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Over 55's

Over 55's Team

Manager

John_Price
John Price
Manager (2025 - date)

England Over 55's

Representative Caps

The following players have claimed Age Group representative Caps, commemorating 5 or more qualifying appearances for England Veterans’ Over 55’s. Qualifying appearances are games against other countries, countries and dependencies of the United Kingdom and Armed Forces’ representative teams.

Upcoming Fixtures

England Over 55's
Ashford Town FC. TW19 7BH
26/07/2026
11:30 am
Sunday

Ashford Town Veterans

26
JUL
England Over 55's
Kirby Muxloe FC. LE9 2AQ
09/08/2026
12:30 pm
Sunday

England Veterans Over 50's

09
AUG
England Over 55's - Tour
Newcastle, Northern Ireland
11/09/2026
12:00 pm
3 Days

Six Nations tournament

11
SEP

Recent Results

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England v Cantera Blanca Veteranos
A dominant performance from England Veterans’ Over 55’s against Cantera Blanca Veteranos (Spain) ended...
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Maccabi Over 55’s v England
A deserved 3-0 victory for England Veterans’ Over 55’s against Maccabi Over 55’s on Sunday 7th June in...
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Celtic Nations v England
A 5-0 victory in the scorching heat for England Veterans’ Over 55’s against Celtic Nations on Monday...

Four Nations Tournaments

The Over 55’s Four Nations veteran football tournament takes place annually, typically in September.

The inaugural Over 55’s Four Nations tournament took place in 2019. Ideally the tournaments are contested by the four Home Nations, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales but the RAF took part in the first tournament because Scotland were unable to field a team. There was no 2020 competition due to COVID and England Veterans’ Over 60’s stood in as the fourth nation in 2021. The 2022 tournament was cancelled due to the Queen’s death. Maccabi GB have been invited as the fourth nation since 2023.

Each nation plays the other three nations, usually over a period of three days. Two games typically take place on a Friday, two on a Saturday and two on a Sunday. Each nation takes a turn to host and shoulder most of the costs.

England versus Wales

A special footballing relationship exists between England and Wales veterans’ football. It has existed ever since the first international fixtures contested between the Over 50’s and Over 55’s at Bisham Abbey, Buckinghamshire in June 2009.
 
That first Over 55’s game was won by Wales 2-1 and there have been matches home and away pretty much every year since. These matches are in addition to those played between the two countries in the Four Nations and other tournaments. 
 
Since July 2023, England and Wales Over 55’s have contested the Martin Morley Cup – Martin has been involved with the English Veterans set up since the very first games with Wales. He has played for the Over 50’s, 55’s, 60’s and 65’s and successfully managed the Over 55’s for many years. He owns Emperor Scaffolding in Leicestershire and is very generous in his sponsorship of all the England age groups.

Previous Managers

Andy Cranch
Andy Cranch
2022 - 2025
Martin Morley
Martin Morley
2016 - 2022
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Mike Tolond
2009 - 2016