The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Walsall’s League Two match against Swindon Town was postponed on Saturday due to a frozen pitch at the Poundland Bescot Stadium. Town fans were quick to criticise the home side’s decision. Some mocked the groundsmen for not getting the game on, while others took the cynical approach that Walsall never wanted the game to go ahead. […]
Forest Green Rovers’ move from The New Lawn to Eco Park is a slow process, but there are now spades in the ground. Forest Green’s future ground – based near Stonehouse on Junction 13 of the M5 – was approved by Stroud District Council in December 2019, but work on the site only began at […]
One of English football’s most historic clubs are on the verge of going out of business, but they should be allowed to survive for the sake of thousands of people in the local community. Mel Morris’ destruction of Derby County has driven the Rams to the brink, and from his controversial sale of Pride Park […]
Over the past few seasons, Derby County have spiralled into a downward curve of financial trouble, legal battles and points deductions, which have plagued the club both on and off the pitch. The Rams started the 2021/22 season with a whopping 21 point deduction, which to a side that had stayed up by the skin […]
Cheltenham Town were forced to miss two fixtures in League Two last week after a positive COVID-19 test halting all forms of club training for the senior and academy sides. Players and staff were made to self-isolate as per the EFL and Government guidance in order to mitigate against the risk of further infection. It […]
As it is every election year, the 2020 US presidential election has taken over the world! Eventually after months of campaigning Joe Biden was announced as the 46th president of the USA. Just like football itself the history of US Presidency goes back many a year and so do some title droughts sustained by English […]
English Football League chairman Rick Parry believes that the plans proposed by Liverpool and Manchester United can protect English football. Former Liverpool chief executive Parry, who was appointed EFL chairman in September, has backed the controversial proposals, which includes reducing the Premier League to 18 teams and scrapping the EFL Cup. Embed from Getty Images […]
Forest Green Rovers kick-off their EFL Trophy campaign at home to West Bromwich Albion Academy on Tuesday, October 6. Rovers share Southern Group E with West Brom Academy, Swindon Town and Exeter City in the EFL Trophy. Going on to the second round, Mark Cooper’s men are in search of their first three points of […]
Listen below for our latest radio bulletin. We speak exclusively to veteran striker Jamie Cureton as he reflects on the 2013/14 campaign, his only season at Cheltenham Town FC. Mark Yates’ side finished 17th in what was a disappointing season for the Robins. Cureton reveals what went wrong, and what his favourite moments were playing […]
Maybe it’s the fact that we’re all cooped up inside, and the thinking of the excitement and enjoyment a football match brings is making us even more depressed. Maybe it’s the fact that whenever this does blow over, it will be a long, long time before the game returns to how it was just two […]