Lincoln Invictus Walking Football Club

If your brain still thinks you’re in your athletic prime, but your knees sound like popping bubble wrap every time you stand up, you belong with us!

Walking football at Lincoln Invictus is the game we all love, but at a slightly slower pace (even if it’s not always strictly walking! 😁) Come and share a laugh, and face the ultimate test of human willpower: fighting the urge to break into a sprightly jog to latch on to every through-ball!

We run three sessions a week on the 3G at Ruston's Sports and Bar, Newark Road, Lincoln, LN6 8RN on:

Mondays 10 am – Ladies only and Mixed
Wednesdays – 7 pm Mixed
Fridays – 10 am Ladies only and Mixed

Our Monday ladies’ sessions are run by our UEFA B coach, Lincoln Christer and assistant coach, Ryan. Even if you’ve never played before, they’ll make the learning experience fun and engaging. Ryan also runs the smaller Friday ladies’ game (3v3 or 4v4), where you can really put into practice everything you’ve learned.

Our website has our full schedule of mixed walking football and ladies-only sessions, as well as our Inclusive football sessions. You can find it at: https://www.lincolninvictus.co.uk/events

There’s no charge for your first session. After that, sessions cost £5.

But if you want to play regularly, we have very cost-effective annual membership options. Our 1-session-a-week plan can bring the price down to just £2.40 per game. Even better, the 2-session membership works out at an unbelievable £1.80 per session!

Ready to give it a go? You don’t need to book, but if you send us a message to let us know you’re coming, that’s always helpful.

https://www.lincolninvictus.co.uk/

What a day: blistering heat, brilliant teamwork, and absolutely no running (well, OK, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad)!

Saturday morning’s walking football event at Ruston's Sports and Barckicked off the Club’s 2-day Stuart Waters-Manning Memorial Tournament, and delivered on all fronts across two well-contested competitions.

Here’s the run-down:

⚽ The Women’s Competition

Give it up for Lincoln's Ladies! Stepping onto the pitch for their very first tournament, they understandably had a few pre-match butterflies. But thanks to some top-tier coaching and borderline-fanatical support from Ryan, those nerves soon evaporated. They settled in, grew in confidence, and battled like seasoned pros.

The Invictus Inclusive Ladies found themselves short a couple of players on the day, but did that stop them? Not a chance. Armed with a rotating "rent-a-player" courtesy of Lincoln City Foundation, they put in a monumental shift. The heat definitely put them at a disadvantage, but the way this makeshift squad pulled together to work for each other was nothing short of inspiring. Hold your heads high, ladies!

Hats off, too, to the Leverington Lionesses, who grabbed the runner-up spot after dropping only two games all day. Amazingly, this team was formed less than a year ago and includes players with a whole range of footballing abilities. Led by their coach, Dan, they showed fantastic team spirit throughout. A brilliant performance!

And that leaves us with the winners of the ladies' competition: a huge congratulations to Lincoln City Foundation 🏆 They didn't just win all their games; they threw away the keys to their goal. Zero goals conceded. An absolute brick wall of a performance! Well done, ladies!

🏃‍♂️ The Over 50s v the Nowhere Near 50s Competition

With just days to go, two Over 50s teams had pulled out, leaving Invictus 50s and Ruskington 50s staring at a very short fixture list. Enter the heroes of the hour: two of our open-age Pan disability teams who valiantly stepped into the breach: Invictus Reds and Invictus Black!

If you thought the Pan players would struggle with the whole "no running" rule, you were sorely mistaken. Despite some having never played the walking version of football, they adapted in a flash. The attitude and the respect they showed, not just to the officials, their older opponents and each other, but also to the game, was an example to us all.

They made the 50s teams work for every single blade of grass (yes, the real thing, not 3G). None of the games were a walk in the park, and the tournament was decided by the finest of margins, ultimately coming down to the last game.

In the dying moments of the tournament, Invictus Reds managed to clutch a vital win, while Invictus 50s could only muster a draw.

That meant Invictus Reds finished with a point more than Invictus 50s, which saw them crowned the victors—a crushing blow to Invictus 50s. To rub salt in the wound, as they posed for photos with their winners and runners-up trophies, Lincoln (leading the Reds) was overheard bragging to Invictus 50s captain, Trevor, "Mine’s bigger than yours!" Seriously, Lincoln—there’s a time and a place...

Moving swiftly on...Officiating walking football is no easy gig. So, well done to our whistle-blowers for the day: Marcus, Shirl, Richard, Trevor, and Steve, who oversaw proceedings with calm authority.

A huge thank you to everyone who played, coached, loaned players, ref'd, and stepped in at the last minute to make it a fantastic morning of walking football!

https://www.lincolninvictus.co.uk/

With the domestic football season officially wrapped up, the countdown to the next best football event of the year is on...yes, a new week of walking football at Lincoln Invictus will soon get underway, and you won’t want to miss it!

Walking football is the ultimate athletic loophole for anyone who loves the beautiful game but operates under the strict rule that running is only acceptable if somebody yells 'free biscuits!'

Our ladies’ and mixed groups are incredibly welcoming, providing a great excuse to stretch your legs, boost your mood, and enjoy some friendly banter with people who share your absolute commitment to a brisk, sensible walking pace...oh yeah...and free biscuits!

We run three sessions a week on the 3G at Ruston's Sports and Bar, Newark Road, Lincoln, LN6 8RN on:

Mondays 10 am – Ladies only and Mixed
Wednesdays – 7 pm Mixed
Fridays – 10 am Ladies only and Mixed

Our Monday ladies’ sessions are run by our UEFA B-qualified coach, Lincoln Christer and assistant coach, Ryan, who make the session a fun and enjoyable experience, whether or not you’ve played before. Ryan also runs the smaller Friday games (3v3 or 4v4), which are aimed at building on and putting into practice the skills learned at the Monday sessions.

Visit our website at: https://www.lincolninvictus.co.uk/events for our full schedule of mixed walking football and ladies-only sessions, as well as our Inclusive football sessions.

There’s no charge for your first session. After that, sessions cost £5.

But since we know you’ll end up wanting to play regularly, our annual memberships will help you keep costs down. Our 1-session-a-week plan can bring the price down to just £2.40 per game. Even better, the 2-session membership is the real deal at £1.80 per session!

Ready to give it a go? You don’t need to book, but if you send us a message to let us know you’re coming, that’s always helpful.

https://www.lincolninvictus.co.uk/