Cheltenham Town Ladies beat Liskeard Athletic Women 4-0 in comfortable fashion, at The Corinium Stadium, to progress to the Second Round of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup. A brace from forward Jade Grove, plus goals from Georgie-Marie Barbour-Gresham and Lacy-Jai Liggett won the First Round tie for the Robins and completed a dominant performance at […]
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PARK LIFE SPORT AFTERNOON BLOG – 15/11/21: Michael Duff ahead of Cheltenham Town’s FA Cup first round replay with Gillingham, Why is Dean Smith a good appointment for Norwich, Gloucestershire’s best Movember efforts, continued #Women’sFootballWeekend coverage and much more.
Good afternoon Gloucestershire and welcome to today’s Park Life Sport Live Blog! After a morning full of content on local non-league football, Cheltenham Races, the T20 world cup and the Brazilian F1 GP, we now look ahead to Cheltenham Town’s FA Cup replay with Gillingham, delve into Dean Smith’s appointment at Norwich, explore Gloucestershire’s Movember […]
Gloucestershire’s best FA Cup moments: Manchester City, Derby County and Leyton Orient
The FA Cup first round is underway this weekend, with Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers joining Yate Town in representing Gloucestershire in the competition. Cheltenham are away to Gillingham and Rovers are facing National League South side St Albans, and you can read more about it from Park Life Sport here. Meanwhile, Yate Town […]
Michael Duff on Tuesday’s League One clash against Portsmouth: “We want to be competing against these big clubs.”
Robins manager, Michael Duff, has claimed that he relishes the chance to play against big clubs like Portsmouth and that his players will be well up to the challenge. “I used to love playing there as a player, and I’m sure the lads will too” he said. “(Fratton Park) is a really good place to […]
“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 […]
Cheltenham Town’s George Lloyd discusses his “difficult” time with concussion this season
There has been a lot of emphasis recently on identifying and treating concussion in sports in an attempt to limit the lasting damage to the brain when a player sustains a head injury. The dangers of suffering concussion are now being fully realised and more measures are being introduced to ensure players can properly recover […]
Cheltenham Town join clubs around the country in the FA’s #stoponlineabuse campaign
Cheltenham Town have joined hundreds of sports clubs across the country in the FA’s new #stoponlineabuse campaign on social media. It comes after there was a universal boycott of all social media platforms over the weekend in an attempt to protest against the frequent racism and abuse directed towards sports men and women. Now, clubs […]
Preview: Cheltenham can secure promotion with a point against Carlisle
Cheltenham town moved within one point of promotion to League One with a narrow 1-0 win over Colchester United Connor Thomas volleyed home with eight minutes to go as the Robins moved back to the top of the league. The title is now in Cheltenham’s hands, with two wins from their last three games being […]
Cheltenham Town “want to win” the title – Michael Duff speaks ahead of Carlisle United clash with promotion on the line
Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff insists they “still want to win it” going into their League Two clash with automatic promotion on the line against play off chasers Carlisle United. After beating Colchester United 1-0 on the weekend, The Robins leapfrogged Cambridge United at the top of the table and edged themselves closer to automatic […]
The European Super League: Ten local Gloucestershire football teams you can support instead of the ‘top six’
With the news that England’s ‘top six’ are all part of the 12 founding teams that have agreed to join a new European Super League, many football fans have been left feeling disenfranchised. In what would be a gigantic change for European football, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham would join AC […]