Republic Of Ireland Walking Football Association

19/09/2026

We publish today the first database of Walking Football sessions and clubs across the Republic of Ireland. The link below takes you to our website which hosts the information in map form.

We hope this resource proves valuable to newcomers to the sport, looking for sessions in their locality and to club organisers wishing to organiser competitive matches with others.

Our good friends in Northern Ireland will be publishing their own version of the same soon.

https://www.roiwfa.ie/news-article/3EDCCF0057554429ACD12A08664EBDCC

07/09/2026

Huge congratulations to everyone who took part in the IWFF Winter Nations on Saturday 8th September. ROI Walking Football Association entered teams into the Women’s 50s and Men’s 50s, 60s 65s and 70s.
It was a tournament of if, buts and maybes!
It was a tough day for our Women who only had a small squad due to some late injuries, but everyone gave their best and no doubt will be ready for the next tournament.
The Men’s 50s came so close to bringing the trophy home, victories against Celtic Nations, Sweden and Wales saw them joint top of the league with Wales. In the Final though it was Wales who came out on top with a 1-0 victory.
Our Men’s 60s team had a mixed day, victory against the Celtic Nations, but defeat to England and Wales saw them finish 3rd in their group.
The Men’s 65s also came so close to winning the trophy, 3 wins and a draw saw them progress to the Final, but in a tense affair it was England who came away with the victory.
Finally the Men’s 70s who remained unbeaten in their group with 3 draws also ended the day with the runners up trophy

04/09/2026

** SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENTS**

The IWFF Winter Tournament takes place on Saturday 5th September.

We are delighted to announce our squads for the tournament.

Good Luck to everyone ☘👍

01/09/2026

Following the release of the Walking Football Strategy paper for Ireland last week, ROIWFA have developed a form to aid WF clubs and sessions register on a national database.
The benefits are multiple. You can read more about it here...
https://www.roiwfa.ie/news-article/95A9497EEAAC4EBE884E985F12FB4849

29/08/2026

Ireland's first Walking Football Strategy was released earlier this week in Dublin by Minister of State, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD.

ROIWFA was represented at the launch by Dermot Hurley and Ann Murray
Read the our report, and access the Strategy online here:

Official website for Republic of Ireland Walking Football Association (ROIWFA)

20/08/2026

The ROIWFA over 65’s men’s team qualified after the league stage (over two days) to play in the The Masters World Walking Football Cup August 2026

Our opponents were England EWF.
Our last meeting was in the Triskelion Cup Final in Birmingham in July when we lost in the last minutes to an England penalty awarded for 4 running offences (FA rules) against us.
We were keen to win this time .

England got a very nice early goal scored by their Player Manager Graham Liddiard.
Ireland battled well and both teams played very good quality walking football .
Given the rules we were playing to, both teams also avoided conceding a penalty for 5 offences. (UEFA rules)
We were both sitting on 4 at the final whistle!
The game was played in a competitive but friendly manner.
Congratulations to a very good (and nice) England EWF team.
Until the next time 😜☘️
Michael .

19/08/2026

Our 65+ squad reached the finals of the Welsh The Masters World Walking Football Cup August 2026 last weekend, coming up against England EWF

You can read the full report in the "News" section of our website here..https://www.roiwfa.ie/news-article/6E1B7F4D90374A1FB81B2C2EF5A2D09A

18/08/2026

Huge congratulations to all our teams who competed in the The Masters World Walking Football Cup August 2026 74 different players wore the green jersey with pride and passion. Between them they played 53 games across 7 different teams, with positive results in 34 of the games.

Many thanks to to our hosts for putting on a great tournament and to all the teams who entered.

Full results can be found on the tournify app, or viathe link : https://tournifyapp.com/live/worldmasters

15/08/2026

You can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results in the The Masters World Walking Football Cup August 2026 on the link below

https://tournifyapp.com/live/worldmasters

Mens 70s squad, 65s and Ladies 50s and 60s

13/08/2026

**SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT**

We are delighted to announce our Mens over 50s and over 60s Squads for the The Masters World Walking Football Cup August 2026

Congratulations to everyone selected. Overall Republic Of Ireland Walking Football Association are taking 8 teams to Wales to the World Walking Football Cup,

Good luck to each and every one of you ☘🇮🇪