Old Pepys Vets 1st XI

Old Pepys Football Club were founded during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. We began with the aim of helping men suffering from mental health issues, especially those brought about by the pandemic. We quickly realised that we needed to ensure that football was accessible to all and we started a competitive team and a casual side. The competitive teams began with an over 35’s men’s team and we also ensured that we would have the ability to play chairty games with the introduction of ‘Old Pepys All-stars’.

The club quickly grew and we found that just a few months after starting our inaugural season in the Southern Veterans Football League in 2021/22 that we would need to create more platforms and we began to introduce a 2nd XI and a team for men over 18 that would be playing on Sundays.

The Vets first team went from strength to strength securing an amazing promotion and Chairman’s Cup double. The bar had been set! While all of this was going on our All-star team were proud representatives of charities close to our hearts, and winning games along the way.

With that winning mentality seeping it’s way through the club the 2022/23 season sees the start of competitive football for our Vets 2nd XI and our Sunday team and we’re not done there!

After securing partnerships with Macron for all of our club merchandise needs and a community partnership with Charlton Athletic FC to enable a reduction on purchases through our club we are now proudly beginning to introduce our Ladies team and there is still more to come!

Old Pepys have become a close-knit family friendly club and we will continue to enable our safe social space for anyone who will need it.

Our club motto is One Game, Many Minds, One Family