Season Ticket deal launched

Season Ticket

Tuffley Rovers have launched their Season Ticket deal for 2022/23 and there is no increase in price for anyone looking to renew their Season Ticket, as long as they renew on or before 30 April 2022.

The full list of prices are, as follows:

Early Bird Renewal

Renewal on or before 30 April 2022

Cost of £40
*New* Early Bird

Purchased on or before 31 May 2022

Cost of £50
Adult Cost of £60
Over 65s Cost of £30
Under 18s Cost of £20
U15s Free

The application form is available via the club website, together with a copy of the Terms & Conditions for season tickets. Please email admin@tuffleyroversfc.co.uk for further details.

Register now for U18s trials

REGISTER NOW FOR U18s TRIALS
Join our Successful Player Development Pathway and give yourself the opportunity to go from U18s into Hellenic League and Stroud League Football.

What we can give you?

A friendly learning environment where you can feel confident to learn, develop and grow as a footballer and become part of the Tuffley family.

Tactical and technical guidance from experienced coaches.

U18 games in the Cheltenham Floodlit League, the FA Youth Cup + 3 more cup competitions.

Saturday football in the Hellenic and Stroud Leagues.

Bespoke strength and conditioning programmes to improve your Strength, Speed and Stamina.

Physio support with our weekly clinics at Glevum Park.

VEO film analysis to support team and individual development, highlighting strengths and identifying areas we can improve upon.

What do we want you to bring to us?

The desire to play football.

The motivation to develop the talent you have.

A willingness to committ to our club and build your future with us.

Trials will take place:
Saturday June 25th 10am -12pm
Saturday July 2nd 10am -12pm

Oxstalls Sports Park
Plock Ct, Tewkesbury Rd, Longford, Gloucester GL2 9DW.

On the 3G Football Pitch.
Bring suitable footwear for the surface, shin pads and fluids.

Pre season will begin w/c Monday July 11th with training twice weekly, with 6 pre-season games  through July/August to the season opener in September.

Register for trials now by:

email: Admin@tuffleyroversfc.co.uk

OR

Text: 07943751779

We are happy to accept applications from players who are – U15, U16 and U17 this season 21/22, and who are currently not registered with Tuffley Rovers.

NB: Current Tuffley Rovers players do not need to register as they will automatically be invited to trials.

Under 18s back in action

A week after Tuffley Rovers’ Hellenic League Premier Division squad were beaten 5-2 by Cheltenham Saracens, the two clubs’ Under 18s squads will meet in a Cheltenham Youth League, Floodlit League fixture at Glevum Park on Tuesday, 23 November (7:30pm).

Saracens will arrive at Glevum Park on an excellent run of form that has taken them to the top of the table, but Rovers youngsters are in good form too and it promises to be a competitive game if both sides find their form.

As ever for U18s games, admission is £3 but season tickets are valid.

Next games at Glevum Park

After a busy weekend that saw Tuffley Rovers host fixtures for the Development Squad and Ladies’ teams, with 15 goals scored in the process, attention now moves to a busy week for the first team squad, with two vital games.

First, on Tuesday evening (7:45pm KO) Rich Cox’s squad host Chipping Sodbury Town in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division, before they move to entertaining Street FC in the First Round Proper of the Buildbase FA Vase on Saturday afternoon (3pm).

The full list of fixtures at Glevum Park for the remainder of this month is:

Tuesday, 19 October (7:45pm)     First XI v Chipping Sodbury Town

Saturday, 23 October (3pm)         First XI v Street

Thursday, 28 October (7:45pm)   U18s v Stourport Swifts

Saturday, 30 October (3pm)          First XI v Westbury United

In between all these games, the First XI will visit Westfields, in another Uhlsport Hellenic League fixture, on Tuesday, 26 October 2021 (7:45pm).

Rovers face another away day but Glevum Park waits

For the eleventh successive time during the early days of the 2021/22 competitive playing season Tuffley Rovers will play away from their Glevum Park home, as they travel to face Brimscombe & Thrupp on Saturday 18 September 2021.

Work to significantly improve the drainage system on The Rovers’ pitch started in April and although it had been hoped that this would support a return to hosting games in time for the new season, that hasn’t proved possible and the Glevum Park pitch remains out of action.

Whilst it had been hoped that the fixture against Brimscombe could be played at their home, Rovers had to concede that the pitch wasn’t quite ready and this weekend’s fixture was switched to The Meadow, with Sam Prior’s side the home side.

It is now hoped that Rovers can finish the pitch improvements in time for their FA Vase tie on Saturday, 25 September, when they are due to host Fleet Spurs in the Second Qualifying Round.

Palmer decides to bow out but hopes for a fitting finale

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Tuffley Rovers will be looking for a new manager of their Development Squad after Michael Palmer decided to step down from the role, as well as his position as manager of the club’s U18s squad.

Palmer’s two years with the Hellenic League club have been heavily impacted by the Covid pandemic, with neither of his seasons with the Development Squad – the first in the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League and the second in Hellenic League, Division Two (West) – being fully completed, with his tenure covering only 30 competitive fixtures in two years (with a win ratio of 43% over the two campaigns).

However, much greater success has come in his role with the Rovers U18s squad, where 27 competitive games have yielded a win ratio of almost 63% and included a magnificent, record breaking run in the FA Youth Cup this season, with the club reaching the First Round Proper for the first time in their history, before a battling defeat at EFL club Cheltenham Town.

In addition, the departing coach has greatly assisted the development of several players, including Jacob Geddes and Rudi McKinnon who have become first team regulars with the club‘ s Hellenic League Premier Division side.

The final fixture of Palmer’s spell will come in the shape of the S Turier & Son Cheltenham Youth League Cup Final tomorrow (Thursday) night, when his side will face Bishops Cleeve at Evesham United’s Jubilee Stadium.

Palmer has yet to confirm his next role and is looking forward to a brief spell away from the game to “recharge his batteries”, following a conversation with Rovers’ Chairman Dan Boon.

“Mike spoke with me today and confirmed that he was looking to take a short break, following some difficult personal circumstances, but also felt now was a good time to look for a new role”, Boon confirmed. “He leaves on good terms, having done a good job in his two roles, and we wish him every success in the future.”

Palmer was also quick to acknowledge the support he’d received during his time at The Rovers.

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“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with Tuffley Rovers and I would like to thank all the staff and officials at the club for being so welcoming, encouraging and supportive”, he confirmed. “In addition, all the supporters who continued to spur us on even within a difficult year due to Covid.”

Palmer reserved special praise for another group.

“Most of all I want to say a big thank you to all the players and their families for all their efforts and support over the last two years. I wish the club all the success in the future.”

Chairman, Dan Boon, confirmed that the club were looking to take a different approach to management of their Development and U18s sides going forward.

“Given Mike’s decision this offers an opportunity to look again at the structure we have in place and we are probably looking to recruit separate management teams for the two squads he is leaving”, he explained.

Ken Blackburn, Head of Football Development, was effusive in his praise of Palmer.

“Michael has worked tirelessly in his roles with both the U18s and Development squads, this last two, difficult seasons. This has resulted in improved results, not least the FA Youth Cup run, and a number of young players coming through for the first team. It is sad that he has decided to move on and we will look to build on the hard work he has put in whilst at Tuffley Rovers, something I would like to thank him for.”

Anyone interested in applying for either role should send an expression of interest, setting out their experience and why they believe they are a suitable candidate, to admin@tuffleyroversfc.co.uk not later than 5pm on 16 June 2021.

New kits revealed

NEW KIT REVEAL!

Home Kit 2021-22

As exclusively revealed via Severn Sport today, we are now able to confirm our new Home kit design for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Having worn Claret & Blue since their formation in 1929, Rovers’ latest kit suppliers have come up with a modern design, which is the first kit produced by AthElite, as they look to expand the business started in 2018 by local Gloucestershire footballers Harlie Price, Matt Liddiard and Callum Preece.

Both parties are understandably delighted with the new deal, which will also see AthElite providing a full range of merchandise to be worn across the club’s senior and junior sections.

“I’m delighted to have this partnership in place and also be the first club to wear the AthElite brand across both adult and youth sections” said Rovers’ Chairman, Dan Boon. “We have already formed a strong working relationship with AthElite, who have been a pleasure to work with, and this is a deal that goes beyond simply launching the newly designed kits. They will also be providing us with an on-site and online club shop facility that will be a fantastic development for us.”

The new kit will be worn by all Tuffley Rovers sides, in both the youth and senior sections, from the start of next season and Harlie Price was quick to confirm how pleased AthElite are with the new deal.

“We are really excited to be able to work closely with Tuffley Rovers Football Club”, he confirmed. “The deal we have done will have huge benefits to the growth of our business, as well as benefiting a local football club, too.”

Price was also very enthusiastic about the way in which the deal had developed, and the relationship that was now in place. “We approached Tuffley Rovers as we knew they are a forward thinking club, with a committee who are willing to try out new things and listen to ideas”, he added. “From the moment conversations started it has been really positive and snowballed into a really exciting prospect. We are really excited to see what the future will hold for us all.”

In the coming days the new partnership will make further announcements, including confirming their new second and third choice strips, as well as new sponsors and the development of a new club shop facility, hosted by their newest kit provider.

If you’d like to see the growing range of AthElite Sports products you can visit their website at www.athelitesports.co.uk.

Rovers feeling charitable this Christmas!

Hellenic Leag ue Premier Division club Tuffley Rovers have, like many clubs, seen their on-field action this season disrupted by the impact of Covid-19 but they have still been busy, as a series of charitable, fund-raising ventures have been undertaken across the club’s nine senior teams.

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In the late summer several of the club’s players and new Chairman, Dan Boon, completed a marathon walk in aid of Heart Heroes, raising over £3,600 for the local charity, before the club’s commercial team then partnered with their Ladies’ team sponsor, local sign-making firm Severn Signs, to raise more money for the same cause, through the sale of pitch-side advertising barriers. The club took no profit from the sales and helped to raise over £700.Donation picture 1

The club were finally able to present the funds to Heart Heroes’ founder, Kelly Cornish, this week, with the funds of over £4,000 likely to make a real difference to the children who are supported by the charity.

“We been blown away by the support from The Tuffley Rovers club. We were lucky enough to see the lads when they finished their walk and most had been pushed to the limit. The amount raised was totally amazing. We’d like to say “thank you” to all involved”, said Kelly.

The club are now also in the process of collecting money to donate to a Christmas Food Bank, organised by the Podsmead Big Local, so that people who are struggling with food poverty.

Chairman, Dan Boon, is hoping this isn’t the last of the fund-raising efforts, whichever charity the club is trying to support.

“We’ve previously done a lot of fund-raising with another local charity, The James Hopkins Trust, but one of our players has a direct association to Heart Heroes, so we decided to give them some support this season”, he confirmed. “However, we are also keen to build on our relationship with the local community and what better cause than helping to ensure people have food on the table this Christmas?”, he added.

After the recent successes, the club have committed to doing all they can to help local charities and the local community and it is hoped that 2021 will see yet more activity to support these fantastic causes.

Attention has already turned to another campaign supporting Heart Heroes, with the club determined to support the charity in their quest to help families affected by Covid-19 who need portable ECG devices to support routine checks. £100 will help a child have essential checks that have been delayed by the cancellation of hospital appointments during the pandemic. Further details can be found via: https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/Heart-Heroes/alivecor.

Kelly confirmed that the ECG devices will make a real difference to the families supported by the charity.

“These devices will help and facilitate the diagnosis of arrhythmia in our children and help in arriving at an early diagnosis in those with delayed access to services and those with infrequent symptoms. This will help cardiologists pick up the children with spaced symptoms, as well as get help for those who have been on the waiting list for a long time, due to Covid-19 interruptions.”

If any individuals or local businesses want to help the club and support the local charity they are urged to make contact via Commercial@tuffleyroversfc.co.uk for further details.

U18s hope to continue exceptional week

Tuffley Rovers U18s will be looking to pick-up where they left off, when they return to action on Thursday evening, in a Cheltenham Floodlit Youth League game against Chipping Sodbury Town.

The week started with a historic win, 4-2 away at Torquay United, as Michael Palmer’s squad booked a place in the First Round Proper of the FA Youth Cup for the first time in the club’s history. A well taken brace by Alex Roder, a fantastic free-kick from Ayomide Ajibola and a wonderful Rudi McKinnon goal, in a magnificent team performance that saw Rovers’ side knock-out their counterparts from a National League club, having already seen off Bitton, Bath City and Radstock Town in the previous rounds.

Rovers’ goalkeeper Louis Evans was fairly busy in the opening moments but once Roder had scored after 8 minutes, then added his second shortly after, before Ajibola’s free-kick on 23 minutes made it 3-0. A goal early in the second period brought the hosts back into the tie, but McKinnon scored from just inside the Torquay United half to make it 4-1. A few tense moments came when the arrears were reduced to 4-2 on71 minutes, but the young Rovers held out and recorded a famous victory, setting up a tie with Cheltenham Town in the next round.

We have a review of the tie, written by former Chairman Roy ‘Coke’ Craddock, at the end of this notice.

There is now a return to League business and Rovers will welcome Chipping Sobury to Glevum Park for a 7:30pm KO on Thursday evening. The game will be free admission and we’d urge spectators to come along and give the lads your support once again.

 

A terrific trip to Torquay…

Roy Craddock’s review:

On Monday night I travelled with the Tuffley Rovers FC U18’s to watch them play Torquay United FC U18’s in the FA Youth cup 3rd qualifying round.

Having beaten Bath City FC 4-1 at home in the 1st round, then Radstock Town in the 2nd round, it was a stiff task on a Monday evening in Devon.

In over 50 years involved in football at local level I can’t remember a performance of this magnitude and sheer dominance. From the KO we played football at an outstanding pace, with movement and passing at speed and accuracy.

We scored 3 great goals before HT from Alex (2) and a superb curling free kick from the edge of the penalty box by our No 10 ‘Yomi’.

The 2nd half started with Torquay Utd changing formation and tactics to put us under pressure, allowing their tall centre-forward to pull a goal back after 55 mins.

25mins in to the half Rudi  scored a “Beckham” from just inside the opposition half; with the keeper off his line he chipped the ball over him. Dominance restored.

With a late goal to Torquay the game ended 4-2 to the “Rovers” and in to the next round.

Mike Palmer, Kenny, and all the coaches can feel real pride in this team. Let’s hope we can continue a bit longer in the competition.

Ladies lead the way during week of mixed results

The final game of a week that saw eight games played, ended with the most emphatic of scorelines, as the Ladies’ team recovered from their first defeat of the season the previous week (a 4-0 defeat against Ellwood) to record a 17-0 win over Bradley Stoke Vixens, in the Gloucestershire Women’s County League Division 3 fixture on Sunday.

Our calendar for the week saw the U18s kick-off proceedings on Thursday evening and they recorded a historic win – taking the club to the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Youth Cup for the first time ever – as they overcame Radstock Town 6-2 in front of a crowd of 109. Rudi McKinnon scored four times and Yomi Ajibola twice, in a superb performance that booked a trip to face Torquay United in the  next stage of the competition.

The weekend then arrived, although not for the first team, who saw their Hellenic League, Premier Division fixture against Fairford Town postponed. The Development Squad (Reserves) made the trip to Herefordshire, to face Kington Town, but returned having lost 6-3 despite goals from Nathan Kay, Finley Kent and Yomi Ajibola.

In the Stroud League, there were victories for the Thirds and Fourths. The third team saw off Avonvale United 3-1, in Division 2, with the Fourths playing at Glevum Park and being inspired to come back from 2-0 down, as superb goals from Paul Jones and Jack Webb, coupled with a first goal for Tyerese Douglas, saw them overcome Minchinhampton Reserves. The third game of the day saw the Fifths go down to a 4-0 defeat against Old Richians Reserves.

Sunday saw three games, the first two ending in defeat as the Veterans First XI lost 2-1 to Shipton Oliffe, despite Rob Cook’s goal, shortly after the Reserves had lost 6-1 to Grays Athletic, despite Craig Williams’ goal.

Then came the resounding end to the weekend, as goals from Chloe Taylor (3), Ellie Carrington-Windo (3), Jess Dobbins (3) , Robyn Lee (2), Danielle Proctor (2), Katie Morrissey, Ellen Knight, Imogen Maguire and Laura Howell saw the Ladies’ side record their biggest ever win against the Vixens from Bradley Stoke. A nice way to end the weekend…