The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Hello and welcome back to the Park Life Sport live blog, where we’ll provide you with all of the latest sporting news from in and around Gloucestershire. Coming up today after a busy weekend of sport, we have post-match interviews from Forest Green Rovers, Tuffley Rovers, Swindon Town Women, reaction from the weekend’s Gloucester Swimming […]
Former Cheltenham Town Women striker Una Lue made the decision to leave her first club to move onto a full-time contract at Plymouth Argyle during the Christmas break. The 19-year-old has enjoyed her start to life in Devon, scoring 6 goals in 4 games. Lue says that the switch from Cheltenham to Plymouth was something […]
It is exactly like normal netball, but with one key difference: it is walking netball. For many, it’s a chance to keep fit, get out of their house and remain active, all while not having the physical implications normally connected with the sport. For many people, it is much more than just playing sport; it […]
With the County Championship season heading our way, here’s a look at some players that could make a difference in 2026 or 2027. Josh Hull The departures of fast bowlers Ajeet Singh Dale to Lancashire, Zaman Akhter to Essex and Josh Shaw to Somerset and whilst making a move to sign Craig Miles they do […]
Charlie Methven has joined Southern League Premier South league leaders Walton and Hersham ahead of Gloucester City fixture. The Swans announced Methven as their new Non-Executive Director and Strategic Adviser, having previously worked at Oxford United, Sunderland and Charlton Athletic in various executive board roles. 𝑴𝑬𝑻𝑯𝑽𝑬𝑵 𝑱𝑶𝑰𝑵𝑺 𝑨𝑺 𝑵𝑶𝑵-𝑬𝑿𝑬𝑪𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝑫𝑰𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹 The Swans are pleased to […]
Gloucester City are hoping to make a dent into Walton & Hersham’s title ambitions on Tuesday night and produce a big boost to their own in Surrey. Dafydd Williams’ side are currently in 3rd place in the Southern Premier Division South, ten points behind Walton & Hersham and two points behind Poole Town but with […]
Swindon Town women exited the FA Women’s National League Cup as they lost 3-0 to AFC Bournemouth at the Nigel Eady County Ground. Richard Wood’s side exited the competition in just their second game of the year, having been beaten in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup by Charlton Athletic. The Cherries opened the scoring via […]
“It was a really good battle” said Gloucester Rugby Academy coach Tim Stevenson after the loss to Sale Sharks in Prem Next Gen. Gloucester narrowly lost 29-24 in the Prem Next Gen league at Hartpury College on Saturday afternoon, leaving them ninth in the standings heading into their next fixture against third-place Saracens. “Typical northern […]
Cheltenham Town Women centre-back Ffion Llewellyn believes that whilst Oxford United scored two goals to beat her side yesterday, they weren’t played off the park by the promotion hopefuls. The ‘U’s’ took the lead just after half-time through Emma Thompson before Maisy Barker added a second from distance late in the second half. “There really […]
Bath scrum half Bernard van der Linde made his Bath debut in a 30-26 victory against West Country rivals Gloucester, playing his first competitive game since May due to a hamstring injury picked up in pre-season. “You’d think being out for four months is one of the worst things that can happen to you, I […]
After three games without a win Forest Green Rovers and Robbie Savage will be looking to bounce back and make it a February to remember in the league and FA Trophy. The National League side drew away at Sutton and at home to Altrincham and then lost to Scunthorpe in the late DAZN kick-off on […]