Sports Writer Jon Palmer on a Fairytale Season at Cheltenham Town

About this episode

Jon Palmer discusses the remarkable 25/26 season of Cheltenham Town and the return of Steve Cotterill.

Jon Palmer has followed Cheltenham Town Football Club since boyhood. He's reported on them professionally for more than two decades for The Gloucestershire Echo and Glos Live. So if Palmer tells you the 25/26 season was special, you take notice. In this conversation we reflect on the remarkable story of Steve Cotterill's comeback. The man who lead the Robins into the football league for the first time in 1999 returned to save them in 2026. Jon underscores the value of a beat reporter - his knowledge and passion for local sport is unparalleled. Hope you enjoy this. ******** For more in-depth feature interviews like this please visit and subscribe to the Sport and Life website: https://sportandlife.co.uk ************* Chief Sponsor: Bang & Olufsen Cheltenham: https://stores.bang-olufsen.com/en/united-kingdom/cheltenham/unit-15-the-courtyard-montpellier-street Info on Sponsor Offerings: For 15% off Herring Shoes enter the code SPORTANDLIFE at checkout at - https://www.herringshoes.co.uk For 30% off Cytoplan supplements for your first purchase at https://www.cytoplan.co.uk and a 10% discount ongoing: Check out the intro to the podcast. For a 10% discount with GHS Cheltenham…

People in this episode

Host: Teddy Draper

Guest: Jon Palmer

Topics covered

• Cheltenham Town
• football
• sports journalism
• local sports
• Steve Cotterill
• season review

Keywords

• Cheltenham Town
• Jon Palmer
• Steve Cotterill
• football season
• sports journalism
• local reporting

Sponsors

Bang & Olufsen Cheltenham, Herring Shoes, Cytoplan, GHS Cheltenham Clinics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Gloucestershire Echo, Glos Live

Places: Cheltenham Town Football Club, Cheltenham

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