Wythenshawe Amateurs FC: Long-Running Amateur Football

Wythenshawe Amateurs FC represent exactly what grassroots football is supposed to be – a community-owned, volunteer-run club that exists to give people in the local area somewhere to play. Operating from their ground at Timpson Road, the club runs multiple adult teams at different levels of the local league system, as well as junior sections that take children from under-7s through to youth age groups. Amateur football at this level is the backbone of the sport in England, even if it rarely gets any coverage, and Wythenshawe Amateurs have been providing it in south Manchester for a long time.

The club is open to new adult players of most abilities – if you have played football to a reasonable standard and are looking for a team in the Wythenshawe or south Manchester area, the Amateurs are worth contacting. Junior registrations open each summer ahead of the new season. The Timpson Road ground is in the heart of Wythenshawe and accessible by bus from across the estate and from Baguley, Benchill and the surrounding areas. Entry to watch is free or nominal, and the atmosphere is exactly what local sport should be: people from the neighbourhood watching people they know play football on a Saturday morning.