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The following club has applied for promotion to Step 6 of the National League System for Season 2026/7
The bottom two clubs will be relegated and replaced by the two successful applicants as determined by the Gloucestershire FA (GFA) rules for promotion in the local football pyramid as described in the GFA Handbook Here, on pages 47-49, Regulations of the Association Section 7 - Local Structure (South/North). The background to this process is described in an article on the GFA website Here
Clubs applying to join the league for next season are as follows
I suppose a long winning run had to come to an end at sometime and so Tewkesbury Town’s sequence ended at the hands of Totterdown United who gained a valuable point in their quest to avoid relegation. Ruardean Hill also gained a valuable point away to Stoke Gifford for a similar cause.
Despite plenty of rain throughout the week which caused multiple postponements, the pitch at Norton Lane managed to hold through the monsoon so that Totterdown United could play Tewkesbury Town. The game started fairly evenly with neither team forcing the play but it was Tewkesbury who got a hold on the game after around ten minutes where they had multiple corners one of which was cleared and dropped to Jordan who crashed his shot off the bar before Martin gratefully gathered. At around 20 minutes the ball was played through into the Totts penalty area and a tangle of legs saw a penalty awarded and Jordan slotted home to give the visitors the lead. Totterdown struggled to build much with Saunders isolated up front and waves of Tewkesbury pressure finally broke Totterdown, with a sliced clearance seeing Jordan stroll through to make it 2-0. Tewkesbury had a chance to make it three from a corner but Martin made an excellent point blank save to deny them. Totts were standing up to the pressure well, but were making zero threat until the final five minutes of the half when some great wing play by Price saw him slip Lovell in who flashed across the box only for Maker to just miss.
Totterdown swapped things about a bit for the second half and started ta cause Tewkesbury a few problems. Jordan had a few half chances from good through balls which he failed to capitalise on and Tewkesbury were having great trouble dealing with Tobin’s surging runs. On the hour Totts moved the ball well from right to left and Wiltshire moved up and whipped in a teasing cross which saw Poole come to claim only for Tobin to leap in and head home. Totterdown’s tails were up and they could smell blood, and in the 75th minute Tewkesbury were struggling to clear the ball which worked its way to Hemmings at centre back, he drove forward and from the edge of the box rocketed the ball into the back of the net for 2-2. With the game flipped on its head Totts made multiple runs and saw some great opportunities but weren’t able to make the final telling pass. Tewkesbury broke a few times but did not trouble Martin, and the game finished 2-2. Tewkesbury probably should have wrapped the game up in the first half but Totterdown deservedly got a point from their second half performance and they have been improving for a while with hope to look up the table rather than down.
On a very wet afternoon Stoke Gifford SGS Unitedtook on Ruardean Hill Rangers at the SGS college with neither team able to get a foothold in the game early on with the blustery conditions not helping the cause. Gifford slightly edged the opening twenty minutes with Zac Morgan and Patryk Kosciolek going close but never really threatened Aaron Underwood in the Ruardean goal, and at the other end a shot from Harry Clark just cleared the Gifford bar. On the half hour Gifford took the lead, Dave Talbot’s free kick into the box was poked home from close range by Morgan and minutes later Gifford thought they had extended their lead, but the goal was ruled out for offside. As the break approached Gifford failed to deal with a long clearance up field and a speculative effort from 30 yards by Bobby Walding flew over the keeper’s head and into the net for 1-1. Clear chances in the second half were few and far between with Matt Hamer coming close for Gifford and a well struck shot from Max Telling narrowly missing the Gifford upright. So, 1-1 it finished and the spoils shared.
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