News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
In a clash of the titans, or Gladiators if you will, the University of Gloucestershire’s football and American football stars are meeting in the sport of the former for charity. The two sides (a mix of the men and women’s football teams and the ‘Glads’) will meet at the university’s Plock Court sports campus on […]
Slimbridge AFC manager Mike Palmer has reflected on one of the most unlikely title wins in recent Hellenic League memory, after the Gloucestershire club clinched the Premier Division championship by four points to seal promotion back to the Southern League at the first time of asking under his joint management alongside Tom Deakin. “I don’t […]
The Mitres will host bottom-placed Iron Acton at Kayte Lane, where a win would secure a third-place finish, bar unprecedented events in Dursley vs Cheltenham Saracens. A successful season for Bishops Cleeve Ladies, where 11 wins in 19 league games puts them in third with just one to go, is set to culminate with a […]
Good morning Gloucestershire sports fans! Welcome to today’s live blog, we have a range of sports coming up throughout the day, including stories from football, volleyball, darts, American football, cricket and rugby. Stay tuned for exclusive interviews, and reports of any live breaking news from a range of sports across the county! You can also […]
The world’s greenest football club are losing their academy funding. Two failed promotion bids, two seasons of dwindling grants, and now the EPPP has nothing left to offer Nailsworth. Forest Green Rovers, the world-famous vegan football club from the Gloucestershire village of Nailsworth, lost their Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) academy funding this spring after […]
Cheltenham Town have confirmed the appointment Swindon Town Chief Commercial Officer James Watts as the club’s new managing director. Watts has experience with multiple clubs around the South West and Wales, taking on roles with Hereford and Newport County before his stint with Swindon, where he was appointed in 2022 as their commercial manager before […]
Between the 2nd and 9th of May 2026, three clubs from the same county secured promotion at three different levels of the English football pyramid. This is how it happened, and why it matters. In the space of seven days in early May, Worcestershire produced something that the county’s football supporters will be drawing breath […]
Malvern Town Chairman Chris Pinder is glad to see the town “come together” after Lee Hooper’s men achieved promotion to the Southern League Premier South. The Hillsiders ran out the 3-2 winners in the Southern League South Division playoff final against Shaftesbury. With Joe Bullock, Harry Clark and Sam Clark all on target to promote […]
Former England boss Roy Hodgson made English football history after his sensational return to management at the age of 78, following his appointment as interim head coach of Bristol City today (Friday, March 27). The Robins, as Bristol City are affectionately known were previously managed by Hodgson in 1982. The club dismissed Gerhard Struber and […]
Thomas Tuchel’s England squad announcements always draw mass traction, with star-studded omissions and curve-ball inclusions but when goalkeeper Jason Steele’s name was listed alongside the likes of Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham, eyebrows were raised. The Brighton and Hove Albion shot-stopper has never earned a cap for his nation and last featured in a Premier […]