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With the first match for Gloucester in the 2023/24 premiership due to kick off tomorrow at 2pm at Kingsholm. The teams have been announced and the build-up has begun. Coming into the match with a good track record, Gloucester have set high expectations having beaten Harlequins 25-17 three weeks ago. In their last match before […]
Second half sub Daisy Ackerman seemed frustrated after the 1-0 loss to Oxford United stating “We just need to finish our chances and their goal was from our mistakes”. Ackerman also had a late opportunity to equalise but described the second half chance as a “nightmare” after leaving the game without a point. Cheltenham Town […]
The Cheltenham Town Community Trust have set up a football camp for girls during the upcoming October half-term which is available to be booked now. This is a great way to get a younger generation of females involved and interested in football. It costs £14 a day to take part and it would be a […]
Premiership Rugby is back for the 2023/24 season, but we don’t start with the current champions, Saracens, but in Bristol at Ashton Gate. Bristol Bears host the opening fixture to this year’s instalment of top-tier rugby, welcoming the 2021/22 champions Leicester Tigers in a mouth-watering encounter. For both teams, expectations are high, and whoever takes […]
Gloucester-born, Alastair Cook has officially announced his full retirement from cricket, after a 20-year career. Cook retired from international cricket in 2018 but decided to carry on playing for his county, Essex and announced that he won’t be looking to extend his contract which expired this summer. In a statement on the Essex cricket website, […]
Third year student, Oli Lewis and captain of Tennis society has put the blame on himself despite not doing anything wrong after closure to facilities in Gloucester have paused their chance to play and prepare themselves for tournaments. “Even though it’s out of my control, I still promised them training, matches and I can’t provide […]
It may now be outside of the cricket season, but Display Refrigeration Hire LTD Cheltenham Indoor Cricket League is just beginning with Cheltenham civil service CC starting strongly as defending champions. Geoff Trett one the leagues independent scorers painted Cheltenham civil service A as “very much the team to beat” “stating there’s no same in […]
Forest Green manager David Horseman admitted it’s been a season of big potential but no execution after a win against a side above them this season Walsall as they build up for a clash with Colchester “It shows our potential for sure, there’s a level of consistency which we are obviously missing but we feel […]
West Bromwich Albion Women will kick off their Birmingham County FA Challenge Cup campaign at home to Leafield Athletic on Sunday. The Baggies fell at the penultimate hurdle last season, losing in the semi-final, 3-2 to Wolverhampton Wanderers Women. These sides faced each other in the third round last year with West Brom coming out […]
The Grand National is set to undergo its biggest revamp in changes since 2012 and Gloucestershire Live racing reporter Ash Symonds has given his opinions on these alterations. The most notable change that has been made is that the maximum number of runners has been reduced from 40 to 34, which is the first reduction […]