Maura Fitzpatrick has revealed her delight at being handed her first call-up to the Ireland squad for the upcoming FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023 qualifiers. Fitzpatrick qualifies for Ireland through her grandparents, and has been rewarded for her impressive form with Gloucester City Queens with a first call-up. The summer recruit has taken the Women’s British […]
Cheltenham Town’s ‘Kids for a Quid’ scheme in League One and Papa John’s Trophy praised for encouraging youngsters to watch their local team
The ‘Kids for a Quid’ initiative was introduced by Cheltenham Town as a four-game offer that saw tickets for under 18s slashed to just £1 each. A total of 1656 kids took advantage of the deal, many of whom were visiting the Jonny-Rocks Stadium for the first time. “This is his first time going actually!” […]
Gloucester City Queens Star Melita Emanuel-Carr on Black History Month and inspirational Andrea Boreland
Gloucester City Queens star Melita Emanuel-Carr has highlighted the late Andrea Boreland as one of her basketball inspirations. Emanuel-Carr was speaking during Black History Month, which took place during October. As a black woman, the month has plenty of meaning to the 26-year-old, who highlighted former London Lions coach Boreland as an inspiration. “Andrea, who […]
Bristol Rovers Women continue their impressive start to the season after a convincing win against Oldland Abbotonians
Bristol Rovers Women’s increased their lead at the top of the South West Regional League to six points with a 5-1 win against Oldland Abbotonians, in one of only two games played in the division due to poor weather. The Gas Girls struggled early on in difficult conditions, without their top scorer in the league […]
Nuno Espirito Santo sacked by Tottenham Hotspur after just four months in charge
Tottenham Hotspur have announced that Nuno Espirito Santo has been relieved of his duties as Spurs’ head coach. The north London club also revealed that Nuno’s coaching staff Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias have departed their roles at Spurs too. Embed from Getty Images Fabio Paratici, Spurs’ Managing Director of Football, said “I […]
“It was definitely worth all the rigmarole trying to get the game on” – Abbeymead Rovers Ladies manager Joe Powell after his side’s 5-1 victory over Longlevens Ladies
The elements may have beaten the likes of Cheltenham Saracens and Forest Green Rovers Ladies this weekend, but Abbeymead Rovers Ladies refused to be deterred by the extreme weather conditions. After several postponements in Gloucestershire over the weekend, with Cheltenham Saracens, Brimscombe and Thrupp, Forest Green Rovers Ladies and Cheltenham Town Ladies all having their […]
Forest Green Rovers record appearance holder and former Gloucester City midfielder Alex Sykes appointed as Cinderford Town boss
Forest Green’s record appearance holder Alex Sykes has been appointed as the new manager of Southern League Division One South outfit Cinderford Town. Sykes has replaced Steve Cleal, who resigned from his role as first-team manager on October 16. Cinderford currently sit fourth bottom of the Southern League Division One South, with just two wins […]
PARK LIFE SPORT LIVE BLOG – 01/11/21: NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO SACKED BY TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, GLOUCESTER CITY QUEENS MAURA FITZPATRICK REACTS TO HER IRELAND CALL-UP AND MICHAEL DUFF ADMITS THAT “EVERY WEEK WE PLAY A BIGGER TEAM THAN US” AHEAD OF THEIR CLASH WITH PORTSMOUTH TOMORROW
Hello and welcome to today’s Park Life Sports Live Blog, your main hub of sporting news stories from around Gloucestershire and the wider sporting world. Halloween may be over but fear not we are still on hand to give you the latest sports news throughout the day. Breaking news coming out of North London as […]
Rob Edwards on Leyton Orient, Kenny Jacket and Udoka Godwin-Malife as table topping Forest Green faces the O’s
Forest Green Rovers went four points clear at the top of Sky Bet League Two after their 2-0 away win against Scunthorpe at Glanford Park on Saturday. It’s a quick turnaround for the Rovers as they face Kenny Jacket’s Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road and Rob Edwards has spoken ahead of tomorrow nights game. Talking […]
“We’ve had a good start, but we have to do things differently to others”: Michael Duff speaks ahead of Cheltenham Town’s mid-week clash with Morecambe
After earning a 1-0 win over Accrington Stanley on Saturday that bumped Cheltenham Town up to 14th place in the League One table, the Robins now prepare to face fellow third division new boys Morecambe tomorrow night. Manager Michael Duff began his press conference by addressing the potential for his side to win consecutive home […]