With the Women’s FA Cup Second Round running alongside the Men’s competition over the weekend, never has the gulf between the two games been more noticeable. While a selection of the men’s matches are broadcast live, there is scant coverage of the women’s competition with the prize money on offer also in stark contrast. The […]
Author: Katie Barr
FA Cup: Actonians LFC Club Chairwoman Linda Fox makes a plea for prize money “gap to narrow” between Men’s and Women’s competition
With the Women’s FA Cup games running alongside the Men’s over the weekend, Actonians LFC Club Chairwoman Linda Fox used the opportunity to bring attention to the “huge gap” between the Men’s and Women’s prize money. “Even with the prize money increase this season, the gap is still huge! I really hope this continues to […]
FA Cup: Actonians LFC Club Chairwoman hits out at gulf between Men’s and Women’s FA Cup prize money
Actonians LFC Club chairwoman Linda Fox hopes the prize money disparity between the men’s and women’s FA Cup will continue to narrow following Actonians’ 3-1 win over Ashford United LFC in the Women’s FA Cup Second Round yesterday afternoon. Actonians’ victory sees the club receive a nice sum of £8,000 but for their male counterparts […]
Forest Green Rovers boss Rob Edwards insists his side must ‘turn up’ ahead of League Two clash with Hartlepool United
Forest Green Rovers will host mid-table Hartlepool United tomorrow afternoon at the Fully Charged New Lawn Stadium in their hopes to move closer to an automatic promotion. The League leaders are seven points clear of second-placed Exeter City and go into the game on the back of three 1-0 consecutive wins. This is just the […]
Bristol Flyers, top-scorer Marcus Evans will be unavailable ahead of Leicester Riders trip
The Bristol Flyers are back in action tomorrow night at The Morningside Arena to take on the league leaders, the Leicester Riders. The fixture is one of two Flyers games along with their trip to the London Lions on April 1, that has been selected for live coverage on Sky Sports. The Flyers go into […]
Russell Milton: 25 years on from first appearance at Cheltenham Town
Assistant head coach for League One side Cheltenham Town, Russell Milton has served for the Robins as both a player (1997-2003) and in various coaching roles from 2015 including caretaker manager, Academy manager and his current position as Michael Duff’s right hand man. Embed from Getty Images It has been 25 years since he made […]
England Cricket: changes ahead of the fifth test in Hobart
England are expected to make up to five changes to the team that will face Australia in the final test of The Ashes. The squad will be without wicketkeeper Jos Buttler who has already flown home after a finger injury he sustained during the drawn fourth test in Sydney. “It’s quite a bad injury, so […]
Mikel Arteta insists the best players in the world “are always interested” to make the move to Arsenal
Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta was back in the hot seat for the press ahead of Arsenals trip to Anfield in the EFL Cup on Thursday night. Championship side, Nottingham Forest knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup in the third round on Sunday thanks to an 83rd minute tap in from captain, Lewis Grabban. Arteta […]
West Ham United have opportunity to move into top four with a win over Norwich
West Ham and Norwich City return to Premier League action tonight in their re-arranged tie at the London Stadium after both successfully reaching the fourth round of the FA Cup. David Moyes’ side put two past Leeds United on Sunday, whilst Milot Rashica struck late on for Norwich to dismiss League One Charlton Athletic. The […]
Football fans across Britain applaud Arthur Labinjo-Hughes in heartfelt tribute
During their weekend’s fixtures, football supporters up and down the country organised a tribute in memory of a helpless six-year-old boy who was tragically killed by his father and stepmum. A number of football clubs including; Birmingham City, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers paid tribute to the young boy by applauding in the sixth minute […]