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Robbie Savage’s Forest Green Rovers make the trip up the North-West to face Carlisle United, who sit in third place in the National League, with Savage reassuring the fans and the players they have ‘nothing to fear’ for the clash against his idol and Carlisle manager, Mark Hughes. FGR have not won in their last […]
When Forest Green Rovers face Newport County on Tuesday evening it will be their fifth play-off appearance in six years. Sadly for the Rovers, the play-offs have not been too kind for them in previous years with just one victorious campaign. Here is how they’ve fared in their recent play-off fixtures: 2015 – Lost to […]
The Premier League TV rights will stay in the hands of Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and BBC Sport for another three years with the contract now running to 2025 for the four broadcasters. Embed from Getty Images The ‘Rollover’ deal worth £4.7bn which was agreed in 2018 was recently approved by the government […]
Gloucester City’s terrific season has come to a heart-breaking early end after the National League North and South was declared null and void. Last night, news was broken by Non-League journalist Ollie Bayliss on Twitter that National League Step Two divisions will no longer continue playing this season following club’s votes, creating frustration for The […]
Over half of National League North clubs have put out a statement wishing an immediate stoppage to the footballing season after discovering their funding from the government would come in loans as opposed to grants. Meanwhile, National League North table-toppers Gloucester City released a club statement on Wednesday evening insisting they wanted to continue playing […]
The National League is currently experiencing a drastic financial crisis, with danger of the season ending prematurely if adequate funding cannot be put in place to cover its 66 member clubs for the next five months. The three divisions kicked off in October after securing a £10m grant from the government for the opening three […]
The football season is over and teams will be part of England’s fourth tier via promotion or relegation, so we take a look at the teams joining Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers in League Two next season… Promoted from National League: Macclesfield Town Macclesfield had a spectacular season in the National League winning it by […]
Cheltenham Town have this morning confirmed the signing of young midfielder Ryan Broom from League One outfit Bristol Rovers. The 21 year-old has penned a one-year deal with Gary Johnson’s side and joins Cheltenham’s other new recruits Johnny Mullins and Alex Addai as the squad begins to form ahead of the 2018/19 campaign. Newport-born Broom is a graduate of the Bristol Rovers Academy set-up, having […]
Former Former Green Rovers manager Gary Owers’ Torquay United have been relegated to the National League South following a 1-1 draw at former League side Hartlepool United last Saturday. This disappointing defeat was followed by an even more discouraging 4-3 defeat to Guiseley AFC, who are bottom of the league currently and were down to 10 […]