Walking Football Spain - Benalmadena

09/09/2026

Walking Football has returned in Benalmadena for its 9th season.

We play at the Polideportivo beside the Bull Ring just outside Benalmadena Pueblo on Monday and Thursday mornings

We play 2 games to suit fitness and health of all players each morning for residents aged over 50 with an age range of 50 - 83

If you think walking football is for you check-out our website and drop us a message

Please accept our apologies but, it s not now possible to accomodate short term visitors or holidaymakers to our sessions . This ruling includes family members and friends of existing WFS members.

09/09/2026

Match report Game 1 brought to you by team picking, game reffing Dave 🦊

Following a few last minute changes to the line ups, the match began

But inside the first few minutes, there was a side challenge on Dave 🦉 who then had to leave the field of play.

Again there was changes to the line ups. Mercedes joining the Blacks.

The Reds went 1-0 up when Rick was one on one with the keeper. His first shot hits the post, which rebounded to him that he put away.

The 2nd period remained at 1-0 to the Reds who were passing the ball to feet nicely, organised by Kevo.

3rd period.
The Reds had a corner. It was hit hard and and low by Bambi. Kevo on the edge of the goal box, played a simple backheel flick. Reds 2-0.

Kevo got his brace a few minutes later. Reds 3-0.

Dave 🚖 was trying to raise the efforts of the Black team, however, a wide shot from Paul 🎂 was deflected by Dave into the goal. Reds 4-0.

Finally the Blacks scored. Following a few attempts on goal, Mercedes pulled one back. 4-1.
Into the last period.

Ken ⭐️ playing a good game, picked the ball up on the left, moved forward and slotted the ball nicely into the bottom left of the goal.
Reds 5-1.

Rick scored his second, a good pass into the goal. Reds 6-1.

By now the Blacks heads had gone and the hot day was getting to everyone. However one final push by the Blacks saw Jacco 🏡 get his debut goal. Bambi never saw it.
Reds winning 6-2.

Yes it was hot and unsurprisingly everyone was walking by the end of the game. 🥵🥵
Time to end the match.

MOTM.
Kevo. A nice 1st goal and for marshaling the Red Team....

Thanks also to our busy ballboys Graham, Steve and Dave, without you we'd need more balls 😅

08/09/2026

Game 2 Monday 7th September 2026

The teams lined up as follows-

Blacks Steve 📢, Lawrence 🚛, Tommy 🔫, John ⚡️, Jim 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Yoza 💻, Keith 👻, Dave 🐝

Reds Sean 🍳, Dasher 💿, Henning 🇩🇰, Fez 🐶, Pete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Mark ⚽️, Paul 🚂, Kev 🌲

Match day referee John 🧑‍🚒

It was dam hot come KO so game two of the season started a bit slow with players still finding their feet passes were too long or too short often intercepted so the game was a bit rusty to start with..

That said the blacks were the sharper with Jim & Lawrence back for their first game they tipped the balance as the rest of us were a tad sore from last Thursday !

With some good passing the blacks tested the reds who defended well in numbers, but when the ball was moved forward they lacked the support to make anything meaningful going forward and lost the ball…

As expected the Blacks took the lead with Keith firing passed Sean after some good passing..

1 - 0 Blacks

In a break away soon after the Reds drew level Henning and Fez combined and the ball was rolled across the pitch to Mark who rifled the ball passed Steve in goal…

1 - 1

There was then a lot of sloppy play with no really efforts on goal as players gasped for air and sweated through every pour !

The Blacks upped the tempo leaving the Reds chasing shadows…

Lawrence picked up a loose ball moved inside and smashed it into the roof of the net..

2 - 1 Blacks

Keith’s turn a good cross saw the energetic youngster nip in front of the Reds defence and slot it home from the edge of the box…

3 - 1 Blacks..

Lawrence again found space and slotted the ball home…

4 - 1 Blacks..

The reds had worked hard but the final ball was lacking and loosing by 3 goals with 12 minutes left, it looked like they were dead and buried..

Mark slotted Fez in he rounded Tommy in goal and slid the ball into an empty net..

4 - 2

Fez managed to pick the last man’s pocket and slid it passed the advancing goalie !

4 - 3

Some good play by Mark who cut the ball back … defender slid in and handball… penna..

Fez stepped up and buried the ball for his first hatrick of the season & the score was now…

4 - 4.. 😳

The clock was ticking down as the ball was threaded through to Henning who smashed it into the top corner..

The huge swing was complete…

5 - 4 Reds

It was a game of quarters with the Blacks dominating 3 but the reds found the net to take the spoils in the last one..

MoM

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yoza 💻
⭐️⭐️ Keith 👻
⭐️ Paul 🚂

The game was played in a really good Spirit by all the players well done 👏

Matches now every Monday and Thursday big numbers again.. 30 players with still a lot of players to return !

Date for the diary Wednesday 16th September beach party.. details on club website join us if you can 👌

04/09/2026

Woohoo football is back.. not the stuff played by millionaires on TV ! WFS-Benalmadena, ok we might have a few millionaires but we’re not on TV 😉

After 8 long weeks for those who didn’t play over the summer we were back with a bang… it was great to see and catch up with lads we hadn’t seen because they don’t let the riffraff into their gated communities 😉😂 but we spoke, shock hands and chatted about the World Cup, the Championship and stuff…

Then we played some footie.. Your match day referee was John 🧑‍🚒

The teams lined up as follows -

The Reds
Steve 📢 in goal, Dave 👑, Darren 💴, Prak 💈, Mark ⚽️, Kev 🌲, Keith 👻, Yoza 💻, Majid 😊

The Blacks
Eddie 🥅 in goal, Fez 🐶, Tommy 🔫, Mark 🐦, Henning 🇩🇰, Pete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, John ⚡️, Kevin 🔨 , Paul 🚂

It was a hot morning at the Poli and the teams looked a little out of balance in terms of ball players, the reds clearly had the overload across the pitch… but the blacks had grafters and a willingness to chase shadows…

it was a 9v9 affair so there was little room on the pitch for manoeuvre hence the Reds advantage playing some lovely 1 touch football and keeping possession… the Blacks kept grafted away..

However it was the blacks that opened the scoring with a well worked corner, played short to Mark 🐦 who let off a shot heading towards the bar, Dave 👑 decided to get in the way and it took a looping deflection over the keeper Steve 📢 and into the net…

1-0 Blacks

We then played a few quarters with no change in the score but some neat and tidy beginning of the season football being played..

Corner to the Reds it was flashed across the box and up popped Dave 👑 with a first time finish passed Eddie 🥅, 👑’s description after a few Victoria’s in the bar included how he ran and smashed the ball home 😳..

1 - 1

The Blacks tried to play some football from the back, but the Reds high press was good and a poor across the box fell to the feet of Darren 💷 and he calmly slotted passed Eddie 🥅 - this was Darren’s 4 game of the week 👌

Ok so the Reds now in front 2 - 1 and the ref John 🧑‍🚒 spots a Black player entering the box… 🫣 Up stepped Mark ⚽️ surely he scores… Eddie 🥅 save it !

The game opened up a little and the Blacks had a number of break always Fez 🐶 on his return from a long term injury had 2 guilt edge chance one on one’s with the goalie but spurned both…

With time ticking towards the end of the game the Blacks were awarded a corner Fez 🐶 nipped in front of Yoza 💻 the latter in an attempt to get in front entered the box… The Ref 🧑‍🚒 didn’t hesitate and pointed to the spot..

Controversy as Majid 😊 (also a ref) vehemently disagreed and in doing so was shown a 🟨 then 🟥 🤯

The penna stood and Fez 🐶 dispatched it 2 - 2.. So the Reds played the better football and it was good on the eye.. the Blacks dug in and got a decent draw..

Everyone played their part today and it was an enjoyable game other than a small blip right at the end, it was played in the ‘Spirt of the game’ which was good to see and play in and set the standard for the rest of the season, players will quicken with a few games as the rustiness will be gone…

Rightly or wrongly the refs on field decision is final let’s have another great season at the Poli accept and respect that decision..

Hopefully there will be gas to pump the beer next week 🤣🤣 but the cans / bottles of Victoria refreshed the lads partaking in the after match social…

Dates to remember Wednesday 16th September beach party ! Details on the website and chat pages.

See you all Monday for another game of what we all love ‘Footie’ UTB

04/09/2026

The season opener brought 33 players out with game 1 hosting a few game 2 regulars to balance out the numbers

We lined up 8v7 with reds having the extra man, but blacks had more of those game 2 players

A good game of football was played out with not too much running and lots of respect for each other and self declared fouls that the ref missed, Spirit of the Game at its best.

Unfortunately for reds their keeper was restricted to his area which led to blacks first goal. The ball was heading to keeper Sean but without enough pace, this allowed Paul to collect it and score 1-0 Blacks

The next 2 phases were goalless with some missh*t shots, good saves and general back and forth

Eventually more goals were scored with Dave 🦉bagging a brace and the game ended 3-0 blacks

It was good to see Dave 🦊 back as ref following his replacement hip op during the Summer, hopefully we'll see him playing again.

Shout out to Bambi who managed the whole game without one complaint and unlucky not to score for reds

19/08/2026

After tumbling from the Champions League to the depths of Spain's semi-professional third tier, Malaga are back in La Liga after almost a decade away.

01/07/2026

The final game 2 of the season was a warm one, a hastily rearranging of players saw Sean shoved kicking and screaming across the divide to balance the teams.

Dasher was also drafted due to being a bit too quick for game 1, though at 80 he certainly should be proud to be moving at such pace.

Blacks lined up with Prak in goal initially, Mark G sweeping, 🚖, Colin and Mark 🌲🌲 across the middle with Alan and Dasher up front.

Reds started with Keith in goal, 🐝, Maj, Kev, Sean and Danish duo Henning and Henrik all interchanging their positions

The goalscoring got underway, not sure how. I seem to recall Keith with the ball in his area and then 🚖 had scored. 1-0 blacks

Sean, now in goal, well that's where he should have been, saved a Dasher shot giving away a penalty, but a goal post, Seans leg combo kept out the penalty and follow up.

This whole report could be subtitled "The Dasher Show" he had multiple shots at goal and was successful on 2 occasions making the score 3-0 blacks.

The game ebbed and flowed with Sean earning the Golden Gloves for his sterling display between the sticks, a post match decision was made by the tall glove man to ditch all of them given the petri dish qualities of them.

So we reached the end of the match with no more score and a few beers were consumed to mark the end of the season

30/06/2026

The 🦊 summarises the last game 1 of the season

Monday June 29th.
The Line Ups.
X Blacks X
H 👮‍♂️
Ton 👨‍🍳
Steve 🎸
Terry 🦹🏼‍♂️
Cesar 🥗
Steve 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Geoff 🦔
Mike 🐊
X Reds X
Fred 🧩
Bambi 🦌
Garry ✈️
Ian 🔬
Pete 🐟
Graham 🍽
Dave 🦊
Martyn 🩺
Ref .... Fox

With Mark ⚽ dropping out due to maintenance requirements on his apartment the grumbling Big Irish man 🍳 moved to game 2, which meant once again 🦊 had to step into Game 1, and this time, staying in goal.

Looking at the size of Black Team, I thought the Reds were in for a tough game but it didn't work out that way for a while.

Both keepers, Steve 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and 🦊 made good saves in the 1st period, keeping the score nil nil at the drinks break.

Into the 2nd period the Reds took the lead and in fact went 2 nil up.

I've no idea who scored, possibly Garry ✈️and or Martyn 🩺.

However the Blacks pulled one back through Terry 🦹🏼‍♂️.

The 3rd was being played with some good football by both sides.

Notable in this period was the Reds had 3 attempts on goal in 3 seconds, with Steve 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in the Black goal making a triple save by his torso, hand and face.

Into the final period came the goal of the game.
The score by now was 5-4 to the Blacks.
The ball was played to Geoff 🦔 on the edge of the goal area. His effort, hit the near post bounced of the far post and came to the feet of the 🦹🏼‍♂️. 🦊 made it back across goal. But 🦹🏼‍♂️ simply dragged the ball back and flicked the ball into the net from behind him. Nice goal Terry.

No doubt all his customers got to hear about it in great detail too...😉

The game ended 6-4 to the Blacks, with pretty much everyone knackered. It was hot out there.
A good game, a good goal Terry🦹🏼‍♂️

But MOTM goes to Ian 🔬🥇
He played well out on the right for the Blacks. Nice touches, good one twos. Tracked back and worked well...

Post game beers were drunk and Maria of Grada8 Sport Bar was presented with some flowers for looking after us all season

Hope to see you all in September.

28/06/2026

ROAD TO THE FINAL 🏆

England now know exactly how they can get to the World Cup final having topped Group L. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Can they go all the way? 👀