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Meet UoG’s newest keeper, Ella Hayward-Crosweller on, her journey, women’s football and mental health: “You don’t know what people are going through”

Second year Criminology student Ella Hayward-Crosweller has dusted off her gloves and is ready to re-enter the fray of football after a year and a half out injured, but how did she get here? Ella started her career at The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid, being there for eight seasons starting from the under […]

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University of Gloucestershire goalkeeper Ella Hayward-Crosweller dusts off gloves and gears up for new challenge: “Hopefully we can spark a change in women’s football at uni”

Ella Hayward-Crosweller made her league debut for UoG Women’s football first team against the University of Bristol’s 2nd’s with a solid performance in a 3-2 loss. Hayward-Crosweller is no stranger to the landscape of football however, as she’s previously played for both The New Saints and Powys County. The shot-stopper has been playing football at […]

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Cheltenham Town fan Matt Stevens says: “we were shocking” as League Two Newport County capitalise on low confidence Robins

“There are players in that team that started tonight which were nowhere near good enough” Stevens said. The Robins fell to another defeat, this time in the EFL Trophy against League two opposition Newport County who sit 19th in League two. It took Cheltenham 1031 minutes to score their first goal in league one this […]

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Cheltenham Town Ladies manager impressed with performance despite home defeat against Oxford United

Cheltenham Town Ladies manager, Tom Davies reflected upon their Oxford United defeat but remains positive that they are “moving in the right direction”. It was a tough evening for the Cheltenham Town Ladies as they suffered their first home one-nil defeat of the season against Oxford United last night. “It is disappointing, but the positive […]

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University of Gloucestershire Women’s midfielder Charlie Ball says: “It’s been really enjoyable” starting her first season with the Second team

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uni of Glos Women’s Football & Futsal Club (@uogwfc_) Charlie Ball didn’t play football in her first year of University, but has taken the plunge in her second year. Ball isn’t one to shy away from playing, she’s previously played for her local women’s football team […]

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Seventh heaven for Stourbridge in Black Country derby as they beat rivals West Brom Women

Stourbridge triumphed 7-2 in an action-filled affair against local rivals, West Bromwich Albion Women at the War Memorial Ground in front of a record crowd of 410.  The game was a tightly fought contest for the first 75 minutes of the game until Stourbridge scored a late flurry of goals on a landmark evening for […]

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Why West Ham’s James Ward-Prowse should be in the England squad

Nine goal involvements already this season would normally guarantee you a place in the England squad, unless your name is James Ward-Prowse.  Bouncing back from a heartbreaking relegation with his boyhood club Southampton last season, he only lasted one Championship game before making the jump to UECL winners West Ham.  Ward-Prowse has made an instant impact, […]

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How the Alfie May transfer saga left record-breaking Robins goalless in 11

Making national headlines for all the wrong reasons, Cheltenham Town have extended their goalless run to 11 games on Tuesday night at home to Fleetwood. The unfortunate barren run equals the Football League record which has stood since Hartlepool United’s run in the 1992/93 season.  So where has it all gone wrong for the Gloucestershire […]

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Cheltenham Town’s first ever England player as first year scholar Tom King receives a call up

17-year-old Tom King will travel with England’s under-18 team this weekend in a warm-up tournament against Belgium, Morocco, and the Republic of Korea across 10 days in Marbella, Spain. Tom made his professional debut for the Robins on the opening day of this season away at Shrewsbury, unfortunately losing 1-0. Following that appearance, King became […]