Good afternoon Gloucestershire and welcome to today’s Park Life Sport Live Blog! After a morning full of content on local non-league football, Cheltenham Races, the T20 world cup and the Brazilian F1 GP, we now look ahead to Cheltenham Town’s FA Cup replay with Gillingham, delve into Dean Smith’s appointment at Norwich, explore Gloucestershire’s Movember […]
Cheltenham Town’s Matty Blair on the ‘uncontrollable’ emotion of scoring a 91st minute equaliser against Sheffield Wednesday, his late brother’s favourite team
Matty Blair has opened up about his impassioned celebration after scoring a 91st minute equalising goal against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. The Owls were the team his late brother, Ross Blair, supported before his tragic death in 2017. “It was uncontrollable,” said Blair. “The excitement of scoring, the making up for the own goal and […]
LATEST: Tottenham in advanced negotiations with former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Juventus manager Antonio Conte
After sacking Nuno Espirito Santo this morning from his role as head coach, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy and managing director Fabio Paratici are moving quickly with their efforts to secure a replacement, with talks between the club and Antonio Conte at an advanced stage. Football.London state the Italian is expected to be appointed as manager […]
“It’s truly unacceptable but not surprising” – Watford investigating alleged homophobic chanting at Premier League game vs Southampton
Football London writer Danyal Khan has described the alleged homophobic chanting at Watford’s game against Southampton as “truly unacceptable but not surprising.” The incident is said to have taken place in Watford’s 1-0 defeat against Southampton at Vicarage Road, in which Che Adams scored the only goal of the game. It was reported by Hornets […]
Gloucestershire’s best FA Cup moments: Manchester City, Derby County and Leyton Orient
The FA Cup first round is underway this weekend, with Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers joining Yate Town in representing Gloucestershire in the competition. Cheltenham are away to Gillingham and Rovers are facing National League South side St Albans, and you can read more about it from Park Life Sport here. Meanwhile, Yate Town […]
Michael Duff on Tuesday’s League One clash against Portsmouth: “We want to be competing against these big clubs.”
Robins manager, Michael Duff, has claimed that he relishes the chance to play against big clubs like Portsmouth and that his players will be well up to the challenge. “I used to love playing there as a player, and I’m sure the lads will too” he said. “(Fratton Park) is a really good place to […]
“It’s going to be a great occasion” – Forest Green Rovers manager Rob Edwards on Sunday’s trip to St Albans City in the FA Cup.
After a 1-1 draw away at Bradford City on Saturday in League Two, Forest Green Rovers travel to Vanarama National League South outfit St Albans City on Sunday for the FA Cup first round. Rovers played in front of 14,873 supporters at Valley Parade – the biggest crowd ever for a Forest Green game in […]
“A lot of our fans still want revenge” – A look back at the famous meeting between St Albans City and Forest Green Rovers
Forest Green Rovers travel to St Albans City in the FA Cup first round on Sunday, November 7, in a game that will be televised live on BBC Two. St Albans will be looking to cause a shock against the League Two table-toppers, in front of a sell-out crowd of over 4,000 at Clarence Park. […]
Zoe Aldcroft leads England to record breaking victory against world champions New Zealand
Gloucester-Hartpury Women’s Zoe Aldcroft helped England extend their impressive win streak with an emphatic 43-12 win against the reigning World champions New Zealand, in front of a delighted home crowd in Exeter. It was New Zealand’s first international game for two years, and struggled against an inform England team, who had won their last 16 […]
Tottenham’s shortest managerial reign in Premier League History: Where did it go wrong for Nuno at Spurs?
Spending just 123 days at Spurs, in which he oversaw 17 games across all competitions, Nuno Espirito Santo’s ten Premier League matches at the helm is the fewest of any Tottenham boss, one less than Frenchman Jacques Santini’s 11 in 2004. The Portuguese manager signed a two-year deal to take over as Spurs head coach […]