Tiger Roar - An unofficial Gloucester City AFC Website
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Welcome to Tiger Roar, an unofficial website that aims to promote everything good about Southern League Premier South side Gloucester City.
Online since the summer of 1998 the website has grown beyond belief and includes close to three thousand pages encompassing past and current player profiles, historical articles, videos clips, match reports and top quality photographs.
After 13 years in exile following the 2007 floods The Tigers returned to a rebuilt Meadow Park just in time for COVID to deny supporters access to games as the club sat proudly at the top of the league.
Things didn't quite go to plan for the reserve team today as they fell to a 1-3 home defeat against City of Gloucester; the team who were formed from the ashes of the original Gloucester City Ladies team.
In a first half which was very stop start neither team really impressed although the CoG side took the lead from a right wing free kick which was poked home following a half clearance. There were three goals at the start of the second half; youngster Amelia Rankin netting with former City striker Kacie Anderson scoring a few minutes before and after what turned out to be a consolation goal.
It was better news for the first team as they narrowly beat Corsham Town 2-1 away in Wiltshire. Luca Davis opened the scoring from the penalty spot after she'd been fouled and an unfortunate own goal doubled the lead before the break, Corsham pulled one back in the second half but City held on to maintain their 100% record.
City Women - Linteo, Soave, Peck, Stichter, Todd, Grey, Warren, M.Smith, Akkurt, Davis, Kaneko-Grun. Subs - K.Smith, Le Sueur, Randhawa.
Before the game people were talking about it being time that someone got a right hammering but it wasn't today; I don't think the shots on target would make very pretty reading. I think we had one in the first half and Ed Williams scored from that, the ball sat up nicely for him to place his effort into the top corner out of the keepers reach.
Expecting more attacking prowess in the second half as it got colder and colder it was Sholing who looked the more likely and indeed scored the equaliser. They looked good going forward, none more so than their number 20 Fabio Lopes.
But with new boy Elis Watts surrounded by two players when he eventually came on after an hour the Southampton team were doing well to stifle everything that City could throw at them but in injury time after being thwarted every time we tried to cut the ball back from a wide position it finally paid off when a ball from Chippenham's Jake Evans found Dayle Grubb whose scuffed shot crept inside the far post.
Sholing - Nash, Rabbetts (Read 90+2), Taylor, B.Mason, Hesketh (Yang 84), Targett, Riley-Snow, Wylie, Akinola (Mason 75), Folivi, Lopes (Gunson 77). Sub not used - Bustamante.
Sunday January 12th 2025
Emine Akkurt two goals
City Women maintained their 100% League record at home to Bath City this afternoon with a 4-2 win, although, Bath were very good and their 0-2 first half lead didn't flatter them at all.
The Romanesses went ahead through a volley from Libby Goater before Shannon Redhouse's penalty doubled their lead after the successful spot kick scorer had been properly fouled by City keeper Sam Linteo. Laina Warren fired home from 25 yards to give Chris Hill's team hope going into the second half.
The balance of play shifted after the break and inevitably City got the equaliser when substitute Emine Akkurt danced past a defender to poke the ball beyond the Bath keeper with the help of a slight deflection. Maggie Neall should've put City ahead but her shot which clearly crossed the line wasn't confirmed by the linesman that Bath had provided.
This must've spurred the City Captain on though as she scored a direct free kick which went in despite the best efforts of Bath keeper Sadie Farley. Akkurt killed the game off with her second goal. It was a lovely finish but it was more about the assist from Mirry Smith with the outside of her boot.
City finished the game with five reserve team players on the pitch and Bath can take some solace from the fact that they're the first team to stop Sachi Kaneko-Grun from scoring home and away this season.
City Women : Linteo, Neall, Peck, Stichter, Todd, Grey, Warren, M.Smith, Deveau, Davis, Kaneko-Grun. Subs - Handisides, Akkurt, K.Smith, Le Sueur, Robinson
Maggie Neall is denied a goal because a linesman is reluctant to do his job
Tuesday January 7th 2025
City went out of the County Cup in humiliating fashion suffering a 0-9 defeat at the hands of Bishops Cleeve at Kayte Lane tonight.
With a team made up of mostly 17 year olds and a few of the UDA students from the reserve team one would hope that they didn't suffer from their experience and learned something from such a heavy defeat. The Cleeve goals came from Ethan Dunbar (4), Aaron Evans-Harriott (3) and Josh Nelmes (2).
City : Chovanec (Brei 46), Francis (Jenkins 57), Warren, Lake, Sullivan, Bradburn, Pierson, Thomas-Phillips, Hundt, Hunt, Pinchard. Subs not used - Chance, Henderson, Oliver.
The Women's reserve team got back into action following their Christmas break and showed their Gordon Perrett League Cup opponents Longwell Green that they hadn't eaten too much turkey with a 7-0 victory.
Striker Hollie Handisides was the star of the show with four first half goals; she had an incredible seven further attempts and was only stopped from scoring double figures because of the heroics of the opposition goalkeeper.
Her first came after just three minutes with a delightful lob over the keeper, then after she'd been bundled over she stepped up to score from the spot. Her hat trick goal was cleverly set up by Alisha Kantorowicz before her fourth went in off of the far post, rolled behind the line and bounced out again after hitting the other side of the goal frame.
Kantorowicz scored City's fifth and after the break both Hannah Clarke and Zoe Gabb completed the scoreline. It was Clarke's first game back since she trekked across the Sahara Desert in November!
City : Hancock, Sterry, Chloe Day, Leeman, Lewis, Z.Gabb, Clarke, Le Sueur, Ireland, Handisides, Kantorowicz. Sub - Robinson.
A perfectly timed tackle by defender Nicole Lewis puts paid to a Longwell Green attack
Saturday January 4th 2025
Brandon Smalley two goals
An entertaining game against the Peacocks at Meadow Park as City somehow found themselves 0-2 down against the Bristol side but relentlessly pounded their opponents final third to come away with a point against them for the second time this season.
What looked like a goal straight from a corner from Tom Smith gave them an early lead before pissing around at the back led to a calalmatous error and a shot coolly placed into the top corner with City keeper Jared Thompson well out of position.
But Brandon Smalley was City's saviour with two goals, one in each half. The first was a bullet header from Harry Pinchard's corner and the second a far post tap in after two Taunton defenders had missed a low centre.
It was very frustrating not to win, especially with ten minutes injury time added but it was exciting to watch as it got colder and colder.
City : Thompson, Leadbitter, Duffus, Williams, Pinchard, Grubb (Anaebonam 67), Smalley (Crosbie 90+5), Richards-Everton, Evans (Hanks 63), Dawson, Emmett. Subs not used - Ball, Richards
In what sounded like a very positive performance from City they let themselves down again conceding an equaliser in injury time. Why can't this team kill games off?
Ben Richards-Everton gave City a first half lead which they kept until midway through the second when, after Jadyn Crosibie had spurned two chances Merthyr got their inevitable equaliser through Ricardo Rees. Somehow the Tigers went back in front, Joe Hanks firing home from close range after the keeper had spilled a speculative effort from distance but City's achilles heel reared it's ugly head again when former player Noah Smerdon headed home to get a point for the home team.
Tiger Roar is an unofficial, independant production. It has nothing to do with Gloucester City AFC 1980 Ltd or the Gloucester City Supporters Trust. All comments expressed on here (unless stated) are those of the author and not those of the football club.
Most content on this site is copyright of the site owner and must not be reproduced without prior permission (unless waived by the author). Please do not use or remotely link to any of the images or videos on this site.
Lots of statistical information is courtesy of the great work done by club historian Tim Clark. His book is The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. (566 pgs) Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557425-1-4.
I would like to express thanks to everyone who has helped make this website possible through donations, images, video clips and statistical information. If you feel I have used your own copyrighted material and would like it removed, please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss it's removal because it makes Nathan Walker cry.
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