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Photo Credit: Cheltenham Town FC/ Nizaam Jones With the international break currently going on, it saw six players from Gloucestershire clubs go out on international duty. Five came from Cheltenham Town Football club, and one from Forest Green Rovers. The internationals from Cheltenham allowed for their game against Wycombe to be postponed, while Forest Green […]
Shrewsbury Town drew 1-1 at Abbey Stadium to Cambridge United in League One. Taylor Perry was the player to find the net in the 88th minute, to grab a point away from home, and was in doubt whether he would feature in the match. โIt was touch and go earlier in the week. But I […]
It was the FA Cup first round draw on Sunday and three local teams featured in the pool. Although unlucky for some, it was Cheltenham Town that was represented by ball 13, and managed to draw AFC Wimbledon away. These two sides faced each other twice last season, with Cheltenham being undefeated in the fixtures, […]
Cheltenham Town’s youngest ever EFL player made his debut against Morocco for the England U18 side on Saturday. Tom King came on in the 59th minute and played half an hour of football in an England shirt. The young forward was given a chance in the league earlier this season by former Robins’ boss Wade […]
“There is no doubt in my mind, he is going to play for Barcelona.” 17-year-old Tom King became the first Cheltenham Town player ever to be called up by any age group for England last week after being selected for the Under-18s squad. Childhood coach Simon Bean has heaped praise on the youngster, stressing just […]
After a period of just under two weeks without a manager Westfields appointed former goalkeeping coach of Hereford FC, Scott Russell as Head Coach with former Hereford under 18s coach Dan Chance also joining as one of his assistants. ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ – ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ Westfields Football Club would like to announce our new manager […]
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 […]
Wolves academy were made to settle for a U18 Premier League point in a share of the spoils at Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon. Fraser Harper gave Richard Walkerโs side a deserved lead just after the hour mark following a dominant second-half display, but Connor Brown levelled 15 minutes from time with a deflected equaliser […]
A record attendance saw Mike Hill’s Gloucester City Women’s side defeat Bath City Women 2-0 in the third round of FA Cup qualifying. A new club record of 187 fans turned up to the Tiger Turf stadium to see City reach the fourth round of qualifying, where they will play Moneyfields FC on Sunday, October […]
Despite Shrewsbury Town not scoring a goal in September, Carl Winchester almost grabbed a goal-of-the-season contender on Saturday. Salop drew 0-0 to Charlton but were extremely unlucky not to have got a goal. And in an attempt to end their goal drought, Winchester tried the spectacular from the halfway line. ๐ฑ Shrewsbury's Carl Winchester went […]