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Goalkeeper Jamie Pardington felt a youthful Cheltenham side were “really unlucky” as they bowed out of the Gloucestershire Senior Cup at the hands of Roman St Glass on Wednesday night. Roman Glass progressed to the semi-final of the Gloucestershire Senior Cup after beating Cheltenham on penalties at the Completely-Suzuki Stadium. Bristol’s oldest football club took […]
Cheltenham Town announced this morning that they have an operating loss of £531,000 for the 2023 financial year. The figure means their finances have swung by £943,000 since their profit in 2022 of £412,000. With the club in the midst of a survival battle in League One, the financial figure will come as a shock […]
Good afternoon! Welcome to our Parklife Sport live blog for Thursday 29 February, lets have a look at what we have in store for you today! Our writers will be keeping you up to date with loads of our university sports action, including Netball, Athletics, Rugby and Women’s Football. We have interviews from Cheltenham goalkeeper […]
Bishops Cleeve manager, Paul Collicutt, is looking for his team to turn up when they face Bashley on Saturday saying, “If we’re up for it we can beat anyone.” Being an experienced non-league manager, Collicutt knows how tricky it can be to string together a good run of form at this level. “The thing you […]
“There were lots of positives to take”, Cirencester manager John Brough is looking to build on what he saw in his side’s 4-3 defeat to Kidlington on Wednesday. Despite the disappointing result on Wednesday evening, Brough was optimistic about the performance and didn’t think it fairly reflected his team’s performance. “They had three chances in […]
West Brom Women will kick off their Women’s FA Cup campaign at home to Lye Town Ladies at the Academy Ground on Sunday afternoon. West Brom will be looking to regain some positive form after back-to-back losses in the previous two weeks. The Baggies have experienced a mixed bag of results in the opening three […]
Former Cheltenham Town star Alfie May has been named the League One Player of the Month for October. Seven goals in six games this month has seen May leapfrog the likes of Colby Bishop and Jordan Rhodes to sit joint-top of the league’s scoring charts with 11 goals. The 30-year-old talisman moved from Cheltenham to […]
The Lionesses’ success over recent years has seen the women’s game in England grow exponentially, especially at a grassroots level. No one is better positioned to tell us about the growth of the women’s game than Cheltenham Town financial director, Clive Gowing whose daughter plays for Cheltenham Town’s under-14 girls team. Gowing’s daughter, Aimee, has […]
Gloucester-born, Alastair Cook has officially announced his full retirement from cricket, after a 20-year career. Cook retired from international cricket in 2018 but decided to carry on playing for his county, Essex and announced that he won’t be looking to extend his contract which expired this summer. In a statement on the Essex cricket website, […]
West Bromwich Albion Women will kick off their Birmingham County FA Challenge Cup campaign at home to Leafield Athletic on Sunday. The Baggies fell at the penultimate hurdle last season, losing in the semi-final, 3-2 to Wolverhampton Wanderers Women. These sides faced each other in the third round last year with West Brom coming out […]