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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.
A relatively easy 4-1 home win for City against Poole Town. Stanley Anaebonam opened the scoring before Jadyn Crosbie snuffed out an equaliser from Josh Staunton just before the break. Ed Williams' free kick went straight in before Crosbie added a second minutes later.
Poole town : Plain, Staunton, Whisken (Hewlett 81), Lowes, De Luca (Almeida 73), Touray, Ramos (Holmes 73), Thomas, Slade, Taylor (Nippard 60), Clarke. Sub not used - Stainer-Reid.
Sunday November 24th 2024
Sachi Kaneko-Grun four goals
Another impressive victory in the most foul of conditions as City's game was the only one of the days league programme that surived Storm Bert and all that he could throw at us.
Chris Hill's ladies made their mark from the very start when a right wing cross was almost turned in by an Olveston defender but the keeper saved well only to parry it into the path of Taite Scheafer. Sachi Kaneko-Grun made it two when she was gifted possession on the edge of the area before a little shoulder drop and cool finish doubled the lead.
Sachi made the third with a powerful run around the left back before casually laying a ball back for Lucabella Davis to sidefoot home. Laina Warren got the fourth with a powerful shot from the edge of the area, the keeper got down well and probably should've got a hand to it though.
In the second half Kaneko-Grun got two more; a right foot shot into the bottom left hand corner then a left footed one into the roof of the net for her hat trick. Her fourth was another cool finish before Mirry Smith, making the step up from the reserves scored as comfortably as she always does for the second string.
That was too much for the Olveston keeper who threw her gloves away and walked off. Down to ten players with a defender in goal they only conceded one more; a goal from the penalty spot after Nalani Lasmarias had been tripped. She got up and sent a powerful spot kick straight down the middle.
City Women : Linteo, Kantorowicz, Neall, Scheafer, Stichter, Grey, Warren, Deveau, Soave, Davis, Kaneko-Grun. Subs - Peck, Gomez, Smith, Lasmarias.
The collected rainwater on the roof of the net is disturbed by Sachi's hat trick goal
Saturday November 23rd 2024
Kieran Phillips broken duck
A remarkable comback for City in the howling wind and rain at Walton & Hersham this afternoon. After being 0-4 after an hours play, the kid from Cheltenham was replaced by Harry Burns and the rest is history.
Jared Thompson's blushes will be spared after his comedy own goal was all but forgotten after four goals in the last half hour from Ty Duffus, Kieran Phillips and two from Joe Hanks gave Mike Cook's men a point.
City progressed to the next round of the county cup with a comprehensive win away at Bishops Cleeve.
Fielding a "weakened team" seemed to make no difference as the ladies progressed thanks to goals from Sachi Kaneno-Grun (3), Nalani Lasmarias (2) and a penalty from goalkeeper Sam Linteo before Paige Todd rounded off the scoring.
City Women : Linteo, Golding, Neall, Scheafer, Stichter, Grey, Todd, Deveau, Soave, Gomez, Lasmarias. Subs - Peck, Kaneko-Grun, Davis, Warren.
The reserves built on a one goal half time lead to progress in their own county cup running out 5-0 winners at home to Tuffley Rovers. The goals came from Kate Ambrey, a Mirry Smith hat trick and an unfortunate own goal.
A disappointing 0-2 defeat at home to Bracknell Town. Well, I say disappointing but I'm finding it hard to care about a club that wants to be a nursery club for Cheltenham Town. City have a reserve team and an U18 team yet the clubs management only seem to want to give game time to players employed by them at the wrong end of the Golden Valley bypass.
Worth noting that Luca Robinson came on as sub during injury time and lasted three minutes before being subbed off!
City : J.Thompson, Leadbitter, Duffus, Ball, Phillips (Crosbie 62), Grubb, Smalley, Hanks, Richards-Everton, Emmett (Robinson 90+2) (Blake (90+5), Liggett (Burns 65). Subs not used - C.Thompson, Reckord.
Bracknell :
Sunday November 10th 2024
Daniela Soave two goals
City Women continued with their 100% league record with a 5-0 win against Purton at Meadow Park.
After two consecutive double digit wins in previous home games the Swindon team seemed more wary of City's attacking threat and managed to keep the scoreline to 2-0 by the break; Sachi Kaneko-Grun and Kassidy Grey both scoring from corners. The former was a header and latter went in off of a shoulder.
The impressive Daniela Soave score twice in the second half, one with a shot that the Purton goalkeeper and a defender both tried and failed to keep out before she planted a header home, again from a set piece. Maggie Neall finished off the scoring by converting a direct free kick.
"We're not worthy, we're not worthy"! Maggie Neall scores a free kick then milks the celebration.
Saturday November 9th 2024
Kieran Phillips should've scored
A disappointing draw on the road away at Sholing whilst the Merthyr Town goalscoring steamrolling continued unabated in Wales. City took the lead at the start of the second half thanks to a far post tap in by Brandon Smalley whilst the home side equalised minutes later. Matt Le Tissier was in the crowd!
Kieran Phillips continued his goalless form when he failed to score despite seeing the whites of the Sholing goalkeepers eyes. Something has to happen for him soon.
City : J.Thompson, Leadbitter, Duffus, Ball, Phillips (Hanks 90), Grubb, Smalley (Robinson 82), Richards-Everton, Dawson (Crosbie 67), Emmett, Burns. Subs not used - C.Thompson, Hundt.
Meanwhile at Meadow Park the reserves put in a spirited display against AFC Kempsey in the Herefordshire league but fell to a 1-2 defeat. All of the goals came in the first half.
City Reserves : Dylan Reetz, Anthony Benallo, Luke Copland, Mikkiel Graham, Ty Lake, Jahziah Johnson, Owen Caraftis, Alexis Marquez, Caleb Thomas, Shane Pierson, Ethan Jones. Subs - Trevor Jobe, Adam Milne, Sterling Diaz, Patricio Lozano.
Ethan Jones, one of City's UDA reserve players throws himself in to block an AFC Kempsey clearance
Friday November 8th 2024
Zack Pinchard midfield dynamo
City's U18s pulled off a tremendous 5-0 win against their Cinderford Counterparts this evening at Meadow Park. Dylan Meek openind the scoring from the penalty spot before two Henry Hunt goals gave the U18s a cushion going into the break. In the second half a smart finish by Sam Sullivan from a corner and another from Jakson Thomas-Phillips rounded off the scoring. Zack Pinchard, the younger brother of City's Harry looked good in central midfield.
City U18s : Phil Chovanec, Theo Giles, Sam Sullivan, Shaun ?, Henri Francis, Alfie Bradburn, Junior ?, Zack Pinchard, Henry Hunt, Dylan Meek, Callum Williams. Subs - Jakson Thomas-Phillips, Walt Whitfield, Archie Millward, Lewis Vye, Fraser ?
City defender Sam Sullivan gets his reward for not giving up and denies the Cinderford striker the opening goal
Sunday November 3rd 2024
Kamissa Stichter winning goal
City Women continued their 100% record away at Royal Wootton Bassett Town with a hard fought 2-1 win. Goals either side of half time from Sachi Kaneko-Grun and Kamissa Stichter were enough to prevent the Wiltshire side from overtaking them at the top of the table.
Sachi fired home after a diagonal run into the box whilst dentre-half Stichter stole in unmarked at the near post to turn a corner inside the near post on the volley. Kaneko Grun hit the post in injury time too.
City Women : Linteo, Golding, Skibinski, Neall, Scheafer, Kaneko-Grun, Grey, Ross, Soave, Stichter, Davis. Subs - Lasmarias, Gomez, Deveau.
The reserves' game awatt at Bitton Reserves was called off because Bitton were unable to raise a team. It's the third time they've failed to fulfil a fixture in the past few weeks and question marks will arise over whether they will complete the season.
Saturday November 2nd 2024
BRE equaliser
Jaxson Hundt league debut
Well that was a frustrating afternoon. Held at home by a hard working Basingstoke team and dropping down to third place on goal difference.
Goal difference will be key because as much as we were on the front foot in the second half I don't think we had an actual shot on goal. KP had one chance in the entire game when Brandon Smalley robbed a defender but he delayed his shot so much that a Basingstoke player got enough of a block on it to nullify it.
City had gone behind on the away teams first attack when Dan Leadbitter put in a weak challenge in a 50/50 and their winger cut inside before firing into the top corner. A couple of good set pieces from City led to the equaliser. Both times BRE got his head to crosses, the second time saw him score his second goal of the season.
I don't think City had another chance in the next 85 minutes and it was the Hampshire side who looked more likely to score, most probably when a ball across the face was kept out by Ty Duffus' bum.
It's hard to knock a performance where City worked hard and moved the ball well but whenever any of our more creative players got the ball they were surrounded by Basingstoke players giving them no chance to weave any magic. We need to be quicker.
A quick congratulations to UDA student Jaxson Hundt who came on in injury time replacing the stricken Jamie Reckord. When was the last time an American played for Gloucester City? It can't be as far back as Gary Ciani during pre-season 1992 can it?
City : J.Thompson, Leadbitter, Reckord (Hundt 90+2), Duffus, Williams, Phillips (Ball 89), Grubb, Smalley (Crosbie 62), Hanks (Robinson 67), Richards-Everton, Emmett. Sub not used - C.Thompson.
Basingstoke : Grant, Johnson-Schuster, Angell, Allen, Ball, Upton, Peart (Dunn 74), Brown (Smith 82), Nwachuku (Kokoszka 30), Ferdinand, Deadfield. Sub not used - Clark.
Ben Richards-Everton wheels away after scoring the equaliser this afternoon
Sunday October 27th 2024
Chloe Golding hat trick
For the second week running City hit double figures as they concreted their place at the top of the table. What made it more remarkable was that at 2-0 after 22 minutes striker Laina Warren was shown a straight red card for foul and abusive language after Laina Warren had been flagged offside. Sympathy lies with Laina because the opposition provide a lino to run their defences lines and far too often they flag to their own teams advantage. It was the third flag in a few minutes. Oddly I don't think there was another City offside for the rest of the game!
At that stage City had already scored through Sachiko Kaneko-Grun and Too; a header from a corner and an angled run and shot. If anyone though being reduced to ten (wo)men would have an effect then they were mistaken. Two goals from Chloe Golding was followed by a goalbound cross from Todd being flicked in by a defender although I'm sure the City player will claim it. Lucabella Davis and Kaneko-Grun added more to make it seven by the break.
There were four more goals in the second half; a blocked shot fell kindly for Sophia Gomez to hammer home before Golding completed her hat trick by sidefooting home a cross from Daniella Soave. Nalani Lasmarias headed home a right wing cross before Soave completed the scoring by beating two defenders to score in front of her parents who were visiting from Toronto.
Nalani Lasmarias powers home a header for City Women to make it 10-0 against St Vallier this afternoon
Saturday October 26th 2024
Ty Duffus right winger
Considering two of our best cup runs in the past twenty odd years have come in the FA Trophy it is amazing how present day teams seem unable to repeat the feat.
Today we were 0-3 down at home to a team from a league below at half time. How does that even happen? If we were mid table in this league do you think we'd go to the likes of Scunthorpe and do the same to them? To think that one fan confidently predicted that we'd win 6-0 after such a good performance at Winchester in midweek.
To be fair it was all City in the second half as for once the T-End Originals shifted position and moved behind the goal that we were attacking, even if it mean't that they couldn't see a thing thanks to the low sun in their eyes.
Brandon Smalley got one back after a goalmouth scramble and Joe Hanks scored from the spot after he was fouled but it was too little too late as City were humiliated on their own pitch.
I know that the squad is threadbare but despite signing an attacker in Thomas Blake yesterday City persisted with Ty Duffus as an effective right winger as none of the substitutes were called upon.
Oh well, lets concentrate on the league.
City : J.Thompson, Duffus, Ball, Williams, Phillips, Grubb, Smalley, Hanks, Richards-Everton, Dawson, Emmett. Subs not used - Blake, C.Thompson, Z.Pinchard, Hundt, Chovanec.
Coleshill Town - Warmington, Brookes, Kabeya, Adegoke, Carter-Byrne, Hughes, Tye, Sylia, Sanusi (Palmer), Usher-Shipway (McSkeane), Mandey. Subs not used - Ngbeken, Sweeney.
A Platoon moment as Joe Hanks goes down to win a penalty for City as the game enters injury time
Tuesday October 22nd 2024
King Baidoo we all love...
City recorded their best win of the season tonight in Hampshire against Winchester City to maintain top spot under pressure from Totton who also won 5-1 against Taunton Town. An early goal from Brandon Smalley was overturned by goals from Luka Chalwell and Ik Hill but King Baidoo levelled things up before the break.
Two goals in four second half minutes cemented City's superiority; first Baidoo got his second moments after suffering a heavy challenge and then Joe Hanks prodded home from close range to add some breathing space. Winchester had the ball in the net in injury time but it was ruled out by a linesmans flag.
City : J.Thompson, Leadbitter, Duffus (Ball 90+1), Williams, Grubb, Smalley (Burns 88), Hanks, Richards-Everton, Dawson, Emmett, Baidoo (Phillips 79). Subs not used - Chovanec, Hundt.
City stormed to the top of the league following a clinical 10-0 win at home to Corsham Town Women at Meadow Park.
With a strong wind at their backs they scored four goals in the first half through Sachiko Kaneko-Grun, Lucabella Davis, Laina Warren and Nalani Lasmarias. After the break it seemed that Corsham might have the boss hand but three goals in the first ten minutes of the second half put paid to those thoughts.
Kassidy Grey scored twice from corners while winger Taite Scheafer stroked a shot home in between. Corsham, who included former Gloucester City Ladies player Yvette Kemp competed throughout and never gave up but could never match City's goal threat who scored three more times through Sophia Gomez, Kaneko-Grun again and finally Paige Todd.
City Women : Linteo, Golding, Skibinski, Neall, Kaneko-Grun, Warren, Todd, Grey, Soave, Stichter, Davis. Subs used - Gomez, Sheafer, Lasmarias, Deveau.
At Gala Wilton the reserves won 4-1 against Ellwood in the County Cup with goals from Zoe Gabb, Kate Ambrey, Hollie Handisides and an own goal.
City Women Reserves : O'Neil, K.Smith, Leeman, C.Gabb, Kantorowicz, M.Smith, Chloe Day, Lewis, Ambrey, Z.Gabb. Subs used - Akkurt, Handisides, Hancock.
Yvette Kemp (in blue), formerly of Gloucester City Ladies in action for Corsham Town Women this afternoon
Saturday October 19th 2024
Brandon Smalley city's scorer
A point away at the title favourites isn't to be sniffed at. It stops them catching us, the only downer being Merthyr winning in injury time to close the gap and overtake the team from Southampton.
Brandon Smalley, an early replacement for Jadyn Crosbie gave City a first half lead before the home side equalised in the second half through Ethan Taylor. Dan Leadbitter picked up a second yellow card in injury time to see red.
City : J.Thompson, Leadbitter (90+3), Duffus, Williams, Grubb (Burns 86), Crosbie (Smalley 7), Hanks, Richards-Everton, Dawson, Emmett, Baidoo (Phillips 54). Subs not used - C.Thompson.
AFC Totton : Gould, Oastler, Magri, Taylor, Austin (Rendell 71), Owers, Collins, Bennett, Rose (Clarke 71), Lee, Agberhiere. Subs not used - Tomasso, Hallett, Blair.
Tuesday October 15th 2024
Jadyn Crosbie created opener
Dayle Grubb found top corner
Football is a funny old game; it's shit when you're losing and not always that enjoyable when you're winning.
With City sat proudly at the top of the league, very few people would think that a home game against a side down the bottom would be anything but a win. It's a guaranteed three points before kick off, the kind of game that is easy on paper. Only football isn't played on paper, it's played on this weird 3G surface with artifical grass and hundreds of thousands of bits of rubber crumb.
So City had to work hard against a team who got as many bodies between the ball and the target as possible, so much so that when the goal eventually came it was more of a relief than a celebration. Loanee Jadyn Crosbie burst into the area and came out on top of a fifty/fifty with the keeper and bundled the ball towards goal where it came back off of the post before being accidentally chested home by a Frome defender. I'm sure Crosbie will be claiming it though.
Frome started the second half brightly and were denied by a great block by Jared Thompson when Joe O'Loughlin found himself in acres of space at the far post but Dayle Grubb made it two when he lifted a shot into the top corner with the keeper motionless.
2-0 is often cited as the most dangerous scoreline in football, although not tonight, City's goal was barely threatened. However, the whole spectacle felt underwhelming because Mike Cook's men had the lions share of possession but seemed to be forced wide every time yet were never able to find a player in a goalscoring position with any of their crosses or cut backs.
City : J.Thompson, Leadbitter, Duffus, Williams (Smalley 72), Grubb (Burns 80), Crosbie (Phillips 76), Hanks, Richards-Everton, Dawson, Emmett, Baidoo (Reckord 66). Sub not used - C.Thompson.
Frome Town : Phillips, Wood, Teale, Mitchell, Rigg, Hutson, Drew, Vaughan (McKayle 77), Monks (Day 69), Ollis (Budd 69), O'Loughlin. Subs not used - Heal, Tylek.
Jadyn Crosbie leapfrogs the Frome goalkeeper and all he has left to do is score!
Sunday October 13th 2024
Sachi Kaneko-Grun consolation goal
City Women bowed out of this seasons WFA Cup and couldn't really have too many complaints after being beaten by a very good Marine Academy team from Plymouth.
The team from the higher division always looked to be in control of the game and strangled City whenever they looked to get out of their own half. They took the lead midway through the first half when City keeper Sam Linteo was caught off of her line and was beaten from outside of the area. The scoreline remained the same until five minutes from time when Plymouth killed the game with a second, then a third before Sachiko Kaneko-Grun scored a consolation goal from a narrow angle.
City Women : Linteo, Golding, Skibinski (Fitzsimon 60), Neall, Kaneko-Grun, Warren, Todd (Scheafer 55), Slanina-Wertz (Grey 65), Soave, Stichter, Davis (Gomez 85). Subs not used - Ross, Lasmarias, Deveau.
Meanwhile the reserves continued their relentless pursuit of the title with an 8-0 win against Mangotsfield United reserves. They were 3-0 up at the break and added a further five goals in the second half.
Four players got braces; Zoe Gabb, Mirry Smith, Hollie Handisides and Nicole Lewis.
City Women Reserves : O'Neil, K.Smith, Leeman, C.Gabb, Kantorowicz, M.Smith, Chloe Day (Chelsea Day 46), Lewis, Ambrey, Z.Gabb, Handisides.
I've been quite critical of some of City's second half displays so far this season where we've been hanging on for dear life but today we turned the tables on a decent Havant & Waterlooville side and had the best of the game after the interval.
The first half wasn't much to write home about. Ty Duffus scored a tremendous diving header, sadly it was past his own goalkeeper. We huffed and puffed and shots from King Baidoo and Ed Williams from outside the box just arrowed past either upright.
It was a perfect start to the second half though when Joe Hanks danced past a few defenders on the edge of the area before finding the top corner.
New signing Jadyn Crosbie struggled to make much of an impact but he got into a good position to force a save with what turned out to be his last contribution before being subbed off.
And for once it was us asking all of the questions, but it looked like it might end up with the spoils shared before the Havant keeper tipped a shot over the bar for a corner. Then they committed the cardinal sin of making a substitution ahead of a set piece from which Williams flicked the ball on to Duffus who nodded it goalwards where Brandon Smalley tried to flick it past a defender on the line who could only clear it to Hanks' feet who slammed it home.
Top. Top. Top of the League.
City : J.Thompson, Leadbitter, Duffus, Williams (Phillips 89), Grubb, Crosbie (Smalley 61), Hanks, Richard-Everton, Dawson, Emmett, Baidoo. Subs not used - C.Thompson, Reckord, Burns.
There's a reason why you don't get many good looking defenders
Sunday October 6th 2024
Chloe Golding winner
City made it five wins out of five with a hard earned 2-1 win at home to Cirencester Town. Despite hitting the bar twice in the first half both times the ball deflected out of play, but when Ciren did it the ball fell kindly for them to score the rebound.
City eventually got their goal in the second half when Sachiko Kaneko-Grun rifled home a shot from the edge of the box. It got better when Chloe Golding broke through and rolled the ball under the excellent Ciren keeper to win it, even if the ball did seem to take an age to cross the line!
The reserves won 6-5 away at Old Richians against City of Gloucester Ladies. Nicole Lewis and Hollie Handisides scored two goals each whilst Mirry Smith and Claire Gabb got one apiece.
Mixed emotions after Chloe Golding scores City's winner
Saturday October 5th 2024
Dan Ball straight red
City progressed through to the next round of the FA Trophy with a wholly unconvinvcing win against Wimborne Town.
In a second half performance described as "Men against Boys" in their favour by the Wimborne manager Mike Cook's men went behind when a far post header from Will Fletcher was adjudged to have crossed the line. Substitute King Baidoo equalised with a salmon like leap from a corner before Dayle Grubb put us in front just at the start of the second half.
A slightly late challenge by Dan Ball which probably looked worse than it was earned the defender a straight red card to which no one complained before Cam Munns equalised for the Bournemouth team, something which was no more than they deserved after yet another second half where City were camped in their own half.
The game went straight to penalties where everyone scored except Wimborne's Harry Morgan who couldn't beat Jared Thompson and Ed Williams who hit the upright. Harvey Wright skied his kick and City marched through.
City : Thompson, Leadbitter, Ball (79), Williams, Grubb, Smalley (Hamilton 90+5), Richards-Everton, Dawson, Emmett, McGregor (Baidoo 26), Burns (Duffus 59). Subs not used - Chovaneck, Giles, Hundt.
Wimborne Town - Flitney, Jackson, Wright, Morgan, Fletcher (Baker 61) (Cocklin 86), Ryan, Roberts (Walker 90), Beale (Bedford 61), Biss, Munn, Carmichael (Neale 61).
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