cancer Research Charity.
Ben
Gaffer, Parrs Wood Football "
On a sunny July afternoon, 8 teams entered the tournament consisting of current regular players and 2 guest teams.
After the League stages, 4 teams made it through to the Semi Final - KDS Driving School, Didsbury Seniors, Team Romin, and Your Mum's Athletic....
The wooden spoon stages finished with some exciting matches as John Leigh Massive won on penalties against PSV Trinity for 7th place, and 6 Screamers led by Tom Faulkner took 5th place over Sonni Sensations...
Team Romin comfortably cruised into the final after beating Dare's Didsbury Seniors, whilst Winny and Mark's Your Mum's Athletic sneaked victory from the Guest Team, KDS Driving School after 12 penalties each!
The final saw some excellent football with the young quick Team Romin difficult to contain at times by the more experienced Athletic..
In the end goals by the portly Chris Mills and Andy Lysons saw Athletic gain a deserved victory and take home the impressive trophies...
Well done to all who participated and contributed towards making £100 for charity. This has been sent to the family of Rich Philpott and will be donated to a Cancer Research Charity.
Ben
Gaffer, Parrs Wood Football "
NEW - this section is for any of our regular players wanting to promote their business or event. Just give Richard a fact based description of what you want to promote, where you're from in/around Manchester and send a picture of yourself. It's FREE !!
You may have been playing in a team alongside a player wanting just the service you offer, and neither of you ever knew !
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See www.birchdalecleaning.com.John got this snap holidaying in Spain with some guy saying he'd won Champions League, a Euro and a World Cup - can you believe that !
You can still play with us, whatever your interest in any of the following teams, or LEAGUES below !
Burnage - Burnage Metro Football Club have 5 league teams plus a cup side and play fixtures including in Lancashire & Cheshire AFL and the Manchester Amateur Cup
Cheadle - Cheadle Town Football Club are members of the North West Counties Football League and Cheshire County Football Association
Chorlton cum Hardy - West Didsbury & Chorlton are one of Manchester's leading amateur clubs with a First Team, Reserves and A Team playing competitively in the Manchester League on a Saturday, the Veterans team playing in the Cheshire Veterans Football League Premier Division and the youth team playing in the Timperley League on Sunday
Didsbury - Denton Town Football Club are one of 8 Tameside town teams
Didsbury - Inter Disbury FC play in Cheshire & Manchester Sunday League Table, Division 2 and also have friendly fixtures
Fallowfield - Fallowfield FC - Sunday League play in Manchester Amateur Sunday Football League MASFL
Gatley - Gatley Football Club
Heald Green - Heald Green FC are an amateur football club playing in South Manchester
Levenshulme - East Levenshulme FC play in the Tameside Sunday Football - FA Respect League
Longsight - see Levenshulme
Manchester Gregorians FC - www.gregoriansafc.co.uk is regarded as one the strongest Amateur Football Clubs in Manchester and thus attracts a large number of new and established players from around the region. They play in Manchester Football League as below
Northenden - see Wythenshawe
Parrs Wood - Parrs Wood Celtic AFC have two teams playing in the Lancashire and Cheshire AFL on a Saturday afternoon. They train on Tuesday nights on astroturf at Parrs Wood High School Sports Centre in Didsbury, organised by their F.A. qualified coaching staff, and are currently looking for committed players - (Note that despite the similarity, Parrs Wood Celtic AFC are separate from Parrs Wood Football)
Stretford - Stretford Victoria FC are a charter standard club at youth and adult level
STUDENTS - ISSL 11-a-Side Football 2010-11 Sport Manchester, The University of Manchester
Styal - Styal Football Club play in Cheshire Reserve League, Cheshire League 1st Division and Altrincham League Div 2
West Didsbury - West Didsbury & Chorlton are one of Manchester's leading amateur clubs - see Chorlton above
Withington - see Fallowfield
Wythenshawe - Wythenshawe Amateurs Football Club are based on Longley Lane, Northenden Manchester M22
Some clubs may be listed in links of leagues below, yet not have their own link in above list of TEAMS.
Altrincham - Altrincham & District Amateur Football League
Hyde - Hyde and District Sunday Football League includes teams from Marple, Miles Platting, North Reddish, Stayley, Stalybridge
Manchester Amateur Sunday Football League - MASFL over 4 divisions comprise these teams: Athletico Chorlton, Broadway Rovers, Celta, Cheadle Hulme Albion, Chorlton Villa, Davyhulme Park, Didsbury Dynamos, Fallowfield United, Flixton, GM Hurricanes, Gorton Villa, Halton Juniors, Hardley Athletic, Inter Mancs, Lass 'O' Gowrie and Reserves, Manchester CC, Manchester Rovers, Manchester United Supporters Club and Reserves, Moss Side Old House, Motown, Nello James, Old Ashburnians AFC, Parkway Dynamo, Powerhouse Dynamos Community, Procters, Recreative Rusholme, River Plate Reds, Royal Northern College of Music FC, Sevenways, Sierra Stars, St Johns, Stretford Victoria, The Urmston, Turnpike Pirates, Urmston Meadowside Warriors, Withington Posh, Withington Victoria, Woodsend, Urmston MENS, Urmston Town, West Point City
Manchester Football League - http://www.manchester-league.co.uk/ comprise 16 teams: Atherton Town, AVRO, Bury Amateurs, Dukinfield Town, East Manchester, Hindsford, Hollinwood, Leigh Athletic, Manchester Gregorians, Old Alts, Prestwich Heys, Royton Town, Springhead, Stockport Georgians, Walshaw Sports, Wythenshawe Arms
Stockport - Stockport District Sunday Football League includes AFC Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme Athletic, AFC Stockport, Cheadle FC, Stockport Athletic, Stockport Dynamoes, Stockport Norris
Tameside - Tameside Sunday Football - FA Respect League includes Denton Y F.C., East Levenshulme F.C., Stalybridge Astley
Parrs Wood Sports Facility have a large sports hall, gymnasium, dance studio and astro-turf. Their activities include hockey, netball, lacrosse, basketball, cricket, several football clubs, badminton, go karts, trampolining, yoga, tai chi, martial arts - kick boxing, jitae taekwondo, nam pai chuan kung fu, karati; even frisbee and an indoor model aeroplane flying club! For booking enquiries call Dave Letven: 0161 445 2379.
Virgin Active have a gym in Didsbury and another gym in Manchester City Centre. As well as personal training they offer many classes for member participation - keep fit with circuit training, spin, boxing, punch, body pump, pilates, body balance, yoga and more. Then you can relax in the pool area with swimming, sauna and jacuzzi.
Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre in Didsbury - offers a wide range of leisure, films, entertainment, restaurants and more in South Manchester.
Social Circle - Manchester's Social & Adventure Network, connecting like minded professionals through fun local events to participate in. Social Circle offers professional people an extensive range of fun, new and exiting events – everything from theatre, wine tasting, comedy clubs, climbing and kayaking to spas, walking days and adventure trips to various places. Whether you want to relax, learn a new skill or simply meet new Manchester people, Social Circle offers a varied social calendar without the hassle of organising it. Check out the extensive fun packed calendar at www.social-circle.co.uk/calendar-view.asp.
Acknowledgements:
Manchester Community What's On Guide
Soccer Directory Turn Up And Play Football established 2002 (as Parrs Wood Football)
www.turnupandplayfootball.co.uk formerly www.parrswoodfootball.co.uk
turnupandplayfootball website last updated 3 November 2014