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Sutton Coldfield Town Women’s manager Steve Benyon has “confidence” going into his first game against Leafield Athletic when they meet on Sunday afternoon. “I pass on again my sincere thanks to them trusting me the players from the first team to the development squad. I see that as one club to the staff as well […]
Arsenal will win the Premier League title come May. The Gunners have won their last two games against Nottingham Forest and Sporting Lisbon. These two results have shown that Mikel Arteta’s team have all the right tools to compete with Manchester City and Liverpool for the Premier League title. Embed from Getty Images Arsenal currently […]
Cheltenham Town Women’s manager Tom Davies is “really excited” as his side travel to Stockport County on Sunday to play the North West side in the FA WNL Plate quarter-finals. “It’s a great opportunity for us. It’s an opportunity to put ourselves in a position where we could be in the semi-finals,” said Davies. “We’ll go […]
Swindon Town Academy manager Sean Wood praised his team after making the quarterfinals of the PDL Cup after beating AFC Bournemouth away last Saturday. However, Wood knows his side need to keep focus going into the Christmas period: “We’ve got to keep pushing every day, keep working hard, making sure everybody’s turning up, keep working […]
UoG Women’s Rugby team lost 93-5 against Cardiff Met Women’s Rugby 2s at Plock Court on Wednesday afternoon. Captain Madi Williams spoke after the game, about her team’s performance: “We knew Cardiff Met were going to be a strong side. We’ve obviously played them for the last three weeks, so we knew it was going […]
Gloucestershire Young Carers Charity offered the opportunity for 16 young carers to experience the world of martial arts. The event took place on Tuesday, October 29 and the young carers were taught a range of martial arts skills, including Kickboxing and karate fundamentals (striking combinations), judo demos, learning breakfalls and self defence techniques as well […]
Whittington Park Youth FC was only started nine months ago, but Jono Humphris and Steven Philpott-Petrou thought they needed a change from their previous club. “After starting to coach at another local club we realised we weren’t getting or giving the best opportunity we could offer for the kids involved and with little impact on […]
“Some amazing memories along the way,” says Ian Howell as the ex-Cheltenham and Gloucester City player looks back on his playing days. Since his early childhood in Swindon, Howell has always been passionate about football and started his career for the Swindon Town’s Centre of Excellence and Youth Teams (COE). “I started playing at Swindon […]
Walking Rugby has been on the rise for the last couple of years, with the sport bringing a different perspective on the game many people love and play. Every Tuesday night, people around the Cheltenham area and beyond come to participate in walking rugby at the Cheltenham Civil Service Club. Coming in as a new […]