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Gloucester Rugby’s George Barton was captain for the day in Saturday’s hard-fought win over Bristol after a quick start. Gloucester have been slow starters in their two games before this, trailing 7-24 to Newcastle Falcons and 24-10 to Sale at Half Time. This has been something the Cherry and Whites planned on improving. “We haven’t […]
Every year in the FA cup there’s always a story to tell, last season we had National League side Boreham Wood, in 2021 it was non-league Chorley and in 2014 Northern Premier League outfit Blyth Spartans. What about this year? There’s many to talk about but one that stands out is Wiltshire-based side Chippenham Town […]
Bristol City Women suffered their first loss of the season yesterday in a 1-0 defeat to Birmingham City, after an excellent start to the new campaign. So far this season, Smith has been able to field young players such as Naomi Layzell who has broken into the side at the age of 17. Smith said: […]
Westfields take on Shortwood United tonight in a Hellenic League Cup Round of 16 clash. There may well be a young side on show for the Hereford side as they look to prioritise their league campaign as they push for promotion. “Don’t get me wrong every cup is important as it is a chance to […]
Alvechurch captain Jamie Willets hopes that Saturday’s FA Cup second-round clash against Forest Green Rovers will be a ‘springboard’ for the club moving forwards. The lowest-ranked side in the competition beat Cheltenham Town in the first round and return to Gloucestershire to face Ian Burchnall’s side at the New Lawn Stadium. A brace from Danny […]
Rovers have been struggling during their first season in League One with the Gloucestershire side sitting at the foot of the table in 24th. However on Saturday, Burchnall was pleased with that he saw: “Yeah I think they certainly rolled their sleeves up, certainly in the second half, I thought we did in the first […]
Antoine Semenyo insists he will ‘relish the challenge’ of coming up against Cristiano Ronaldo when Ghana face Portugal in their opening FIFA World Cup match on Thursday. The nations will meet at Doha’s Stadium 974 for their Group H matchup, as Ronaldo will seek to add to his tally of 117 goals in 191 games […]
Saturday’s 1-0 win over Wycombe Wanderers saw Alfie May score his 50th goal for Cheltenham Town. Since scoring on his debut against Oldham in January 2020, May has struck against the likes of Manchester City, Sunderland and Bolton Wanderers. He said post match: “I wasn’t [aware] no, I think the most important thing was to […]
The 26th minute of Cheltenham Town’s home game against Wycombe Wanderers saw Alfie May make another piece of history having scored his 40th EFL goal against Cambridge United in September. A spell on the sidelines through injury meant that May’s goals dried up and dragged the club’s form down with it as the lack of […]
The 26th minute of Cheltenham Town’s home game against Wycombe Wanderers saw Alfie May make another piece of history having scored his 40th EFL goal against Cambridge United in September. May overtook Julian Alsop’s EFL goal scoring record of 39 with a comeback win against Cambridge, which he dedicated to retiring teammate Matty Blair. The […]