TUFFLEY ROVERS FC

10 Nov 2013
There was only one fixture yesterday and the Reserves are probably wishing their game was called off, after the fell to a very disappointing 6-0 defeat at FC Barometrics. They'll have a chance to provide an instant response to that result, as well as an opportunity to take revenge for a recent County Cup defeat, when they host Taverners FC on Wednesday night, in the Stroud Charity Cup.
In other news, third team manager Tony Coopey has stood down from his position and the club aim to appoint a replacement shortly. The club extends their thanks to Coopey, who was appointed in June, for his time as manager, as well as a spell as Assistant to the previous manager, Neil Spiller.

2 Nov 2013
By 'eck, we've had a few technical difficulties lately and we now hope they are resolved!
Unfortunately, it will take a while to fully update the site but in the meantime, we want to confirm tomorrow's fixtures:
FIRST XI at home v Fairford Town
RESERVES away at Bibury
FOURTHS away at Woodchester

20 Sept 2013
There are only two senior side fixtures tomorrow. The First XI will host Old Woodstock Town at Glevum Park (kick-off 3pm) and the Reserves travel to Winchcombe Town, for a game on an artificial surface!
Good luck to both sides.
Good luck, also, to lifelong Roverette Mandy Summers and fourth team Assistant Manager Mark Troke, who will be getting married at 12noon, at St James The Great Church in Cranham. Best wishes from all at Tuffley Rovers.

17 Sept 2013
Various pages have now been updated on the site, as we look to recover from some recent technical issues. Match reports for the recent first team fixtures, including Saturday's win against Clanfield, have been added to the relevant page.

We've experienced some technical issues that have prevented us from publishing anything on the website for about 10 days. Those problems appear to have been resolved and we hope to resume normal service shortly.

31 Aug 2013
The First XI came from a goal down today, to win 3-1 away at Purton, thanks to an own goal, another strike from Steve Bick and a first goal of the season for Warren Mann. This results means that Doug Foxwell's side have now taken eleven points from a possible eighteen on their first season back in the Uhlsport Hellenic League.
The Reserves were the only other side in action and they gained a creditable point, away at Newent Town, with goals from Leighton Roberts, who was returning from suspension and Ben Surman, who started for the first time this season.

30 Aug 2013
The First XI are back in action tomorrow, with another away fixture in the Uhlsport Hellenic League, as they travel to Purton. Doug Foxwell's side have now gone unbeaten for three games and will be looking to extend that run, after an impressive midweek performance at home to Tytherington Rocks.
The Reserves begin their Northern Senior League programme with an away trip to Newent Town, who will have former Rovers striker Dorian Colling amongst their squad.

28 Aug 2013
Any hopes of a semi-final place in the Reg Davis Memorial Cup ended tonight, as the Reserves were thrashed 5-0 at home to Moreton Rangers. Their hopes were effectively ended by half-time, when they found themselves three goals down and Moreton scored twice more in the second half to ensure that it was they who proceeded to the last four.

27 Aug 2013
The First XI continued their unbeaten Hellenic League run and ended Tytherington Rocks 100% record at Glevum Park tonight, as they drew 1-1. Shayne Bradley put Rovers ahead, before Mike Devlin was penalised for handball, allowing Tyth's Stuart Nelson to score from the spot. Match report available.

There was a solid result for the First XI yesterday, as goals from Mark Wallington and Steve Bick ensured that Doug Foxwell's men travelled back from Letcombe FC with three points, taking them to sixth place in the Uhlsport Hellenic League. The score, which included one goal in each half, could have been more emphatic, if Rovers had taken their chances or Letcombe had not defended in obdurate fashion. A match report is available via this website.

There was a 2-2 draw for the Reserves, in their last pre-season fixture against Broadwell Amateurs, with Franklin Ojukwu scoring twice.

Less pleasing were the results for the Thirds and Fourths, who both went down to 6-0 defeats, albeit with heavily depleted squads, due to injuries, suspension and holiday commitments.

23 Aug 2013
There will be four games tomorrow:
Uhlsport Hellenic League - Letcombe v Tuffley Rovers
Friendly - Reserves v Broadwell Amateurs
Stroud League Div 5 - St Nicholas Old Boys v Thirds
Stroud League Div 8 - Avonvale Utd 3rds v Fourths

17 Aug 2013
Three sides will be in action today, as follows:
Uhlsport Hellenic League - FIRST XI v Hook Norton (Away, 3pm)
Friendlies: RESERVES v Old Richians (Home, 3pm)
THIRDS v Trident FC (Plock Court, 2:30pm)

13 Aug 2013
The Thirds played their second pre-season game of the season and ran out 5-1 winners against a Charlton Rovers XI, with Dave Cornock netting a hat-trick and Callum Francis a brace. Tony Coopey's team will next be in action on Saturday, at Plock Court, against Trident FC.

11 Aug 2013
A match report from yesterday's first team fixture has been posted in the Match Reports 2013/14 section.

10 Aug 2013
Rovers return to the Uhlsport Hellenic League today ended with their unbeaten record in place (!), as they drew 3-3 with North Leigh United. There were debut goals from Dion Lee and Steve Bick, after Marcus Foxwell's penalty had original levelled the tie.
Doug Foxwell could be proud of his team's effort today, even if some sloppy defending had, at times, left them exposed. A full match report will follow.
Elsewhere, the Reserves lost 5-1 at Hardwicke and the 3rds lost 2-1 against Bush FC, both in friendly encounters.

10 Aug 2013
It is kick-off day today, as Doug Foxwell's Uhlsport Hellenic League side take on North Leigh United at Glevum Park - kick-off is 3pm at Glevum Park. After an indifferent pre-season campaign, the First XI will be hoping for a strong start to their league campaign, their first in the Hellenic League for many years.
The Reserves and Thirds are also in action, as they play pre-season games away to Hardwicke (3pm, Green Lane) and against Bush FC (Plock Court, 2:30pm), respectively.

7 Aug 2013
The Fourths will commence their pre-season campaign tonight, as they take on Sunday side Renegades FC at Oxstalls School. Kick-off is 6:30pm. Rovers stalwart Iain Buckingham will play for the opposition, as Dave Griffiths bloods a number of new signings.

6 Aug 2013
The First XI ended their pre-season campaign with a 3-1 defeat at Harrow Hill tonight.
Meanwhile, the Reserves maintained an unbeaten record during their pre-season campaign, with a 5-2 victory at home to Ramblers FC.

6 Aug 2013
The First XI will conclude their pre-season campaign tonight, as they travel to play Hellenic League side Harrow Hill. This will be the last game before Doug Foxwell's side play North Leigh United in their Uhlsport Hellenic League, Division One (West) tie at the weekend.
The Reserves are also in action, hosting Northern Senior side Ramblers FC at Glevum Park.

4 Aug 2013
Rovers pre-season campaign has continued over the past few or so, with some mixed results, as they approach their first season back in the Uhlsport Hellenic League.
Following the defeat at Pegasus Juniors, Doug Foxwell's side suffered a 5-3 defeat at Kings Stanley and then recovered to record a 5-2 victory against County League side Frampton United. Then, yesterday, there was the disappointment of a heavy 4-0 defeat against Hellenic League side Cheltenham Saracens.
Next up is a trip to Harrow Hill, on Tuesday, before the Uhlsport Hellenic League (Division One, West) campaign starts with a home game against North Leigh United on 10 August.

24 July 2013
The First XI began their preparations for the new Uhlsport Hellenic League season last night, with a friendly, away at Pegasus. Although Rovers went down to a 1-0 defeat, the lads had a good work out. Next up is County League side Kings Stanley FC, at Glevum Park on Saturday.

12 July 2013
The list of pre-season fixtures is growing by the day - check out the individual team pages for further details.

6 July 2013
Yesterday's sponsored fun run was an incredible success. We estimate that the runners raised over £1,000 as they completed 300 laps of the 0.268 course between 9am and 9pm, with one person running at all times.
Seven runners did the majority of the running, with Iain Buckingham leading the way, covering 60 laps during the 12 hour period. Rob Cook, Neil Spiller, Andy McShane, Shaun Smith, Andy Whiffen and Glenn Gittins also put in long stints, as the team achieved their goal to run for the full day.

5 July 2013
Tomorrow, a group of ten Rovers players will run around the field adjacent to the Tuffley Rovers FC Social Club for 12 hours, starting at 9am and finishing at 9pm, in an effort to raise money to support football activities at the club, including developments at their Glevum Park ground.
Players have been collecting sponsorship money and there will be a series of other opportunities for supporters and members to donate to the cause.
If you'd like to come along and support the runners, you will also be able to enjoy a glass of something cool in the sun, as the bar will be open from 1030hrs, screening the British Lions Test against Australia.

2 July 2013

“ROVERS FORMALISE LINKS IN DRIVE TOWARDS SUCCESS”

Hard on the heels of Tuffley Rovers’ promotion back to the Hellenic League Division One (West), the club has taken a further step towards establishing long-term success in the future, by formalising an association with established local youth club, Windsor Drive.

The two clubs have operated within the same area for a number of years, with players from Drive very often entering senior football with Rovers. Despite this connection, two long-serving Tuffley clubs had nothing more than a passing association, until an initially informal arrangement was introduced for the past two seasons, with Drive’s Under 16 class of 2010/11 migrating to become Rovers’ Under 18s side and then the 2012/13 squad officially adopting the title of Tuffley Rovers Under 16s.

Both sides came through the transitional arrangement with silverware – notably the Under 16s, who won this year’s Gloucester Youth Association League & Cup double – and both clubs have now agreed that a full merger of the two clubs is in their best long-term interests. As a consequence, Windsor Drive will change their sides’ names to Tuffley Rovers for the start of the 2013/14 playing season.

Rovers’ Football Chairman, Roy Craddock, said “This is something I’ve been looking to do for many years, since I was responsible for setting up Rovers’ first Under 18s side, back in 1985. It was also a long term ambition of Owen Claridge and Albert Purdy, two of the really great influences in Rovers’ history, that all football in Tuffley should be under one ‘umbrella’, so it's a great moment that hopefully will benefit both sections, both with an established history as long serving Gloucester sides”.

The culmination of the plans, which both clubs have developed over the past few seasons, means that there will be a single club, Tuffley Rovers Football Club, able to provide football for adults and children throughout the Tuffley area, from Under 7s right up to senior, adult sides.

Neil Willerton, Chair of the new Tuffley Rovers Youth Section, was equally pleased with the link-up and said “Tuffley Rovers have been able to offer our older players their excellent facilities at Glevum Park and we felt that this was a good time to further develop the relationship. Our members voted overwhelmingly in favour of this move at our recent AGM. Whilst we are inevitably disappointed to lose the name of Windsor Drive, we hope that a new, single club will offer greater stability and development for young players in the future.”

This is the latest in a series of positive off-field developments for Tuffley Rovers, who have recently completed the purchase of their social club premises and seen the club move from fielding only one side at the start of the 2005/06 season, to regularly fielding four senior (adult) sides, alongside the new youth structure.