Good morning and welcome to the ParkLife Sport live blog! There was some fantastic sport on during the weekend, including the FA Cup semi-finals and the enthralling Emilia Romagna Grand Prix! We’ll get reaction from Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers after their differing weekend results, but we’ll have the latest from the developing story […]
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“Nigel Clough is a top manager,” – Mark Cooper previews Forest Green Rovers’ trip to Mansfield Town
Forest Green Rovers will be looking to make amends for a disappointing display at Cambridge when they make the trip north to face Mansfield Town at Field Mill. Mark Cooper’s side remain in the automatic promotion places, and sit four points behind leaders and local rivals Cheltenham Town. As for Mansfield, they are marooned in […]
Salford City boss Richie Wellens sacked after 2-0 loss to Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town’s secured their 19th League Two win of the campaign came against Salford City on Saturday, which shortly became Richie Wellens’ final game in charge of the Ammies. His exit comes a week after Salford won the Papa John’s Trophy final at Wembley, and just under five months after his appointment. Wellens left Swindon […]
Gloucester City Women eye full-time status as club announces exciting plans
Gloucester City co-chairman Alex Petheram has confirmed that the club’s newly formed women’s side will play at Meadow Park next season as the Tigers look to bring all clubs onto a level playing field. Petheram took to Twitter to confirm that the Gloucestershire County League side will be added to the Gloucester Sport brand that […]
Forest Green Rovers need to “come out of the traps ready to fight” – Baily Cargill
Forest Green Rovers’ 1-0 defeat at promotion rivals Cambridge United on Saturday will give the New Lawn side a “kick up the bum” according to defender Baily Cargill. Wes Hoolahan’s first-half strike means Mark Cooper’s side remain third, but now sit four points adrift of League Two table-toppers Cheltenham Town. Rovers travel to Mansfield on […]
Man City keep alive quadruple hopes, Leicester City dominate Man United and the Thomas Tuchel revolution continues: FA Cup Quarter-Final round-up
The FA Cup returned this weekend for the quarter final stage, with Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Leicester City all bidding for a place in the semi-finals. Park Life Sport’s Jack Goodridge gives you a rundown on all of the action. City keep quadruple hopes alive Pep Guardiola’s City side were looking to continue […]
Gloucester City defender signs new deal with the Tigers
Gloucester City have announced that defender Jack James has signed a new deal to stay at Meadow Park until 2023. The 21-year-old has been with the Tigers since 2019 since making the move west from Braintree Town. Taking to Twitter, the Republic of Ireland Under-19 international expressed his delight at securing his short-term future in […]
Tuffley Rovers confirm Richard Cox as new first team manager
Hellenic League Premier Division side Tuffley Rovers AFC have confirmed the appointment of Richard Cox as their new permanent first team manager. Cox had been holding the role on an interim basis since Mark Pritchett resigned as manager in August 2020. The appointment came after Cox was unanimously selected by the club’s Executive Committee following a […]
Sky and BBC to show the FA Women’s Super League in new ‘Landmark deal’
The Women’s Super League will be broadcast on free-to-air TV for the first time as the BBC secure a three-year Broadcast deal. Starting next season, the WSL will now be shown across Sky Sports and the BBC in a landmark deal for women’s football. It is the first time that the WSL has been sold […]
Cheltenham League chairman John Hunt: “Grassroots football is a dying trend”
Cheltenham League chairman John Hunt has admitted that there is a fight to save local football as they try to recover from a second successive voided season. Gloucestershire clubs were left disappointed earlier this month as the Gloucestershire FA announced their decision to abandon the league season once again due to the coronavirus pandemic. This […]