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Swindon Town women exited the FA Women’s National League Cup as they lost 3-0 to AFC Bournemouth at the Nigel Eady County Ground. Richard Wood’s side exited the competition in just their second game of the year, having been beaten in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup by Charlton Athletic. The Cherries opened the scoring via […]
“It was a really good battle” said Gloucester Rugby Academy coach Tim Stevenson after the loss to Sale Sharks in Prem Next Gen. Gloucester narrowly lost 29-24 in the Prem Next Gen league at Hartpury College on Saturday afternoon, leaving them ninth in the standings heading into their next fixture against third-place Saracens. “Typical northern […]
Cheltenham Town Women centre-back Ffion Llewellyn believes that whilst Oxford United scored two goals to beat her side yesterday, they weren’t played off the park by the promotion hopefuls. The ‘U’s’ took the lead just after half-time through Emma Thompson before Maisy Barker added a second from distance late in the second half. “There really […]
Bath scrum half Bernard van der Linde made his Bath debut in a 30-26 victory against West Country rivals Gloucester, playing his first competitive game since May due to a hamstring injury picked up in pre-season. “You’d think being out for four months is one of the worst things that can happen to you, I […]
After three games without a win Forest Green Rovers and Robbie Savage will be looking to bounce back and make it a February to remember in the league and FA Trophy. The National League side drew away at Sutton and at home to Altrincham and then lost to Scunthorpe in the late DAZN kick-off on […]
Ian Holloway is looking for his side to bounce back after Swindon Town’s ‘sickening’ late defeat to League Two leaders Bromley ahead of their visit to Notts County. Swindon suffered their third straight defeat at the hands of Andy Woodman’s Bromley side, following their prior back-to-back 3-2 defeats to Salford City in both league and […]
Johann van Graan was full of praise for Welsh prospect Louie Hennessey as he put on a show for Wales boss Steve Tandy in the final Gallagher PREM game before the Six Nations. Hennessey opened the scoring for Bath in their 30-26 win over West Country rivals Gloucester at Kingsholm. This was the 21-year-old’s first […]
Gloucester City got back to winning ways on Saturday in the form of a 3-1 home win over Tiverton Town, after four consecutive games without a win, with the run including three losses. “It’s a good result, we could’ve probably played better, with the standards that we’ve set ourselves, but it stopped a bit of […]
Former Cheltenham Town loanee Jack Butland has revitalised his career at Ibrox with his experience making a “huge impact”. The former England international spent the 2011/12 League Two season on loan at the Robins, a year in which the Gloucestershire outfit made the playoff final at Wembley, ultimately losing out to Crewe Alexandra. Embed from […]
Cheltenham Town Women manager Tom Davies believes that, despite a 2-0 loss to promotion hopefuls Oxford United, his side were “a team we can identify ourselves with again”. Emma Thompson gave the home side the lead just after half-time from a corner, with Maisy Baker adding a second from distance late on, her attempted cross […]