{"id":3927,"date":"2017-02-07T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2017-02-07T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:36:02","slug":"walking-football-team-feature-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/walking-football-team-feature-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Football to feature on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"
Walking football, a slow-paced version of the beautiful game which is specifically targeted at the over 50’s, will feature on ITV’s tonight show this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0founders of the game, Chesterfield FC Community Trust and their\u00a0Ex-Spires walking football team will be shown\u00a0this Thursday in The Truth About Exercise: Tonight.<\/p>\n ITV presenter Fiona Foster attended an Ex-Spires session at the Akademy in Dronfield and spoke to some of the players. Among them was 78-year-old Eric Bagshaw, who took up walking football six years ago after being diagnosed with diabetes.<\/p>\n Eric talked on camera about the marked improvement in his health since he has been playing walking football.<\/p>\n ”I could feel myself getting stronger each week, and I just kept working at it, just loved it.” He said.<\/p>\n Taking up the story of when he faced a medical examination, Eric adds: ”The doctor came down and he said, ‘Now then Eric, what have you been doing for the last six months’?<\/p>\n ”So I said, ‘I’ve joined an exercise club, football’. He says, ‘Brilliant, because what that’s done for you is fantastic. Your diabetes has gone, your blood pressure’s normal, your kidneys, liver and your heart is perfect. You’ve got the body of a 40-year-old man’. Those were his exact words.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n