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This evening’s Challenge Cup match between Cheltenham Saracens and Brimscombe and Thrupp at the Big Local Stadium is “in doubt” due to heavy rain. A yellow weather warning for rain is in place throughout South West England until 1pm this afternoon and Saracens boss Ryan Betteridge confirmed the pitch is already waterlogged. It’s one of […]
With the world’s top leagues having a month break as their players head to Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, League One and Two continues with a full roster of fixtures with Cheltenham Town nearing the halfway mark of their League season. So what better time to give the side a ‘mid-term’ report and […]
Cheltenham Town defy the odds to take point at Portman Road despite injury crisis that saw seven first team players unavailable. Ryan Broom’s ruthless strike and heroic second-half defensive effort earn Cheltenham a hard-earned point at Portman Road Manager Wade Elliott made four changes to the side that was embarrassingly knocked out of the FA […]
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. […]