THREE goals in the opening 11 minutes sent Almondsbury Town on their way to the third round of the FA Vase. After the first meeting at Christchurch was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch on Saturday, Almondsbury cruised to victory on Tuesday night
FRAMPTON COTTERELL were unlucky not to gain their third consecutive league win as Matson produced a late comeback. With only two minutes gone Matson gave away a penalty which Matt Lawrence missed. Five minutes later Matson responded with a successful
THORNBURY moved up to second in the table following this fine win at Keynsham. Playing controlled rugby, Thorns scored two tries in each half and could have scored more had the match not been played in strong cross-winds and torrential rain. Thorns
CHIPPING SODBURY suffered penalty shootout heartache as they were knocked out of the Les James Cup. The deadlock was broken in the 30th minute when Sodbury’s Alex Fox sprung the offside trap to round keeper Duanne Portlock and score. Sodbury continued
TYTHERINGTON ROCKS lost their first game in the last eight league encounters -but it was easy to see why they were beaten by determined opposition. The Rocks were abysmal in their second half performance and manager Barry Grainger admitted: “The only
MISSED chances cost Dursley Town as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Gala Wilton. Chris Dolbear’s side took the lead through Jamie Bennett but failed to build on their advantage and conceded an equaliser 15 minutes from time. The home side were lively
KINGSWOOD took the derby honours as they recorded an impressive victory at Thornbury. Thornbury looked as though they meant business in the first few minutes of this game as Steve Thompson broke into the box before pulling his shot wide. After 13 minutes
THOUSANDS of people turned out for the Thornbury Christmas lights switch on this week. Thornbury High Street was packed Tuesday night for the grand switch on, which was this year performed by singer song-writer Nerina Pallot and Thornbury mayor
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Dursley in the early hours of Sunday morning, November 15. Between 3am and 3.45am a 26-year-old man was walking along Long Street when he was approached from behind and assaulted. He was
THE Bristol Light Opera Club’s (BLOC) production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s award winning Oklahoma! has lit up the Hippodrome’s stage this week. The production, which runs until Saturday, November 21, is fun and very enjoyable. The company does a great
CONAL PLATT scored a dramatic late winner as Forest Green knocked Blue Square Premier rivals Mansfield Town out of the FA Cup last night. It was Platt’s second of the night to earn Rovers a deserved win in the replay at Field Mill and set up a mouth
THE first stage has been completed in a multi-million pound project to provide 21st century sports facilities for students in Chipping Sodbury. A third generation floodlit artificial grass pitch was officially unveiled at Chipping Sodbury School on
PLANS are in the making that could see the first step in the refurbishment of a popular historic building get underway. A planning application has been put in for major refurbishment work to both the Lister Social Club and Lister Hall, now collectively
