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With the season now over, football clubs up and down the country are unveiling their retained lists, with out-of-contract players learning their fate. After the elation of winning the League Two title, Cheltenham Town will soon bring out their retained list – which highlights the harsh reality of football. Nine Cheltenham players – many of […]
Liverpool will be looking to close the gap on the top four tonight with a victory at Old Trafford, after Chelsea’s slip up against Arsenal last night gave Liverpool a glimmer of hope for Champions League football next season. The Reds currently sit seven points behind Chelsea and nine points behind Leicester with two games […]
Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton look to build on their tremendous away form as they travel to Villa Park with eyes on a European place. The blue side of Merseyside could leapfrog the red side if Ancelotti’s men were to defeat Villa tonight but would also need Manchester United to beat rivals Liverpool in order of them […]
When Forest Green Rovers face Newport County on Tuesday evening it will be their fifth play-off appearance in six years. Sadly for the Rovers, the play-offs have not been too kind for them in previous years with just one victorious campaign. Here is how they’ve fared in their recent play-off fixtures: 2015 – Lost to […]
Noah Jenkins, hooker for University of Gloucestershire’s Rugby Union first team is preparing for his first Varsity representing University of Gloucestershire against University of Worcester on Wednesday 19th May. “I’m really really excited, really nervous as well, we had an inter-club game a couple of weeks ago and having that level of physicality thrown at […]
Ahead of Forest Green Rovers’ massive play-off clash with Newport County we spoke to Chris Kirwan of South Wales Argus to get some insight on the Exiles. Newport ended the season in pretty strong form, unbeaten in their last five games, do you expect Michael Flynn’s side to continue their form? Flynn’s found a good […]
Gloucester face a tricky test on Monday when they face top of the Gallagher Premiership Bristol Bears. The Cherry and Whites may still only be 10th in the league but they have won three out of their last four Gallagher Premiership matches, however Bristol still promise to be a difficult challenge as Sam Bytheway tells […]
It has been confirmed that the UEFA Champions League between Manchester City and Chelsea will be played at Porto’s Estadio do Dragao. The final was going to be played in Istanbul, but Turkey was added to the ‘red list’ of at-risk countries by the UK government last week. Embed from Getty Images If the final […]
They maybe going for promotion via the play-offs next week, but today marks 20 years since Forest Green Rovers lost to Canvey Island in the 2001 FA Trophy Final, a memory that still leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of Alex Meechan. He speaks about his disappointment and regret from that day. Embed from […]
The Premier League TV rights will stay in the hands of Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and BBC Sport for another three years with the contract now running to 2025 for the four broadcasters. Embed from Getty Images The ‘Rollover’ deal worth £4.7bn which was agreed in 2018 was recently approved by the government […]