Forest Green Rovers manager Mark Cooper revealed midfielders Lloyd James and Charlie Cooper are not part of his plans for next season, and revealed the latter will be signing for another club this week. Cooper was speaking after Rovers won 6-1
YATE 1 FOREST GREEN 6 George Williams and Joseph Mills both scored twice as Forest Green Rovers made light work of Yate Town in their latest pre-season friendly. Summer signing Aaron Collins and Junior Mondal also netted for Rovers while
Following its most successful year ever, Forest Green Rovers is back with an amazing free shirt giveaway, with 400 of our new bamboo shirts available for free to year three pupils in the local area. Thanks to main sponsors Ecotricity, the incredible
Stroud photographer Simon Pizzey captured a spectacular partial eclipse of the Blood Moon last night. It coincided with the 50th anniversary of when NASA's Saturn V rocket was launched towards the moon. On July 16, 1969, the astronauts of Apollo
Forest Green Rovers have signed versatile defender Dom Bernard on a one-year deal following a successful trial with the club. The 22-year-old was invited to train with Mark Cooper’s side from the start of pre-season following his release from Championship
Reading Richard House and Richard Brinton's piece on Ofsted’s failings (Fury at Ofsted’s treatment of region’s Steiner schools, Stroud News and Journal, July 10), I found myself nodding so vigorously I nearly put my neck out. I profess no knowledge
FORMER Forest Green midfielder Jordan Stevens rubbed shoulders with Manchester United stars Jessie Lingard, Anthony Martial and Nemanj Matic as Leeds United were beaten 4-0 in Perth. In front of 55,274 fans at the Optus Stadium, Stevens,19, stepped
DELICIOUS cakes are being sold by students in Stroud today to raise money for charity, writes Ewan Davie. Students are holding a bake sale as a fundraiser for the Stroud Foodbank as part of their National Citizenship Service. The have a stall
The Prince of Wales pub at Cashes Green will celebrate its recent reopening with a charity bash to raise funds to fight cystic fibrosis on Saturday, August 3, from 1pm to 7pm. Now under the management of Steven Goodman and Sebastian Devlin, the
Somewhat unusually, Julie Brown didn’t have a business plan when she established her retail shop Loose last year. “I just trusted the universe that the project would evolve as any organic process does and that it would work out,” she says gaily
Slimbridge's signing spree has continued after they captured Jack Horrell from Evesham United and Joel White from Tuffley Rovers. Midfielder Horrell played a key role for Brimscombe & Thrupp as they finished second in the Hellenic Premier League
THE GCB Challenge Trophy will be up for grabs when the Gloucestershire County and Bristol & District leagues meet in an historic first challenge match at Chipping Sodbury on Sunday (1pm). It’s an intriguing clash between competitions of equal standing
FAMILIES of residents at two Stroud care homes earmarked for closure have started a petition to fight the plans. The planned closure of Southfield and Wyatt House care homes was announced by landlord Gloucestershire County Council three weeks ago
STROUD AC starlet Annie Testar joined an elite group who have two consecutive victories at the All England Schools Track and Field Championships Annie who attends Stroud High School won the school year 10&11, 800m title last year, now in Year
BIG changes to bus services in and around Stroud are to be introduced by Stagecoach West from Sunday, August 4. The changes are being introduced in response to customer feedback, changing travel patterns and congestion. The bus company, which
GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Council’s cabinet is being asked to approve plans to restore a ‘missing mile’ of the county’s canal network. Two highway bridges and a towpath would be built by the A38/A419 at Whitminster, enabling a section of the canal
