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17/03/2024 : Baycity Strollers Over 60’s – First round of WFLA National Cup

Squad:     Lawrence Jim Paul Robinson Gordon Chris Les Mick     Injuries, illness, holidays and hibernation meant we went in to this tournament with a small squad to take on the challenge of three forty minute matches. It was quite an achievement that we managed to get through the demands of the day….

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05/03/2024 : Baycity Strollers Over 65’s – First round of WFLA National Cup

Squad:     Lawrence Jim Tony Orpwood Les Chris Mick Simon Addley     So our first experience of tournament walking football for our Over 65s, although the ultimate aim of progressing to the next round wasn’t achieved it was a thoroughly enjoyable day.     It was nice to come up against teams we…

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03/03/2024 : Baycity Strollers Over 50’s – First round of WFLA National Cup

Squad: Paul G – Goalkeeper Dave B – Captain Jason Peter Ade Phil Danny Michael     Not sure where to start with this one? But here goes.   With Bay City’s Over 50s first league season over, it was now time for our first cup tournament which we went into with a fairly open…

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01/03/2024 : Ramsgate 2 Baycity Strollers 2 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:     Lawrence Jim Colin Kevin Chris Les Mick Toony Gordon     So our final league game of the season saw us come up against the same opponents as when we started all those months ago, ultimately ending up with the same result. The theme for the evening seemed to be all about…

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25/02/2024 : Baycity Strollers v Ramsgate (Friendly – Mixed age groups)

Team: Lawrence Jim Tony Nigel Gordon Martin Phil Michael   With Bay City only having 6 players available, Ramsgate kindly lent us Nigel and Martin to make the sides equal at eight a side, however, Ramsgate still had the advantage of two subs.   The game started off strong with both sides playing some good…

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16/02/2024 : Woodnesborough Reds 1 Baycity Strollers 1 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:     Lawrence Paul Jim Colin Chris Kevin Mick Les     So off to the borough of Woodnes to take on the league leaders and very probable league winners. With several players missing for various reasons, illness, injuries medical conditions or just the yearly migration south, the whole squad have stepped up in…

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11/02/2024 : Baycity Strollers 0 Woodchurch 0 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:      Lawrence Jim Colin Kevin Chris Les Mick Toony Paul Gordon     As our season is drawing to a close we entertained Woodchurch at Baypoint for the very first time. We produced one of our best performances of the season in the away fixture as we came from behind to be victorious….

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04/02/2024 : Baycity Strollers 0 v Herne Bay 3 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad: Lawrence Jason Patrick Peter Danny Jim Dave Paul Ade Ian Michael     With the title resting on a Herne Bay victory and fourth place finish for Bay City, it was all to play for.     Both teams came out strong and it was Bay City who had the first chance with Pat…

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28/01/2024 : Woodnesborough 3 Baycity Strollers 0 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:     Lawrence Danny Paul Patrick Dave Ada Jason Ian Stuart Jim     BayCity youth team today played their last away game of the season and although making a bright start ending up being well beaten by our more experienced opponents.     We really did start well pushing the home team back…

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22/01/2024 : Baycity Strollers 0 Herne Bay 0 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:       Lawrence Jim Colin Rob Kevin Les Mick Chris     So our return to league action after a lengthy break in games with our first challenge since the league split against old foes Herne Bay.  It must be said that our opponents are not quite the same team that won every…

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26/11/2023 : Ethelbert Wanderers 1 Baycity Strollers 4 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:   Lawrence GK Danny Jim Stuart Jason Ade Dave  Phil Ian Michael     This was another solid team performance against a team who are not to be taken lightly despite being bottom of the league.     With Paul, Pete and Patrick missing this week Bay City were still able to put a…

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20/11/2023 : Herne Bay 1 Baycity Strollers 0 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:   Lawrence GK Dave Peter Jason Danny Ade Paul Phil Ian Michael     After all the Monday training nights passing each other like ships in the night, this was the first time Bay City Strollers over 50’s had got to play Herne Bay over 50’s.     Once again we knew that this…

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19/11/2023 : Baycity Strollers 1 Woodnesborough Bees 0 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:       Lawrence Jim Kevin Rob Mike F Les Mick Colin Toony     It was a feast of walking football today at Baypoint in what a popular satellite TV company would call a Super Sunday, the warm up event saw Ramsgate beat Canterbury 3-2 and cement their top half place.    …

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12/11/2023 : Canterbury Mariners 2 Baycity Strollers 4 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:   Lawrence GK Danny Patrick Paul Ade Pete Dave  Phil Ian Michael     After two recent defeats and two draws, this was a much-needed win for Bay City in order to have any chance of a top four finish this season. Fielding a strong squad today, as well as some tactical changes made…

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05/11/2023 : Baycity Strollers 1 Range Rovers 6 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

  Squad:     Lawrence GK Jason (Captain) Paul Ada Stuart Peter Patrick Danny Phil Ian Michael       After the lively encounter with Woodchurch earlier this week, sadly, there were no fireworks with our home game against Range Rovers today!       Fielding a full squad BayCity were looking good on paper…

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31/10/2023 : Woodchurch 3 Baycity Strollers 3 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:   Lawrence GK Peter Jason © Paul Ade Danny Patrick Michael Ian         This was an epic Halloween howler which was not for the faint-hearted trick or treaters!       On a dark, dingey, drizzly and spooky night, Bay City travelled to the sticks to play Woodchurch which we knew…

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23/10/2023 : Herne Bay 0 Baycity Strollers 1 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

  Squad:       Lawrence  Jim Kevin  Rob  Mike F Les Mick Paul        Picture the setting, Helms Deep and it has just started raining.       Our troops gathered together as the rain began to fall, as we prepared for the upcoming battle we were protected from the inclement weather…

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12/10/2023 : Ashford Internazionale 1 Baycity Strollers 3 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:       Lawrence Jim Kev Rob Mike F Les George Mick Sharp Toony     Well all in all quite a performance, for simplicity I shall refer to our opposition as AI but alas it was down to human error as we conceded the opening goal, a poor free kick out of defence…

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24/09/2023 : Canterbury Mariners 2 Baycity Strollers 4 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:     Lawrence Jim Gordon Rob Kevin Les Mick Sharp George Chris Paul       Scorers:  Kevin 2 ( 1 pen ) Rob 1 George ( pen )     Well the plan was to begin this match as we finished the last, that didn’t happen, to be fair we did start reasonably…

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17/09/2023 : Baycity Strollers 1 Woodnesborough 3 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:       Lawrence Dave Jason Patrick Peter Ada Paul Danny Ian Michael         Referee – Gordon         This was going to be by far Bay City’s biggest challenge of the season in what could be billed as a local derby!   From the off Woodnesborough meant business,…

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10/09/2023 : Woodchurch 2 Baycity Strollers 4 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:     Lawrence Jim Gordon Rob Mike F Kevin Les Mick Sharp Toony Chris     Scorers     Les 2 Kev 1 Rob 1     It was hot, seriously hot, but then so were we.     New opponent’s today and their record before this encounter had been four wins from four…

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3/09/2023 : Baycity Strollers 3 Whitstable Town 0 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:     Lawrence Jim Gordon Rob Michael F Kevin Les Toony Mick Sharp Chris     Scorers Kev 2, Les 1     Nice to be back to winning ways as our first half performance was ultimately decisive in the outcome.     We never really let our opponents in to the game as…

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30/08/2023 : Range Rovers 0 Baycity Strollers 0 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:   Dave B (Cap) Pete C Jason Kevin J Michael W Ian Danny P Ada Paul Pat         This was Bay City’s first away match and fourth of the season, against the national cup winners. Having previously played a couple of friendlies against Range Rovers, we knew it was going to…

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27/08/2023 : Baycity Strollers 5 Ethelbert Wanderers 1 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:       Lawrence Dave Jason Peter C Patrick Ada Ian Mike W Jim Gordon     Back to winning ways for the youth team today on a very pleasant Bank Holiday Sunday morning. Our opponents were obviously very keen to get accustomed to the Baypoint pitch as they arrived early for a warm…

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13/08/2023 : Baycity Strollers 2 Canterbury Mariners 3 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Match squad:     Lawrence, Dave (captain), Patrick, Jason, Stuart, Phil & Michael       Following the win in the 1st game of the season, our 2nd game against Canterbury was eagerly awaited.       The first half saw Bay City Strollers 50s having more possession of the ball than the visitors.  Fair but strong…

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13/08/2023 : Baycity Strollers 0 Woodnesborough Reds 3 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Match squad:       Lawrence Jim Gordon Rob Tony Les George Chris Paul     Well this certainly wasn’t part of the script but to be fair Woodnesborough ran out worthy winners, the score line was possibly a little unjust but the result cannot be disputed.     The first half was fairly even…

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30/07/2023 : Baycity Strollers 1 Ramsgate 1 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Match squad:       Lawrence Jim Kevin Rob Michael Les George Gordon Tony Chris     Difficult to sum up today, it was a type of game we could have won comfortably, passing was good, we didn’t concede too many chances and made plenty of our own, it is easy to say we should…

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9/07/2023 : Baycity Strollers 3 Woodchurch 2 (Over 50s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:     Lawrence Dave Jason Patrick Ada Peter Ian Mike W Danny Jim   Flaming June has transformed it to extremely soggy July as the newly reformed BayCity Strollers 50s began their league campaign against opponents that we have never previously encountered.   So in to the unknown with a team that hadn’t played…

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28/05/2023 : Baycity Strollers 1 Whitstable Town 0 (Over 60s – pre season friendly)

Squad     Lawrence Gordon Kevin Rob Michael Les George Chris     On a lovely sunny morning we took on new opposition in Whitstable, in a fairly quiet first half there were very few chances with Whitstable setting out a very defensive game plan which ultimately left us very frustrated as we failed to…

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21/05/2023 : Baycity Strollers 3 Sticky Wicket 4 (Over 50s – pre season friendly)

Squad:       Lawrence Dave Pat Dan Ada Phil Ian Kevin Gordon George     A bright start from the Strollers was in the end in vain as Sticky Wicket came out on top in a 7 goal thriller. Several long efforts on the away goal either went narrowly wide, were well saved or…

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18/05/2023 : Ashford 2 Baycity Strollers 2 (Over 60s – pre season friendly)

Squad:         Lawrence Rob Gordon Kevin Les Chris George Toony Paul     It was great to have Paul back in the squad and he put in a strong second half performance defensively keeping his man quiet.     We played the return fixture against one of our stronger league opponents on…

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30/04/2023 : Baycity Strollers (Over 50s) 3 Ramsgate (Over 60s) 2 (Pre season friendly)

On a glorious morning BayCity newly reformed 50s took on our friends from Ramsgate in our first pre season friendly.     Squad:   Lawrence Dave Nobby Phil Ian Ada Patrick George Les     In an entertaining first half the strollers took control and seemed to be comfortable with a 2 nil lead as…

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12/03/2023 : Baycity Strollers 3 Ashford 0 (Over 60s – pre season friendly)

Squad:     Lawrence Jim Toony Rob Lynn Gordon Les Michael F Mick Sharpe     A really good all round performance today against strong opposition. The first 10 minutes we had to be on our toes and resilient as we were forced to defend, thankfully we defended well and kept patient not panicking. Despite…

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26/02/2023 : Ramsgate 3 Baycity Strollers 4 (Over 60s – pre season friendly)

Squad:       Lawrence Jim Gordon Rob Lynn Toony Chris Michael Les     We just about came out on top in our return friendly against a very youthful and ever improving Ramsgate side today in a high scoring encounter. We started really well keeping possession and pushing our opponents backwards with some excellent…

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5/02/2023 : Baycity Strollers 4 Ramsgate 2 (Over 60s – pre season friendly)

Squad:   Lawrence Jim Michael Rob Gordon Chris Kevin Les   Our first pre season friendly was played in an excellent spirit and well refereed by Tony Old.   Kevin made his debut and celebrated with a goal just before half time, prior to this Les had grabbed a couple of goals early on to…

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28/11/2022 : Baycity Strollers 1 Herne Bay 5 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad:   Lawrence Jim Colin Gordon Toony Les Michael Nobby   On the face of it the score looks like we took quite a beating and there is little doubt that our opponents were worthy winners not only on the night but in winning the league with 14 straight victories. However, we pushed them hard,…

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20/11/2022 : Baycity Strollers 2 Ramsgate 1 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad for today:     Lawrence Jim Toony Gordon Chris Les Michael Paul   So on the day the World Cup gets underway the Strollers took on Ramsgate in what is surely the purist format of the game. Walking football has been a revelation to us of the older generation, trouble is those that take…

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14/10/2022 : Woodnesborough ‘B’ 1 Baycity Strollers 4 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad   Lawrence Jim Nobby Gordon Chris Les Michael   A much depleted squad took to the very narrow home pitch with Nobby making his league debut, we were missing a number of regular players:-  Colin – Hernia George – flown south for the winter Rob Lynn – Back – old police injury (fell off…

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18/9/2022 : Baycity Strollers 3 Ashford 2 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad   Lawrence Jim Gordon Rob Michael Les George Toony   Suffering a number of injuries and absences we took on a very strong and competitive Ashford team, it is our fourth match against them and we managed to secure our first victory after two draws and a defeat.   Ashford started well and we…

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4/9/2022 : Baycity Strollers 4 Woodnesborough ‘B’ 2 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad     Lawrence Jim Rob Toony Michael Les George Chris   This was the first time we have played since the sad passing of our former captain Peter Cadogan, to say it was a shock is an understatement and he will be sorely missed. Peter was a driving force for our club and loved…

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21/8/2022 : Canterbury 1 Baycity Strollers 5 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad   Lawrence Gordon Rob Chris Michael Les George Toony   On a very pleasant Sunday morning we took the field to take on Canterbury in our first league match since the end of June.   We had an extremely early chance to take the lead as George kicked off laying the ball back to…

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26/6/2022 : Ramsgate 1 Baycity Strollers 5 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad   Lawrence Jim Colin Rob Michael George Les Gordon Toony Paul   Before kick off today both teams observed a minutes silence in honour of the sad passing of league official Ron Boddy, one of the driving forces in the formation of the walking football league that we all enjoy playing in so much….

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30/5/2022 : Herne Bay 2 Baycity Strollers 0 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad   Lawrence Jim Rob Gordon Colin Michael Les George Steve Paul   After two difficult away games where we came away with creditable draws tonight was the toughest of the lot against last season’s league winners.   Herne Bay started well keeping the ball with quick movement and some crisp one and two touch…

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22/4/2022 : Woodnesborough ‘A’ 2 Baycity Strollers 2 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad     Lawrence Jim Rob Gordon Colin Toony Les   So the strollers took to the surprisingly narrow pitch on a fairly cool evening with the added difficulty of kick ins and corners to deal with, something we haven’t really come across too many times and a complete contrast to the previous away game….

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11/4/2022 : Ashford 2 Baycity Strollers 2 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Squad   Lawrence Jim Rob Colin Gordon Toony Les Chris   On the face of it we conceded 2 goals less than last season, we scored 2 goals more than last season, we got 1 more point than last season, but although we are certainly not disappointed with the performance it could have been so…

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13/3/2022 : Baycity Strollers 6 Canterbury 0 (Over 60s Kent FA Walking Football League)

Today’s squad   Lawrence Jim Rob Colin Toony Chris Les Paul Nigel Tony   So the start to the much anticipated Over 60s league season began with a match against Canterbury, we tried a new ultimately successful plan of telling our opponents a different kick off time to the one we had arranged, to be…

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6/3/2022 : Baycity 3 Ramsgate 3 (Pre season friendly)

Squad   Lawrence Rob Gordon Jim Colin Chris Toony Tony Nigel Paul Les   With the new league season fast approaching we played our friends from Ramsgate in a warm up game.   Unusually for us we started brightly keeping the ball really well with some crisp passing and movement, trying to implement a quick…

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17/10/21 : Baycity Strollers 3 Margate 1 (Over 60s Kent League)

Bay City Strollers over 60s finished their league campaign with in the end a comfortable win over Margate.   To be honest we did start a bit slowly and struggled to pass the ball to each other, but we did manage to keep out a very lively Margate team with their centre forward doing particularly…

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23/9/21 : Ashford 4 BayCity Strollers 0 (Over 60s Kent League)

We traveled down to Hamstreet on this late warm summer evening in good spirits and all arrived in plenty of time, the pitch was a little unusual in the fact that it was square with low wide goals but a good surface to play on.   The Strollers entered in to this match with an…

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12/9/2021 : BayCity Strollers 7 Ramsgate 2 (Over 60s Kent League)

Squad – or as history will see this The Magnificent Seven.   Lawrence Jim Gordon Rob Tony Les Martin   Realistically the only member of our squad who remotely resembles anyone from the original film is Rob as Yul Brynner all in black, and fortunately we all just about survived to fight another day.  …

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