FIFA 20, one of the most popular video games in the world, is the latest enstallment of the FIFA franchise that continues to enthral football fans season upon season. Inside the games biggest game mode, FIFA Ultimate Team. They have released ‘Icon’ cards which gives the player of the game an opportunity to play as […]
Football Manager 2020: things to try while the game is still free
Perhaps one of the best, and smartest, reactions to this pandemic has to be from Sports Interactive – allowing hundreds of thousands of hopelessly bored football fans the opportunity to fill the void left by coronavirus by making Football Manager 2020 free to play for a week. And having played the game A LOT over […]
Podcast: How will the next 10 years pan out in sport
Uncertain times are on the horizon, but here at Parklike Sport we’ve decided to go out on a limb and predict what will happen in the next ten years in sport. Saeed Moulai and Adam Newton discussed their predictions. We’ve covered both mens and womens sports, and we’ve highlighted football, cricket, tennis and formula one. […]
Gloucester’s Darren Griffin takes double gold at table tennis Southern Masters
Gloucester-based table tennis player Darren Griffin has taken victory in both the over 40s and over 50s categories at the Southern Masters in Crawley last month. 53-year-old Griffin is a several time Gloucestershire county champion and has been playing his whole life, with plenty of titles coming on the VETTS calendar. Griffin managed to beat […]
Coronavirus: Can you still play Golf whilst social distancing?
All sports remain off and the Government are urging people to practice ‘social distancing’ to protect those at risk to the Coronavirus. In these unprecedented times, you maybe looking for something to do and the golf course is one spot where you can remain active, whilst adhering to government guidelines. Social distancing is staying a […]
Formula One: Azerbaijan Grand Prix Postponed
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which was due to take place in Baku on June 7, has been postponed. This takes the total number of races to be called off before the start of the 2020 World Championship season to eight. The street race joined the F1 calendar in 2016, and race organisers said they would […]
The Hundred: Former England captain David Gower on the new types of fans in cricket
The Hundred is a franchise 100-ball competition launched by the ECB which is due to commence this summer. There will be eight city-based teams in the competition, both having a men’s and women’s team. The idea behind the concept, is to attract a new type of audience, being young children and women, with the competition […]
How are Forest Green Rovers’ media team coping with the coronavirus outbreak?
With the coronavirus pandemic causing all English football games to be postponed until April 30 at the very earliest, how do clubs deal with the no football aspect behind the scenes? Forest Green Rovers media assistant Noah Dougherty has insisted the general spirit at the Nailsworth-based club is “great” despite there being no footballing action […]
The future of football fanzines
A big part of match-days for many people is the experience of feeling the atmosphere before kick-off, and fanzines contribute to this. The Square Ball is a fanzine for Championship club Leeds United and one of its editors Michael Normanton has helped run it since 2010. Normanton runs The Square Ball as a full-time job, […]
Forest Green Rovers: Coronavirus impact on finances and 2019/20 League Two season
The world of football has been placed on temporary suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic but for the so-called “smaller clubs”, the impact can be far more severe than it is on the wealthier sides. For Forest Green Rovers, a League Two side based in the small village of Nailsworth in Gloucestershire, the postponement of […]