News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
Welcome to Park Life Sports Live Blog which will keep you up to date with all the latest sporting news in and around Gloucestershire. Today we will react to Forest Green Rovers’ vital win over Tranmere Rovers and look ahead to their Hollywood showdown with Wrexham, a talk with Gloucestershire based Formula 3 driver and […]
Cheltenham Saracens remain unbeaten in four after their 1-0 win against Long Crendon this afternoon. An acrobatic overhead kick from Saracens captain Paul Holmes was the difference in a scrappy affair between the two sides, a game in which recorded one sin bin and five yellow cards. Cheltenham Saracens sat 14th out of 19 before […]
Cheltenham Association Football League expert Rob Morrison believes that the top two divisions are already decided, with the action featuring in the bottom league. Morrison is the league website’s administrator, and he also referees matches when needed, as well as taking on his current role as club president of Cheltenham Civil Service. As an expert in […]
This season’s edition of the Premier League has seen a massive increase in controversial refereeing decisions. Whether that be individual mistakes, VAR incompetence, or just tight calls, almost every team has been affected. One man in particular has been at the front of it all, 41-year-old Simon Hooper. Cheltenham Civil Service club president and referee […]
This weekend, Cheltenham Town Ladies have the chance to go where no Robinesses team have been before. The Fourth Round of the Women’s FA Cup. They face Reading of the Women’s Championship at Kayte Lane on Sunday. The Royals got to the Quarter-finals last season, eventually eliminated by Emma Hayes’ Chelsea, who’ve won the last […]
Having the topic of violence against women being openly discussed in mainstream news opens up a whole can of worms containing initiatives and acronyms that most of us have never heard of before. One of those is the Purple flag scheme The Purple Flag Scheme is similar to the Green Flag award you might find […]
An initiative aimed at raising awareness and taking real steps towards ending violence against women and girls “16 days of activism” has begun in Cheltenham. Councillor Flo Clucas, the cabinet member for safety and communities, said “whether at home, at work, at school, in town, or on our streets, being safe is a right, not […]
“If they know what they are voting for, they might start questioning it. And you wonder why we are in such a sh*thole”. That was the verdict of Britain’s only Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, in conversation with veteran environmental campaigner Jonathan Porritt. The Cheltenham Green Party hosted Ms Lucas at the Parabola Arts Centre, […]
Cheltenham Town new manager Darrell Clarke has an enormous task on hand if he hopes to keep the Robins in league one after one of their worst ever starts to a league season. The Robins currently have just nine points from their opening 16 games this season, a whopping eight points adrift of safety. Prior […]
Cheltenham’s Craft Festival has returned for 2023, the town hall decorated in beautiful ornate creations once again. The elegance that is already present in the main foyer is magnified with Christmas decorations and beautiful fairy lights strung around the room. Despite the fair having only just opened it was bustling with people buying tickets […]