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Post by Rex on Nov 20, 2015 20:10:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 22:17:41 GMT
As inevitable as it is sad.
Although there's no real reason not to do it, the justification is laughable.
Bristol Sport Women's football division. To go with the men's football and rugby divisions.
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Post by laughinggas on Dec 1, 2015 18:50:30 GMT
Interesting Bristol Rovers WFC become Bristol City WFC...
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Post by bluetornados on Dec 24, 2015 11:33:01 GMT
It is a very sad bit of news but inevitable, some games being played at trashton, name changed to academy and the biggest insult colours being changed from blue to red.
Watched the Gas Girls from 1999 for a few years under Bell, Ricketts and Green...good days, Arsenal & Fulham at the mem.
But hey that's progress for you, good luck to them in getting back to the WSL 1.
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Post by Nobbygas on Jan 19, 2016 12:29:04 GMT
You turn to the dark side, and you get relegated. Just like night follows day.
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 19, 2022 1:47:53 GMT
Bristol Rovers women: Gas Girls celebrate back-to-back promotions...
Bristol Rovers Women's co-founder says he wants to continue inspiring women into the sport, after securing a second promotion only three years after their relaunch.
Rovers had been without a dedicated women's team since 2005.
The idea to restart the Gas Girls came in 2019 from the Community Trust associated with the men's club.
They have just secured back-to-back promotions and will play in the fifth tier of women's football next season.
"To give girls that opportunity to be involved in the industry is massive," said team co-founder Matt Davies.
"If we can help provide those opportunities and those inspirations to girls going forward, who believe, 'I can work in the football industry'."
The original Bristol Rovers Women's team was formed in the 1980s, but in 2005 it became the Bristol Academy WFC and then Bristol City Women's Football Club in 2015. Now associated with Rovers' cross-city rivals, the Robins' team plays in the Women's Championship.
In 2019, Davis and Nathan Hallett-Young - also now the team manager - had the idea of relaunching a women's team. That summer a recruitment drive for players began, with the senior team entered into the Gloucestershire County Women's Football League the following season.
The Gas Girls were unbeaten and on the verge of securing the league title in their inaugural year when the coronavirus pandemic cut the season short, and it was ruled null and void.
They returned last year to wrap up promotion and backed it up this year with a dominant season, winning 13 of their 15 league matches to move up from the South West Regional Women's League's Northern Division to its Premier Division.
Rovers captain Natalie Coles said it had been "an incredible three years".
The aim now for the Gas Girls is to push towards the FA Women's National League, which covers the third and fourth tiers of the women's game.
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