Altrincham Women’s assistant coach, Duncan Jones, has coughed up thousands of pounds of his own money for three of his players to get private treatment after they all suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries. The Division One South side have been hit with a slew of ACL injuries, which can keep a player sidelined for […]
“Can I swear?” That’s the response from Isabelle Gavin, 17, an aspiring football coach from Crumpsall in Manchester when asked for her reaction to Joey Barton’s latest rant against women in football. “It’s obviously misogynistic, but I don’t feel his opinions should affect women in sport” says the Sheffield United Community Foundation student. Barton has […]
A Norwegian football fan who took non-league Altrincham FC to Champions League glory on Football Manager has been telling Quays News how he’s now a die-hard supporter of the Greater Manchester club. “Whenever I tell someone who I support they say “who?” This is often the response when Odd Sindre Tonning tells people he […]
Penalty fares on Manchester’s tram network have soared by more than 60% after transport bosses launched a crackdown on fare dodgers. Transport for Greater Manchester has today (February 21) hailed the success of anti-fare evasion measures after tram penalty fare revenue increased by £230,000 in one quarter. The measures include increasing penalty fares from £100 […]
This weekend sees the return of the National Track Championships to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester for the first time since 2020. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls will go head to head against the future stars of the sport ahead of the summer games in Paris. The Velodrome became the home of British cycling in 1994, […]
A pioneering Manchester women’s football club, which was founded in the 1940’s, is to be celebrated in an upcoming documentary. Corinthians: We Were the Champions chronicles the fortunes of Manchester Corinthians L.F.C., who defied the FA’s 1921 women’s football ban, winning 50 trophies in 20 years in South America, France and Holland. They even […]
Organisers of a Manchester students Pro-Life society claim they are concerned over ‘death threats’ as a petition to pull the club has gained thousands of signatures. The controversial Manchester Pro-Life Society was started by a committee currently composed of three male students, but has received huge backlash with more than 10,000 people signing a petition […]
The Olympic spirit is having a tangible impact on Manchester’s breaking community.
Heywood Cricket Club, on the outskirts of Rochdale, is looking forward to welcoming a new wave of young girls to their club as it prepares to host dedicated female-led sessions. At the beginning of this year, Lancashire Cricket announced that their sponsors, Sportsbreaks.com and inspiresport, had pledged a six figure sum to develop women’s and […]
While many overseas students are able to work up to 20 hours per term on their visas, some are still struggling to find a job that fits their studies. Navigating the UK job market may already be challenging and very competitive, but Manchester students are finding the busy nature of the city a further obstacle. […]