One of Swindon Town WFC’s most important players is captain and goal-machine Annie Colston who has an impressive eight goals in nine starts to begin Swindon’s 24/25 campaign. Colston was taken aback by the 2-0 loss against QPR that ended Town’s eight game unbeaten run in all competitions. “As much as we wanted to be […]
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“The big thing for me is the character shown, the boys were brave and they backed themselves.”: Gloucester Rugby Head Coach George Skivington after Bristol Bears win
Gloucester Rugby were 41-44 victors over West Country rivals Bristol Bears on Friday night, with the main story coming from Gloucester Winger Christian Wade, who scored a hat-trick at Ashton Gate. Wade made his return to the Premiership after six years away, spending that time in NFL as well as a spell at Racing 92. […]
Swindon Town Women’s manager Richard Wood on his side’s FA Women’s National League Cup 2-0 loss to Queen’s Park Rangers: “I don’t think we really got started”
Richard Wood was disappointed by his side’s lack of intensity in Swindon Town Women‘s 2-0 loss to Queens Park Rangers WFC at the SkyEX community stadium. “The level of intensity and desire needs to be there from the start, QPR are a difficult team to play against, and they made things difficult for us, very […]
Wins, Draws and Losses: A round up of the recent footballing results from around the County
From tense FA Cup ties to brilliant league battles, there was plenty of footballing action played all around Gloucestershire over the weekend. Starting in League Two, Cheltenham Town dropped down the table after a 0-2 loss to Fleetwood Town, a side that were also relegated from the third tier last season. Ex-Liverpool youth player Matty […]
Ex-Cheltenham Town defender suffers Bristol City injury setback after Rotherham victory
Liam Manning has revealed that Bristol City defender Cameron Pring is set to undergo surgery on his hamstring after the Robins’ 2-0 win against Rotherham United on Saturday. Pring was substituted late in the match against the Millers after feeling tightness in his hamstring, which is a problem the ex-Cheltenham Town man has been nursing […]
Cheltenham Town, Forest Green Rovers & Gloucester City: A season to forget for Gloucestershire football
It’s fair to say that it has been a year to forget for Gloucestershire football’s big three. Cheltenham Town ended their three-year spell in League One. Forest Green Rovers faced back-to-back relegations and have now been dumped out of the football league. Whilst Gloucester City are to play in the seventh tier of English football […]
Ex-Cheltenham Town and QPR defender crowned Player of the Season for Championship club
Former Cheltenham Town defender Rob Dickie has been crowned Bristol City’s 2023/24 Player of the Season. Dickie spent two years at Cheltenham on loan from Reading between 2015 and 2017, where he scored five goals and provided five assists in 54 matches. The defender joined City at the start of the season in a £1m […]
‘Depression’ – Cheltenham Parkrun volunteer opens up on his wife’s emotional running journey
The Cheltenham Parkrun is an event ran every weekend for adults and children of all abilities as hundreds of people from around the local area gather at nine o’clock every Saturday morning at Pittville Park to test their 5k running skills, whatever the weather. Volunteers play an essential role in the preparation, safety and organisation […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies assistant manager Megan Harding hoping for repeat of Hashtag United success
Cheltenham Town Ladies assistant manager Megan Harding says her team are “up for it” against second in the league Hashtag United on their final game of the 23/24 season. The Robinessess were challenged with a tricky final two games of the season as they looked to challenge first and second, Portsmouth and Hashtag United. Despite […]
Darrell Clarke: ‘I will be asking questions of my players, can they deliver and deliver yet again?’
If Cheltenham Town fail to find a win against Peterborough United tomorrow evening, their relegation to League Two will be confirmed with one league game to spare. Cheltenham boss Darrell Clarke believes that his side are capable of beating Peterborough United in their final home game of the Sky Bet League One campaign on Tuesday […]