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The current second-tier record of 42 goals in the 1992-93 season is held by former Portsmouth forward Guy Whittingham. In 2004 the league was given a revamp becoming the now recognisable ‘Championship’, thanks to his opening goal last night Mitrovic now holds the record since the remodel. There’s no selfishness in Whittingham’s mind, as he […]
A spokesperson from UEFA has confirmed that an emergency meeting will take place tomorrow in order to discuss the venue of the 2022 Champions League final. An official statement from UEFA’s verified twitter account read stated: “Following the evolution of the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the UEFA president has called an extraordinary meeting.” Reports […]
Despite their best efforts, Lee Mansell’s Gloucester City failed to break the deadlock once again as they’re held to a draw. While they continue to put distance between themselves and the drop, Mansell will feel as if his players should have taken more from the game. Not for the first time at New Meadow Park […]
It has been a whirlwind few weeks for Wales international Louis Rees-Zammit, who started the Six Nations tournament as one-to-watch and was touted as a contender for the tournament’s top try-scorer. Fast forward to Wednesday this week, and the 21-year-old finds himself back at Gloucester with his club side preparing for their Premiership clash with […]
Ralf Rangnick’s trust in Anthony Elanga was rewarded as the Swedish attacker scored late to equalize for Manchester United against Atletico Madrid. Joao Felix had opened the scoring for Atleti inside the first seven minutes, and United had struggled to recover and get back into the match. However, Elanga was brought on in the 75th […]
Jacob Fairbrother saved the decisive shootout spot kick to send the University of Gloucestershire into the Western Conference Trophy final at the expense of Solent University. A hat-trick from Rene Nistor saw the winger steal the show during the game, before a nail-biting penalty shootout after an action packed 120 minutes. After a cagey opening […]
Great Britain’s most successful Olympian and cyclist Sir Jason Kenny has announced his retirement to take on a coaching role with British Cycling. The 33-year-old is the most decorated British Olympian ever having won nine medals including seven golds and two silvers between the 2008 Beijing games and the 2021 Tokyo games. Born in Greater […]
Late goals from Millie Bright and Fran Kirby sealed a first senior trophy on home soil since 1966 and a first trophy since 2019 as England overcame Germany at Molineux. It was the perfect start for the hosts as the ever reliable Ellen White got on the end of Fran Kirby’s through ball to slot […]
Hello and welcome to the ParkLife Sports blog. Keep up to date with the latest stories breaking around Gloucestershire and the UK. We’ll have the latest updates on the Six Nations starting line-ups ahead of the action this weekend. We’ll have the latest from the Cheltenham Town camp, and a look ahead to Forest Green […]
Michael Duff’s Cheltenham came away with a point from play-off hopefuls Ipswich in the Gloucestershire club’s first trip to Portman Road since 1938. The former Southern League adversaries were of vastly differing opinions at the final whistle with the home side left frustrated by ‘boring boring Cheltenham’ while Duff’s makeshift side were happy to have been […]