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Gloucester City manager Mike Cook feels Walton & Hersham ‘had the better chances’ after his Tigers slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to their playoff rivals in the Southern Premier Division South. Ed Williams gave the hosts the lead 10 minutes after the interval after a Jake Evans free kick deflected off the Swans […]
Gloucester City continued their promotion push over the weekend with a 5-0 thrashing of Winchester City. It wouldn’t have been possible without player-of-the-match Harry Pinchard controlling the midfield, making it easy for his teammates. The Welshman set the benchmark early on when he put the Tigers ahead in just six minutes, and was crucial to […]
There are many unsung heroes within the footballing world, and Chris Farr has certainly been one of those during his time in the sport. Well-known in the Gloucestershire scene, he started out at Forest Green Rovers, and his introduction to the role wasn’t in typical fashion. “I was at the University of Gloucestershire working, and […]
Gloucester City boss Mike Cook has expressed his excitement after Elis Watts grabbed his first goal for the club against Basingstoke Town after signing from Hungerford Town last month. Watts scored a fantastic goal from well outside of the box, as the spoils were shared in a 1-1 draw in the Southern Football League, Premier […]
Gloucester City’s Ed Williams believes their 0-0 draw with AFC Totton shows they can compete with the top teams in their division. The point means the Tigers are on 53 points just three points behind Totton, although the Hampshire outfit have two games in hand, with league leaders Merthyr on 66 points having played the […]
Gloucester City chairman Colin Taylor believes the three star accreditation awarded to Gloucester City AFC shows how far the club has come and how much depth lies with in the club. It became official on Friday afternoon that the Tigers had met the criteria set by the FA. The official summary of the stars grading […]
Gloucester City assistant manager Marc McGregor was pleased with his side’s performance despite being unable to find a winner as they and second placed AFC Totton played out a goalless stalemate at the TigerTurf Stadium. As was the case in the reverse fixture at the Snows Stadium there was little to separate the two sides […]
Trailing at half time to promotion rivals is never ideal. Trailing by four goals at half time to promotion rivals is downright distressing. Combined with a freak own goal from Jared Thompson and Storm Bert wreaking havoc, it looked like the game had already been decided in Walton & Hersham’s favour, but one man in […]
Cook was disappointed with the referee’s decisions, but was especially angry with the lack of welfare and care of his players. “The ref was poor again today but if you say anything then you get rolled over the coals and fined a lot of money so I am not going to give them the pleasure […]
Gloucester City head down to Hampshire for the second time this week as they play lowly Winchester City looking to keep themselves at the top of the Southern Premier League South table. The Tigers are on a run of eight unbeaten games in a row after their tantalising top-of-the-table encounter against AFC Totton on Saturday, […]