Hello and welcome to Park Life Sport’s liveblog on this beautiful May Monday. After weeks of nothing on the sporting front, we’ve finally had some action over the weekend and we’ll be bringing you all the reaction and headlines from a week surprisingly packed with news! Scroll down for the liveblog. We’ve got an exclusive […]
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Women’s Sport: Not just unequal pay
The gender pay gap spans almost every industry, and sports is no different. When it comes to women’s sport and female athletes there is always talk about equal pay because historically female athletes are paid less. But that will always be the case if women’s sports aren’t marketed properly. The focus of the conversation is […]
FA Chairman: Hard to see fans returning to football soon
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has said it is hard to see fans returning to matches “any time soon”, with clubs facing the prospect of having to play remaining matches behind closed doors if the Premier League and English League resumes following the Covid-19 pandemic. It is understood top-flight clubs were told on Friday that […]
Work continues at Meadow Park as Gloucester City continue to build towards a return home
The season may be over for the players but not for the staff behind closed doors. There is still plenty of work going on at Gloucester City but it’s work with their hands that is the priority now, not work with their feet. The Meadow Park rebuild now has Gloucester’s 100% attention as the suspension […]
Could the postponement of Euro 2020 benefit England?
Following a successful qualifying campaign, there were big hopes on England’s chances at the European Championships this year. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak the tournament will now be played in the summer of 2021. Following a successful qualifying campaign, there were once again big hopes on England’s chances at this year’s Euros, along with […]
Why the Eredivie cancelling the season is not relevant for the Premier League’s fate
The Eredivisie, the Dutch top flight in football, was declared null and void last week, sparking inevitable comparisons to the Premier League’s current hiatus. While people are arguing the FA should follow its Dutch counterpart’s example, the situations of the two leagues should really not be compared. This season (or should we say last season […]
Could sky high wages be the new transfer fees in the Premier League and football world?
Embed from Getty Images Although the crazy world of the footballing transfer market may have ceased trading for now, in unprecedented times, have the days of last ditch multi-million pound transfer ended? The British transfer market isn’t current open at this moment in time but although there is no football being played, the Premier League […]
Fifa propose use of five subs to get through matches in a quicker time frame
Fifa have proposed allowing clubs to make up to five substitutions per a match in order to get through matches more easily when it returns. Leagues throughout the world have been stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic but there is some light at the end of the tunnel, with teams in Italy and Germany set […]
Football Index: is there a cost to the pandemic?
With the football season at an indefinite halt, some of our favourite games have also been postponed as we wait for sport to resume. Competitions such as Fantasy Premier League and other variances of fantasy football that rarely fail to capture our imaginations are, obviously, impossible to complete and so we are left with little […]
ePremier League Invitational: Diogo Jota defeats Trent Alexander-Arnold to be crowned champion
With no Premier League football looking to take place for a while, the teams have instead decided to continue the action off the pitch, by making their own knockout tournament on FIFA 20. Each team either had a player, or a famous fan represent the club in the contest, with the likes of Raheem Sterling […]