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University of Gloucestershire Men’s Football Manager Ivor Gumm wants his player’s to take inspiration from one of England’s all time greatest strikers. Gumm was coached by Jimmy Greaves during his youth career and feels his side need to work on their wastefulness in front of goal. “How the score was only 2-0 I’ll never know […]
Forest Green Rovers discovered their National League Play Off semi-final opponent last night as Southend United defeated Rochdale in a seven-goal thriller at Spotland. Rovers will take on the Shrimpers at The New Lawn on Wednesday the 22nd of May with a place in the final at Wembley up for grabs. On the two occasions […]
In football, we often talk about five-year plans, promotion pushes, and stadium upgrades. But what if we looked 100 years ahead? Where will Gloucestershire’s proud trio; Forest Green Rovers, Cheltenham Town, and Gloucester City, find themselves in the year 2125? I’ve asked ChatGPT to predict where they will be, here is what it said. Forest Green Rovers – […]
Third year winger Rory Hunt was awarded the Manager’s Player of the Season at the University of Gloucestershire Men’s Football awards on Wednesday night. Hunt played a pivotal role in helping the side secure the Western Tier 3A title and the club’s first promotion in over five years. Despite winning the prestigous honor, the 21-year-old […]
Players Player – Oakley James In his first year Oakley James made himself a mainstay in the University of Gloucestershire (UOG)starting eleven. A versatile player James played in central midfield, on the wing, and even up-front when needed. Despite his smaller size he battled well in midfield and used his technical skills to be a […]
“Ideally we wanted the season done by April but based of lots of different reasons its been postponed,” explains Fensome. Forest Green Rovers Women played their penultimate game of the season, a 1-0 away loss to title challengers Torquay United, on the 27th of April. Due to some scheduling issues in the South West Regional […]
In the last week, we have seen another serious injury happen because of the delay with offside calls. Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi collided with a post during Sundays 2-2 Premier League draw against Leicester City and on Monday was taken to hospital for surgery to repair a serious abdominal injury. On Tuesday, the striker, 27, […]
Eight years ago we saw Forest Green Rovers get promoted to the football league for the first time in the club’s history. With them back down in the National League and being minimal games away from securing promotion back to the Football League for the second time in their history. Ranging from the Premier League […]
“It has never phased me, we just have to contain the players in our own, new, positive bubble.” Cheltenham Town Women were written off at the start of the 2024/25 season. A massive overhaul in players and staff meant a new assistant manager and a new analyst joining Tom Davies’ back room staff, as well […]
Hereford Women’s triumphant campaign comes to an end this Sunday with a home fixture against Wyre Forest Phoenix Ladies at Edgar Street. Having already secured the Midwest Counties Female Football League title, the Bullettes aim to finish the season on a high note. The Whites have displayed an exceptional form throughout the season, only losing […]
23 years ago today Cheltenham Town celebrated their promotion to the third tier of English football for the very first time in their history in style, with an open-top bus parade through the town. After a strong 2001/02 season Cheltenham finished fourth missing out on the final automatic promotion spot by just a point. A […]