Wokingham & Emmbrook Football Club’s over-50s Walking Football Team made it to the semi-final stage of last weekend’s Pharmacy2U National Finals.
They lost to the eventual winners Weston-Super-Mare, having progressed from the group stages of the competition in Barnsley.
Mike Allpress, captain and player-manager of the Sumas, said: “We were incredibly disappointed. We were 1-0 up for the majority of the semi-final, and we should have scored a second goal.
“We made a substitute with seven minutes left and, in hindsight, it disrupted the balance. We ended up conceding two silly goals.
He added: “It would have been nice to have beaten Leeds in the final. Next year, maybe?”