On the 27th January 2015, the Canterbury Walking Football team took on near neighbours Herne Bay WF in a friendly encounter. Walking Footy is usually played on an five a side pitch, not too large and with small goals. Some of the brethren playing were as old as 70 and all of them over 60 years old, of course, that's the point!
So a crunching tackle and a brisk shoulder barge early in the game led quickly to a "coming together", albeit slowly and a brawl. The referee, presumably reffing because he was less able or infirmed to play, abandoned the game after two minutes! Was there history between these two clubs? At 60+ there must have been. They may not be able to run but they were perfectly capable of throwing a punch or two!
https://youtu.be/aiLxBDIT4WE
Bartram played over 550 games for Charlton, winning the FA Cup in 1947.
Old age might be helped by a toilet roll or two and the fans at this game between Ajax and Groningen had plenty of them in April 2008. This didn't seemed too hazardous, so play went on for a while until some joker set fire to them. Game abandoned.
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