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English outfits Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are set to play French side Lille and Danish side FC Midtjylland in the Europa League Round of 16. Former Bristol Rovers loanee Lamare Bogarde is a part of the Villa squad for the European competition, and has made seven appearances for the Villains in the Europa League. […]
The UEFA Champions League draw for the final 16 has now been finalised, seeing those who won their play-off ties join the automatically qualified top eight. The new set of games will take place on 10/11 March and 17/18 March for the return legs. Gloucestershire based Mark Bellingham will see his son, Jude, face Manchester […]
Bishops Cleeve walking footballer and England over-75 international Mick Furie has described the growth of walking football as “absolutely fantastic”. “I’m 76 and still playing competitive football at my age. It’s absolutely fantastic. We’ve got guys here that had heart attacks, they’ve had illness, they’ve had deaths in their family, and this is a godsend. […]
Bristol City and Watford will meet at Ashton Gate this evening in a huge match for both sides’ respective play-off hopes. Robins manager, Gerhard Struber spoke to the press ahead of tonight’s game and opening by confirming that his side will be without defender Rob Atkinson after he suffered a ligament rupture in his ankle […]
Football is called the Beautiful Game for a reason; it can be played anywhere. Military man Luke East, who squeezes the game into his weekly schedule no matter what, proves exactly that. When you think of the army, soldiers in particular, I can almost guarantee that them playing football doesn’t spring to mind. I mean, […]
Lacey Chivers-Hickton is an aspiring referee coming from Wiltshire who is looking to make her way up the footballing pyramid. She first found her passion for refereeing from her “stepdads dad,” who did “everything across the Wessex League,” from refereeing to running the line. Starting with under 14s games, she enjoyed refereeing, first doing it […]
Bishops Cleeve, who are second in Division One South of the Southern League, play league leaders Portishead this weekend in a classic top-of-the-table clash. Paul Collicutt’s men are one of four teams from the Premier League down to Step 4 who remain unbeaten in the league, alongside Hornchurch, Faversham Town and Harborough Town. They currently […]
“We are probably 10% away from turning that (shots) into goals,” Nico Goymer gives a critical but fair outlook ahead of Leckhampton Rovers return clash against FC Lakeside. Leckhampton have struggled this season with their side only scoring eight goals in their last eight games played and only sit on eight points. “We haven’t been […]
Bishops Cleeve Ladies, who have won three on the bounce in the league, are playing their second consecutive match in Bristol this Sunday as they take on Mangotsfield United Reserves. Cup fever is sure to be in the air for the Mitres on Sunday, as they face tier-below Mangotsfield United Reserves in the Gordon Perrett […]