"OK Fellas !"

Sundays 5pm
Thursdays 6pm
on astroturf

We pick up evenly matched teams of five a side, six a side, seven aside, etc, depending on numbers.

We play in just about all weather conditions - normally only seasonal closing of the Sports Centre over Christmas to New Year or when pitch is unplayable under heavy snow stops us (anyone wanting to be kept informed with text updates, just give me your mobile next time you're down).

How to find
the pitches

We play on a high quality, floodlit astroturf pitch which was renewed in the last 3 years (at great expense !).

You can find the grounds here - close to the Virgin Active gym in Didsbury they are behind Parrs Wood High School in South Manchester. The address is Parrs Wood Sports Centre, Parrs Wood High School, Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester M20 5PG. Telephone: 0161 445 2379.

For parking you can use the nearby leisure centre's car park - then walk towards the School, continue until the Sports Centre then turn right, down some steps, cross a roadway and you'll see the astro-turf below you and to your left.

Limited parking is also available at the end of this roadway, by the pitch.

The Parrs Wood Sports Centre hosts many other activities too.

Club Rules

No sliding tackles, no violent behaviour and no abusive conduct.

If either I or my assistant, Tom, finds a player foul of these rules then they'll get a "red card" and be asked to leave the pitch. If the footballer ever repeats such an offence (never has in nearly 10 years) they'll be asked to leave and never return. This has helped maintain a fun and enjoyable, yet competitive atmosphere for all our soccer games.

Finally, when the ball goes out from the astroturf it is the responsibility of the last player who touched the ball to retrieve it straight away, thank you.

6 A SIDE 
TOURNAMENT SUN 24 JULY

Thanks to all Players who took part in the superb Parrs Wood Football annual 6 a side tournament.

On a sunny July afternoon, 8 teams entered the tournament consisting of current regular players and 2 guest teams.

After the League stages, 4 teams made it through to the Semi Final - KDS Driving School, Didsbury Seniors, Team Romin, and Your Mum's Athletic....
The wooden spoon stages finished with some exciting matches as John Leigh Massive won on penalties against PSV Trinity for 7th place, and 6 Screamers led by Tom Faulkner took 5th place over Sonni Sensations...

Team Romin comfortably cruised into the final after beating Dare's Didsbury Seniors, whilst Winny and Mark's Your Mum's Athletic sneaked victory from the Guest Team, KDS Driving School after 12 penalties each!

The final saw some excellent football with the young quick Team Romin difficult to contain at times by the more experienced Athletic..
In the end goals by the portly Chris Mills and Andy Lysons saw Athletic gain a deserved victory and take home the impressive trophies...

Well done to all who participated and contributed towards making £100 for charity. This has been sent to the family of Rich Philpott and will be donated to a Cancer Research Charity.

Regards

Ben
(Gaffer - Parrs Wood Football)

About Us

The club started in May 2002 as part of the then Holmes Place (now Virgin Active) Gym nearby. Anyone could join and still can so we're a mixed bag of abilities, backgrounds and ages - from youths / teenagers (16+) to adult (we once had a 68 year old!). Over nearly 10 years our regular players have ranged from ex professionals (for example Stockport County's former Centre Forward), to those who could only dream of playing for their school.

We have footballers from all over South Manchester - from Wythenshawe to Withington (students welcome!), Stockport to Sale. Not only that, we have been lucky enough to welcome players from all over the world including Venezuela, Equador, Albania, Poland, USA, Spain, France, Nigeria, Iran and Liverpool....!

Footballing
links (still being compiled)

LOCAL AMATEUR FOOTBALL CLUBS - you can still play with us, whatever your interest in any of the clubs below !

Burnage - Burnage Metro Football Club have 5 league teams plus a cup side and play fixtures including in Lancashire & Cheshire AFL and the Manchester Amateur Cup

Cheadle - Cheadle Town Football Club are members of the North West Counties Football League and Cheshire County Football Association

Chorlton cum Hardy - West Didsbury & Chorlton are one of Manchester's leading amateur clubs with a First Team, Reserves and A Team playing competitively in the Manchester League on a Saturday, the Veterans team playing in the Cheshire Veterans Football League Premier Division and the youth team playing in the Timperley League on Sunday

Didsbury - Denton Town Football Club are one of 8 Tameside town teams

Didsbury - Inter Disbury FC play in Cheshire & Manchester Sunday League Table, Division 2 and also have friendly fixtures

Fallowfield - Fallowfield FC - Sunday League play in Manchester Amateur Sunday Football League MASFL

Gatley - Gatley Football Club

Heald Green - Heald Green FC are an amateur football club playing in South Manchester

Levenshulme - East Levenshulme FC play in the Tameside Sunday Football - FA Respect League

Longsight - see Levenshulme

Manchester Gregorians FC - www.gregoriansafc.co.uk is regarded as one the strongest Amateur Football Clubs in Manchester and thus attracts a large number of new and established players from around the region. They play in Manchester Football League as below

Northenden - see Wythenshawe

Parrs Wood - Parrs Wood Celtic AFC have two teams playing in the Lancashire and Cheshire AFL on a Saturday afternoon. They train on Tuesday nights on astroturf at Parrs Wood High School Sports Centre in Didsbury, organised by their F.A. qualified coaching staff, and are currently looking for committed players - see http://manchester.gumtree.com/manchester/57/70884357.html. (Note that despite the similarity, Parrs Wood Celtic AFC are separate from Parrs Wood Football)

Stretford - Stretford Victoria FC are a charter standard club at youth and adult level

STUDENTS - ISSL 11-a-Side Football 2010-11 Sport Manchester, The University of Manchester

Styal - Styal Football Club play in Cheshire Reserve League, Cheshire League 1st Division and Altrincham League Div 2

West Didsbury - West Didsbury & Chorlton are one of Manchester's leading amateur clubs - see Chorlton above

Withington - see Fallowfield

Wythenshawe - Wythenshawe Amateurs Football Club are based on Longley Lane, Northenden Manchester M22

LOCAL AMATEUR LEAGUES

Altrincham - Altrincham & District Amateur Football League

Hyde - Hyde and District Sunday Football League includes teams from Marple, Miles Platting, North Reddish, Stayley, Stalybridge

Manchester Amateur Sunday Football League - MASFL over 4 divisions comprise these teams: Athletico Chorlton, Broadway Rovers, Celta, Cheadle Hulme Albion, Chorlton Villa, Davyhulme Park, Didsbury Dynamos, Fallowfield United, Flixton, GM Hurricanes, Gorton Villa, Halton Juniors, Hardley Athletic, Inter Mancs, Lass 'O' Gowrie and Reserves, Manchester CC, Manchester Rovers, Manchester United Supporters Club and Reserves, Moss Side Old House, Motown, Nello James, Old Ashburnians AFC, Parkway Dynamo, Powerhouse Dynamos Community, Procters, Recreative Rusholme, River Plate Reds, Royal Northern College of Music FC, Sevenways, Sierra Stars, St Johns, Stretford Victoria, The Urmston, Turnpike Pirates, Urmston Meadowside Warriors, Withington Posh, Withington Victoria, Woodsend, Urmston MENS, Urmston Town, West Point City

Manchester Football League - http://www.manchester-league.co.uk/ comprise 16 teams: Atherton Town, AVRO, Bury Amateurs, Dukinfield Town, East Manchester, Hindsford, Hollinwood, Leigh Athletic, Manchester Gregorians, Old Alts, Prestwich Heys, Royton Town, Springhead, Stockport Georgians, Walshaw Sports, Wythenshawe Arms

Stockport - Stockport District Sunday Football League includes AFC Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme Athletic, AFC Stockport, Cheadle FC, Stockport Athletic, Stockport Dynamoes, Stockport Norris

Tameside - Tameside Sunday Football - FA Respect League includes Denton Y F.C., East Levenshulme F.C., Stalybridge Astley

Other local
activities and events

Further useful links

Acknowledgements:
Manchester Community What's On Guide




Parrs Wood Football Established 2002 and still going strong !

Website last updated 1 January 2012