Gloucester City travel to Eastbourne Borough on Saturday for their first ever visit to Priory Lane, looking to extend the gap between themselves and their opponents. Gloucester currently sit 14th in the Vanarama National League South, with Saturday’s opponents just two places below them in 16th, with the opportunity to leapfrog Gloucester if they win […]
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The moment outsider Norton’s Coin stunned the racing world by winning Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1990
It was an incredible race and it was some feat for a horse with such low odds to win a race of the Gold Cup’s prestige, especially taking into factor that he had beaten favourite Desert Orchid to win the race, who was placed at odds of 10/11. It was a superb race, which saw […]
UPDATE: Meadow Park pitch to be re-laid
Significant progress has been made on Gloucester City’s Meadow Park with a new pitch set to be laid. The National League South side have been without a permanent home since their home ground was destroyed by floodwater in the summer of 2007. The Tigers have shared a ground with Cheltenham Town, Forest Green Rovers, Cirencester […]
FIVE reasons that make the Cheltenham Festival special
The Cheltenham Gold Cup first came of age in 1924. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength, and next week, when the festival begins, thousands of horse racing fanatics will once again descend on the town when it all kicks off on Tuesday. With the excitement building ahead of the start of race week, […]
‘I may have bitten off more than I can chew’: the Cheltenham cyclist riding to Malta for charity
By Beth Howard and Ellie Kirwin-Jones A cyclist who has lost friends and family to suicide is riding 2,100 miles through Europe to raise money for a mental health charity. Mike Swinford, 26, from Cheltenham, is fundraising for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) by cycling to Malta later this year. On September 1, Mike will […]
SIX NATIONS: Team announcements
England Rugby head coach Eddie Jones has announced his team to play France this Saturday in Paris. Dylan Hartley misses out due to injury and is replaced by Saracens hooker Jamie George. Embed from Getty Images Owen Farrell will captain the side this week, with England looking to bounce back after their poor performance at […]
RUGBY: Gloucester-Hartpury players to start for England Women
Two Gloucester-Hartpury players are set to start for England Women against France, in the Red Rose’s Six Nations test on Saturday 10th March. Coach Simon Middleton has made seven changes to the side which defeated Scotland 43-8 at the Scotstoun in Glasgow. Embed from Getty Images In the backline Gloucester’s Ellie Kildunne will start as […]
POSTPONED: Gloucester City AFC vs Dartford has been called of unsurprisingly
Embed from Getty Images The visit of top of the table Dartford to Gloucester City will have to wait after this weekends fixture became the latest casualty of the snow. The Tigers who are now based in Evesham were left with no choice but to postpone the match due to the heavy snowfall in Gloucesteshire. […]
BREAKING: Forest Green Rovers trip to Crewe postponed due to extreme weather conditions
Tomorrow’s game between Crewe Alexandra and Forest Green rovers has been postponed following a pitch inspection at Gresty Road. A tweet from Crewe’s twitter addressed the cause of the postponement, ‘The Beast From The East’. ❄ | GAME OFF: #CreweAlex v @FGRFC_Official Postponed The #BeastFromTheEast has won. The match is off due to a frozen […]
NETBALL: Sam Bird: “If we’d scored two extra goals in those two games we’d have six points”
The Severn Stars host Surrey Storm at the University of Worcester Arena tomorrow evening in what could turn out to be a vitally important fifth game in this 2018 Super League season. Stars head coach Samantha Bird has been pleased with the team’s performances so far, despite the lack of results, but realises how important […]