Barcelona ran riot at the Bernabau on Sunday evening, thrashing table-toppers Real Madrid 4-0 in a shock El Clasico victory. Despite remaining 12 points behind their bitter rivals, Barcelona produced arguably their performance of the season as they dismantled Carlo Ancelotti’s men, fresh off the back of their Champions League RO16 victory over Paris Saint […]
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The TV Curse: The Story Behind Forest Green Rovers’ Terrible Record In Front Of The Cameras
For a lower league side, there is usually excitement when the TV cameras roll into town. Not for Forest Green Rovers. Forest Green have won just five of their last 22 televised games – a record stretching back to 2015. Those games have been televised across Sky Sports, BT Sport and BBC One. Rovers fans […]
Bishop’s Cleeve move to within a point of lifting Premier Hellenic Division title
Bishop’s Cleeve have moved to within a point of winning the Ulhsport Hellenic Premier Division by thrashing Hereford Lads Club 7-1 on Saturday. Now needing just one point from their remaining two league fixtures, Cleeve face Shrivenham on Tuesday night at Kayte Lane in the penultimate game of their league season, as they look set […]
Forest Green Rovers boss Rob Edwards feels that his side are due a win ahead of televised Colchester United clash
Forest Green Rovers head coach Rob Edwards is confident that his team will return to winning ways, despite being winless in their last seven games in League Two. Rovers travel to Colchester United in a televised clash this evening (Monday, March 21), looking to stretch their lead at the top of the table to eight […]
FA CUP: Rundown of weekend’s action as City take on Liverpool and Chelsea face Palace in all-London semi final
The FA Cup semi finals await as this weekend’s Quarter final ties were wrapped up with last year’s finalists Chelsea progressing to face South London rivals Crystal palace, whilst the Premier League’s top two Manchester City and Liverpool will lock horns in the other semi final. Chelsea beat an out-of-form Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium […]
Hattie Jones’ hat-trick inspired a dominant 7-0 victory for Forest Green Rovers Women over Marine Academy Plymouth
Forest Green Rovers Women’s captain Hattie Jones, who returned to the squad this week after missing their last game, netted a hat-trick as the away side triumphed 7-0 over Marine Academy Plymouth on Sunday. The other goals came from Zoe Boyd, Faith Pound, Louise Fensome and Charlie Rowlands. In what was a largely one-sided affair, […]
Live Blog: University of Gloucestershire Varsity coverage, Forest Green Rovers versus Mansfield Town preview and The Hundred Draft taking place later
Good afternoon, and welcome to today’s ParkLifeSport live blog. Attentions turn to today’s action at Oxstalls Arena with University of Gloucestershire hoping to increase their 5-4 lead over University of Worcester in this year’s Varsity competition. Today we’ll see UOG’s Women’s Hockey, Tennis, Women’s Futsal and Trampolining sides take on Worcester in a bumper day […]
Europa League draw: West Ham face Lyon, Barcelona travel to Frankfurt and Rangers visit Braga
West Ham are in their first European quarter-final since 1981 and are set to take on Lyon in the next stage of the competition. The Hammers got past Sevilla in their Round of 16 meeting thanks to a late goal from Andriy Yarmolenko. They became the first English club to knock out Europa League giants […]