Teams across the English football pyramid will boycott social media, starting this Friday at 3pm until 11.59pm on Monday 3 May. The boycott is in response to the consistent online racist abuse that players are suffering, with Kyle Walker the latest victim following Manchester City’s Carabao Cup victory yesterday afternoon. Teams from the Premier League, […]
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Opinion: Why the ESL is a bad idea
“Without fans, football is nothing.” The legendary Sir Matt Busby’s quote is maybe even more prevalent now than ever before. Plans of a European Super League may have been put on hold for now, but football’s fate is set. The idea of the ESL is a good one, but it should remain as that. The […]
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 […]
Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira set to join Arsenal takeover with Daniel Ek
Former Arsenal legends Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira are said to be joining Swedish billionaire Daniel Ek in a takeover bid for the London club. Last week Ek, who is co-founder and chief executive of music streaming service Spotify, expressed an interest in buy Arsenal after protests against the current club owner Stan […]
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 […]
Bishop’s Cleeve looking to maintain 100% record in the Challenge Cup against Lydney Town
Bishop’s Cleeve will be hoping to make it three wins out of three in the group stages of the Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup, as they travel to Lydney Town on Tuesday evening. The Mitres defeated Tuffley Rovers (0-4) and Longlevens (4-1) in the two previous games in the all-Gloucestershire Group 1 to propel themselves to […]
Cheltenham Town’s Michael Duff speaks out on European Super League
With the announcement of the European Super League, Ex-Burnley player and Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff spoke out against the decision and it’s implications of the English football pyramid: “It’s disgraceful really that people are looking trying to run a separate competition, when 150 years of history has worked so far but I’m only repeating […]
LIVE BLOG: European Super League, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, FA Cup, Cheltenham Town and more!
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 […]
“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 […]