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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 […]
Mo Eisa and Ryan Broom are two players who have been put up for sale by newly promoted Peterborough United. As the Football League season edges closer to an end, clubs are beginning to release their retained lists, which sees some very interesting players either being released, or transfer lifted and there have been some […]
It’s been 20 years since Forest Green Rovers lost 1-0 in the FA Trophy final to Canvey Island at Villa Park. A goal from Ben Chenery in the 15th minute proved the difference between the two sides. Embed from Getty Images Here is what a selection of the Rovers players from that day are up […]
As Forest Green Rovers prepare to travel to Newport for the first leg of their play-off semi final, here are five things to watch out for during Tuesday’s clash at Rodney Parade. Cheltenham Town have already been promoted to League One as champions and local rivals Forest Green Rovers will look to join them via […]
Arsenal strengthened their chances of achieving European football for next season with a dogged 1-0 North London Derby victory over a much-changed Chelsea. Emile Smith-Rowe struck after 12 minutes following a mistake from Jorginho, who was one of seven players brought back into the team by Thomas Tuchel, to gift the Gunners the only goal […]
Former Cheltenham Town legend John Finnigan has praised his old sides record breaking achievement of winning League Two for the first time in the history of the club. Finnigan played over 200 matches for The Robins, but deemed the current team as the best ball-playing side ever since the club was founded 134 years ago. […]
Dan Evans in a man on the up, and despite defeat to Alexander Zverev last night, the Cheltenham-based professional is enjoying his best season so far. Despite defeat in the first round of the Australian Open to fellow Brit Cam Norrie, Evans lifted his first professional title the previous week in Melbourne. He also famously […]
West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce admitted his side made it harder for themselves at times during their relegation battle in the Premier League. “The sad thing is, there were many times we could’ve made life easier for ourselves,” conceded Allardyce. “In terms of the last two games we struggled to get the wins over […]
Formula One is well into Free Practice 2 now, as the drivers look to test their speed at the high-downforced Catalunya track ahead of this weekends race. Valterri Bottas topped FP1, with his teammate Lewis Hamilton leading the Finn as Mercedes currently have a 1-2 lead halfway through FP2. With that in mind, we at […]