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“It’s a pleasure” – Cinderford Town kitman, Chris Farr on time at Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City, house fire tragedy and ‘Rooney’ nickname

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 […]

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“We haven’t got a centre-forward who can do that” – Gloucester City boss Mike Cook after Elis Watts’ first goal for the club

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 […]

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“We showed how good we can be and we can mix it with AFC Totton and Merthyr” – Gloucester City MOTM Ed Williams

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 […]

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“I have a dream, I’m Gloucester born and bred and if it ever happened I would be the happiest man on the planet” – Gloucester City Chairman Colin Taylor

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 […]

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‘On the balance of play we probably deserved to win’ Gloucester City assistant manager Marc McGregor after goalless draw with AFC Totton

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 […]

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“I make no apologies to anybody that I’m going to be going for it wherever I possibly can” – Gloucester City manager Mike Cook on THAT 4-4 thriller and the ideas behind his sides’ resilience

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 […]

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“Hes not protected the players in any way” Gloucester City manager Mike Cook on the lack of player welfare in 1-1 draw away against Sholing

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 […]

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“We need to turn up like we did on Saturday’- Mike Cook ahead of Gloucester City’s second Hampshire visit within a week

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, […]

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‘As usual you aren’t allowed to say too much’ Mike Cook bemoans refereeing decisions after Gloucester City reach top of the table despite AFC Totton draw

Mike Cook was left frustrated by the decisions made by referee Lawrence Torz-Brown after his side were reduced to 10 men in their 1-1 draw away to fancied AFC Totton at the Snows Stadium. In a top-of-the-table clash, Gloucester City’s perilous injury situation worsened when Jadyn Crosbie was forced off after just seven minutes, looking […]

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Gloucester City Crush Wimborne Town dreams in dramatic 8-7 FA trophy sudden death shoot-out

Gloucester City won 8-7 on penalties and advanced to the next round of the FA Trophy after a Wimborne Town FC second-half fightback completed through a late Cam Munn equalizer. A red card for Gloucester center-back Dan Ball late on was an influential factor after the home side dominated the majority of the game The […]