The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Hello and welcome to our LIVE sports new blog for Monday, November 18! We have lots of reaction from the weekend’s sporting events and will be looking ahead largely to this afternoon’s FA Trophy draw! Forest Green Rovers, Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City were all in action at the weekend. Out of the three only […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ian Holloway is looking for his side to bounce back after Swindon Town’s ‘sickening’ late defeat to League Two leaders Bromley ahead of their visit to Notts County. Swindon suffered their third straight defeat at the hands of Andy Woodman’s Bromley side, following their prior back-to-back 3-2 defeats to Salford City in both league and […]
Johann van Graan was full of praise for Welsh prospect Louie Hennessey as he put on a show for Wales boss Steve Tandy in the final Gallagher PREM game before the Six Nations. Hennessey opened the scoring for Bath in their 30-26 win over West Country rivals Gloucester at Kingsholm. This was the 21-year-old’s first […]