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The groups for the first round of this season’s women’s Champions League draw have been confirmed this afternoon. Chelsea and Arsenal are the sides representing England in the competition and both will have to endure tough groups. Arsenal have drawn reigning and eight time champions Lyon along with Juventus and Zurich, and Chelsea will face […]
The world of football has been left reeling from the tragic events that unfolded on Saturday at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Indonesia. At least 125 people are reported to have been killed in a crush that occurred after police fired tear gas into the crowd making it the deadliest disaster of its kind in history. […]
Rotherham United have appointed former Exeter City manager and Cheltenham Town defender Matt Taylor as their new manager following the departure of Paul Warne. In a since deleted tweet the Exeter City Supporters Trust, who own the football club, announced “We can confirm manager Matt Taylor has left to join Rotherham United. We’d like to […]
It was an action packed weekend in League One, with plenty of goals, significant moments throughout and differing fortunes for the Gloucestershire sides . Forest Green Rovers continued to struggle as they missed out on their chance to get some valuable points on the board by losing to ten man Burton Albion. While Cheltenham Town […]
Arsenal Women were knocked out of the Women’s Champions League last night by Wolfsburg who won 3-1 on aggregate. The German outfit will now advance to the semi-finals to face the current holders Barcelona. After a tense first leg that saw both sides net in a one-one draw. But whilst playing in front of the home […]
Hello and welcome to the ParkLife Sport Blog. We’ll be bringing you all of the latest sports stories around Gloucestershire and the UK, including the build up to a massive weekend of rugby with the start of the always exciting Six Nations championship and Gloucester in action against London Irish. We will have all the […]
The weekend saw six Women’s Super League teams in action with Reading beating Leicester City 1-0, Birmingham City defeating Arsenal 2-0 and Manchester City thumping Brighton & Hove Albion 6-0. With the WSL season virtually half way done, the table is starting to shape up. I will be looking at these three games and what […]
January, 8 2022 will be remembered as the day that non-league Kidderminster Harriers pulled off one of the shock results in recent memory after they defeated Reading FC of the Championship by two goals to one. Kidderminster currently sit in fifth place in the National League North, a full 79 places below Reading in the […]
Montpellier FC defeated Bishop’s Cleeve reserves in round two of the Senior Charity Cup after a fiery 2-2 draw that was ultimately decided on penalties. Montpellier entered the tie, having received a bye in the first round, a full two divisions below Bishop’s Cleeve but this was of little relevance to Mike Hackett’s men, who […]
Gloucester City AFC drew 0-0 with Boston United on Saturday with City boss Lee Mansell viewing the result as two points dropped. Gloucester entered the tie having not lost a league match since their 3-1 defeat to Kidderminster Harriers on November 23. Boston however, were without a win in their previous three games having suffered […]