The Cheltenham Town Courier
Match16 Sep 2026
The cup run ends for Cheltenham Town
0‑1 against Cardiff City, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Shamal George
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Joe Sbarra pulls a muscle — 15 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Lamin Sillah in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cheltenham Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Leon Bätge
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Joe Sbarra
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Bade Aluko
- Match Cheltenham Town and Crawley Town cancel each other out
- Player ratings Ben Stevenson spends the afternoon fouling