Former Burnley chairman Mike Garlick has completed his takeover of Cheltenham Town.

The 61-year-old entered a period of exclusivity with the League Two side in June and has now "completed his acquisition of a controlling interest in the club combined with a commitment for future investment".

Garlick told the club's website, external: "I met some of the board members back in May and visited the stadium and training ground. From that moment on I knew this was the club I wanted to be part of.

"I believe firmly in evolution rather than revolution and step-by-step we will seek to drive the club forward both on and off the pitch, whilst remaining firmly rooted in our local community and loyal fan base."
Garlick spent 17 years on the board at Turf Moor before he left in 2023, including eight as club chairman during which the Clarets twice won promotion to the Premier League.

He also owns Gibraltar top-flight club St Joseph's and third tier Spanish side FC Antequera.

Garlick and his wife Alison will now join the Cheltenham board.

Meanwhile, John Murphy has retired from the board but will become the club's honorary president for a five-year term.

Chairman David Bloxham explained that the club have been operating with "financial and practical restraints" and that it "has been a source of frustration that we have been unable to undertake significant improvements to facilities and infrastructure or retain our best staff".

Bloxham added: "Mike Garlick brings with him a great deal of football knowledge and experience which I am confident will bring significant benefits and growth to our club."

Cheltenham confirmed last October that they were looking for "substantial" new investment with three of their four biggest shareholders willing to sell their stakes in the club.

The Robins had been owned by an array of shareholders, with the supporter-led Robins Trust having the third largest stake at 16% as of March 2024.

The Trust retain their share as the second-largest shareholders.

The rest of the ownership remains split between a large number of minor investors. However unlike other clubs, the board of directors - appointed by the shareholders - run the club rather than the owners.

Cheltenham finished 15th in League Two in 2024-25, with 15th in League One achieved in 2021-22 - their highest-ever finish in the English Football League.

Michael Flynn's side are currently bottom of League Two, without a point from their opening four games, going into Saturday's visit of Barnet.

Gamball:
Wolves - Everton

Others:
Sunderland - Brentford
QPR - Charlton
Stoke - WBA
Blackburn - Norwich
Oxford - Coventry
Portsmouth - Preston
Sheff Wed - Swansea
Watford - Southampton
Liverpool - Arsenal

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2025/...1956-2025/

Very sad news to hear of the passing of ex-Hibs Chairman, Rod Petrie, so soon after Sir Tom Farmer's death. This Hibs attachment gives a vg brief history of someone who supported and cared about HFC and trying to ensure its future operations would be in safe hands. RIP.

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST KO 3PM

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LAST MATCH



Our first home game of the season saw us fall to a 0-3 defeat as Stoke took all three points. We got off to a terrible start when Fusire lost the ball and Manhoef beat Charles at his near post, this coming in the first minute. Stoke nearly doubled there lead but Charles saved and the rebound hit the bar. Onto the 2nd half and just like the first half we were 2 down as Charles rushed off his line but the forward got there first and crossed for Mubama to head into a empty net. It was 3 when Stoke broke away and Manhoef bundled in his second. We had a few chances but the Stoke keeper made some saves and saw the game out.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH

Next up and we travel to Wales to take on Hollywood FC or Wrexham as we call them. Its been a tough start for Wrexham, losing both there first 2 games, although they did play Southampton and WBA who are both probably going to be up there come the end of the season. They are managed by Phil Parkinson, who has been in charge since 2021 but has led them to back to back to back promotions, with the backing of there Hollywood owners of course. I think they will be ok this season, but will probably finish in the bottom half of the table. They have some decent players, Coady, Broadhead, Moore and some bloke called Windass.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 8
WREX 5
DRAW 2

CURRENT FORM

OWLS     L L                                                            

WREX     L L

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  



THE TEAM

Charles
Valery Iorfa Otegbayo Palmer
Fusire Ingelsson Bannan
J Lowe Cadamarteri Ugbo

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

3-1 Cadamarteri

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

56

ATTENDANCE

N/A

BML LEAGUE

SCO 1
Imre
Maddix
Washington
Owlkev

BMPL

Stateside 2
Wereham -12
Southey -12
Pei -12

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Bournemouth v Wolves
Preston v Ipswich
Port Vale v Doncaster
Cheltenham v Barnet
Truro v Southend

HAAAA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Group A

Twerton 13
Stairs 11
BaggieVic 9
Minizin 7
A.A.A. 6
B.B.B. 2
BaggieOne 0
Zinman 0

Well I predicted that lasts weeks excellent scoring by Group A would probably not continue and the group as a whole proved me right!! Only 2 players in double figures and while we didn't end up with a negative player score yet we did get 2 big fat zeroes!! The overall score was just over a third of last weeks with three games ending with negative totals!!

Twerton leads the way this week with 13 points. He got 2 CSs, half of the total for the group as a whole and a CR on the Bonus but he also scored the first Scoreball negative point of the season on the Villa v Newcastle scoreless draw!! Stairs is 2nd again with 11 points, he was the only player to score positive points on the Gamball as well as a CR on the Bonus. Third place is BaggieVicar with 9 points, he did not play the Gamball, a wise decision in the end which saved him a point!!

Minizin is 4th with 7 points, AAA is 5th with 6 points and BBB dropped massively to just 2 points!! All three of them missed on the Gamball and the Bonus and we all know that decimates your score.

That leaves the 2 big fat zeroes which belong to BaggieOne and Zinman. They both missed on all their balls and only managed to get 2 CRs to keep them out of negative points.

36 Stairs
32 Twerton
28 B.B.B.
22 BaggieOne
20 A.A.A.
19 BaggieVicar
18 Minizin
6 Zinman

So Stairs takes over top spot from BBB, who is also overtaken by Twerton and drops to third. I seem to remember that Stairs started last season in the same fine form before dropping away, is he going to continue this form this year?

Just 4 points separates BaggieOne, AAA BaggieVicar and Minizin in 4th to 7th spots.

Then there is a rather large drop of 12 points down to Zinman who sits rock bottom with just 6 points from the first two weeks!! Obviously early days but he needs to stop trying to emulate my beloved Owls!!!!

Cheers
SCO

Group B

Themaclad 13
Lady Jane 10
4eva 9
Snooty 8
Salop 6
SCO 6
Derby 4

A harder set of predictions with 2 games, Villa/Newcastle and Swansea/Sheff U generating negative scores. I suspect that there weren't too many of us bothered by Wrexham's last minute goal but I suspect Salop was gnashing his teeth at the loss of 4 points on his gamball!

2 weeks in and 2 weeks on top of the table for Themaclad. He followed last week's 22 points with a slightly more subdued performance, 13 points from 6 correct predictions though he missed out on any correct scores. Lady Jane was one of three players brave enough to predict an Albion away win and one of only 2 to predict a correct score - enough to get her to double figures and 2nd place. 4eva is just a point back, 5 correct predictions including the gamball but again no correct scores.

Snooty decided to turn up this week and had a decent start - he was the 2nd player with a correct score and also claimed a positive bonus ball. Salop and SCO are together on 6 points, both scoring on 3 games with Salop getting the gamball and a scoreball point, SCO with a correct bonus. Derby holds up the table with just 4 points - he scored on more games than the 3 above him but missed out on all the balls.

35 Themaclad
25 4eva
22 Lady Jane
20 SCO
13 Derby
8 Salop
8 Snooty

Themaclad is charging ahead already having built up a 10 point gap to 2nd place - can he make it 3 in a row this week?

Zin