The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
It’s been busy weekend with lot’s of sport happening in and around the Gloucestershire area. Our reporters have been hard at work, gathering all the latest news from the weekend. We have exclusive interviews, a look into the growth of Padel and some UOG sport updates from the week. Follow our live blog so you […]
Anis Mehmeti provided all three assists in Bristol’s victory vs Swansea on Saturday further emphasising the importance of The Robins agreeing a new contract with the Albanian international. Bristol City showcased a new system, moving away from the usual solo centre forward and instead using a strike partnership of Sinclair Armstrong and Emil Riis Jakobsen. […]
“I remember just crying, wishing I could dance again.” Cianna Thompson explains the brutal effects on her mental health after her potentially career ending injury. “I know what it’s like to not be able to dance, so why would I not take every opportunity? I don’t think I will ever take being able to dance […]
Forest Green Rovers manager Robbie Savage will put out a “very strong team” for tomorrow’s National League Cup final group stage fixture against Nottingham Forest Under21s at The New Lawn. Rovers go into Tuesday’s game sat top of Group B with seven points from a possible nine, and they know a win tomorrow will secure […]
Swindon Town Women continued their impressive 19-game winning streak as they beat a tough Oxford City side to progress into the Third Round of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup. Richard Wood’s side would once again pick up a victory thanks to in-form forward and captain Annie Colston, as she has already equalled her second-best season […]
Since the age of ten, Steve Roberts has been playing full contact rugby, something unthinkable in todays game. Now a coach for Pencoed RFC, Roberts looks back at his proudest moment in the sport. “My best game was a training game, I was playing for Llanelli under 21s against Wales under 21s, I played so […]
Ian Holloway’s Swindon Town were subject to a first-half comeback from Grimsby Town on Saturday afternoon as the Reds fell off top spot. Ollie Palmer’s header and Billy Bodin’s strike from the edge of the area gave the Red’s a two-goal lead in the opening stages at the Nigel Eady County Ground. Bodin’s goal marked […]
Although Worcester City’s Women’s FA Cup run ended in a cruel 4-3 penalty shootout defeat away at Leafield Athletic, the overriding message was one of pride, unity, and belief. The away side left everything on the pitch in their Adobe Women’s FA Cup Second Round Proper tie which saw Leafield advance on penalties after a […]
“If there’s anyone I want to be compared to, like when I’m an adult, then its my dad. He’s insane, but in all the best ways.” Milly Beasley giggles as she delivers her half-insult, half-compliment about her dad, but the man himself, Ivan Beasley, looks on all too fondly. The two have been thick as […]
William Ostling, coach at The Padel Club in Cheltenham, praised the UK Padel Convention held last week in Gloucester, saying, “it’s definitely going to help raise the sport.” “It is one of the biggest conventions padel has had in Northern Europe, outside of Spain, but bringing in loads of external companies like, we’ve got Cork […]