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Last Saturday, Redditch United announced that their current manager, Tim Flowers, had made the decision to step down from his position in order to join local rivals Alvechurch, less than twenty-four hours before their game against playoff rivals Stamford. Just two hours before kick-off, they announced the return of fan favourite Matt Clarke. Clarke had […]
“We dominated the game”, exclaims WBA Women’s head coach Siobhan Hodgetts-Still following their 7-1 victory over Sutton Coldfield on Sunday helping them progress in the cup. The result means Hodgetts-Still’s side progressed to the next round of the Birmingham FA Challenge Cup, a competition the Albion hopes to progress far in. Ali Miller and Ellie […]
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 […]
Cheltenham Town have already topped The Bristol Street Motors Trophy Southern Group H and it’s over to Reading and Newport County to battle it out for 2nd spot which would see either side through to the knockout stages. An absolute ROCKET 🚀🔥 @CTFCofficial #EFL | #BristolStreetMotorsTrophy pic.twitter.com/QcuBT2J6V7 — Bristol Street Motors Trophy (@BSM_Trophy) November 5, […]
Last season, Alex Bonthron accomplished something that not many people in the lower leagues of football can relate to, representing their country. Bonthron had a standout season last year in the Cymru South, scoring 30 goals and 10 assists in 28 games, and even won the golden boot. He reminisced on when he was selected […]
Kyle Rowley is not only a semi-professional footballer playing in step three with Redditch United, but also a FIFA sensation, although he constantly remarks that ‘football is priority’. “I’ve been doing it for the last three years, so incorporating that to football is pretty easy as you can imagine. Football will always take priority no […]
Oxford United Women’s manager Sam Rose reflects on his side’s 2-0 away defeat to table toppers Hashtag United. Rose was disappointed with his sides unfortunate and dispiriting times to concede, that being late on in both halves. “It’s not the result we wanted at all, and I’m really disappointed with how it finished, especially with […]
Every sportsman has a different journey to start their career, and Cinderford Rugby lock Ben Carpenter is no different. Being introduced to rugby in secondary school, his passion for the sport was initiated from his PE teacher, and since then has been a huge part of his life. “When I was in year seven I […]
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 […]
Yesterday’s FA Women’s National League South game saw a top-of-the-table clash between Oxford United and Hashtag United. The hosts, Hashtag came away 2-0 winners. Oxford United women’s captain Leah Burridge reflected on her sides defeat. She highlighted the games challenges as well as lessons the team can build on for next weeks game against high-flying […]