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Only 44 miles separate Cheltenham and Alvechurch, but the short 56-minute journey up the M5 does not quite emphasise the dramatic distance between the two in the footballing pyramid. Four leagues, and a staggering 96 league places come between the two clubs, a stat that puts in perspective just what an incredible achievement it was […]
Former Forest Green Rovers manager Rob Edwards is among the names linked with the vacant Southampton position after the Premier League club sacked Ralph Hasenhuttl on Monday. Edwards was most recently at Watford after leaving Rovers in controversial circumstances for Vicarage Road, but lasted just four months into the job. Austrian Hasenhuttl was dismissed by […]
Forest Green Rovers Women skipper Hattie Jones hailed the importance of goal difference this season as Rovers ran out 6-2 winners over Ilminster Town Ladies on Sunday afternoon. It was Jones who opened the scoring inside the opening five minutes powering home a header before top scorer Nynka Rucker pounced on a defensive error to […]
Forest Green Rovers head coach Ian Burchnall was happy to avoid a potential banana skin after seeing his side safely through to the second round of the FA Cup by beating South Shields on Saturday. Connor Wickham scored in the first half before closing the game out with a strike from the halfway line in […]
The Women’s FA Cup First Round was drawn today at 1pm with two local sides involved. The 56 games will be played on Sunday, 13th November, with many teams yet to have finished their final qualifying round with wide-spread thunderstorms last weekend. Cheltenham Town Ladies were the last side to be drawn, as they face […]
Cheltenham Town midfielder Ryan Broom has spoken to the press ahead of the Robins clash with Morecambe tomorrow evening. “Victory is never guaranteed in any game, we know as a team that If you don’t go into a game with 11 players who are bang at it and subs as well you are going to […]
The England Women’s side faced Spain in the final as they came away 3-2 winners after a hat-trick from Rose Kent. Woman of the match went to number four Maisie O’Shea who started alongside Ripley. The women have only made a European final once in Moscow 2006, but this is the country’s first European title. […]
Cheltenham Town midfielder Liam Sercombe has admitted that losing Matty Blair is a huge loss for the Robins, both on and off the pitch. “Losing him is massive, not just in the changing room but on the pitch. He gave his all every day, and he’s a great character as well, a lot of people […]
George Box’s brace helped the Mitres secure a vital 2-1 victory away at Exmouth Town following a recent spell of difficult fixtures. With the two hour drive to Devon complete, the Gloucestershire-based side showed no signs of fatigue after Box took his goal tally to seven for the season so far. Following Saturday’s upset, the […]
Also this weekend, Cheltenham Town Ladies keep their first clean sheet of the season on the road in a hard-fought 1-0 win against Crawley Wasps. Crawley Wasps 0-1 Cheltenham Town The Robinesses came to the Big World Community Stadium having taken four points from their last two games in the FAWNL Southern Premier Division. Izzy […]