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Bishop’s Cleeve Ladies will be heading south to face Cheltenham Saracens Women this Sunday at The Big Local Stadium for the Gloucestershire County Women’s Football League. The Miss Mitres are coming in from two consecutive seven-goal losses, while the Saracens won their last match, but tied one before. There is a one-point difference between the […]
“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 […]
This morning, the FA announced a ‘new era’ in women’s football, with a complete makeover for the top two divisions in English women’s football. Alongside a new logo for each division, the second tier has been renamed from the Barclays Women’s Championship, becoming the Barclays Women’s Super League 2, with the leagues headed up by […]
Sutton Coldfield Town Women have appointed former West Brom Women’s manager Harry Roe as their new head coach, with Roe expressing excitement as he looks forward to his time at the club. “I was approached by James a few weeks ago and it’s a club that I always thought I could go out and finish […]
Forest Green Rovers Women’s manager Louise Fensome is expecting “a difficult game” as her side take on Bristol City Women Academy, with the two sides are battling it out for top spot in Group B of the inaugural Gloucestershire FA Women’s Senior Cup. “They’re an academy side, they probably train three times as much as we […]
Cheltenham Town Womens’ Assistant Manager Mike Harris believes having players returning from injury is “crucial” ahead of a relegation clash against Billericay Town on Sunday. Cheltenham sit just a point above the Blues in the Southern Premier Division, after Billericay were deducted three points after fielding an illegible player against Gwalia. The side are also […]
Forest Green Rovers Women suffered a setback in their Southwest Regional Premier Division title challenge as they lost 3-2 to Sherborne Town last Sunday. Erin Williams was on form but her brace was cancelled out by a Chloe Snook hat-trick, including two penalties, giving Sherborne the three points. Lousie Fensome’s Rovers side need to win […]
Photo credits – Cameron Smith Jade Cross displayed her pride at scoring her 175th goal for the club as she netted the fourth and final goal of the game to see the Wanderers win yet again as they defeated Derby County Women 4-0 at home on Sunday. The number nine helped Wolves secure all three points […]
Cheltenham Town Women’s manager Tom Davies praised Una Lue for her brace and overall performance in their win over Norwich City, which secured their ticket to the fourth round Women’s FA Cup for the first time. With an overtime thriller victory of 2-1 over the Canaries, the Robinesses will be hosting Wolves Women on January […]
Forest Green Rovers women’s captain Hattie Jones reached 50 appearances for the club in her return since rejoining the side in January 2020. Jones went to the USA on a scholarship when she was 18 to Indian Hills Community College to play in the NCJAA Division One but was forced to return when COVID-19 struck. […]
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 […]