Pigasus

Bob B, Phil C, Charlie N, Martin P. Jeff D, Mark K, Jon H. Calne over 60s played in the penultimate round of matches of the Wiltshire league on Sunday, winning one, drawing three and losing one, giving us a creditable haul of 6 points from 5 games, particularly as we were without four regular players, missing through a combination of injury, illness and holidays. Our squad were the regulars of Charlie, Phil and Mark, joined by Jeff, Martin, Bob and Jon, on his return from Portugal. We started the day with a 0 v 0 draw against Highworth and were indebted to Charlie who made several excellent saves.   We then achieved the same result against Salisbury but were the better side on this occasion, their keeper making an outstanding save to deny Mark. We were well beaten 2 v 0 by a strong Swindon side who   finished the day overtaking us (update below*) in pursuit of the league title. What followed was a 1 v 1 draw with Devizes, in a game we really should have won. We went ahead wit...

John W, Steve P, Phil C, Perry K. Jeff D, Andy G, Ollie S This was the last match-day in the Wilts 65s league and we started with a squad of 7, of whom 2 (Perry and Andy) were already struggling with injuries. We started well with a 1 v 1 draw against Swindon who were joint top at that stage, and one of 2 sides who could win the league. In the end, that draw cost them their opportunity to do so.  But as injuries kicked in big-time, we lost 3 v 0 to Highworth (eventual league winners) and 2 v 1 to Salisbury (by which time our chance to overtake them to finish in 3rd place had disappeared), before finally withdrawing from our last game against Cirencester due to not being able to field a team. So a disappointing first season in the newly established Over 65s league, but we know we can do better than that. So roll on next season and the chance for us to put things right. And congratulations to Highworth Town Walking Football Club for sealing the deal, thanks to all participant...

WE'RE BACK UP AND WALKING! The second   of ten. This is the 9 November 2022 edition of Pigasus, Calne Town Walking Football Club's email newsletter... before things were moved online. N.B. The links seen within this newsletter do not work. But if you are interested, the three key links in this edition are:  AED INTRODUCTION  |  MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT  |  WALKING VIDEO  |  JUST ONE THING   ⚫ 🟢 _______________ << HOME

WELCOME TO YOUR NEWSLETTER! A little bit of history! This is the 27 September, 2022 edition of Pigasus, the first   of ten editions of Calne Town Walking Football Club's email newsletter... before things were moved online. Please note that the links seen within this newsletter do not work. But if you are interested, the three key links in this edition are: LONDON HEARTS  | MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT | WALKING VIDEO   ⚫ 🟢 _______________ << HOME

Perry K, John H, Ollie S, Phil C. Graham N, Mark K, Paul W. An enjoyable way to start the week, helped by the the rain staying away until we'd finished our football. The regular visit to Oxfordshire saw hosts Abingdon Almost Athletic, Highworth Town, Charlbury Town and Calne Town slugging it our for bragging rights in another friendly round-robin.   We got off to a good start against AAA with Mark scoring the only goal of the 20 minute match and racking up three points with a 1 v 0 win. Next up was Highworth, who had our usual keeper, Charlie, in goal!! We took advantage of this added incentive to score, which Paul, Mark and Charlie himself duly did - a  close quarters shot from Paul came in hard and rattled the post before hitting the diving keeper on the back of the head and crossing the line, and t his is now recorded as Charlie's first ever goal for Calne Town Walking Football Club.  The defence played their part under mounting pressure, making sure only a single goal...

Paul W, Phil C, Charlie N, Perry K. Graham N, Andy G, Mark K. It’s the 4 th  round of Wilts League and the task was to maintain our position at the top and try to put a bit more distance between us and the teams below.  We did both. Two wins and a draw gave us an excellent points haul of seven and consolidated our position with two rounds of matches left in the season. With Swindon B withdrawing from the league (their results for the season will be rendered null and void) and Highworth and Salisbury unable to field teams on the day, meant it was less physically demanding than usual. In addition the games themselves were brought forward by three hours to enable time for players, officials and supporters alike to get home to watch the England last sixteen clash against Slovakia. Although that particular contest ended in a positive fashion, it could be argued that there was more organisation and skill demonstrated by the Calne players earlier in the day! This began with a g...

  Phil C, Steve P, John W, Laurence E, Perry K. Jeff D, Graham N, Andy G. The 65s started against Cirencester minus a number of key names but with Perry back, and new face (to us!) Steve in goal. Perry rattled all 3 structures of the goal as we threatened strongly, and we finally had to settle for a 1 v 0 win from a Perry pen, after one of their defenders had entered the D. Next up, unbeaten Salisbury with a strong side. We got an early goal from Graham after a skilful pass from Perry opened them up. Shortly after, Perry put their goalie and ball in the net with a strong shot - 2 v 0 after 4 mins! We bossed the game until an unfortunate own goal, and had to ride out the last 2 mins with the help of Steve 'The Cat', some ferocious blocking/tackling by our defence, and a post. 2 v 1 to Calne and Salisburys first defeat of this league. Swindon next. Numerous chances and good shots from Laurence and Perry, but we succumbed to clever play from Swindon and lost 1 v 0.  We played fo...