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“I’ve signed up for the Paris marathon next year, I can’t wait to do a proper run after doing a half one this year,” Cheltenham Town Women’s defender, Libby Bell, has got into running this year, her main reason was to “Build fitness, “transitioning from a midfielder at Bristol Rovers to now a wing-back at […]
Players Player – Oakley James In his first year Oakley James made himself a mainstay in the University of Gloucestershire (UOG)starting eleven. A versatile player James played in central midfield, on the wing, and even up-front when needed. Despite his smaller size he battled well in midfield and used his technical skills to be a […]
“Ideally we wanted the season done by April but based of lots of different reasons its been postponed,” explains Fensome. Forest Green Rovers Women played their penultimate game of the season, a 1-0 away loss to title challengers Torquay United, on the 27th of April. Due to some scheduling issues in the South West Regional […]
September 2013 saw the release of of record breaking game Grand Theft Auto V. With the sixth game just around the corner a matter of 12 years later. How much has sport in Gloucestershire changed in the span between the twelve years? Cheltenham Town Embed from Getty Images Cheltenham Town were just coming off a […]
Eight years ago we saw Forest Green Rovers get promoted to the football league for the first time in the club’s history. With them back down in the National League and being minimal games away from securing promotion back to the Football League for the second time in their history. Ranging from the Premier League […]
Former Swindon Town and Arsenal academy graduate defender Daniel Ballard proved pivotal in the second leg of the play-off semi-final vs Coventry City. Ballard managed to grab the goal in the 120 + 2 minutes of extra time, putting Sunderland in the final for a chance at promotion to the Premier League. Embed from Getty […]
23 years ago today Cheltenham Town celebrated their promotion to the third tier of English football for the very first time in their history in style, with an open-top bus parade through the town. After a strong 2001/02 season Cheltenham finished fourth missing out on the final automatic promotion spot by just a point. A […]
You might say that it’s a new era at the Memorial Stadium, but it’s also the return of the old. Back-to-back promotion winner Darrell Clarke is now at the helm ahead of 2025/26. They ended the season with no wins in ten and only one point away at Wrexham after falling to nightmare defeats at […]
Swindon Town Under-18s midfielder Owen Foye has stated that stepping up as a mentor for younger players has helped his own development as a leader. Foye has enjoyed a breakthrough season including first-team involvement. He made his League Two debut in a 1-1 draw with Gillingham Town, and he has since reflected on the importance […]
Is this just a divine coincidence, a fluke or just another internet conspiracy? “Every time a Pope has passed away, an English team has won the Champions League.”pic.twitter.com/TxlUBkCYvY — Total Football (@TotalFootbol) May 8, 2025 Let’s start with the history: In 1978 not one but two Popes died: Paul the VI and John Paul I. […]