Thames Walking Football

14/09/2026

14/09/2026

Yesterday Hampton Rangers Walking Football invited Thames ladies to play a friendly match at their home ground.
Many thanks to Julie Bygrave and her team for bringing us a competitive yet friendly match. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, you ladies did not give us an inch, we were thoroughly tested and knackered afterwards 😆. We wish you all the best of luck in the Middlesex league, you’ll smash it. 💪🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻.

05/09/2026

Thames over 50’s ladies are through to the FA Walking Football Cup Final at St George’s Park on 18th October 2026.

We won our local heat back in July and won the regional heat today with a slightly different team being 4 of our ladies were unavailable.

A hot afternoon and a bare minimum team of 6, playing 4 x 18 minute matches some of which were back to back, certainly took it’s toll but we won all 4 matches and only conceding 1 goal.
An outstanding performance by all our ladies…. Mary, Little h, Jules, and Tania, with Tara and Kim making their debut for Thames today, everyone played their socks off and worked hard for the team.
Special mention to Tara who took one for the team and played in goal, her encouragement and commitment kept us all going.
Roll on the Finals 💪🏻

22/08/2026

Thames 60s – Surrey League 21/8/26

The latest Surrey League round on Friday 21st August saw Ken W and John G faced with a depleted squad to choose from. Fortunately, they were able to draft in two very able replacements in Alan Z and Nad P. Great to see both pulling on a Thames shirt — and both fitted in seamlessly.

Godalming 1-2 Thames

Despite the challenges, Thames responded really well against the league leaders. An early lapse in concentration from Godalming was punished by Mark C, who opened the scoring.

As the offences mounted for both sides, a DOGSO and blue card for Thames added to the pressure. Godalming missed the resulting penalty, but another Thames offence and subsequent penalty brought them level.

With everything to play for, the Thames guys stuck to their task and were rewarded with a late penalty, calmly dispatched by Mark C to secure an excellent 2–1 victory. Great result and valuable ground gained on the league leaders.

Walton & Hersham 0–0 Thames

Next up were a fast-improving Walton & Hersham side. Unfortunately, stalemate ensued. Thames shaded possession and chances, but clear-cut opportunities were hard to come by, with both defences ultimately coming out on top.

Once again, Thames found themselves struggling with offences mounting up and were fortunate to walk the tightrope without conceding a late penalty.

Credit to Walton, who stuck at their task throughout and are now a pretty hard nut to crack. A somewhat frustrating end to the game following the excellent opening result.

Dorking 1–0 Thames

The final game was another closely fought encounter, with both teams playing some good football and creating chances. Ultimately, they cancelled each other out.

In the end, it came down to discipline and who could hold their nerve. Unfortunately, it was Thames who finally cracked, conceding a late penalty which Dorking converted to take the points.

A harsh result given how well Thames had played, but unfortunately indiscipline was a theme running through the afternoon.

All three games were well refereed and played in a great spirit.

👏 Well done to the whole team for some good, cohesive performances, and a special thank you to Alan Z and Nad P, who both slotted into the squad seamlessly, bringing great energy and no little skill.

Ken and John will be hoping to have a number of players available again for the next round on Friday 18th September.

⚽ Thames 60s — onwards and upwards!

22/08/2026

Multi Age Surrey League 21/8/2026

The Thames multi age squad got back to winning ways in cooler conditions on the new W&H Excel pitch today.

Squad - Dave G, Mooro, Zac, Nad, Gary, Andrew, Simon and Mark.

Woking 1 Thames 4
Some fluid passing and one of the goals of the day from Mark saw Thames comfortably put Woking to the sword. A brace from Mark and Gary saw their previous partnership reignited. A good start to the day and debut for Gary.

Thames 0 The Blues 0
A very good match and evenly contested. Thames actually got the ball in the net but from an overhead bounce off the keeper, which the ref quickly canceled out.
Some excellent defending by Nad and Mooro largely nullified their attack. One of their few chances was brilliantly saved by Dave with a “Jim Montgomery 1973 cup final double style save” off the line to thwarted two striker attempts.

Our link up play through the midfield provided some real potency to the Thames attacking prowess. Only some great saves from The Blues keeper kept us out. Overall a draw seemed an equitable outcome against two strong teams.

Thames 2 Farnham 0
Thames sportingly reduced their team to five to match Farnham’s depleted team. Zac controlled the back line in a fairly one sided affair. Farnham conceded a penalty to Gary’s well executed corner placement. This was followed up by a wonder goal from Andrew turning his defender and producing a thunderbolt shot into the roof of the net in true Roy of the Rovers fashion! A comfortable win.

Thanks to all the squad for all their hard work and commitment today.

Everyone play their part today, although we need to work on stopping giving away needless running offences!!!

Overall, a good day at the office and onwards to the final two league games of the season.

22/08/2026

Surrey League 20/8/26
Matchday 5 – Thames East O 65s
Penalties and a hard stare

The start of the final two games of Stage 1 of the season saw us in second place, Dorking and Godalming close behind. With injuries and holidays, we were a little short but Jacko joined us at the last minute.

First up - Thames West. We played well and Jeff kept us in the game with some fine saves. But our foul count rose quickly and eventually we conceded a penalty. To our amazement, Clarky slammed it against the bar. Still in it but finally undone from a corner when Clarky nipped in at great walking speed to slot the ball home. 0-1 it finished and our first loss of the season.

Zac dragged himself from the physio table after the first game – I just don’t think he could bear watching from the stands – to boost our squad.

Next up a tight game against a spirited Teddington team. We finally got the breakthrough for the goal of the day when slick passing from Jacko to Ken who crossed it across goal for JT to place into the net. Both goalkeepers made some fine saves, one in particular from BB. 1-0 it finished which left us in 3rd place after Stage 1of the season, one point behind Dorking.

And it was Dorking that we played next in the first game of Stage 2. Talk about a see-saw game! We quickly went 1-0 down. BB then had a goal disallowed which got him a little riled up and two minutes later he had equalized followed by a hard stare at the ref to dare him to disallow that one. Still in the first half and we went 2-1 up. Some great inter passing between Aus and BB for Aus to score (yes, you did read it right – BB passed!). However, the half was not over yet. On the stroke of half time, yet again our indiscipline led to a Dorking penalty which was put away – 2-2 at half time. Second half was tight again until Dorking went ahead. It looked as though it was all over. But the fat lady got a frog in her throat and immediately after the ho**er had sounded the ref blew for a fourth foul against Dorking. Up stepped JT and with ultimate coolness put the ball high into the net. 3-3 – time for a sit down!

Our final game of the day, it had to be, Thames West again. With tiredness setting in we were 0-2 down in the first five minutes to identical goals. Both times we were left two on one at the back and both times Nick slotted past Jeff. It left us with a mountain to climb. However, we stuck at it and BB scored with a great turn and shoot. 1-2 at HT. Once again our foul count mounted up and we conceded another penalty which Clarky again generously put wide. We were still in it until Clarky made up for his miss and we were 1-3 down into the last five minutes. BB hit the post but it wasn’t to be our day.

East played well on the day, some good defensive work and five goals scored. In the end it was probably our indiscipline that was the difference – too many fouls conceded and too many times trying to force the pass. However, we are still in third place just one point behind Dorking, so all to play for in the final games.

Congratulations to West for winning the Surrey O65 league. Great performance from an excellent team.

22/08/2026

⚽ THAMES WEST 65s – SURREY LEAGUE UPDATE ⚽

Thames West 65s were back in Surrey League action on Thursday 20th August for the penultimate round of fixtures.

With holidays and injuries stretching the squad to the limit, emergency signing Larry Byrne was brought in to bolster the ranks. The final two regular-season games were against familiar rivals Thames East and old foes Godalming, before the league split for the final rounds.

🔵 THAMES EAST 0–1 THAMES WEST

Always going to be a cagey affair, with both teams knowing each other so well. After a missed penalty, Mark C settled the game with a clever finish from an accurate corner.

A good start!

🔵 GODALMING 1–2 THAMES WEST

Godalming started strongly, controlling the game and creating a number of chances. Dave G was excellent in keeping them at bay, but Godalming eventually took the lead with a clever finish.

Thames regrouped at half-time and came out fighting, taking the game to Godalming and creating several good chances.

Nigel R forced home the equaliser and, suddenly, Godalming looked shell-shocked. A few minutes later, Mark C produced another fine finish to complete a fantastic second-half turnaround.

🔵 GODALMING 1–1 THAMES WEST

With Thames West finishing top of the league, the split meant another meeting with Godalming.

This time Thames started quickly, playing some excellent football, with Mark C once again popping up with an important early goal.

Godalming equalised with a clever finish and the second half was very even. Dave G made some important saves, but a draw was ultimately a fair result.

🔵 THAMES EAST 1–3 THAMES WEST

Thames West continued their momentum and quickly took advantage of gaps appearing in the Thames East defence.

Nick F, returning from injury, produced two almost identical goals with some very cool finishing.

Thames East weren’t finished, though, and BB scored an excellent trademark goal to give them hope.

Thames then missed a penalty, setting up a nervy finish, but Mark C once again popped up with an important goal to secure the points.

🏆 10 POINTS FROM 12!

A fantastic day’s work from the team, taking 10 points from a possible 12.

Even more impressive was the discipline shown throughout the four games — not a single penalty conceded! 👏

Special mentions to:

⭐ Dave G – excellent all day, particularly against Godalming in the first game when we were under serious pressure.

⭐ Nick F – a great return from injury, with two very important goals.

⭐ Larry B – slotted seamlessly into the team, exactly as we knew he would.

With Thames West sitting proudly at the top of the league, the title is now ours to lose.

One final round remains on Thursday 24th September.

🏆 COME ON THAMES WEST! 🔵⚽

16/08/2026

Well done to our Thames ladies who took part in this amazing tournament this weekend and coming home with the 🏆

30/06/2026

28/06/2026

Bilbao June 2026 🏆