February 2019 – Sports Gazette

Charlton frustrated by gritty Blackpool

by Jack Cunningham - 16 February 201916 February 2019 056

A hard fought match ended goalless at The Valley, as two promotion chasing teams served up a low quality affair with very few clear cut chances and an extremely frustrated home crowd. Blackpool though, were good value for their point thanks to an excellent defensive display. Josh Parkes had two excellent

Dagenham and Redbridge 0-2 Gateshead: Battling Gateshead punish wasteful Daggers

Football

by Benjamin Jones - 16 February 201916 February 2019 047

Steven Rigg scored twice as Gateshead extended their unbeaten run under new manager Ben Clark to five matches with victory at the Chigwell Construction Stadium. The win moves The Heed back into the playoff places but they did not have things all their own way. They were fortunate not to fall

History beckons for Brentford as they face Swansea in FA Cup Fifth Round

Football

by Benjamin Jones - 16 February 201916 February 2019 026

Thomas Frank insists that he feels a great sense of history as Brentford prepare to face Swansea in the FA Cup Fifth Round on Sunday. The all-Championship tie presents the Bees with a realistic chance of progressing to their first quarter-final in the competition since 1989, when a brace from

Emotion runs high at Sandown as racing keeps calm and carries on

Other Sports

by Robert Sutton - 16 February 201916 February 2019 073

British racing was only in its third day back after the enforced shutdown following an outbreak of equine influenza, but at Sandown on Friday it appeared it was business as usual. A big crowd enjoyed a glorious February Friday with the Royal Artillery Gold Cup as its centrepiece. This race began in

Brentford 1 – 0 Aston Villa: Maupay’s Late Show Hands Bees Victory Against Former Boss

Football

by Robert Sutton - 13 February 201913 February 2019 069

Neal Maupay's stoppage time winner secured Brentford a fifth straight home win under the Griffin Park lights against Aston illa Brentford had much the better of the game which saw Villa manager Dean Smith return to his former club for the first time. http://gty.im/1033658680 The Bees missed a number of chances in both

Thomas Frank hoping for Brentford response as Dean Smith returns to Griffin Park

Football

by Robert Sutton - 13 February 201913 February 2019 064

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has called on his Brentford players to give the home supporters a magical night under the Griffin Park lights when Aston Villa come to town this evening. The Bees have won both home meetings between the two clubs since Villa were relegated from the Premier League in

“We wanted to go outside of the comfort zone of a traditional community club” — Altrincham FC join the Football v Homophobia campaign

by Timothy Hammersley - 12 February 201915 February 2019 0189

Altrincham FC — who play in the National League North, the sixth tier of English football — have long had a reputation as a club that punches above its weight. The Robins hold the interesting record of knocking more football league clubs out of the FA Cup — 17 to

Defence still a concern despite unbeaten run, says Brentford manager Thomas Frank

Football

by James Bayliss - 8 February 20198 February 2019 064

Although Thomas Frank couldn’t contain his smile when talking about Brentford's unbeaten run, the Dane claims that he is keeping all feet firmly on the ground as the Bees travel to promotion-chasing Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Brentford are 17th in the league on 37 points, just ten points from the top

Two time French champion, Robert Espanol, slams the state of modern ‘gladiator rugby’

Rugby Union

by Thomas Kaiser - 7 February 20199 February 2019 01146

In Cazéres, a small town of 5,000 people in the south-west of France, two-time French title winner Robert Espanol tunes into his country’s Six Nations clash with England, and laments the state of modern rugby on display. The 89-year-old, who won back to back championships with Castres Olympiques in 1949 and 1950, believes that the game

Across the Pondcast: Episode 5 — Super Bowl LIII Recap with Darren Barnard & Jack Nevill

by Darren Barnard - 6 February 20196 February 2019 0114

This week, Jack and Darren recap Super Bowl LIII with a special featured length edition of fair or unfair. They cover all the key talking points from the game and discuss what's next for both franchises. Listen to the podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/user-564791869/across-the-pondcast-episode-5-super-bowl-liii-recap-with-darren-barnard-jack-nevill Darren's bio: Darren is a 24-year-old sports journalist, currently studying