The Ultimate Gloucestershire Football Season Preview 2025/26 – Part 2
It is that time of year when Severn Sport previews the Gloucestershire football season and this year we have a podcast to go alongside our annual predictions.
Our man Ryan Butler has been joined once again by Cheltenham Town reporter Jon Palmer and Sam Yapp to cast their eyes over the new season.
Yesterday, a special podcast went out with Palmer, Yapp and Butler taking a look at the season ahead for Cheltenham Town, Forest Green Rovers, Gloucester City, Bishops Cleeve and Hartpury Univeristy.
Cleeve were Palmer’s team to watch, whilst Yapp named Slimbridge and Gloucester City Women were Butler’s team to watch.
You can listen to the show below or on Spotify and Amazon Music
The Hellenic Premier is set to be another tough division this season, with seven Gloucestershire based sides competing in a difficult league to call. Here are the predictions for the season:
JP
Winner: Cinderford Town
Team(s) To Watch: Droitwich Spa
Player(s) To Watch: Harrison Reeves (Cirencester Town)
SY
Winner: Mangotsfield United
Team(s) To Watch: Fairford Town
Player(s) To Watch: Jack W Smith (Slimbridge)
RB
Winner: Corsham Town
Team(s) To Watch: Cirencester Town, Fairford Town
Player(s) To Watch: Alex Knight (Longlevens), Toby Soule (Slimbridge), Dan Grieve (Fairford Town)
It has been a summer of change for most of our sides in Hellenic Division One, with yet another stacked division upon us. The feeling within Gloucestershire is that a number of our teams could have a really good campaign…fingers crossed!
JP
Winner: FC Stratford
Team(s) To Watch: Shortwood United
Player(s) To Watch: Alfie Bradshaw (Shortwood United)
SY
Winner: Brimscombe & Thrupp
Team(s) To Watch: Stonehouse Town
Player(s) To Watch: Fin Byrnes (Stonehouse Town)
RB
Winner: Redditch Borough
Team(s) To Watch: Stonehouse Town, Newent Town
Player(s) To Watch: Oakley James (Cheltenham Saracens)
We lost two of our sides from the Gloucestershire County League in Gala Wilton and Cheltenham Civil Service, but with Bishops Cleeve Development and Tewkesbury Town promoted, Gloucestershire look set to take on Bristol once again.
JP
Winner; Frampton United
Team(s) To Watch: Tewkesbury Town
SY
Winner: Frampton United
Team(s) To Watch: Sharpness
RB
Winner: Frampton United
Team(s) To Watch: Tewkesbury Town, Sharpness
Once again we have two packed divisions in the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League and after a two horse race for the most part in Division One last year, there will be a number of sides looking to push on and try to gain promotion to the County League. For Division Two, the race for the top three will be as tight as ever!
JP
Division One Winner: Cheltenham Civil Service
Team(s) To Watch: Whaddon United
Division Two Winner: Kings Stanley
Team(s) To Watch: Fintan
SY
Division One Winner: Whaddon United
Team(s) To Watch: Dursley Town
Division Two Winner: Barnwood United
Team(s) To Watch: Wickwar Wanderers
RB
Division One Winner: Whaddon United
Team(s) To Watch: Longlevens Reserves, Dursley Town (new but experienced management teams!)
Division Two Winner: Barnwood United
Team(s) To Watch: Fintan, Hardwicke
And there we have it. The 2024/25 season previewed in full! Who will be the ones to watch or the surprise packages of the campaign? Let us know on Twitter @SevernSport
Follow Jon and Sam on Twitter @JonPalmerSport & @SJY_journo
