Gloucester City are more than happy to go into their National League North game against Gateshead on Saturday as the underdogs, says co-chairman Alex Petheram. The Tigers go into the match in 17th place, creating an eight point gap from Farsley Celtic in the relegation place after going unbeaten in five games. However, City face […]
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Gloucester City co-chairman Alex Petheram expects “high change” in players due to training model shift next season
Gloucester City co-chairman Alex Petheram has admitted there will be a huge turnaround of players in the summer as the club shifts to a hybrid training model for next season. It was reported back in January that The Tigers will be abandoning the full-time status that they have been operating under for the last two […]
Gloucester Rugby boss George Skivington on Mark Atkinson’s “tricky period”
Gloucester Rugby star man Mark Atkinson has been left in no-mans-land after being overlooked by England head coach Eddie Jones. With the Six Nations well underway, Atkinson, who has become a mainstay of the Gloucester Rugby setup, was surprisingly not selected to face Scotland, Italy or Wales. After travelling between camps, game time has been […]
Louis Rees-Zammit: Why Six Nations omission is a blessing in disguise for Gloucester winger
It has been a whirlwind few weeks for Wales international Louis Rees-Zammit, who started the Six Nations tournament as one-to-watch and was touted as a contender for the tournament’s top try-scorer. Fast forward to Wednesday this week, and the 21-year-old finds himself back at Gloucester with his club side preparing for their Premiership clash with […]
Gloucester City manager Lee Mansell looks ahead to Darlington Fixture
Gloucester City will be looking to carry on momentum from their impressive 3-2 win against Farsley Celtic as they face Darlington tomorrow. City were able to claw back from 1-0 down with two late goals, coming away with all three points at The Citadel last Saturday. Full time…and breathe! Two late goals from Green and […]
LIVE BLOG: Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers press conference reaction and Great Britain secure first medal of the Olympics
Hello and welcome to the ParkLife Sport blog. Keep up to date with the latest news breaking from in and around Gloucestershire. Including the latest from Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff ahead of the Robin’s trip to Wycombe Wanderers. We’ll also have the latest from Forest Green Rovers manager Rob Edwards ahead of Walsall’s trip […]
Pete Haynes praises Cheltenham Town starlet after completing six-figure deal move to Southampton
Cheltenham Town’s youngest ever player has completed a six figure move to Premier League side Southampton recently, with professional development phase lead coach Pete Haynes seeing it as a testament to the fine work done by the academy staff. Will Armitage, 16, joined Cheltenham at age 15 after some time in local grassroots football and […]
Three points essential for Gloucester City in fight for survival
Gloucester City will be looking to climb out of the relegation zone with an away trip to fellow strugglers Farsley Celtic on Saturday. Despite a resurgence in December, Lee Mansell’s side have dropped in form, and subsequently also in the table. Gloucester’s recent goalscoring record makes for grim reading for the City faithful, who will […]
“His housemate broke a rib, they had to phone an ambulance” Adam Leaning of the UOG League of Legends first team explains
Both the University of Gloucestershire’s League of Legends first and second teams have started their 2022 Spring season. The first team only lost one game out of three in their first day of the competition, and the loss could be solely attributed to the absence of their ‘jungler’, Will. Will’s teammate, Adam Leaning, revealed to […]
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games causes controversy after E-Sports announcement
A controversial decision has been made to officially include E-sports as a pilot event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The news was met with open arms by many, but not without an equal amount of push-back. One criticism originated from Gloucestershire’s Olympic silver medalist Sharron Davies who said in a response to the […]










