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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 […]
Bristol City Women head coach Matt Beard hailed his side’s progression after a 1-1 draw at West Ham in the WSL. City capped off an impressive unbeaten week after wins in the league and WSL Cup, but couldn’t quite claim a third win as the Hammers’ Katerina Svitkova cancelled out Emily van Egmond’s own goal. […]
“If we don’t start letting fans in soon, then football like this won’t exist.” Presenter and podcaster Michelle Owen is watching Cheltenham Town Ladies. She reports week-in, week-out, on the biggest and best English football has to offer, but she knows all levels of the game are at risk in the aftermath of the Coronavirus […]
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was heavily linked with a move to Cheltenham Town, after featuring in a behind closed doors game for the u23s against West Brom u23s. The 29-year old, who previously played for Arsenal and Bristol City, will not be joining the Robins for multiple reasons. I recapped the whole of this transfer story and […]