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This weekend, Cheltenham Town Ladies have the chance to go where no Robinesses team have been before. The Fourth Round of the Women’s FA Cup. They face Reading of the Women’s Championship at Kayte Lane on Sunday. The Royals got to the Quarter-finals last season, eventually eliminated by Emma Hayes’ Chelsea, who’ve won the last […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies and their manager Tom Davies are raring to go ahead of their fixture against Cardiff City in the first round of the FA Cup after the FA announced a doubled prize pot. Going into the game Davies highlighted some potential threats for his side with the Bluebirds having recently appointed a new […]
In recent years Women’s football has generated insurmountable momentum as the beautiful game seeks to expand its horizons. The FA has shown its clear backing of the women’s game by doubling the prize fund for this years Women’s FA Cup to six million pounds which will greatly improve teams’ opportunities to afford better facilities, massively […]
Friday, November 10 Cheltenham Town Ladies’ Development team captain Olivia Plumpton shared her insight as the head of a female football squad, recognising the disadvantage to male teams and the importance of motivating her group. During her earlier stages of playing football, it was clear to Plumpton that the girls set up would be at […]
West Brom Women will kick off their Women’s FA Cup campaign at home to Lye Town Ladies at the Academy Ground on Sunday afternoon. West Brom will be looking to regain some positive form after back-to-back losses in the previous two weeks. The Baggies have experienced a mixed bag of results in the opening three […]
Manchester United manager, Marc Skinner, states “this is a game you have to earn” as he doesn’t dismiss the potential ninth-place Brighton and Hove Albion bring this Sunday. The Red Devils find themselves facing one of their longest away games in the league, as they head to the home of The Seagulls, Broadfield Stadium, and […]
This season Forest Green Rovers Women have looked a shadow of themselves compared to how they were playing last year. They have already lost the same number of games as they did last year and we’re only seven games into the season. Forest Green started out like they were going to be able to carry […]
Aston Villa Women have got off to the worst possible start to their WSL season losing their opening four games and it doesn’t get any easier this weekend as they host reigning WSL champions Chelsea at Bescot Stadium. Carla Ward’s side have gone ahead in three of their four games but have made a […]
The Lionesses’ success over recent years has seen the women’s game in England grow exponentially, especially at a grassroots level. No one is better positioned to tell us about the growth of the women’s game than Cheltenham Town financial director, Clive Gowing whose daughter plays for Cheltenham Town’s under-14 girls team. Gowing’s daughter, Aimee, has […]
Tottenham Hotspur manager Robert Vilehamn states that he is “very happy with the start” his team has made, but is aware that “there’ll be tough times as well.” With Tottenham off to a fairly ideal start this season, winning two in three games, they hope to continue their run of form against 11th place Aston Villa. […]