The 2022/23 season has been another successful campaign for Stoke Gifford United FC. After securing promotion to the Gloucestershire County League for the first time last year, the first team have put in a solid first season, finishing in 7th place. As the club continue to progress they are appealing for support from local businesses that would be interested in sponsorship.
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Housing developer Redrow has sponsored brand-new coats for Little Stoke FC’s first team management committee. Redrow’s Frenchay Gardens development, which offers two-, three- and four-bedroom homes as well as one- and two-bedroom luxury apartments, is situated less than 4 miles from Stoke Gifford and Little Stoke.
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A row over the number of permanent advertising boards being put up on the railings around a football pitch in Little Stoke Park has been resolved following lengthy discussions at two recent parish council meetings. A limit of 12 boards along a specified section of the pitch perimeter has been imposed by the council.
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The local football community came together at the Trust Ground in North Road, Stoke Gifford on Sunday 28th July to once again celebrate the life of Ben Hiscox (pictured right), who tragically died in hospital days after sustaining a head injury during a game at the same venue in March 2015. Ben, 30, was playing for Stoke Gifford United FC
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Training sessions are about to get a bit warmer for the Stoke Lane Lions Under-10s football teams, thanks to a donation from a local Co-operative store. The community-based youth football team has bought new training hoodies for all 22 players thanks to a £500 donation from Southern Co-op’s store in North Road, Stoke Gifford. The hoodies will help keep them warm
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Stoke Gifford resident Joseph Budd recently made his debut for the Welsh U17 football team at an international tournament in Portugal. Joe, who is 16 and attends Abbeywood Community School, started playing football when he was just five years old. He used to attend ‘soccer camps’ during the summer holidays and joined the Stoke Lane U7 team when he was
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Stoke Lane Lions are dressed to impress after winning a full team kit through E.ON’s Power Kicks competition. The Little Stoke-based football team of under-13-year-olds are now proudly wearing their new team kit for their matches played in Division Two of the Avon Youth League. Jayne Coward-Worrall, whose son Billy plays for the team, entered the competition on behalf of
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Following a great deal of hard work behind the scenes, Little Stoke FC were invited to join the Gloucestershire County League for the 2016/17 season and played their first home game at Little Stoke Park on Saturday 27th August. Prerequisites for acceptance into the league included the installation of pitch perimeter barriers and trainers’ boxes (dugouts) for the home and
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Garry Ford reflects on Stoke Gifford United’s bittersweet league title win. So, like it was written in the stars, the Bristol and Suburban Premier League title was decided in the last game in a match at Mangotsfield. This fixture earlier in the season had seen a freak accident on the field of play that led to the tragic death of Stoke
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Players from Bristol Academy Women’s FC, based at the WISE campus in Stoke Gifford, have helped launch the build up to this year’s Midnight Walk charity event. Women from across Greater Bristol are being urged to ‘Love Your Hospice’ by enrolling on a fun, night time walk around the city. Called the St Peter’s Hospice Midnight Walk, the event takes
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