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Aston Villa Women manager Carla Ward showed no pity towards Marc Skinner’s Manchster United who were the fall-guys following the Villans’ points deduction in the Conti Cup last week. The Villans had three points removed in the group stages of the cup after fielding an ineligible player in their, no redundant, 7-0 win over Sunderland […]
Bristol City Women’s manager Lauren Smith highlighted that “We lost the ability” after her sides 2-0 loss to Aston Villa on Sunday. Both goals were scored by former Bristol City player Ebony Salmon, the first taking a severe deflection before hitting the back of the net, before sealing the match for the Claret and Blue […]
Nigel Pearson had ‘no complaints’ about his sides’ missed opportunities in their 2-1 defeat to Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday. Daniel James and Joel Piroe scored the goals to snatch the points from City’s grasp despite a Kal Naismith equaliser at the end of the first period. And the Robins’ gaffer was disappointed […]
Former Bristol City Women’s general manager Grace Williams has admitted that the Robins have had to “plan to run two different clubs” while preparing for their promotion to the Women’s Super League. City had fallen out of England’s top flight in 2021 and after two seasons in the Championship won promotion back to the WSL, […]
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson has said that the Robins had “too many players out of sorts,” after their 1-0 defeat to promotion chasing Luton Town on Wednesday night. City fell behind early in the contest, Carlton Morris rising well to head in Cody Drameh’s cross and register his 16th goal of the campaign and […]
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson quickly denied that Wolverhampton Wanderers had placed a £25m bid for 19-year-old midfielder Alex Scott, but admitted he expects there to be plenty of Premier League interest in the summer transfer window. Scott scored his first Championship goal of the season in the Robins’ 2-0 win over Blackpool at Ashton […]
Bristol City fell to a fourth defeat in five games after losing 2-0 to relegation candidates Barnsley at Oakwell last night. The Tykes got off to a great start after the Robins failed to clear a corner in the tenth minute where forward Carlton Morris was at hand to stab the ball home from close […]
Captain Martyn Evans, Chaplain of the Coventry Salvation Army hostel, has admitted that some sports teams use donations to charity as PR work, despite the importance and positive impact that food donations can have to those that rely on shelters. With an estimated 280,000 homeless people in the UK, that number rising every year for […]
Bristol City Operations Manager Matt Parsons has revealed that disappointment with excess food waste was the key reason for the team’s donation to foodbanks. Speaking exclusively to Park Life Sport he said, “I came up with the idea after becoming frustrated with the amount of waste food that was left over from team meals at […]
Only 443,010 people had been double vaccinated on January 26, 2021. Less than six million people had been administered a first dose of either Pfizer or Astra Zeneca, that’s less than 11% of the English population having received any form of vaccination. 265 days later and the total number of doses now stands at 94.8 […]