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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 […]
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, […]
Gloucester Rugby opened their Gallagher Premiership campaign with a narrow victory, 29-28, over Harlequins at Kingsholm on Saturday. Head coach George Skivington was “most of all really proud of the lads and how they managed the game.” Double centurion and captain Lewis Ludlow led his side to success and was at the heart of everything […]
This current Bishop’s Cleeve side is arguably the best in the team’s history, running away to their highest ever Southern League Division One finish last season. Despite changes in leadership with the former captain departing, the tier 8 side is continuing to rise, reaching the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy for the first […]
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 […]
After impressing in pre-season with three goals in as many games before suffering a ligament injury, Danny Wright returned to the Gloucester City squad this weekend. Coming onto the pitch in the 69th minute, Wright was unable to help the Tigers overcome Chorley who left the TigerTurf Stadium with a 2-0 victory. In a career […]
This August one of Cheltenham’s oldest sports clubs lost an integral member, it was with great sadness that Cheltenham Swimming and Water Polo Club announced the passing of 90-year-old Phil Jones. At the age of eight, Gloucestershire-born Phil Jones followed a simple family tradition by joining the CSWPC, eight decades later he would end his […]
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 […]
It was revealed earlier this month that Cheltenham Town FC have the fourth least amount of money spent on agent fees in League One, with only Morcambe, Exeter and Accrington Stanley having less. The Robin’s have spent £79,811 on agents and intermediaries’ fees for player transactions in the year from February the first 2022, to […]
After the Cheltenham Festival was staged behind closed doors in 2021, the fans returned to Cheltenham in 2022 in their droves as it broke records in terms of attendance. Dr Charles Afriyie from the University of Gloucestershire conducted a survey of the festival and stated that the economic impact of the 2022 festival was almost […]